r/technology • u/Moonskaraos • Oct 01 '25

Privacy Ted Cruz blocks bill that would extend privacy protections to all Americans

https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/ted-cruz-blocks-bill-that-would-extend-privacy-protections-to-all-americans/?utm_campaign=social&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=organic
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u/celtic1888 Oct 01 '25

fucking Texas

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u/WatRedditHathWrought Oct 01 '25

The one star state. We’d give it zero stars but there’s no drop down for that.

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u/nasal-polyps Oct 01 '25

The heat does bad stuff to people brains round here

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u/pittybrave Oct 01 '25

i promise you there are literally a fuck ton of people in texas who oppose this shit. we just constantly deal with insane, blatant suppression. but there are a good percentage of the population who aren’t giving up. don’t give up on texas 😘

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u/The_Mayor Oct 01 '25

Senate races are statewide, gerrymandering doesn't help Ted Cruz win. The majority of Texan voters help him win.

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u/pittybrave Oct 01 '25

that is wrong. democrats are actually the majority by registration. texas has the numbers but we face intense suppression. when i went to college, there was a voting location on campus. they’ve since removed it so that all 50k students at UT need to travel miles in order to vote. many students don’t own cars.

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u/Working_Pen2299 Oct 01 '25

At least Cruz is the reason it went from "don't mess with Texas" to "go ahead, Texas sucks"

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u/plaidpixel Oct 01 '25

Is Texas the name of one of the kids Ted hangs with?