On Saturday, Ted Cruz posted photos of himself handing out bottled water with the hashtag ‘Texas strong.’
“Sorry, Cruz, this is not going to cut it, my man. See this right here? This is the politician version of coming home with flowers the day after Valentine’s Day. It’s not nothing, but your [expletive] is still sleeping on the couch.” —Trevor Noah
“Texans who did manage to keep the lights on during the freeze woke up to astronomical energy bills – some 180 times the normal rate, as much as $16,000 – thanks to uncapped energy rates tied to demand. Texas leaders, such as the former governor Rick Perry, have long touted this free-market system as the pride of Texas, but now that Texans are being charged $20,000 to toast a bagel, Cruz has discovered that regulation might not be so bad. In response to outcry over the obscene electricity bills, Cruz tweeted that ‘state and local regulators should act swiftly to prevent this injustice’. Cruz reversed his stance on regulation like it was a flight path to Mexico. And let’s be honest, nobody forced these Texans to choose the world’s shadiest company for their electricity, but also, nobody really talked about the worst-case scenario when they talked about the wonders of an unregulated market. When conservatives talk about freedom from government, they only focus on the good things, but that’s not the whole picture. If you were running a zoo, and you told all the antelopes, ‘Congrats, guys, we’re giving you all the freedom to roam around the zoo,’ that’s good news! But it’s only fair to tell them that the lions are also going to be getting that freedom, because that shit is not as good for the antelopes as you make it sound.” —Trevor Noah
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“A poet that belongs with the Masters. A magisterial collection. A combination of
Bukowski’s The Last Night of the Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”
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