• Texas power prices soared 20,000% Wednesday evening amid another brutal heat wave.

  • Spot electricity prices topped $5,000 per megawatt-hour, up more than 200 times from Wednesday morning.

  • The state’s grid operator issued its second-highest energy emergency, then later said conditions returned to normal.

  • Hot Saucerman@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Wow, I’m so shocked that Democrat turnout is depressed in *checks notes… states that go out of their way to gerrymander so only the Republicans can win, and use authoritarian tactics and putting Yes Men in key positions, have laws like it being illegal to give water to people standing in the voting line, and in general violently repress their Democratic constituents.

    Gee I wonder why those votes might be depressed! It certainly has nothing to do with a system that has already been rigged against them! /s

    Being real though, that’s purposeful on the part of Republicans. They want Democrats to lose hope. Makes their job easier.

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      have laws like it being illegal to give water to people standing in the voting line

      That was found unconstitutional at least.

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        When has the Constitution ever stopped Republicans from violating the Constitution?

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        Right, but the fact that people in red states have to fight that buffoonery tooth and nail every day is part of why they’re tired and feel like voting is hopeless.

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      You know what’s been shocking to me in my last two elections? How much fear I felt turning in my ballot that someone would attack me after. I’d rather die than lose my freedom to vote blue, but I’d rather not die…

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      The Governorship isn’t gerrymandered. That’s a literal turnout issue. You HAVE TO vote to not be overlorded by fascists. @