[Dallas Voice] Paxton announces plan to legally depose Dallas ISD officials over trans athletes participating in school sports
Posted by DeepYogurtcloset3235@reddit | Dallas | View on Reddit | 41 comments
https://dallasvoice.com/paxton-to-depose-disd-officials/
From the article: “The AG’s press release says the list of individuals he intends to depose includes Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde, LGBT Youth Program Coordinator Mahoganie Gaston and the members of the Board of Trustees.”
harmonic_pies@reddit
I’m sure this is far more important than doing anything to improve academic performance or the safety of children and teachers in Texas public schools
Lonely_Refuse4988@reddit
So ugly and terrible! Right wing paranoia around transgenders has led them to even accuse any girl with athletic prowess and slightly masculine features as ‘trans’ ! It’s becoming a sad witch hunt! And, these same Republicans who are so fixated on ‘biology’ forced a transgender male teenager (a female who transitioned to male and received testosterone treatments) to compete in girls wrestling in high school and ruin that sport and experience for competitive girls. The athlete in question, wanted to compete in boys wrestling but was forced by Abbott and Republicans, to compete in girls category. 😂🤣🤷♂️
Vataro@reddit
FYI, "transgender" (or just "trans") is an adjective, not a noun. So "transgender people" or "trans men and women" would be correct, but "transgenders" would not. Otherwise the rest of your post is good!
Lonely_Refuse4988@reddit
Thanks for the clarification! I had considered myself a ‘trans ally’ but I guess I should say I’m an ‘ally of transgender people’?
Vataro@reddit
I'm not trans myself, but "trans ally" is probably fine and understood to mean as such. I've mostly seen large pushback against the term "transgenders" specifically, so that's probably the main thing to avoid in the future.
LP99@reddit
Witchhunts are all Republicans do. Just go through the years; satanic whatever in the 1980s. Homosexuality in the late 1980s & 1990s, “brown” people post-9/11. Transgender was in for a bit, then they decided they could just use “DEI” as a catch-all.
How people keep falling for this decade in and decade out is absolutely astounding.
johdawson@reddit
OK.
But when will eggs prices come down?
e654422@reddit
Egg prices are cheaper now than at the end of the Biden administration.
Raiderboy105@reddit
That's fucking hilarious considering eggs right now are about $7 for 18 eggs at my local Walmart when they were 2.49 at the end of December.
e654422@reddit
Hmm, not sure what to tell you; the actual numbers don’t support your anecdote.
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/eggs-us
Also, I just checked: an 18-count of eggs at Walmart Dallas is $5.88, not $7.
noncongruent@reddit
Funny, I was just in Walmart last night and a dozen eggs was $4.39. Not the 18-pack, but the 12-pack. There's this thing called regional and local price variations, which makes your link meaningless. Cheapest eggs in my area now are at Aldi, $3.98/dz, and Costco/Sam's are among the most expensive. Retail egg prices are still at historic highs, highs reached after Trump took power. There is downward pressure on retail prices now, it's because people, like me, are just quitting eggs entirely. The people who bake will keep buying, of course, but a very large segment of the population eats eggs directly. I haven't eaten an egg since lat January, the last of two dozen I bought for $2.26 in late November.
Will eggs come down? Maybe, eventually, but never back to the high volume low prices that we were used to in previous years. Egg corporations have found that they can make way more profit shorting the market and charging higher prices for less eggs. In a perfect world we'd see eggs back down to $1.50-1.75 at most, and under a buck in some markets.
e654422@reddit
This is a Dallas, my man. We have these crazy things called “apps.” Walmart even has one. The crazy thing is that you can input your location, and they’ll display the price of items they sell in stores. If you input “Dallas” as your location, you will see that 18 eggs cost $5.88 at the Dallas Supercenter location. Mind blown, I know.
noncongruent@reddit
And I can't install apps on my phone due to the way I get my service, so apps are pointless. I can only go with what I see with my own eyes.
Raiderboy105@reddit
You should be going off what your eyes tell you anyway so plus for that, these people who just throw stats and app data around without any contextualization are so stupid.
frenchezz@reddit
Mind pointing out where I can find these cheaper eggs?
e654422@reddit
Sure. I just checked on the Walmart app and the Dallas Supercenter has a a dozen eggs for $3.98.
rougefalcon@reddit
Around $6 for 18 at Costco the other day.
frenchezz@reddit
Ok so ALSO need a costco membership. Thanks...
rougefalcon@reddit
You bet! Enjoy the rest of your day!
USMCLee@reddit
In his mind.
frenchezz@reddit
lol he said a place that requires a paid membership so great advice overall /s
joewHEElAr@reddit
Oh, case closed boys.
imalwayshongry@reddit
Ah, I see we’re tackling the most important issues for folks who peaked in high school.
LevelDry5807@reddit
It’s unfair. Simple as that
TchoupedNScrewed@reddit
Reminds me of when like Utah banned trans athletes when they had one trans athlete in the entire state, and she already graduated by the time the bill passed.
SadatayAllDamnDay@reddit
So glad the government is doing important stuff like focusing on oppressing one of the tiniest minority populations in our state. I'm sure all this will help fix our subpar test scores!
BenderIsNotGreat@reddit
Let me guess, it's one trans person.
AprilDruid@reddit
One or two tops. This whole panic over trans women in sports is hilarious, when you consider these are the same people who think women's sports are a joke.
UnknownQTY@reddit
And they’re probably in something like UIL theatre or choir or something, which gets reported under sports because UIL.
(Not saying trans people can’t do sports, just that this would be the level of fucking stupid I expect from Ken Paxton)
emeraldgaldfw@reddit
Just don't show up. Not like they follow the rules with subpoenas, Court orders, etc.
bananabob23@reddit
Nobody that’s blasting gear should compete against natural women. Trans or not, that’s just silly to place in the same category.
tbear87@reddit
He's been on her ass since she was at AISD. This should surprise absolutely nobody. Paxton is a corrupt POS who does nothing for Texans. He lives to make political theater.
duncandreizehen@reddit
Paxton is such an asshole, and this is such a waste of taxpayer money
vldz90@reddit
👏🏼👏🏼
Snobolski@reddit
You have the clap. Good for you.
Embarrassed-Manager1@reddit
👎🏼
comtessequamvideri@reddit
Focusing on the issues that matter most, as always. This guy might be the only person on the planet who could get me to knock doors for John Cornyn in the primaries.
Snobolski@reddit
Is he doing anything about prosecuting the child abusers who let their kids get the Measles?
Technical-Thanks-373@reddit
Texas government being Texas a-holes again.
One-Donkey-9418@reddit
What is this guy's actual job? All I ever see him do is stir up shit and start frivolous lawsuits, usually against Texas residents. Too bad doge can't fire his useless ass.
sealclubberfan@reddit
What a complete and utter waste of time, my gosh.