r/ActuallyTexas Jul 05 '26

Politics Mega Thread (MOD ONLY) POLITICS MEGA THREAD

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Welcome to week # of the politics mega-thread! Once again, this will be a free-for-all without censorship. The thread, and our sub, are open to all walks of life. Everyone participating needs to remember that not everyone shares the same opinion, and cussing someone out, censoring different opinions, or being downright disrespectful only weakens your own argument.

While national politics often affect Texans, politics in the mega thread MUST be related to Texas in some way, shape, or form. Unnecessarily bringing up national politics in our state sub without direction creates disagreements, and detracts from the nature of the sub. You must make the relation to Texas CLEAR, or your posting will be removed! Here’s an example; “Federal immigration policy impacts Texas by influencing border security, state resources, and the economy due to its long border with Mexico.”

As a reminder, I am once again stating that POLITICAL POSTS AND COMMENTS DO NOT LEAVE THIS THREAD. The sub rules still apply here.

By posting rule-breaking content, you are disrespecting both the sub, your fellow members, and moderators, and WE, as moderators, reserve the right to take down your content when it violates our rules.

Mega threads will be locked when the next is posted.


r/ActuallyTexas 4d ago

Moving to Texas Texas Travel Thread

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Howdy y'all, welcome to the Texas Travel Thread! We get lots of posts related to this topic so to help keep the sub focused, we've created this localized thread where you can discuss living in, or moving to Texas, locale recommendations, travel plans, etc. Posts relating to these topics outside of this thread will be removed and redirected here, thanks y'all!


r/ActuallyTexas 8h ago

Cuisine Anyone still love a good Peanut Pattie once in a while?

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r/ActuallyTexas 18h ago

Texas Pride Texas ranks 2nd for having the most attractive regional accent (6.39% of the 2,551 Americans surveyed chose it).

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r/ActuallyTexas 1d ago

Texas Pride Everyone knows about John R. Erickson and Hank the Cowdog.

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r/ActuallyTexas 1h ago

Cuisine What y'all think about the Dill Pickles in Dr. Pepper thing?

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r/ActuallyTexas 6h ago

Texas Pride Texas Ridin' Dirty Mix

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r/ActuallyTexas 17h ago

Local/Non-Chain Grocery Stores in Your Area?

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I asked this question on the EastTexas sub, and got a decent number of submissions. What are the local/non-chain super markets or grocery stores in your area? For East Texas, the list I have is:

Wolfe City Grocery – Wolfe City

Delta Super Markey – Cooper

DeLaughter’s – Maud

David’s – Kaufman

Newsom’s – Ore City

Crump Food Store – Linden

Skinner’s – Longview

McLain’s Food Market - Shepherd


r/ActuallyTexas 15h ago

Texas Pride Howdy :) Do you like the 4th of July?

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Hi 👋 I tried posting this painting in a couple places but no one seems to like it. Maybe my fellow Texans will? It’s a painting I did on the Forth of July parade in Leakey Tx. Let me know what you think :)


r/ActuallyTexas 1d ago

Cuisine Thoughts on the high protein Blue Bell line?

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Anyone tried it yet? What's the point of getting your protein through ice cream?


r/ActuallyTexas 1d ago

Sports I never understood this. Why are people crediting The Rangerettes for being the first Women's Drill Team often?

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When it was the Flaming Flashes (Flashes Forever!) that were formed prior to Ms. Davis leaving to Kilgore? Is it due to the Rangerettes being on a more advanced College level than a high school cheerleading team? or some other structure changes that were made?

https://highkicksandsmiles.weebly.com/flaming-flashes.html


r/ActuallyTexas 1d ago

Original Content I wrote a song about Texas

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Hello! A little introduction, I’m a songwriter from the North East of England, and in my early 20s I was in a long distance relationship with a girl from Central Texas, around the Temple / Belton area.

For some time I really considered Texas to be home, a strong part of my identity, and I fell in love with the geography and history of the state. I also fell in love with the music, and songwriters such as Townes Van Zandt. Unfortunately the relationship ended some time ago, but in the time since I became a musician, and have been regularly gigging in my neck of the words here in the north of England.

With my experiences I wrote a song called ‘Leaving Texas’, and it’s about the sadness of leaving the state, but also is a bit of a love letter too. I’m not sure if it’s appropriate to share this hear but I thought a lot of folks would like it so I’m giving it a whirl! Hope y’all enjoy, you can listen via the link below!

https://linktr.ee/oliverhuntmusic


r/ActuallyTexas 1d ago

Places Inside Buffalo Bayou Park

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r/ActuallyTexas 3d ago

Cuisine Everyone in Texas knows how sweet that Chicken Express Tea be.

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r/ActuallyTexas 3d ago

Saturday (8/29/26) in Ben Wheeler, TX

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r/ActuallyTexas 3d ago

🚨Attention Houston: Yoku was saved from euthanasia and now he is missing. Last seen in Missouri City, TX. 7 year old large black dog. Please contact Dizzy Dog Animal Rescue or message me if you can help. Thank you 🚨

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r/ActuallyTexas 6d ago

Wandering Around Mineola, TX (taken 6/19/26)

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r/ActuallyTexas 7d ago

Cuisine MG's Burgers - Sherman, TX (taken 3/28/26)

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If you're ever in the Sherman/Denison area and are in the mood for a burger, you can't do better than MG's!


r/ActuallyTexas 8d ago

Why can't we tho?

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r/ActuallyTexas 8d ago

Throwback Dolly and Stubb

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r/ActuallyTexas 7d ago

Central Texas How did you handle a parent’s estate when nobody in the family lived nearby?

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My dad lived outside Austin and I’m the executor, but none of us live in Texas anymore. I can handle some of the paperwork from home, but the house is what keeps causing problems. Every time something needs attention there, it turns into figuring out who can go by or whether I need to book another trip. I’ve already flown down once and I really don’t want this to become a regular thing for the next few months. Anyone handled a Texas estate from another state?


r/ActuallyTexas 8d ago

Living in Texas Everyone knows someone that got an old propane tank they made into a smoker.

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WARNING: FILL WITH WATER TO GET THE OLD GAS OUT FIRST.


r/ActuallyTexas 8d ago

Texas Pride People from /r/chili be like "Look at my chilI!" The Chili:

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it do be like that though.


r/ActuallyTexas 8d ago

Throwback We all secretly wish KN Rootbeer could make a come back.

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The best Rootbeer you ever would have in your life was the original in Longview.

Rumors were that Sonic Drive In copied the idea of the pull up car hop and push button system from them.


r/ActuallyTexas 9d ago

Throwback Remembering Night Hawk's Frozen TV Dinner's smoking Freezer Commercial.

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Some say they'd love to go back to the real Frisco and Night Hawks..

FYI: They JUST confirmed Green Spaghetti rumors are true.. coming soon.