Monday, June 15, 2020

The Weekly Wrangle


The Texas Progressive Alliance's round-up of blog posts, tweets, and lefty news from around and about the Lone Star State opens this morning with election news, followed by the latest coronavirus developments.  A separate post collecting the myriad of reactions from bloggers regarding police response to Black Lives Matter protests will appear later.


George Floyd's death continues to influence the nation; the pandemic had pinched voter registration drives but the rallies and marches for him -- and now Javier Ambler, Rayshard Brooks, and too many more -- have re-surged them.


As PDiddie at Brains and Eggs suggested in last week's 'Race for the White House' update, polling this early is nothing to get excited about.


SocraticGadfly offers a twofer on third party national politics. First, in the wake of a previous post about Libertarian presidential nominee Jo Jorgensen, he snarks on the party wanting to be "more dramatic and noteworthy."  He also had some Minneapolis-related questions about Cam Gordon, one of the speakers set for Greens' national convention.


Meanwhile, Trump paid a fundraising visit to Dallas, squeezing in a photo-op with some preachers and a slight mention of policing and race relations.  Unsurprisingly, none of the top law enforcement officials of color in DFW were invited to the conversation.

The senior senator from the Great State is not one to be outdone when it comes to incognizance, intended or not.


Clueless John ought to enroll in a demagoguery class taught by his junior partner.


The runoff between the D contenders to take on Cornyn is getting contentious.


And Sema Hernandez endorses.


Finally, though there are -- by all polling indications -- closer US Senate races in November, some conservatives are fearful for Cornyn.


In TX-24, where Candace Valenzuela and Kim Olson are battling to take on superfreak right Irving mayor Beth "Sharia" Van Duyne, a quip about looting may or may not have her in hot water.

Moving on to the coronavirus:


Space City Weather revisits the question of COVID-19 and the Texas weather.

Equality Texas -- and partner organizations Borderland Rainbow Center, BTWI (Black Trans Women Inc), FLAS, The Center (Pride Center San Antonio), STEP (South Texas Equality Project), and Transgender Education Network of Texas -- invite you to watch this webinar to learn more about the 2020 Census, and how ensuring that everyone is counted greatly impacts LGBTQ nonprofit orgs and social services.



PRIDE Houston has announced that this year’s celebration will be a march and rally, held at City Hall on June 27.

And this Wrangle closes out with another Tweet from Traces of Texas.

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