Monday, April 25, 2022

"Because These Rats Won't F*ck Themselves" Wrangle


Before Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton and their associated players get started on this week's bullshit, it might be useful to remember some -- there aren't enough pixels to document all -- of that which they stirred, threw, and wiped all over themselves from last week.


Every time I see a picture of the attorney general like this, I feel an intense urge to apply a Will Smith-style slap upside his head... but only to see if it might straighten out his eye.


Let me wrap this segment as it began: with shit.


Should that be my segue to a few environmental tweets?


The legal and criminal justice tweets begin with a round-up of the Crimestoppers corruption scandal, the breaking story at the end of last week.


The organization also enjoys close relations with Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg, who donated $500,000 to the non-profit— which has a room in its headquarters named for the DA’s Office.

Keep pulling Ogg's thread, keep finding more crap.  I'm especially not one for people who smirk and gloat over capital punishment.


That would be "Houston Chronicle public safety reporter" -- I despise inappropriate capitalization -- St. John Barned-Smith.  (I thought I'd do a little of Matt Bramanti's pedantry for him here.)

Moving on, but staying here ...


Our teachers are still getting the short end of the stick.  Maybe Abbott's task force is going to come up with something besides more persecution.


Here's some housing news that doesn't mention evictions.


And a few more social justice pieces at random.


Oh yeah, there's early voting for some elections going on now.

Most municipalities and other local governments in Texas have races on the ballot, although municipalities may cancel elections in cases where no position is contested. Voters will choose mayors in dozens of Texas municipalities including Denton, Galveston, Harlingen, Lubbock, Port Arthur, Victoria and Waco.

Special elections in HD147 (Safe D) and CD34 (Lean R) will fill the unexpired terms of former Rep. Garnet Coleman (D-Houston) and former U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela (D-Brownsville), respectively. Both elections will be held in those districts as they were configured for the 2020 election cycle. This creates a pickup opportunity for Republicans in CD34 because the Democratic nominee for the general election, U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzales (D-McAllen), could not run in the special election. Republican nominee Mayra Flores is a candidate in the special election, which could result in her challenging Gonzales in November as an incumbent.


And a couple of eye-roll items.


Concluding this extended Wrangle with two soothers.

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