Friday, September 03, 2021

Deep in The Heart of Gilead


Perhaps I should start at the beginning.


I hate to burst Michelle's bubble, but electing more Democrats is simply not going to fix this problem, especially now that it's metastized to this point.


And here is where it all went off the rails for orthodox Democrats.


I just wish they could focus on their real enemies.


The topic is so tired but shitlibs are so stupid.  I can never again be in a political party full of people completely unwilling to own their failures, and worse, do absolutely nothing about them.


Let me be fair; there are lots of people ready to make good trouble and break this law.


And on that note, I'll wrap here with the cartoons.

The Sine MF'n Die Wrangle from Far Left Texas


The carnage will continue -- redistricting lies ahead -- sometime after the long weekend, subject to Governor Helen Wheels' next summons.


And TXElects, with a spot of good news (subject to the call in the third special session).

SB 97 by Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) would have required various “audits” and “reviews” of, and “explanations” from, county election officials. It passed the Senate today on a 17-14 vote but did not make it over to the House for further action. At least one Republican voted against it.

It's apropos that statehouse Dems managed to screw up one last time before the end came.


Recriminations both accurately and falsely ascribed with respect to the origins of SB8 are still circulating, so I'll post that separately.  Let's survey the rest of the damage left behind by Hurricane IDontGiveaDamn, aka the Texas GOP.

ICYMI ...


And the bail reform bill got a lot of concerned attention from the people whose opinions I respect on criminal justice issues.


Ross Ramsey of the TexTrib and Matt Davies of Newsday, in cartoon form, provide the summary of the week's events.


I'll also address the coming redistricting fight already under way in a forthcoming post.  Lots more ahead, so I'll close with some laugh-to-keep-from-crying.