Perhaps I should begin with another threat.
The new variant is spreading at lightning speed, infecting people at a rate seven times higher than the delta mutation before it. https://t.co/goHSXEwUSd
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) January 5, 2022
San Antonio's largest district says 1,000 staff members did not return from winter break https://t.co/aJC7d2Yx7E
— MySA (@mySA) January 3, 2022
Or maybe this one.
From the most recent hard freeze "..yet again, instruments froze, output plunged and companies spewed a miasma of pollutants into the atmosphere in a bid to keep operations stable. #txlege #quorumreport https://t.co/B9R6MW4glh via @business
— harvey kronberg (@HKronberg) January 5, 2022
“The repeated inaction by Texas lawmakers on legislation that would have required CO detectors in homes contributed, in February, to what experts called the worst carbon monoxide poisoning disaster in recent U.S. history” #txlege https://t.co/lx1YGLqFOG
— TexPIRG (@TexPIRG) January 2, 2022
Given the possibilities of dying or becoming disabled from COVID, or freezing to death because we can't keep the power on, it might be permissible to excuse people from worrying too much about the climate. Or whether their votes are going to count.
Trump demanded an audit of election results in Texas—a state he won decisively.
— Sewell Chan (@sewellchan) January 1, 2022
Now, a state-financed audit in four major counties has turned up…pretty much nothing.
The secretary of state chose New Year's Eve to disclose this news. https://t.co/gWe2Ulfcrk
Or whether an insurrection might take place again.
Members of militia groups can start off merely telling stories around a campfire but over time turn to conspiratorial thinking, open hostility or even violent action. Sociologists who study militias have observed an increase in extremism in recent years. https://t.co/iKs6xpxPcl
— Scientific American (@sciam) December 30, 2021
Texas is full of these right-wing extremist militias. They're not just the national security threat we've been warned about but a danger to all Texans. And they are emboldened by the tacit approval, the wink-and-nod from police.
Texas police admit to some 'Trump Train' text messages https://t.co/hoAaAWaGef
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) January 4, 2022
Greg Abbott and company aren't too worried about them, either.
Oh, the replies https://t.co/2KVrNamrWq
— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock) January 2, 2022
“We have demonstrated that we can corral the coronavirus”—Abbott, in April 2020 https://t.co/y2qlK7AjSU
— EricaGrieder (@EricaGrieder) December 31, 2021
So while we mark an anniversary tomorrow, no one feels like celebrating. Not even those responsible, from what I can tell.
New polling shows rising acceptance of political violence 1 year after January 6 riot | Analysis https://t.co/DHg5FSIksb
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 4, 2022
How the crisis of American democracy might end — and what the United States would look like afterward https://t.co/cm17H9Xtko
— Vox (@voxdotcom) January 3, 2022
I'll try to be a little more cheery in the next Wrangle, the one I promised yesterday for today but will appear tomorrow or Friday.
