Monday, April 11, 2022

"Women Still Have Reproductive Rights in Texas" Wrangle


But they are hanging by a thread.  Let's begin with the political tweets from the weekend.


The arrest of Lizelle Herrera reverberated across the nation.  Not just because we all thought it was about Texas being, you know, but because the law enforcement officials in Starr County are all Democrats, including the DA, whose office would've -- under the usual procedure -- presented a charge of murder to a grand jury for indictment before suddenly deciding the law wasn't on his side.  There is a great deal more the public needs to know about this matter, and I suspect it is going to smell very bad.

RGV Democrats are in a world of hurt, it seems.


Greg Abbott's border fiasco is also being exposed.


It will be a pretty nifty trick if the governor can stifle commerce with America's largest trading partner, choking the supply lines and driving up inflation to new heights, and get away with blaming it on Biden.  I think the only real question is whether Democrats will let him.



Teddy Wilson explains how much worse it can get after Roe v Wade is overturned.  And with the postpourri from the TPA, Kuff notes that the state of Texas is seeking to do violence to the Voting Rights Act as it defends itself against multiple redistricting lawsuits. The San Antonio Report reports on the city's settlement of two "sanctuary cities" lawsuits filed by Ken Paxton.  The Texas Signal highlights Dan Patrick's obsession with Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law, and the TSTA Blog has some straight answers as to why there's a teacher shortage.

One more:


The environmental news still dominates the headlines (or at least it should).


SocraticGadfly took note of the new IPCC climate report, which (he interprets as saying; it doesn't actually say...) we're up shit creek and doubts either major party will take the actions needed to address this as a crisis (he gets this right).  And Texas 2036 announces the results of its poll about younger Texans' preference for electric vehicles.


I posted at length about the Cyber Rodeo, the splashy open house for Musk's GigaTexas factory east of Austin, on Friday.

A few social justice updates.


And closing today with the soothers.

Ahead of Scott Scheffler's victory at the Masters yesterday, Richard Justice wrote a profile of the UT alum who is professional golf's top player.

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Sunday, April 10, 2022

Sunday "Rabies on Capitol Hill" Funnies

"Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty".  -- Joseph Goebbels, paraphrased
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Friday, April 08, 2022

The Cyber Rodeo Wrangle from Far Left Texas


As I mentioned near the end of Tuesday's Climate Wrangle, whether America's foremost plutocrat and his latest Giga-venture is good for Texas and for the planet is to be judged at a later date.


Don't ever forget that it's always about the money, no matter how much they pile up.

And don't put COVID in your rearview mirror yet.


I have too many social injustice posts, and I'm including some cops and Republicans behaving badly among them.

It wasn't enough for John Cornyn and Ted Cruz to vote against the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson; they -- along with nearly all of their fellow shitheels -- had to stage one last performance.


Supreme Court politics is the pettiest.


Last in this segment, from yesterday's TCEQ hearing regarding a permit for a small batch concrete plant in the Aldine neighborhood on Houston's north side (read the entire thread).


Now close your laptop and put your phone in your pocket and go touch some grass.  You have Fiesta in San Antonio, the Art Car Parade in Houston, and a hundred thousand other things to enjoy offline this weekend, all across this big beautiful state. Don't start any fires.

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