The Texas Progressive Alliance is already downshifting in preparation for the abbreviated holiday week, with a shorter-than usual collection of somewhat less than hard-hitting blog posts and Tweets and news from around and about the Great State from last week.
Several reporters are looking ahead to the primaries in the spring, publishing news of filings for offices on that ballot. HPM detailed election security measures being undertaken for 2020 by Harris, Fort Bend, and Brazoria counties. TXElects linked to a study published by the League of Women Voters that revealed many Texas counties' websites were both improperly secured and not in compliance with state law.
Just ahead of the start of early voting for the runoff elections, PDiddie at Brains and Eggs released his recommendations for the Houston city council alphabet districts. (Mayor and at-large runoff endorsements are linked there.)
Criminal justice developments included ...
Better Texas Blog tells the untold stories of the state budget.
RG Ratcliffe at Texas Monthly explains how Texas might turn blue in 2020. Ross Ramsey of the TexTrib via Progrexas analyzes the reasons for Lone Star Republicans launching trial balloons associated with gun safety legislation.
In impeachment news, Therese Odell at Foolish Watcher was all over the Fiona Hill hearing.
SocraticGadfly, noting November 22 and the anniversary of the death of the president in Dallas in 1963 last Friday, has a twofer; first writing about the irony of Jackie's JFK Camelot legend actually reflecting Kennedy reality beneath the legend, then looking in part at Jack's assassination, noting -- with examples -- how to distinguish conspiracies from conspiracy theories.
The Texas Signal points out Greg Abbott's loss of appetite for Chick-fil-A now that they have pledged to stop giving money to anti-LGBTQ groups.
Texans icons on the way out, gone but not forgotten, and perhaps on the comeback:
Mike McGuff shares the trailer for the documentary about the legendary former Houston rock and roll radio station KLOL.
Closing out this Wrangle ...
Chip and Joanna Gaines of HGTV's Fixer Upper have force-multiplied their brand in Waco, turning the sleepy Baptist community into a retail shopping destination.
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And the TPA wishes Emily Ramshaw and Amanda Zamora all the best in their new media venture.
Several reporters are looking ahead to the primaries in the spring, publishing news of filings for offices on that ballot. HPM detailed election security measures being undertaken for 2020 by Harris, Fort Bend, and Brazoria counties. TXElects linked to a study published by the League of Women Voters that revealed many Texas counties' websites were both improperly secured and not in compliance with state law.
The League graded sites based on a number of criteria including website security, mobile friendliness, ease of use, thoroughness of information, help for special categories of voters and availability of information in Spanish. ... The League determined 74 counties -- 29% of the total -- had “inadequate” election information posted online. Among those, 19 county websites “do not appear to be official,” and Crockett Co. had no web presence whatsoever.
Just ahead of the start of early voting for the runoff elections, PDiddie at Brains and Eggs released his recommendations for the Houston city council alphabet districts. (Mayor and at-large runoff endorsements are linked there.)
Criminal justice developments included ...
Two former Houston cops face federal criminal charges for a botched raid that killed two people.— Texas Standard (@TexasStandard) November 21, 2019
Also charged: the 911 caller alleged to have provided phony information behind the raid.
We’ll learn more with @HoustonChronicle’s @keribla: https://t.co/DigsiF9iAn
On https://t.co/xsMmRREgVd: Judge OKs county bail deal https://t.co/fsTtxJTRgB— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) November 22, 2019
Better Texas Blog tells the untold stories of the state budget.
RG Ratcliffe at Texas Monthly explains how Texas might turn blue in 2020. Ross Ramsey of the TexTrib via Progrexas analyzes the reasons for Lone Star Republicans launching trial balloons associated with gun safety legislation.
On Thursday, Trump's EPA reversed a series of chemical safety regulations created in response to the West fertilizer plant explosion.— Texas Observer (@TexasObserver) November 24, 2019
In 2015—two years after the disaster—the Observer found that few ammonium nitrate facilities had made critical changes: https://t.co/bAiPV578JJ
In impeachment news, Therese Odell at Foolish Watcher was all over the Fiona Hill hearing.
Donald Trump incorrectly stated that he’d “opened a major Apple Manufacturing plant in Texas that will bring high paying jobs back to America.” In fact, the plant he’d visited has been open since before his term began. Subscribe to our audio newscast here: https://t.co/Oemm6BRrUp pic.twitter.com/LCT39uDkaG— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) November 23, 2019
SocraticGadfly, noting November 22 and the anniversary of the death of the president in Dallas in 1963 last Friday, has a twofer; first writing about the irony of Jackie's JFK Camelot legend actually reflecting Kennedy reality beneath the legend, then looking in part at Jack's assassination, noting -- with examples -- how to distinguish conspiracies from conspiracy theories.
56 years later, see how JFK spent the night in Houston, hours before his assassinationhttps://t.co/Aw0MUOSywk— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) November 21, 2019
The Texas Signal points out Greg Abbott's loss of appetite for Chick-fil-A now that they have pledged to stop giving money to anti-LGBTQ groups.
Texans icons on the way out, gone but not forgotten, and perhaps on the comeback:
NEW: Luby’s is in trouble. Can the iconic cafeteria chain endure?https://t.co/Gu2E7sPG1c by @andreamvaldez— Texas Observer (@TexasObserver) November 25, 2019
Mike McGuff shares the trailer for the documentary about the legendary former Houston rock and roll radio station KLOL.
Dallas Zoo sets 46 horned lizards loose with its first-ever wildlife release https://t.co/0QBbOHY5Al— Generic Old White Guy (@PDiddie) November 21, 2019
Closing out this Wrangle ...
Chip and Joanna Gaines of HGTV's Fixer Upper have force-multiplied their brand in Waco, turning the sleepy Baptist community into a retail shopping destination.
And the TPA wishes Emily Ramshaw and Amanda Zamora all the best in their new media venture.
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