Monday, October 04, 2021

The Monday Wrangle from Far Left Texas

Mostly an upbeat collation from the best of the left of the Lone Star State from the past weekend.


I did say "mostly".


Public testimony is scheduled to begin this morning on the maps.


Okay, back to the good news.


And a few more of the softer side items.

Friday, October 01, 2021

The Friyay Wrangle from Far Left Texas


Not much to cheer about down here in Deep in the Hearta, but it's almost the weekend, and we'll take what we can get.


U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman of Austin will hear arguments Friday over whether to temporarily halt the Texas law, which stands as the nation’s biggest curb to the constitutional right to an abortion in a half-century.

The Justice Department has pushed for the court to act swiftly, but it is unclear how soon Pitman will decide.

The smirking General Lazy Eye must be doing.


There are marches tomorrow, here and everywhere.


As a follow-up to yesterday's Doubtful post...


The bipartisan consultantocracy force is strong with Dowd.

I will effort to make the latest redistricting takes as brief as possible, with the action item first.


This one below, by the only Republican state representative who has passed a sanity test, was yesterday's winner.


I have several Tweets regarding "Texas Republicans behaving badly in areas besides redistricting" that have piled up.


Somebody on the far right yelled "Jump", Greg Abbott replied, "How high?", and Dade Phelan said, "not this time".


Speaker Phorehead still doesn't earn a gold star from me, but it's nice to see someone occasionally saying 'no' to something.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) spent 18 percent of his PAC’s $2.2 million on political activities, spending $12,000 on Houston Astros games and $5,000 at the Cloister at Sea Island, Georgia’s top-rated luxury hotel, the report found.

CanCruz's lawsuit against the FEC, seeking to get more of his money back, has reached the SCOTUS. (Given our Citizens United world, I would expect the justices to rule in his favor.)


Round and round the grifter wheel spins.


The second- and third-tier Republinuts are... well ...


I sure hope we find out soon.

Regarding COVID:


And the battle for justice for trans children never ends.


Though it will be the children themselves who win the battle for tolerance for all.


The Boomers who ran The Rag Blog are leaving us.  And LareDOS also shared the life and times of Powell St. John, who departed last month.

Wrapping up a long, difficult, frustrating week with a few soothers.