I can’t swear that the photo here is authentic, but I wouldn’t be surprised.
Of course, strange stuff like this is regional within the U.S. This is not something you’d find in New England. But the culture of places like Texas, and the laws that support it, are far different.
To put it simply, Texas is open. As of 2021, Texas law no longer requires people to have a license to carry (LTC) in order to carry a handgun in most public places. Additionally, Texas has no laws restricting open containers (of alcohol). This means that you can drive around (steering with your knees) with a gun in one hand and an open can of ice-cold beer in the other.
Though this is something that delights Texans to no end, it probably wouldn’t provide the same buzz to the people of Connecticut or Massachusetts.
In addition, Texas is known for a great number of other unseemly anomalies. The state is the death penalty capital of the nation; it’s has been responsible for the most executions over recent years by far, with 593 since 1977 as of mid-February 2025 compared with 448 in the other 49 states combined. Texas has also recently opened the door to massive redistricting, in an attempt to ensure that Republicans have a huge and unfair/illegal majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Many Americans think of Texas as “a good place to avoid,” and it’s not hard to understand why.
Incompetence isn’t actually the issue with Trump.
Imagine for an instant that the president was paid $100 billion per year to run this country, and that he was given a $50 billion annual merit-based bonus if his key statistics were up that measured how well the country was doing in terms of the quality of Americans’ lives. Do you think he’d be starting useless and illegal wars that drive up consumer prices? Destroying the educational system and the environment?
Not for a millisecond.
As shown here, there are (formerly credible) people who are telling us that Trump is restoring Americans’ trust in government.
Do they truly believe this?
One of the casualties of the post-truth era is that the statements of our “leaders” no longer are required to have any basis in fact. What Jim Jordan says here is a fine example.
When he says “better” here, is he referring to runaway inflation? Trump’s purposeless and illegal war with no end in sight? His blatant corruption and criminality? His having, quite successfully, divided the American people into groups that hate each other? The enrichment of billionaires at the expense of the working class? The carefully engineered collapse of the environment so as to favor his donors in fossil fuels? The demise of the U.S. educational system?
Please be clear.
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