Really have too many to know where to begin, so I guess I'll start with the weather. Which means the Freeze from last year.
Federal judge blasts former Texas Public Utility Commission chair, excuses her as a witness during trial about bankruptcy stemming from February 2021's winter storm. https://t.co/aHPgL5ZBs5
— WFAA (@wfaa) February 24, 2022
The elected Supreme Court of Texas will decide whether ERCOT can be sued or is immune for prosecution. In an election year. 👀#txlege https://t.co/0VWPF3kpcT
— Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) February 25, 2022
"A Houston Chronicle analysis of weekly deaths in Texas since 1964, however, found more than 1,000 deaths during the third week of February in 2021, that could not be explained by historical patterns or COVID-19." https://t.co/ou3Imqn1ao
— St. John Barned-Smith ⚔️ (@stjbs) February 18, 2022
"Cops Behaving Badly", and the usual suspects.
I know I saw Chief Finner say he was proud of how the officers handled this. I asked Chief Acevedo about the decision to put people in danger by arresting folks unnecessarily during the pandemic and he pushed responsibility to the district attorney. https://t.co/8XRF55jc9t
— Jaison Oliver (@oJaison) February 21, 2022
Statute says the governor would need a recommendation from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles before he can issue pardons.
— Jolie McCullough (@jsmccullou) February 23, 2022
The board is appointed by the gov and has been accused of cowing to Abbott's wishes in the past: https://t.co/JVDDq6USbF https://t.co/MRE8YOlSlY
Evidence not presented by Melissa's defense lawyer indicated that one of the daughters told an investigator she was the one responsible, according to deleted scenes from the documentary shared with the @HoustonChron. ⬇️https://t.co/A9pEfOtB6g
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) February 19, 2022
1. #MichaelGonzales is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas in only 2 weeks! His attorneys argued that errors during his original trial, including in jury selection and in the consideration of mitigating evidence during the punishment phase tainted his conviction. pic.twitter.com/7ryvLoGfJ1
— Karine Omry (@KarineOmry) February 22, 2022
There were some good things that happened.
Five Texas DAs defy @GovAbbott’s order to probe gender-affirming care for trans youth https://t.co/gcSStztRjs via @TPM #TXLege
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) February 24, 2022
If any parent in Texas faces a politically motivated lawsuit due to following medical advice for their child who is diagnosed with gender dysphoria, we will help ensure that these types of "opinions" are fully discredited in a court of law. 17/19
— Jorgeson Pittman LLP (@jptexaslaw) February 23, 2022
But K-Pax is still a corrupt and incompetent ass.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton convinced state lawmakers to more than quadruple the human trafficking unit’s annual funding. But despite that infusion of cash, Paxton’s office did not secure a single human trafficking conviction in 2020. https://t.co/GtWTA0dnaG
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) February 25, 2022
And more from the border.
Friday night news: appeals court upholds dismissal of a migrant’s trespassing arrest under Abbott’s system, ruling it’s unconstitutional.
— Jolie McCullough (@jsmccullou) February 26, 2022
The court said the border county (now fighting 400+ copy cases) has no jurisdiction over the Austin ruling.
More: https://t.co/qqt2MOLZy6 pic.twitter.com/6Mr2IU3Lxq
“Most of us signed up to help Texas in times of need like hurricanes,” the Guard member said. “This doesn’t feel like we are helping any Texans besides the governor and his ability to say he has activated the [Guard] to the border.” https://t.co/isXEoGNyAk
— Rebekah Allen (@rebekahallen) February 24, 2022
Organizer Bekah Hinojosa was arrested for a graffiti misdemeanor, a cite-and-release offense.
— Texas Public Radio (@TPRNews) February 24, 2022
She says the arrest is political retaliation from Brownsville's mayor after speaking out against SpaceX activities in South Texas. | @GaigeDavilahttps://t.co/3IM69WITpV
Our state is failing our children.
Hey @GregAbbott_TX I was wondering what the actual fuck part of this you forgot? If you want parents to be the primary decision makers, in school or out of, then leave their kids alone#TransLivesMatter #protecttranskids #txlege #TransRightsAreHumanRights pic.twitter.com/BNkPUpgGGl
— 🍛 Mr Soup 🍛 (@pettyfoxdog) February 23, 2022
In 2020, two independent federally appointed experts described TX child welfare system as “a disjointed and dangerous child protection system ... where harm to children is at times overlooked, ignored or forgotten.” That's the system Abbot is putting trans kids into pic.twitter.com/cQKAgjA4wa
— Amy Westervelt (@amywestervelt) February 24, 2022
"The states that have garnered all five red flags and where children are at greater risk are Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Nevada, and Texas."#TXlege #KeepKidsCovered @GeorgetownCCF @ReformAustin https://t.co/qmuQaSq9ph
— Cover Texas Now (@covertexasnow) February 18, 2022
More than 1 in 6 teenagers who give birth in Texas already have at least one child, the highest in the nation.
— Eleanor Klibanoff (@eklib) February 21, 2022
Texas doesn’t require sex ed and parents have to sign off on birth control…even if you’ve already had a child.
My latest for @TexasTribune:https://t.co/Z64g0N5lDF
Some states—Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas & Nebraska—denied about 90% of welfare applicants in 2020.
— ProPublica (@propublica) February 20, 2022
Texas, where a single parent of 2 must earn less than $188/month, had the lowest acceptance rate at just 7%, but had $281M in unspent welfare funds.https://t.co/q4SrPWXyQh
If this doesn't make you mad, I don't know what will.
— BrandiKHOU (@BrandiKHOU) February 21, 2022
At least a dozen Houston-area kids have been hurt or injured in road rage cases over the last six months.
Come on, Houston, we have to do better. #KHOU11https://t.co/DH7m9uVyaK
More bad gun news.
On Nov. 5, Kyle Carruth, former leader of a gun extremist organization in Lubbock, shot an unarmed man with his AR-15. His ex-wife happens to be a District Judge appointed by Gov. Abbott. He has faced ZERO consequences and walks free. #txlegehttps://t.co/SK4u3Ef2mM
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) February 24, 2022
And there's been no shortage of justice and injustice developments during Black History Month.
I don't want my kids to have to live this fate. This is about patterns of historical displacement where we are the ones who always have to move. Who thinks about where we go & the amount of generational wealth that is lost because of displacement. https://t.co/JcwqzOV5V9
— Disruptive Historian (@tanyadebose) February 23, 2022
Ten Black workers sued a Dallas company for discrimination. A jury agreed in a $70 million verdict https://t.co/az24lkA4Yh
— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) February 25, 2022
One of Austin's first Black communities has largely been erased. This building tells its tale. | @marisacharp https://t.co/wngppnuGuM
— KUT Austin (@KUT) February 25, 2022
New: Nancy Nichols, the @texasdemocrats official who made a racist comment in a party call earlier this month, has resigned, @HinojosaTX tells me. https://t.co/0MkKkrhXQQ
— Nicole Cobler (@nicolecobler) February 25, 2022
Some affordable (and unaffordable) housing updates:
This should be illegal pic.twitter.com/n1Ftqau4IB
— Mercedez (@MercedezUAZ2) February 23, 2022
A candidate I talked to in Austin mentioned the Community First! housing for homeless people, so I checked it out. My pics don’t do it justice, it’s a collection of trailers and tiny houses with a ton of resources. https://t.co/zbr9NnYNEE pic.twitter.com/Ucp11fyLMC
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) February 21, 2022
And I'll wrap this Wrangle with the latest in the fight over school text books.
This is why we need Native American and indigenous studies as required high school curriculum. #txlege https://t.co/UP3HJU4tBT
— jrp (@jrphtx) February 18, 2022
“If CRT is a problem, if pornography is a problem, you guys have been in charge in Texas for 27 years. Are you just now discovering it? Are you producing it? What if we were to go all over the state and say that you were pornographers?" https://t.co/lWhauumoQU #txed #txlege @wfaa
— Pastors for Children (@pastors4txkids) February 20, 2022
Bastrop independent bookshop owned by @RyanHoliday hosts banned book giveaway https://t.co/OIkWysLTZx
— KVUE News (@KVUE) February 19, 2022
In 1943, #txlege investigated UT staffers for the purchase of old books, alleging “the money was spent and [a] portion of it went toward “obscene” literature or books on atheism. The books were by Shelley and Lord Bryon. #txlege https://t.co/im4tdF79nN pic.twitter.com/Oj6Kq2iSzF
— Retro Snacking (@Retrosnacking) February 18, 2022
Still have some environmental news and a lot of soothers, but they will wait until tomorrow or Monday. More political updates prior to Election Day coming as well.
