π¨ Texas voters will soon head to the polls for the 2020 general election.
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) September 18, 2020
Here’s what you need to know about casting a ballot. #tx2020 #txlege https://t.co/pQJighxt5T
Mail -- aka absentee -- ballots have been flowing in, as you know. I received my application for one between rounds of the ongoing boxing match between Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins and Governor Greg Abbott, but will avail myself of the in-person option once more, even though my disability enables a postal voting qualification.
There's lots of election news here, and my suggestions for your vote are down-post.
Jill Biden to travel to Houston, 2 other Texas cities on first day of early voting > #hounews https://t.co/27lW3sxKlk
— KPRC 2 Houston (@KPRC2) October 11, 2020
The two others are El Paso and Dallas. According to the story, only one candidate who is not an incumbent is slated to appear with the presumptive First Lady: TX-24's Candace Valenzuela, in metro DFW. Polling in the district is stale but shows the Democrat has the strength to flip it; the race is considered a coin toss. Here's a good profile.
Donks don't want to leave anything on the Lone Star table, and good on 'em for that. 'E' for effort.
The line at the Bexar County Elections Department Monday (October 5th) afternoon, hours before the close of voter registration for the 2020 elections. (Courthouse News photo / Erik De La Garza)
(Today) Texas Democrats will receive an assist from some of the biggest stars in the Democratic Party. Oprah Winfrey, Willie Nelson, Senator Bernie Sanders and (Julian) Castro are set to join (Beto) O’Rourke and his political action committee, Powered By People, to help run a massive phone bank operation being touted as the “largest single-day voter contact effort in Texas history.”
They understand there are even more hurdles to getting your democracy on than usual.
"Dismal participation rates are a feature, not a bug. The system is working just as those in power want it to work."
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) October 11, 2020
How Texas's 150-year history of voter suppression has brought us to this moment—and what we can do to save our elections: https://t.co/jQR7ka1hBR
A federal appeals court has granted a temporary administrative stay, allowing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's directive for one location per county for ballot drop boxes to remain in place for now https://t.co/aRLT67k6AB
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 11, 2020
Judges who just stayed the TX ballot dropbox decision:
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 10, 2020
Don Willett — appointed by Trump in 2017 to a vacancy created in 2012
James Ho — appointed by Trump in 2017 to a vacancy created in 2013
Kyle Duncan — appointed by Trump in 2017 to a vacancy created on New Year’s Eve 2016 pic.twitter.com/QpM2oPVvGo
The stakes are exceptionally high, and Texas voters know it. It's not just about Trump, or Cornyn, or even Congress. It's also about the excessive over-reach by Abbott and his minions in the Lege.
Because 2021 is a redistricting year, a Democratic takeover of the Texas House means Dems would have an important seat at the table as political boundaries are drawn for the next decade. https://t.co/Nx23V4PRZh
— Texas Standard (@TexasStandard) October 12, 2020
Even the freakiest of the freak right get it, though for entirely different reasons.
State GOP Chair Allen West, Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller join anti-Greg Abbott protest outside Governor’s Mansion https://t.co/XoOkcRgiGf via @Progrexas
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) October 10, 2020
It's enough to drive a person to drink. And if you want to drink in a Texas bar, you might have to drive a little bit outside of town to do so.
Leaders in Texas' most populous counties say they're not ready to open bars https://t.co/lH75YPIuvw #COVID19
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) October 9, 2020
Galveston County judge to host ‘happy hour’ with residents to celebrate reopening of bars https://t.co/eD1PlvU8To pic.twitter.com/ZeJp5WOR4k
— KPRC 2 Houston (@KPRC2) October 9, 2020
Bud Kennedy at the Startlegram has some good advice for early birds, first-timers, and "occasional" *cough low-info cough* ballot-casters. The Texas Civil Rights Project reported about how Fort Bend ISD helped get its 18-year-old students registered to vote before the deadline. And Vote 411 has the answers to all your voting questions.
Texas has the U.S.'s second-largest Indian American community. Politicians are starting to take notice #election2020 #2020election https://t.co/OztaxbnOCE
— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) October 8, 2020
So with all of this in mind, and with regular Brains readers acutely aware of my position on Joe Biden and MJ Hegar, here's the P Slate for all Texas voters.
TEXAS
— ⏳π½ONLY Vote 3rd party/Indπ»ππ (@my2meows) September 29, 2020
Pls follow, donate & vote for Greens:@HowieHawkins POTUS@dbcgreentx US Senate@Wakely2020 US House TX21@Viapadron State Rep 119@Dr_RREAL Texas Sen 26@HalRidleyJr US House Dist 36@brodymulligan State Rep Dist 92@qweekat TX Railroad Commission
That's it. That's the whole thing.
I can't vote for all of 'em and neither can you, but vote Green where you can, including the all-important Railroad Commissioner's race. Any Green is better than any Democrat in this contest, beyond the fact that the Donks tried to knock kat gruene off the ballot, that Chrysta Castaneda doesn't support a fracking ban as well as a host of other green (as in environmentally correct) initiatives, including, natch, the Green New Deal. Essentially Castaneda is a "I'm not as bad as the Republican, let's enforce the existing laws, maybe consider a few very mild penalties for flaring, but emphasize incentives for oil companies to do better" kind of politician. Maybe that's comforting for the few frackers waking up to reality, but it's a hard pass from me.
Centrist gradualism on climate policy will guarantee that we never attain the drastic reductions in GHG emissions within the timeframe necessary to prevent the worst effects of climate change.
— Bexar County Greens π»π (@BexarGreensTX) October 3, 2020
For the second consecutive cycle, I ain't voting for Lizzie Fletcher. Just like two years ago, it does not look like she needs my vote.
Cook moves #TX07 from Lean D to Likely D https://t.co/s9pP83ToFo
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) October 8, 2020
Kuffner is fanboi-ing hard again. That interview was a little too sticky for me.
Likewise for those of you in TX-21, where Wendy Davis has a puncher's chance to upend Chip "on Ted Cruz's shoulder" Roy.
The solution is obvious: #VoteGreen, for Tom Wakely @Wakely2020 #TX21 https://t.co/5dBzDRqmS7
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) October 11, 2020
Now I realize some of you would just like to see Texas turn blue. Let's overlook the fact that too many of these Blue Dogs have mange, fleas, and ticks.
"Character, in this election, is everything," the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board writes. https://t.co/O1YeOlBiiF
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) October 11, 2020
Yes it is, so let's ignore Joe's obsession with prepubescent girls, let's cancel Tara Reade, let's disregard Biden's palling around with racists and bigots all of his Senate career, his bragging about locking up every black person he possibly could, and yes, let's forget about his dementia. At least he isn't Trump, the lowest possible bar imaginable.
TEXAS Democratic Candidates#TX1 #TX2 #TX3 #TX4 #TX5 #TX6 #TX7 #TX8 #TX9 #TX10 #TX11 #TX12 #TX13 #TX14 #TX15 #TX16 #TX17 #TX18 #TX19 #TX20 #TX21 #TX22 #TX23 #TX24 #TX25 #TX26 #TX27 #TX28 #TX29 #TX30 #TX31 #TX32 #TX33 #TX34 #TX35 #TX36 & SENATE
— ͏Postcards4USA (@postcards4USA) July 20, 2020
Postcards & links for each
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Of these, I'd vote for Hank Gilbert (TX-1), and Sima (TX-2), and Lulu (TX-3), and Russell Foster (TX-4) if I lived in their district. They're not the most progressive Dems, but I could make an exception. The best Dems here are Mike Siegel (TX-10), Adrienne Bell (TX-14), Julie Oliver (TX-25), Donna Imam (TX-31), and Lloyd Doggett (TX-35).
Follow Royce West's lead, or better yet, vote for David Collins.
.@RoyceWestTX won’t vote for @MJHegar, accuses her of having “a problem all along with Black folks” https://t.co/L5bpLAP5QY #TXSen #TXSenateDebate #TX2020 #VOTE #GreenParty, Senator! @dbcgreentx
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) October 10, 2020
And take Bernie's advice if you live in Travis County.
.@BernieSanders endorses four down-ballot Texans, including @GregCasar, @ErinForYall and @JosePGarza. pic.twitter.com/o8Z8tmzH8F
— Alexandra Samuels (@AlexSamuelsx5) October 9, 2020
A forum for Austin city council candidates is tonight.
Want better endorsements than the daily papers give you? Equality Texas has the five statehouse races for LGBTQ advocates to watch (or do something more for). Gus Bova at the Texas Observer recommends the Austin Chronicle's endorsements.
I generally find the Austin Chronicle's endorsements helpful. It's an openly left-leaning paper w/left-leaning readers, so it's just about choosing between Dems.
— Gus Bova (@gusbova) October 9, 2020
But the Dallas Morning News & Houston Chronicle endorsements are incoherent at best. I don't see how they help voters
Okay, this has gone on long enough. I've plenty more for later, including the previously-promised environmental stories, criminal justice news, and some odds and ends. Here's a few of the human interest tales to wrap this Wrangle.
In evening gowns and leotards, "dragtivists" in the Rio Grande Valley act as queer community educators through performances across the region, rebelling against a culture that remains stubbornly steeped in tradition.https://t.co/bS5pkMOl5e
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) October 10, 2020
Charlie Morton goes in game 2 for the Rays & reflected on the fact he still has a strong connection w/ #Astros fans: “It is. It’s interesting. It’s special. It’s unique & I’m honored..I have nothing but fond memories of the fans there..I wish everybody there nothing but the best” pic.twitter.com/5Gbvf6qS0m
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) October 11, 2020
Ann Richards and Barbara Jordan in Austin, 1991. I have just discovered the newly archived Lisa Davis collection of photographs at the Portal to Texas History. Lisa was a photojournalist in Austin from 1978-1995. Sensational collection of photos here: https://t.co/NmrFxhNCOj pic.twitter.com/qFoufXxZUC
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) October 11, 2020
More with less emphasis on politics coming.
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