It looks the same wherever you are standing, whether that's inside the Lone Star State or outside of it.
Gov @GregAbbott_TX is now presiding over a gridlocked government in Austin and is at war with school boards, cities, and counties over covid restrictions. It has to be the most dysfunctional Texas government has been in modern history #txlege
— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock) August 12, 2021
The @TexasGOP's war on governing https://t.co/HnfFKZ16Bn #TXLege #TexasDeservesBetter
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) August 14, 2021
The Texas Supreme Court just blocked mask mandates in schools.
— Resist Programming π° (@RzstProgramming) August 15, 2021
When Texas had a mask mandate, cases went down. When capacity restrictions were rolled back they went up. When mask mandates were gone cases rose again. Kids deserve better. pic.twitter.com/hrvWulkCMj
Houston pediatrician Dr. Christina Propst on Texas Governor Greg Abbott's order banning schools from enforcing mask mandates: "What he is doing is a direct threat to the health and well-being of the children of Texas." https://t.co/Emczv5UP9y
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) August 14, 2021
"Something is wrong when an extreme primary electorate has such a stranglehold ... that a public official believes it is against his interest to take basic steps to keep his own constituents alive."
— Progress Texas (@ProgressTX) August 14, 2021
Greg Abbott is failing Texans. #txlegehttps://t.co/eg9QDwO3NU
.@GregAbbott_TX is
— Diego Bernal (@DiegoBernalTX) August 9, 2021
-forbidding schools from requiring masks,
-failing to fund distance learning alternatives, and
-refusing to send aid to hospitals or cities,
because he thinks he will be rewarded politically.
Let that sink in. #txlege
Q isn't sending their best into the streets to protest, it seems. But they still get their grievances heard ... and approved.
BREAKING: In win for Gov. Abbott, Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks local mask mandates https://t.co/0Rbp3si7bZ #txlege
— Taylor Goldenstein (@taygoldenstein) August 15, 2021
Drew Sheneman, The Star-Ledger pic.twitter.com/kVD3uPlmeM
— Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) August 13, 2021
News item: Eastern Harris County lifts shelter-in-place after "mysterious odor"
Update: "What in the sweet libtard hell is this" ... why, that's Briscoe Cain, demonstrating once again that long-term exposure to the fumes in Baytown have damaged his brain. See, there's a reason why I post cartoons: it's for (those with the intellect of) the children.
#TXLege #AbbottFailedTexasAgain #HouNews #HTX π· https://t.co/TEO60nqA8X
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) August 14, 2021
One more snarky bit.
The situation in Afghanistan makes America look so bad, Texas has already banned schools from teaching it
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) August 15, 2021
"Sunday 'Crazy Enough' Toons" https://t.co/zUFIZ4YySU - This and more in @PDiddie's latest crazy collection of the week’s never-crazy-enough toons… pic.twitter.com/LMib57VNBW
— Brad Friedman (@TheBradBlog) August 15, 2021
One climate update (with more snark following):
Major climate report shows that Texans can expect more 100-degree days and flooding, @GovAbbott’s own climatologist says. The time to #ActOnClimate is now. https://t.co/M8Mm84rqb7 #txlege #txclimate
— EDF Texas (@EDFtx) August 13, 2021
As if there might actually be a god, and she's sending Austin Rethugs a message, there'll be another quorum call this afternoon in the Texas House. Those attending might ought to wear galoshes.
Pool party at Greg’s π♂️π± pic.twitter.com/kD2otKfD4z
— Jonathan Sherchand (@JSherchand) August 15, 2021
We have every confidence you will screw this up like you do every thing else. pic.twitter.com/dkDQCCLISg
— xxxJDxxx (@xxxJDxxx3) August 15, 2021
BREAKING: Texas @GovAbbott to issue new executive order on Monday banning immigrants from Mexico for bringing rain across the border, damaging State Capitol. https://t.co/1zrOHbJN31
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) August 15, 2021
And Stace at Dos Centavos posted some facts about asylum seekers as Abbott and the TXGOP spread COVID lies. Perhaps there might yet be a political price to be paid by Governor Strangelove for his kow-towing to the lowlife in the GOP.
Examining the collision between business and politics in Texas, where Republican Governor Greg Abbott is facing backlash over a conservative social agenda. #txlege #TexasBusiness #txbiz #txpolitics #Texas #Apple #Facebook #Dell #IBM https://t.co/gXtRvnSAS0 via @bpolitics
— John Gravois (@Grav1) August 13, 2021
Don't count on Texas Democrats to capitalize, though.
The political path forward for a two-time loser without a cabinet position is a narrow one. Instead, Beto O'Rourke and two other failed Democratic candidates are focused on turning out more voters, in the hope that volume will translate to victory. https://t.co/35FTwcNzba
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) August 13, 2021
Okay then. Probably should post a few items regarding the redistricting/gerrymandering data that dropped last week.
Some Texas finds from the 2020 Census:
— Alexa Ura (@alexazura) August 12, 2021
-People of color made up 95% of the growth since 2010
-State gained nearly 11 Hispanic residents for every white resident
-Hispanic & white pops are nearly equal https://t.co/4Tl642cRBB #txlege pic.twitter.com/r4Xgf02rd5
The fastest growing Texas counties are Hays, Comal, Williamson, Kaufman, Fort Bend, Rockwall, Denton, Montgomery, Collin and Chambers. https://t.co/fceaiCLBMk#254Strong #txlege
— Texas County magazine (@TexasCountymag) August 13, 2021
America’s White Population Shrank for 1st Time in U.S. History, Census Data Show https://t.co/zuVANEX2gX #TXed #CRT @utexascoe @TexasLULAC @LULAC #txlege @TxTLEEC @LatinostudiesUT @AISDEquity @UT_DDCE #population #demography #WhiteSupremacy #Whites #Hispanic #POC @IDRAeduFellows pic.twitter.com/ESPbwlJfEw
— Angela Valenzuela (@vlnzl) August 13, 2021
Kuff also took a look at census data.
Wrapping up today with these.
Hear from three public artists whose murals were just unveiled during an online event with @SAMAart tonight. https://t.co/3QuSwwV2c8
— San Antonio Magazine (@SanAntonioMag) August 15, 2021
Two Texans: Nanci Griffith and @LyleLovett in Kerrville, early 1980s. RIP Nanci.
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) August 14, 2021
Thanks to George Moser for sending this in. @robertearlkeen @TXmusicTV @txmusicoffice @TxMusicMag @TxMusicHoP @raywylie @PaulaNelsonBand pic.twitter.com/BBq8ijdz4m
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