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Friday Lone Star Lefty Round-up

Keep your eyes on the Gulf again.

Tropical Depression Twenty-Two in the Gulf of Mexico Forecast to Become Tropical Storm Beta; Flood Danger Into Next Week | The Weather Channel https://t.co/pPu7UUiLRn

— MSN Weather (@msnweather) September 18, 2020

Governor Abbott has folded to the disaster capitalists who are the base of his financial support and opened up the state's businesses for more COVID spreading.

New: @govabbott announced that most of Texas will be able to loosen some coronavirus restrictions, including letting many businesses increase their capacity to 75%, as soon as Monday. https://t.co/xq0qqNwLTP

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) September 17, 2020

Including assisted living facilities.

New from me: Gov. Abbott announced expanded visitation for long-term care facilities beginning Sept. 24. Facilities were previously required to be entirely free of COVID-19 before visitors were allowed. https://t.co/UMht87AAZE

— Shawn Mulcahy (@shawndmulcahy) September 17, 2020

But not the bars. Vox caught up with an Austin liquor store owner who described how his business has continually made adjustments through the six-month-long pandemic.

Teachers and students are adjusting as well.

There are:
-5.5 million Texas public school students
-1.1 million learning in person (so far)
-at least 2,344 coronavirus cases — a rate of about 0.21%.

w/ @AliyyaSwaby: https://t.co/z3i7M73anI

— Emma Platoff (@emmaplatoff) September 17, 2020

With just a few of the most recent election headlines ...

GOP Texas congressman essentially running against @GregAbbott_TX #TxLege https://t.co/Q12scRcF9m

— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock) September 18, 2020

Fortunately, all vote-by-mail applications have already been delivered to Harris County voters aged 65 and above. My office is prepared to send applications and educational materials to remaining registered voters at the conclusion of this baseless litigation. https://t.co/nxUdVso9ZI

— Chris Hollins (@CGHollins) September 15, 2020

Stay tuned! We're setting up a special Zoom forum w/@AngelaNWalker & our Texas candidates for this Friday evening. More details tomorrow! @dbcgreentx @qweekat @Wakely2020 @Dr_RREAL @Viapadron @brodymulligan @HalRidleyJr #Greentwitter #GreenParty #NotMeUs #LeftUnity @GreenPartyUS

— Green Party of Texas (@TXGreens) September 16, 2020

Here are those details (Facebook Live, tonight at 7 p.m. CT).

The census count ends Sept. 30, and local officials are trying to get the word out especially in rural areas with low internet connectivity. https://t.co/Fp55tiXkRq

— Texas Standard (@TexasStandard) September 17, 2020

(Remember: in last Saturday's weekender, Senator Lucio tweeted about the Pharr-B-Q. tomorrow.)

The Alamo is in the midst of a $450 million redevelopment. And some elements – like moving its 56-foot-tall cenotaph – aren’t without controversy.
https://t.co/4WUnHGGqPE

— Texas Standard (@TexasStandard) September 14, 2020

Last month the San Antonio Report posted some renderings of the restored battlefield and the relocated Cenotaph.

The facility’s footprint amounts to 7.9 million square feet — or the equivalent of about 138 football fields.

The site plan, however, might be as notable for what it leaves out https://t.co/7wanYsxr7G

— Austin Statesman (@statesman) September 17, 2020

Ralph Bivens for the Texas Realty News Report snarks on Tesla's choice of a rural outpost for its truck factory, making the case that Houston would have been smarter.

Speaking of stupid:

Cornyn stands against tribal gaming bill backed by East Texas Republicans https://t.co/VIZGm5L0t0 #hounews

— Matt Schwartz (@SchwartzChron) September 16, 2020

Texas Democrats just don't get it. https://t.co/uUK16RlidQ

— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) September 17, 2020

A short wrap-up this Friday. Here's a few social justice posts.

Activists call for more mental health training and police reforms in the wake of the Chavez killing.https://t.co/KWOczlH8Qj

— Houston Press (@HoustonPress) September 16, 2020

Blue Bell Creameries must pay $17 million in criminal penalties for listeria outbreak https://t.co/ROR8K2EoMq via @CourthouseNews

— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) September 17, 2020

How Hate Has Bubbled To The Surface In This Small Texas Town #IStandWithProGainesville #GainesvilleTX #EndWhiteSupremacy https://t.co/7M0DDMKgy4

— Shell_Seas (@LivingBlueTX) September 17, 2020

For the first time in the history of Austin, Asian American residents now outnumber Black people in the city, according to the latest information from the U.S. Census Bureau.https://t.co/dJUaMlmgqS

— Austin Statesman (@statesman) September 17, 2020

The Underground Railroad to Mexico. Across Texas and parts of Louisiana, scholars are working to piece together a puzzle of a largely forgotten piece of American history: a network that helped thousands of Black slaves escape to south of the border. https://t.co/M3S2Yo6hUM

— Russell Contreras (@RussContreras) September 16, 2020