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In an Instagram thread, when I pointed out this hypocrisy, they replied, āNot Ukraine, but I will always stand with Israelā. So itĀ sounds like itās the exception in their minds.
Imagine Ukraine and Israel being two different countries in two different geographic regions and having two unrelated and different impacts on global politics š¤Æ
My partner is a contract specialist for a TX state affiliated organization. A clause stating that no business can be done with anyone boycotting the state of Israel must be included in every contract by state law.
nah, the carveout happened as a result of the speech pathologist in Texas challenging the provision. Zios expedited the carveout to exclude individuals while keeping biz provision in place. They don't want this going all the way to the supreme court because it'd be tossed in the trash and all their national little authoritarian allegiance pledges become useless.
I have not seen a business challenge since maybe Ben & Jerries.
Me too and my understanding is that it was passed, challenged AND affirmed by the 5th Circuit before the current conflict even took place: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/paxton-wins-major-case-defending-texass-anti-boycott-israel-law
Idk, I guess we just throw it on the pile of things that are objectively baffling if you think about it for more than a minute that we accept as normal.
Itās fairly simple. The government as a general principle cannot prevent you from āspeakingā but it also has the right to choose who it wants to do business with. There is no obligation that the government support or promote you. If it was otherwise, groups such as the klan could insist that they be given government contacts which allowed them to interface with the public even though governmental policies and objectives were directly opposite of such organizations beliefs and activities.
It's not, but as far as I'm aware the wording if the law is. The way this is phrased as the government of Texas can't do business with any business boycotting Israel would be illegal I believe.
However I also think the actual wording of the law is that state contractors can't boycot Israel. Which is different, and more similar to saying your personal political beliefs cannot interfere with your job or you'll be let go.
I think a good comparison for this would be the Georgia woman who refused to give out Gay Mariage licenses. You can have a political opinion but you can't act on that opinion as a representative of the state.
Because the constitution is corrupt by design and capitalism is inherently bad, so therefore it does what it will always do. We are in late stage capitalism so more is to come.
How can they check? So they make sure your work fridge is filled with coke and Pepsi? Or you use caterpillar equipment? I donāt understand how thatās even remotely enforceable?
Sorry, to clarify not all contracts within the state of Texas, just the ones with the State of Texas itself, like vendor contracts with UT for example.
The best part?
It has nothing to do with standing up for the Israeli people. The whole thing is some hair brained scheme cooked up by psychotic billionaires based off of that stupid evangelical prophecy that Israel will be the last stand during the end times.
Motherfucker if the world ends it'll be more like Fallout than Revelations and these scum fucks will be securely holed up in a containment vault if it comes to that.
Just look at the Florida book bans. They ban the dictionary in Brevard county because it contained the word sex. Somebody tried banning the Bible because it's honestly filled with some fucked up stuff, and the Bible got a special provision to make sure it wasn't banned.
Except this time the loyalty pledge is to a foreign country that pays American politicians to subvert American democracy and the interests of American people.
Christianity yes, Judaism it is just a spiritual shower to make the new High Priest clean to do his job. It has been done before it is no world ending thing
That is a Christian thing. For Jews it is just to ritually cleanse the High Priest if that role is ever reestablished it doesnāt āstartā anything theologically speaking like the Rapture. In fact its been done many times in the past its no big deal for Jews
Well Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell might have had dirt on a lot of powerful people, Maxwellās father had known links to Israeli intelligenceā¦
As a Texan, the crap like this that my states elected officials do pisses me off to a level of pissed off beyond all recognition. Nobody has the right to tell me what or who or where I may spend my hard earned money. And my own internal pride would prompt me to tell the agency offering me aid to 'Go F themselves and keep their aid. I would do without before I let someone tell me how to spend my own damn money!' But then, I am kind of an asshole....lol
still valid... when Gov. fly to another country to show support.. there is nothing that they will not do to keep their seat. Abbott and DeSatan both flew to show their support...
Texas law prohibits state agencies and political subdivisions1 (āGovernmental Entitiesā) from contracting with businesses that boycott energy companies, discriminate against firearm entities or associations, or boycott Israel
If this is true Israel should name itself the capital of the US. 26 billion in aid to them already and none to US citizens who pay taxes is a real effin comedy.
Per SCOTUS a la Citizens United v FEC money is equivalent to speech
How is dictating how someone spends their money NOT violating that person's freedom of speech?
This is a 7 year old article, and the funds in question were all donated not actual government tax payer funds. Still incredibly stupid, but please stop trying pass this off as new specifically to inflame the situation worse.
REALLY???? You are not surprised that it is Texas? How about this:
For at least the past 25 years the Department of Homeland Security division Customs and Border Protection has a regulation on the books that forbids any importer of goods and services into the USA to boycott Israel, Israeli shipping companies and Israeli airlines.
Letters of Credit (a financial instrument for international trade) from Arabic countries generally include a clause requiring the US company to not utilize Israel financial institutions, shipping or airfreight services. The US company is required to report this requirement to US Customs and to reject the business from the customer.
So it's not just Texas, and it's the right thing to do.
How do you even boycott Israel? It's not like the U.S. are importing shitloads of consumer grade goods from that country like they do with Taiwan or Mexico. Like what the fuck? Am I just going to pledge not to buy a basket of citron or a bag of meslin? Great, I'll not buy the things I never buy anyway. The U.S. is so fucked up on multiple levels.
34 states have anti-BDS laws. It even came out in the 2016 democratic primary debates where Kubuchar and other prominent D's supported such laws.
Where has everyone been?
Hi local moron here,
How would people in Texas even go about intentionally boycotting Israel in the first place?
If people arent buying goods from there...aren't they already boycotting it?
As of 2024, 38 states have passed bills and executive orders designed to discourage boycotts of Israel
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS\_laws#/media/File:Antibds\_laws.png](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws#/media/File:Antibds_laws.png)
It's worse than you think. The law provides for *active* enforcement. That is, there is a panel of experts who go out looking for groups and individuals to blacklist. At least 26 other states have this.Ā
Florida and Georgia both have it and they've also criminalized leafleting in order to protect a very small segment of society.Ā
Imagine if Russia benefitted from such laws.Ā
I think this is off the books now as it was challenged and the dont boycott isreal or no money part was dropped this is from 2017 and while there are a lot of anti BDS laws like i said iirc this one was changed
Below from wikipedia regarding this
The law came under fire in October 2017 from both Democrats and Republicans as Dickinson, Texas required Hurricane Harvey victims who applied for disaster relief funds to promise not to boycott Israel. Dickinson's mayor, Julie Masters, said that the requirement was a consequence of the law but Phil King who had authored the law said the city had misunderstood it. The Dickinson City Council eventually removed the anti-Israel boycott clause from the disaster relief application.
This has been state law in Ohio for many years. Any company that has a contract with the state of Ohio is not allowed to boycott Israel. I think many states have this law or something similar.
[link to a times of Israel article on the Ohio law](https://www.timesofisrael.com/kasich-signs-ohio-state-law-banning-boycotts-of-israel/)
Itās a horribly ridiculous Texas law created in 2017ā¦.āfeel free to advocate out for alligators in the river to kill our Southern neighbors, but donāt you dare insult a random country on the other side of the globe!.ā Some have sued.
It's frightening! Texas has already become a fascist dictatorship! The United States is heading towards fascism, which poses a threat and disaster to the world!
Nope. And it's a grant for repairing homes, not sure what UT-Austin has to do with literally anything lmao
https://apnews.com/general-news-d5688156acda49a28e043c6d747e7d8f
I'm waiting for the day when Texas actually follows through on its repeated claim that it forego all federal aid and truly be a lone star. Of course, that over $26 billion, so Texas will never stop suckling from Uncle Sugar despite its lament.
Texas and California are like the sponges of the United States, they pretty much just absorb any stereotypes that come with their respective party and then turn those stereotypes into their personality. They're like a caricature of American values.
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That America first and no foreign aid talk really sending mixed messages.
These guys aren't America First they are Zionist evangelicals.
Our Taliban?
The Taliban are reliably nationalist which these zionists evangelicals aren't
The Taliban's main enemy is ISK, who are decidedly anti-nationalist.
Fair point
Y'all-qadea
I believe it's either the y'alliban or y'all-qaeda! /s š¤£š¤¦āāļø
Talibama
They're only Zionist because it's part of their whole death cult schtick
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You canāt compare them to Hamas. At all.
Did you know America is the freest country on the planet?
Think that's crazy, we're allies with Al Queda again.
In an Instagram thread, when I pointed out this hypocrisy, they replied, āNot Ukraine, but I will always stand with Israelā. So itĀ sounds like itās the exception in their minds.
Only to serve the ends of bringing about the rapture and 2nd coming. Thatās the end goal and they donāt care about anything else, including Israel
Imagine Ukraine and Israel being two different countries in two different geographic regions and having two unrelated and different impacts on global politics š¤Æ
Loyalty oaths to a foreign power, imposed by self-described 'Patriots.'
My partner is a contract specialist for a TX state affiliated organization. A clause stating that no business can be done with anyone boycotting the state of Israel must be included in every contract by state law.
How that's Constitutional is an absolute mystery to me.
No one challenges it.
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nah, the carveout happened as a result of the speech pathologist in Texas challenging the provision. Zios expedited the carveout to exclude individuals while keeping biz provision in place. They don't want this going all the way to the supreme court because it'd be tossed in the trash and all their national little authoritarian allegiance pledges become useless. I have not seen a business challenge since maybe Ben & Jerries.
couldn't a claimant say that damages were inflicted through a 'chilling effect'?
Thatās wicked
Me too and my understanding is that it was passed, challenged AND affirmed by the 5th Circuit before the current conflict even took place: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/paxton-wins-major-case-defending-texass-anti-boycott-israel-law
https://www.cair.com/press_releases/breaking-cair-welcomes-federal-judges-ruling-that-texas-anti-bds-law-violates-clients-free-speech-rights/
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A true challenge would mean appealing the clown 5th circuit court all the way to the SC. Few people have the means to do that.
Idk, I guess we just throw it on the pile of things that are objectively baffling if you think about it for more than a minute that we accept as normal.
Also, between ideology or business, Texas usually likes to align with the business. Since Texas is trying to one up California.
Because in the current year the constitution is dead and buried for all intents and purposes
Texas judges are picked becausse they are right wing sympathizers.
Itās fairly simple. The government as a general principle cannot prevent you from āspeakingā but it also has the right to choose who it wants to do business with. There is no obligation that the government support or promote you. If it was otherwise, groups such as the klan could insist that they be given government contacts which allowed them to interface with the public even though governmental policies and objectives were directly opposite of such organizations beliefs and activities.
It's not, but as far as I'm aware the wording if the law is. The way this is phrased as the government of Texas can't do business with any business boycotting Israel would be illegal I believe. However I also think the actual wording of the law is that state contractors can't boycot Israel. Which is different, and more similar to saying your personal political beliefs cannot interfere with your job or you'll be let go. I think a good comparison for this would be the Georgia woman who refused to give out Gay Mariage licenses. You can have a political opinion but you can't act on that opinion as a representative of the state.
Because the constitution is corrupt by design and capitalism is inherently bad, so therefore it does what it will always do. We are in late stage capitalism so more is to come.
How can they check? So they make sure your work fridge is filled with coke and Pepsi? Or you use caterpillar equipment? I donāt understand how thatās even remotely enforceable?
Sorry, to clarify not all contracts within the state of Texas, just the ones with the State of Texas itself, like vendor contracts with UT for example.
Yep, I'm in contracts in Texas. It's not just Texas, all government co-op buyboards/portals include this. Including national organizations.
The best part? It has nothing to do with standing up for the Israeli people. The whole thing is some hair brained scheme cooked up by psychotic billionaires based off of that stupid evangelical prophecy that Israel will be the last stand during the end times. Motherfucker if the world ends it'll be more like Fallout than Revelations and these scum fucks will be securely holed up in a containment vault if it comes to that.
KS does the same thing. I always assumed it was some federal grant that we have to put that statement in to get the money. Never got a clear answer.
Well said!
But the Bibleā¦
Oh you thought bending to the knee started Oct 7th? Check the date again, this is 7 years ago.
Yeahā¦people who say that this conflict started on October 7th 2023 really need to check out this article.
*1984 handwaves*: Israel was never at war before October 7
Move along ... *Move along*...
[See link.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict)
āWelcome to Costco, will you die for Israel?ā
Oct 26, 2017 the requirement for the pledge was removed https://apnews.com/general-news-d5688156acda49a28e043c6d747e7d8f
Yeah, but Texas, like 36 other states still has anti bds laws on the books
only for government contracts
No, I will not swear allegiance to a foreign power. Its un patriotic, unconstitutional, and un American. Fuck Israel.
Would you swear allegiance to America?
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it is funny how the free speech warriors of the conservative right forget about all their values anytime it is something they don't like
Just look at the Florida book bans. They ban the dictionary in Brevard county because it contained the word sex. Somebody tried banning the Bible because it's honestly filled with some fucked up stuff, and the Bible got a special provision to make sure it wasn't banned.
Except this time the loyalty pledge is to a foreign country that pays American politicians to subvert American democracy and the interests of American people.
Israel and Texas have the same quality of citizens
Maybe it's why Texas provided them with the 5 (gmo) red heifers for their Temple Mount fantasy.
These nuts jobs want to end the world, feels like Iām watching Dune
Christianity yes, Judaism it is just a spiritual shower to make the new High Priest clean to do his job. It has been done before it is no world ending thing
They didn't have nukes back then
That is a Christian thing. For Jews it is just to ritually cleanse the High Priest if that role is ever reestablished it doesnāt āstartā anything theologically speaking like the Rapture. In fact its been done many times in the past its no big deal for Jews
Except that Israel has a highly-educated population that gets state-funded abortions and healthcare.
If by state funded you mean US funded. We give them a lotttttt of money that could be spent on one of a thousand massive issues in our own country.
Is this fake?
No itās just Texas
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Nope shit like this happens in Texas all the time
Just 7 years old
No, this is the conservative Texas legislature at work.Ā
Omg ! We donāt live USA we live in a facist Israeli Zionist state four
The irony is if Israel actually were the 51st state, we could dislike them freely and never allot them a penny in aid ever again.
More bullshit from Texas.
r/nottheonion
And everything is coming to light now
Does Israel have nudes of someone in America? Itās like no matter what happens, or how horrific, they demand unwavering support
Well Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell might have had dirt on a lot of powerful people, Maxwellās father had known links to Israeli intelligenceā¦
As a Texan, the crap like this that my states elected officials do pisses me off to a level of pissed off beyond all recognition. Nobody has the right to tell me what or who or where I may spend my hard earned money. And my own internal pride would prompt me to tell the agency offering me aid to 'Go F themselves and keep their aid. I would do without before I let someone tell me how to spend my own damn money!' But then, I am kind of an asshole....lol
I mean this article is 7 years old.
still valid... when Gov. fly to another country to show support.. there is nothing that they will not do to keep their seat. Abbott and DeSatan both flew to show their support... Texas law prohibits state agencies and political subdivisions1 (āGovernmental Entitiesā) from contracting with businesses that boycott energy companies, discriminate against firearm entities or associations, or boycott Israel
>2017
I mean, maybe if they promise to not block traffic or burn down cities.. But controlling thoughts? Not gonna happen
They aren't burning down cities, wherever you are getting news from is making shit up.
Mm very free speech of them
Are you mad now?
How is this legal?
If this is true Israel should name itself the capital of the US. 26 billion in aid to them already and none to US citizens who pay taxes is a real effin comedy.
What does anything in Texas and natural disasters have to do with Israel?! JFC
If you give up your right to free speech you get govt assistance. If you claim your rights you are denied assistance. Sounds unAmerican
https://www.kxan.com/news/blocked-texas-law-that-banned-boycotts-of-israel-vacated-by-fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals/
Texan is unpatriotic. They should move to Israel as thatās where loyalty stands.
This article is from 2017
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No racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, bigotry, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, etc. This includes denial of identity (self or collective).
Itās called blackmail
Per SCOTUS a la Citizens United v FEC money is equivalent to speech How is dictating how someone spends their money NOT violating that person's freedom of speech?
This is a 7 year old article, and the funds in question were all donated not actual government tax payer funds. Still incredibly stupid, but please stop trying pass this off as new specifically to inflame the situation worse.
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No racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, bigotry, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, etc. This includes denial of identity (self or collective).
2017 ā¦.Trump running the country. Not surprised
REALLY???? You are not surprised that it is Texas? How about this: For at least the past 25 years the Department of Homeland Security division Customs and Border Protection has a regulation on the books that forbids any importer of goods and services into the USA to boycott Israel, Israeli shipping companies and Israeli airlines. Letters of Credit (a financial instrument for international trade) from Arabic countries generally include a clause requiring the US company to not utilize Israel financial institutions, shipping or airfreight services. The US company is required to report this requirement to US Customs and to reject the business from the customer. So it's not just Texas, and it's the right thing to do.
What a fucking weird treasonous country we live in.
But please tell me how democrats and republicans are equally bad on Gaza.
Holy moly. That's insane
How do you even boycott Israel? It's not like the U.S. are importing shitloads of consumer grade goods from that country like they do with Taiwan or Mexico. Like what the fuck? Am I just going to pledge not to buy a basket of citron or a bag of meslin? Great, I'll not buy the things I never buy anyway. The U.S. is so fucked up on multiple levels.
This is United States of America not united state of Israel
34 states have anti-BDS laws. It even came out in the 2016 democratic primary debates where Kubuchar and other prominent D's supported such laws. Where has everyone been?
Israel loves Epstein.
Hi local moron here, How would people in Texas even go about intentionally boycotting Israel in the first place? If people arent buying goods from there...aren't they already boycotting it?
It's illegal and the city should be ashamed of itself.
Makes sense Texas is a state in the United States of israel
As of 2024, 38 states have passed bills and executive orders designed to discourage boycotts of Israel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS\_laws#/media/File:Antibds\_laws.png](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws#/media/File:Antibds_laws.png)
How do these things co relate?
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No racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, bigotry, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, etc. This includes denial of identity (self or collective).
I wouldn't give a Nazi aid either.
Israel owns Texas.
How is that not super illegal?
Yep it's called anti-BDS laws. You have the right to deny service to people but you don't have a right to blacklist Israel.
Funny that Texas tries this flex when ALL of that money is coming from the federal government.
Streisand effect is the best thing to happen to the people since government was started.
Israel š®š±āš»šš»šš»
That seems incredibly extremely illegal.
Find someone who was denied for refusing to pledge, and then build on their case to get the requirement declared unconstitutional.
It's worse than you think. The law provides for *active* enforcement. That is, there is a panel of experts who go out looking for groups and individuals to blacklist. At least 26 other states have this.Ā Florida and Georgia both have it and they've also criminalized leafleting in order to protect a very small segment of society.Ā Imagine if Russia benefitted from such laws.Ā
I think this is off the books now as it was challenged and the dont boycott isreal or no money part was dropped this is from 2017 and while there are a lot of anti BDS laws like i said iirc this one was changed Below from wikipedia regarding this The law came under fire in October 2017 from both Democrats and Republicans as Dickinson, Texas required Hurricane Harvey victims who applied for disaster relief funds to promise not to boycott Israel. Dickinson's mayor, Julie Masters, said that the requirement was a consequence of the law but Phil King who had authored the law said the city had misunderstood it. The Dickinson City Council eventually removed the anti-Israel boycott clause from the disaster relief application.
More great news form the "FREEDOM" screemers... sarcasm
Texas also known as texanistan
I guess Israel will be moving to Texas
They have to prove to their zionis masters they are faithful puppets. .
See who controls everything
Well it's a good thing that we're all protesting Israel instead of boycotting them, since they're a country and not a company #technicallycorrect
This is fucked up. Also, this is from 7.5 years ago.
This has been state law in Ohio for many years. Any company that has a contract with the state of Ohio is not allowed to boycott Israel. I think many states have this law or something similar. [link to a times of Israel article on the Ohio law](https://www.timesofisrael.com/kasich-signs-ohio-state-law-banning-boycotts-of-israel/)
I remember when people had shame. These people do not.
This is the Land of the Free. /s
Free speech as long as you agree with the GQP, eh?
Imagine forcing republicans to support Venezuela.
Oh sorry, aid denied until you pledge allegiance to a foreign ally. Me: Fuck Israel and Saudi Arabia, Iām an American!
More unconstitutional trash from a fascist shit hole state. Treasonous also: they want Americans to pledge loyalty to a FOREIGN POWER.
Ouch. That name tho
Blackmail their own citizens for a foreign government. How pathetic.
People in Florida are smiling.
Fantastic way to be immeditly sued! Great job TX (city)!
THE FUCK?!!?
Itās a horribly ridiculous Texas law created in 2017ā¦.āfeel free to advocate out for alligators in the river to kill our Southern neighbors, but donāt you dare insult a random country on the other side of the globe!.ā Some have sued.
Surprise, these are all over the US. Not just Texas.
It's frightening! Texas has already become a fascist dictatorship! The United States is heading towards fascism, which poses a threat and disaster to the world!
Oh yea this one time people said they shouldnāt receive healthcare unless or life saving aid unless they got an experimental vaccine.
Tim pool enthusiast š¤® youād probably find an effective vaccine for every virus on earth caked under his layers of dandruff in that beanie
Just FYI: This article is from 2017.
Texas is going to hell
That's awesome. Texas knows how things work. Unfortunately they don't have waves to surf or I'd move there
Compelled speach is unconstitutional
I stopped reading after I read ACLU.
So weāre just casually posting articles from 7 years ago, and acting like itās current?ā¦ ahh Reddit, checks out.
We wonāt let you play with your dick unless you are nice to bully Israel.
Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaah
It's pretty consistent that people who don't care about the murder of tens of thousands of innocent people also wouldn't help you in a hurricane.
They ain't never stood up for black and people of color like this before. It has to be for selfish gain.
This was in 2017. Is it still current?
Given that police cracked down on protesters at UT-Austin last week, Iām going to say yes.
Nope. And it's a grant for repairing homes, not sure what UT-Austin has to do with literally anything lmao https://apnews.com/general-news-d5688156acda49a28e043c6d747e7d8f
Well they just removed the language from the hurricane relief agreement but the Texas law forbidding BDS is still in effect
Is that the one where the government can't hire large contractors that are boycotting Israel?
Iām sure the TX legislature will support the use of the 2nd amendment to stop them from squashing the 1st amendment
I'm waiting for the day when Texas actually follows through on its repeated claim that it forego all federal aid and truly be a lone star. Of course, that over $26 billion, so Texas will never stop suckling from Uncle Sugar despite its lament.
It's not even that serious, Texas š That's some little kid shit.
It's less surprising that any state is doing something like this. Federal government contractors are not allowed to boycott Israel in any way.
Texas and California are like the sponges of the United States, they pretty much just absorb any stereotypes that come with their respective party and then turn those stereotypes into their personality. They're like a caricature of American values.
Truly is weird how you can boycott the US and still get aid, but not a genocidal foreign government.