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A couple weeks ago Senator Ted Cruz was speaking at Texas A&M University when someone asked him his thoughts on the Texas secessionist movement. He replied that he wasn’t “there, yet.” It is important to understand that the modern secession movement is not a product of Lone Star pride. It’s an idea that has been force fed into the American conservative movement by Russia.
Secession is one of the Kremlin’s “active measures” campaigns: Promote fringe wackos abroad and hope that, eventually, they break something. This may not sound like much of a plan, but it sometimes works. Putin has been openly building his portfolio of wackos for a while. And the wackos have begun breaking things.
The shiny ball that caught Cruz’s attention was The Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM). TNM is Texas’s most prominent secessionist organization. In 2015, TNM attended a St. Petersburg gathering of worldwide extremists organized by Rodina—that’s “Motherland” in Russian—the fascist-adjacent offshoot of Putin’s United Russia party.
That gathering was a safe space […]
One could make a very strong case that Texas seceding would be a godsend to the United States.
I have a number of friends living in TX who are fighting the good fight. I remember Anne Richards, Molly Ivins.. Apparently, TX tax laws favor the rich. And there’s been a migration of the extremely wealthy into TX. Joe Rogan, Elon Musk. According to a post election poll, more native Texans voted for Beto O’Rourke than any other group. There’s also been a big exodus of Californians to TX which may influence the next election toward a more liberal voting patterns. The Cost of living and renting is less expensive there. All of this makes it seem like TX may be due for a shift.. time will tell.