It's almost over.
This week, the FBI refused to clear Henry Cuellar of wrongdoing in an ongoing federal corruption investigation.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 22, 2022
However, voters in his district received a fake newspaper in the mail falsely claiming he’d been cleared by the Department of Justice. https://t.co/B1k7DQcspR
Keeping fingers crossed, but not holding my breath, that TX-28 Democrats are smart enough to take out the trash tomorrow.
“It took me having to go to Washington to actually figure out what type of representation we were actually receiving in this district,” @JCisnerosTX said of @RepCuellar and Democrats' walkout last year. https://t.co/kDtMgy79z3 #District28 #runoff
— Texas Observer (@TexasObserver) May 21, 2022
Senator @BernieSanders in TX28 with @JCisnerosTX ahead of Tuesday runoff against @CuellarCampaign @GarrettHaake will be in LAREDO next week to bring you the very latest on this HOT race (it’s 108 degrees in Laredo today… send us buckets of sunscreen pls)
— Haley Talbot (@haleytalbotnbc) May 20, 2022
—> https://t.co/806dyqXBZo
Heat hot (caliente) and spicy hot (picante) too. Yeah. More on the rising outdoor temperatures in the environmental round-up, below.
Is @JaneHamilton running a "dirty campaign" against @JasmineForUS? @RepEBJ told @TexasObserver yes. https://t.co/Ki1NUfVotv #Dallas #RunOffElection From @by_jmiller
— Texas Observer (@TexasObserver) May 21, 2022
Yes she is, and the orchestra's conductor is Matt Angle of the Lone Star Project, still holding the ignominious title of the state's most flea-bitten Blue Dog. Thanks for calling him out, Texas Signal staff, but next time put somebody's name on it and his name in it. Be bold, be brave. This shit isn't going to stop on its own, and none of us have time to wait for these centrist shitlibs to die off.
We're all enjoying a nice respite from the heat at the moment, but nobody should overlook the fact that this might be one of the hottest summers on record. And maybe the coolest for years to come.
ERCOT expects "at least 40 days of 100 or greater in DFW"... "20-30 days is a reasonable expectation" for Houston ..."at least 50 days" in Austin and 40-60 days for San Antonio. Govt's should be seeting up lots of cooling centers. This is dangerous heat. #txlege #txenergy 6/
— Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) May 19, 2022
Quadfecta today for record highs at our climate sites:
— NWS Houston (@NWSHouston) May 18, 2022
College Station: 98 breaking the old record of 96 set in 1925
Houston: 95 tying the record set in 1890
Houston-Hobby: 94 breaking the old record of 93 last set in 2003
Galveston: 90 breaking the old record of 89 set in 1875
Six of the state’s power plants went offline last week due to maintenance problems. This is just the beginning. https://t.co/wfXcRmvsER #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange From @_e_delger
— Texas Observer (@TexasObserver) May 20, 2022
A week ago, Texans were asked to literally sweat it out through another potential grid failure.
— Public Citizen Texas (@PublicCitizenTX) May 20, 2022
Unreliable fossil fuels are not the answer. Wind and solar are keeping the lights on and the AC running in Texas. #txenergy #txlegehttps://t.co/ypy4IU4RSb
RT @tx_poster: "Texas expands the fight against agencies that are fighting climate change created by humans.
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) May 20, 2022
"Texas remains anti-human and pro-fossil. #txlege
"Boy howdy." https://t.co/26PwNzIru4
Why Shale Drillers Are Pumping Out Dividends Instead of More Oil and Gas
— Dick Lavine (@dlavine) May 23, 2022
Compensation plans that once paid executives to boost output without regard to energy prices now foster cost cuts and shareholder returns https://t.co/npYMOHW8oQ #txlege
Many members of OPEC can produce oil for less than $20 a barrel but paying brutal security forces and operating luxury yachts gets expensive. Just one reason gasoline prices will remain high for a while. There's another way: https://t.co/cOFVBiIPyo @HoustonChron #txlege
— ChrisTomlinson (@cltomlinson) May 20, 2022
More than half of car buyers say their next car will be an #EV, representing a jump of 22 percentage points in two years. #txlege #txenergy https://t.co/kl9iTnJt9o
— Texas Electric Transportation Resources Alliance (@TxETRA_TX) May 23, 2022
At the same time Samsung Electronics was receiving an environmental award from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the same agency was actively investigating the company because of a toxic wastewater discharge last year. https://t.co/59FoDgU1pL
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) May 20, 2022
The Army Corps' proposed 'Coastal Spine' will be one of the most expensive infrastructure projects in U.S. history.
— Texas Living Waters (@txwater) May 18, 2022
What could it mean for the Houston region?
Register below to learn more next Wed (5/25):https://t.co/0MsNlyQGDm#ikedike #Houston pic.twitter.com/sdAQrkMoMg
Expert: A monster hurricane season is coming https://t.co/xHs2KKyGKQ
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) May 18, 2022
Hi, I'm the environment reporter @TexasTribune & we're asking for your help documenting climate change in Texas.
— Erin Douglas (@erinmdouglas23) May 20, 2022
Climate change doesn't hit countries, communities, and people equally. It is fundamentally a local problem, even as it requires global solutions.
THREAD:
The TexTrib's crew is doing much of the heavy lifting in today's Wrangle. Also providing the segue between the climate tweets and the social injustice ones.
Of the more than 300,000 homes in Texas damaged by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, none were in Coryell County.
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) May 21, 2022
Nevertheless, Coryell is slated to receive $3.4 million in Hurricane Harvey aid. https://t.co/pzkugEwvUd
In November, under pressure from politicians, the hospitals who ran this doctor’s program for trans youth dismantled it.
— 🌟 Lauren McGaughy (@lmcgaughy) May 20, 2022
This week began a brief resumption of care.
She said, after waiting months, many patients she is seeing are now suicidal. https://t.co/YjunZhugZx #txlege
The Texas child welfare agency has resumed at least some of its investigations into parents who provide gender-affirming care for their transgender children, family lawyers have confirmed to The Texas Tribune. #TXlege https://t.co/QE858gF8kM
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) May 20, 2022
New: 14 Texas Republican lawmakers (so far) plan to support legislation that would ban any corporation from the state if that business helps employees or customers or anyone else access abortion care in other states. https://t.co/O6uNkGEE1C
— Zach Despart (@zachdespart) May 23, 2022
In one email, a longtime Southern Baptist lawyer, August "Augie" Boto, called the work of outspoken survivor advocates @ChristaBrown777 and @R_Denhollander a "satanic scheme."
— John Tedesco (@John_Tedesco) May 22, 2022
Factcheck: These women are not scheming with the devil.https://t.co/5VIPIpo3BG #sbctoo #hounews pic.twitter.com/loPKZyJK4F
This patchwork of care exists in part because the state of Texas’ primary way of supporting children with diabetes in classrooms is not enforced or tracked by any state body. https://t.co/ABmzdiasm9 pic.twitter.com/aaDGAi9jJI
— Fort Worth Star-Telegram (@startelegram) May 22, 2022
It wasn't all social injustice last week, though it may have seemed so.
A Texas restaurant owner and father of three has come to the rescue of hundreds of parents struggling to find infant formula amid a national shortage of the product. https://t.co/lvo6Hz3Fd3
— CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 (@CBSSunday) May 20, 2022
The program is in partnership with a coalition of more than 60 mayors engaged in the advancement of a federal guaranteed income, with direct recurring cash payments to the poor and middle class. https://t.co/Mh97OktWvw
— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) May 22, 2022
Seven years after the momentous traffic stop that sparked Sandra Bland’s arrest, and ultimately her death, Prairie View officials this week unveiled a historical marker honoring her life. https://t.co/mQ4ZnLQihG
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) May 18, 2022
Here's the rest of the calm-me-downs (and two crack-me-ups).
There are few things that get a wealthy, powerful man more incensed than to hear someone question his integrity. Witness Jimbo Fisher and Nick Saban bickering over who cheats the most after the latter accused the former of buying all of his players. https://t.co/A7iieVcvb4
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) May 19, 2022
links in cases, tried successfully. https://t.co/FT53CiDmFh pic.twitter.com/9osKeOj9DA
— RiverOaksProblems (@RiverOaksPrblms) May 21, 2022
I won't lie: I very much appreciated the kindly words @outandabout wrote about me in his Austin American Statesman article re: the best digital tools for Texas history buffs: https://t.co/9prz5KwAf3
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) May 20, 2022
The article got picked up by Yahoo News. Little 'ol me. Yep. Thanks, Michael!
