Once again we begin with the very worst Republicans in all of these somewhat less-United States as our beloved Texas reaches the conclusion of its screechy and vitriolic primary season. It'll mostly be over in less than 36 hours.
Congressman Ronny Jackson, “a man that knows me almost better than any human being. He knows every inch of me, and he thinks it’s actually a very beautiful sight.” pic.twitter.com/0rnPUsdU1l
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 27, 2022
This weekend, Mr. Paxton told me that he, too, was at the Capitol on Jan. 6. We already knew he spoke at the rally, but that was held at a different location.
— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) February 28, 2022
Texas reporters must ask Mr. Paxton what he was doing **at the Capitol** that day. #TXlege https://t.co/lGspvLT5mw
“The energy Texas politicians are wasting on pleasing an extremist former president might be more wisely spent on confronting the state's many troubling issues.” ~ @moorethink | @CNNOpinion #TxLege https://t.co/fHNpFxJlvC
— Rudy England (@RudyEngland) February 28, 2022
Ya don't say.
Bush raises his hand immediately, Guzman follows - but then says “It’s undetermined…but he’s our President,” and we need to look forward. Gohmert then says, “Well if that’s the question, then I’ll raise my hand.” https://t.co/55hUX0WRCL
— Maggie Glynn (@maggie_glynn1) February 25, 2022
K-Pax skipped this affair.
Paxton is also facing his THIRD investigation by the state bar which could result in losing his license over telling people to contact the "Soros plants" on the TX Criminal Court of Appeals on his behalf. #txlege 4/https://t.co/k0qVbPKX5I
— Sine Black Sea Passage Report (@WithoutReports) February 23, 2022
We'll get back to General Lazy Eye in a moment.
Dan Patrick doesn’t want the variety of academic freedom that allows people to teach things he himself doesn’t agree with. It’s an old story: populist yahoos screeching at people in the ivory towers. #txlege
— Ross Ramsey (@rossramsey) February 23, 2022
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As it turns out, @GregAbbott_TX sent his top energy advisor to the grid control center on 2-17-21 instead, as we previously reported exclusively. That was when the fateful move to leave electricity prices at max $9k was made https://t.co/iAoIbnq0vt #txlege #energy
— Jay Root (@byjayroot) February 23, 2022
Prolific smut author Chuck Tingle grabs Greg Abbott website and roasts the governor for transphobia https://t.co/NXZ0Lw0jUc #TXLege #TX2022
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) February 26, 2022
"Abbott and Paxton's official filings this week [lyingly implying child trans healthcare is surgical] reinforce a fascistic vision, by which all bodies and lives outside their white Christian nationalist agenda are policed, criminalized, and extinguished" https://t.co/ZheI0xazLs
— Sophie Lewis (@reproutopia) February 24, 2022
Transgender Texas kids are terrified after governor orders that parents be investigated for child abuse https://t.co/h7i0as79p5 via @TexasTribune
— T.L. Langford (@tlangford) February 28, 2022
I stand with @TexasAFT
— Daniel Santos (@mr_dsantos) February 27, 2022
I will NEVER report a trans student. #txlege #txed #HISD
Educators will not be the governor’s tool to report parents for kids receiving gender-affirming care https://t.co/AtRj9HGJxc
Good on Texas teachers -- and everyone else -- mobilizing against this travesty. More social justice/injustice news was posted over the weekend.
Check out how Netflix CEO & Walmart Heir want to buy the Texas State Board of Education. Why? Charter business makes good profit.
— Manny Garcia (@MannyGarciaTX) February 24, 2022
Remember this when you hit the voting booth. @TexasAFT has a handy list of who actually stands up for students and educators. #txlege https://t.co/TV1iLY7BP3
Texas GOP revolts against Trump’s favorite cowboy https://t.co/CrGtQ65OQo via @Ximena_Bustillo for @politico #txlege #tx2022
— Jim Henson (@jamesrhenson) February 21, 2022
This week's #politicalcartoon by John Branch (@branchtoon). pic.twitter.com/QgXn4HqmWf
— Houston Chronicle Opinion (@ChronOpinion) February 21, 2022
In these final weeks, "a political action committee bankrolled by billionaires Tim Dunn of Midland and Farris Wilks of Cisco has poured millions of dollars" into the campaigns of nearly 20 Republican challengers to GOP House incumbents.#txlege #oilandgas https://t.co/sO6SnCLmoe
— Texas Energy Report (@TxEnergyReport) February 28, 2022
New post: Las Vegas Sands doubles down on casino push in Texas w/ PAC that starts out w/ $2.3M from Miriam Adelson. It's already spent $500K+ across about three dozen primaries: https://t.co/2DM5aMcPZv #txlege
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) February 24, 2022
To legalize gambling in Texas, voters would need to approve a constitutional amendment. https://t.co/boZrhWWPg7 #txlege https://t.co/REZbkGbHgI
— Texas Government Lawyers (@cobbxcounsel) February 18, 2022
Sid Miller: Abbott hasn't returned my call in 7 years
— Mothers Against Greg Abbott PAC (@MomsAGAbbott) February 23, 2022
Dan Patrick: Rick Perry should be Governor again
Chip Roy: Louie Gohmert should be AG
John Cornyn: Chip Roy voted to defund the border patrol
GOP they use fear because they can't get along long enough to produce policy #truth
I'm a mother running against Greg Abbott ✌🏽
— DelilahForTexas💚☮🌻🌎 (@DelilahforTexas) February 22, 2022
I'll have my TexDems post -- the ones to vote for (if you're voting) and the ones not to vote for -- separately. Lots of Democrats seem to be taking a pass on their ballot this spring; I am one. I'll have more on that topic also.
After end of EV in #TX2022, % of RVs who've cast a ballot in 2022 compared to 2018 (2022/2018) is higher in 2022 than in 2018 in 11 counties (Turquoise) & lower in 3 counties (Yellow) for the Republican Party and is lower in 10 & higher in 4 for the Democratic Party.#txlege pic.twitter.com/Un20gp2YGB
— Mark P. Jones (@MarkPJonesTX) February 26, 2022
Candidly I have just the slightest degree of higher confidence in Dr. Jones' numbers than I do Kuffner's (too many manipulations, Chuckles).
More on the way as mentioned above, plus an environmental round-up. Here's a few calm-me-downs, starting with some Texas political history.
In 1917, when UT wouldnt fire professors that he disliked, “Pa” Ferguson drageed UT, calling them the “university crowd” made up of corruptionists,” “draft dodgers,” “two-bit thieves” and “butterfly chasers” #txlege https://t.co/hZMNTjebKS
— Retro Snacking (@Retrosnacking) February 18, 2022
Texas House of Representatives Chamber, 1894. #txlege pic.twitter.com/q1O40sF7nF
— Texas Capitol History (@TXCapHistory) February 18, 2022
Beloved singer Joe Bravo was a local legend whose career spanned the West Side soul sound of the '60s as well as the subsequent Tejano explosion. #SanAntonio #SATX #SanAntonioTX #JoeBravo #Tejano #SanAntonioNews #TexasNews #GregAbbotthttps://t.co/YmWESaJj3H
— San Antonio Current (@SAcurrent) February 26, 2022
Milton Hopkins, Houston blues legend and B.B. King’s bandleader, dies at 88: via @andrewdansby https://t.co/5vvdWTbgVz
— Alison Cook (@alisoncook) February 27, 2022
A Houston music scene mainstay who could sing jazz, blues, soul and gospel with equal fervor and sensitivity, Yvonne Washington was a Bayou City ambassador who took her voice all around the world, entertaining audiences from President George Bush and first lady Barbara Bush at home to jazz fans in Shanghai. Washington died on Feb. 23 at age 72 after a short illness.
John Nova Lomax shared this 1969 shot of Texas legends Townes Van Zandt and Lightnin' Hopkins. Also shown are John's grandmother Mimi (2nd from left) and Antoinette Charles, Lightnin's girlfriend. Taken by John's father, John Lomax III, who was also Townes' manager at that time. pic.twitter.com/AMNuY0z2Td
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) February 20, 2022
San Antonio's The Magic Time Machine at 50 https://t.co/Yb0uVamB4V
— MySA (@mySA) February 20, 2022
Fat Elvis at the Astrodome, March 1974. Sold it out twice in 1 day. Kids, it’s NOT the fact you let yourself go that sets you apart-it’s HOW you let yourself go. Me, I’m a white jumpsuit, big buckle, Ford Bronco riding (before OJ ruined its good name), Ride-or-Die #txlege pic.twitter.com/sKtS1MOrr2
— Retro Snacking (@Retrosnacking) February 20, 2022
