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Miles Archer

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3. Texas isn't going to turn around in the Midterms, or 2028
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:24 PM
20 hrs ago

I can't predict when (or if) it will.

I lived there for a month and a half in 2013 and got the hell out as soon as I realized it wasn't for me. It was like being on another planet. And I do know musicians from Austin who are some of the coolest people you'd ever want to meet, but I wasn't living in Austin. I was about 250 miles away. There was a uniform sort of formality...like "Minnesota Nice," but it seemed more scripted than genuine, more of an ingrained cultural habit than people actually being genuinely courteous and respectful. You'd reach an agreement with someone and then immediately after that they'd stop taking your phone calls. That's just scratching the service. Like I said...life on another planet.

But I look at it this way. A loss for someone like Crenshaw in Texas bodes well for other states that aren't so deeply entrenched in the Trump / MAGAt bullshit.

Deep Red ain't gonna turn Deep Blue overnight.

But it's a start. I'll take the small victories along with the large ones.

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