Ted Cruz looks like someone I wouldn't trust to sell me a used car.
this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2025
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I think what should happen next is that every aspect of Ted Cruz's life should be made public. When he sits at his table eating his morning cereal there should be cameramen outside livestreaming it for the world to see.
Was this before or after he said we should stop attacking pedos?
40486 all lawmakers, enforcers and government officials.
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You're giving off some strong "I just awakened my ChatGPT" vibes here. Raw genuine unadulterated humanity is a figment of your imagination just like the "original" tomato, both have evolved from prior iterations of it's ancestors and will continue changing in the future. Why not just aim for primordial bliss?
Other than this, i dont understand how so many politicians around the world do not understand the importance of privacy rights? The size and number of data breaches that have been happening lately has been skyrocketing and I am genuinely baffled how anyone can think it is a good idea to force people (like they are in the UK currently) to submit very sensitive IDs like passports or driver's licenses to the governments when... yeah, the UK government had a breach very recently with tons of data leaked...
Laws governing data privacy and corporation collection of information should have been very strictly regulated in the very early 2000s, we are fucking super late in the game.
i dont understand how so many politicians around the world do not understand the importance of privacy rights
They do understand their importance. They understand that they have to suppress those rights to continue in power.
Additionally, they understand that a fundamental lack of privacy is great for security and ultimately, their wallets.
Think of the pedofiles. Clutches pearls
You can't see the hand under his desk squeezing harder and harder.
Instructions unclear, is he supposed to like that?
Non -pedophiles carrying water for pedophiles
Pretty ick.
That's best case
FUCK TED CRUZ!
Party of small dicks
But not proper fuck
And use protection!
With a tire iron, good enough?
I'm thinking some rough hewn pine is appropriate. Tire irons are usually painted and smooth. There is no point of such luxury here.
Hmmm, chimney sweeping brush?
If the bristles are steel, I am willing to accept your recommendation.
Well, I'm very confident the bristles are metal wire.
I second this motion!!
The only time Texans get a break from Ted Cruz is when there’s a natural disaster.
He's one of those politicians that I just can't understand every time they get re-elected. Like Schumer, or Graham. Voters are just the worst.
Honestly! I was in Texas for the Snowpocalypse and I naively thought everyone had woken up to his sniveling spineless ways.
I genuinely thought "Even if Trump wins, Texas will get Allred."
Then November happened and I was so fucking baffled. Cruz is reportedly abhored by EVERYONE.
Because most people have reduced voting down to cheerleading for 'their' side. Cruz has the (r) by his name, he gets their vote.
The one that I could never understand was Mitch McConnell.
Don't forget MTG! Tons of her constituents are immigrants, too! (Indian)
When he goes on vacation with his family, Texans had better watch out
I hate that man, Ted Cruz.
I hate his right wing views.
Instantaneously I get the blues
Well of course. If he didn't, it would be anti-capitalism and therefore terrorism.
Terrorcommunisocialism
Senate rules are embarrassing. One corrupt person can block a law that would benefit everyone in the country. The vast majority of US senators are bribed by dozens of wealthy donors.
But one senator van jam up a bill that would hurt too.
Given how weak and sold out the Democrats are, nothing happening is far better than what the Republicans want. That is actually what the Democrats base their entire electoral strategy on, aiming to do aiming to do nothing.
It is extremely undemocratic.
A single senator from a state with less population than a small city (500,000) in California can stop a law that would benefit tens of millions of people. It makes the votes of less populous states disproportionately more powerful than a vote from a large state.
There are only 6 cities in california with >500,000 population... I don't think you can call that a small city. Your point still stands, but let's not get crazy with our words here.
Sure, bit with so many offices captured by nazi allies and nhilistic pieces of shit, less is more right now.
Now is the reason the system was set up like this, specifically so a minority can jam up the majority pushing through a bunch of plutovratic nazi shit.
Protect the pedophiles, but not the privacy of the people that you yourself receive.
Forget that, won't someone think of the pedophiles?!
Don't worry citizen. Ted will!
Anyone in Texas know how to etch brass?
Just need a blue sharpie
I like CANCUNT
So this means he should have no privacy too right? Hahaha oh wait right he's special.
Data brokers make a shit ton of money.... No surprise they got to someone to block this
Technofash: Cha Ching!
I hate this so much. Special people get special treatment - everyone else can just get fucked, I guess.
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