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As I've said all over the place, I voted for the Commie because I wasn't doing Jill Stein.That said, Claudia de la Cruz mathematically can't win, and Jill Stein won't anyway.So, it is betwee… Read More
First, does anybody besides Husseini write anything for VotePact, which is based on a voter version of old Congressional "twinning" or "pairing" on important votes when one member was absent… Read More
Mondoweiss has a good piece on that here. Both groups are in the header, because, especially among Lebanese-Americans, many are Christian. (Side note: A big STFU to Nassim Nicholas Taleb wit… Read More
Shock me that Ken Paxton is lying about Robert Roberson.
Good on state House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence for doing a
point-by-point rebuttal. Also shock me that Kenny Boy has Tony… Read More
Kenny Boy Paxton has agreed to stop targeting GOTV organizations while a federal appeals court looks at a district court's ruling that the state law he's been relying on is unconstitutional… Read More
This is an update on Saturday's piece about butt-hurt editorial/opinion staffers at the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post, especially with the Times, where this spills into years of… Read More
The online magazine is pushing hard subscriptions for its anniversary.But? I may just pass.Yes, I think I'll pass, Joshua Frank,
on donating for your 30th anniversary. And, you're passing o… Read More
Gotta love big, or formerly big, newspaper editorial page/opinion editors all butt-hurt that Patrick Soon-Shiong of the LA Behind the Times or Jeff Bezos of the Bozos Post wonâ€&t… Read More
Per Carl Zimmer, not only did the invention of fiber allow for the roasting of tubers and later, the roasting or baking of grains, as well as roasting meat, but a bit of evolution gave human… Read More
 Yes, Metric Media, the king of the pink slime hill, and the Timpone
Brothers, are hard at it. Actually, these "Catholic" journals, reports Pro Publica, started in 2020. But, pe… Read More
Politico magazine notes that a bunch of parliamentary backbenchers from Justin Trudeau's own Liberal Party are trying to persuade the Canadian prime minister to walk to the exit â&euro… Read More
The Observer takes a deep dive into the latest political shenanigans, including astroturfing on Dallas ballot initiatives, by Mr. Pink Slime, Monty Bennett of the Dallas Express.The former e… Read More
When Texas state House Republicans are the people intervening to prevent a likely innocent man from being executed, it's a big deal.And it is, not just for Roberson, but for junk science and… Read More
The Dallas Observer reports, linking to the Morning News, that Dallas blondie ex-cop and convicted killer Amber Guyger was recently denied parole, halfway through her 10-year sentence.I stil… Read More
Per the second half of the header, I want to expand on a restack note I did about Ken Klippenstein's piece last Saturday about the first half of the header.First, the meat, which gets at bot… Read More
You've already seen my "Vote the Commie" for president, so we'll tackle other races here, with brief explainers.Statewide races Senate: Write-in Tracey Andrus. There's no Green, and Colin Al… Read More
I think I just went meta on Patrick Cockburn's bio of dad Claud.And, yes, this is going to be fun and a takedown, and added fun since it's Counterpunch where I saw this, and given thoughts a… Read More
I'm voting for the Communist, not Jill Stein, but I can still call out Blue Anon PR groups, who think they're cute, but are actually full of shit. And full of sellouts.And, Voters of Tomorro… Read More
The Trib and Pro Publica have a long story on Tarrant County's nutbar county judge. And, nutbar he is.A large part of the nutbar is Wilks and Dunn type Christian nationalism. Tha… Read More
Counterpunch sounds semi-incredulous that India's Army Chief of Staff would salute Israel's booby-trapping pagers, even noting India has faced that before. Really? This IS the Is… Read More
The first abortion aid lawsuit enabled under SB 8 has been dropped. And, that shithead Jonathan Mitchell refused to comment. Side note: Will this give ballot opponents of an abortion remains… Read More
Texas' "request to examine" lawsuit, ever more abused by Kenny Boy Paxton, has been struck down by a federal judge as unconstitutional. The Trib links to Bloomberg Law, which cites Mark Lane… Read More
Although Claudia de la Cruz will be my protest vote within a protest vote,
her campaign never responded to me asking by email why she had yet to
register to attend a third-party candidate… Read More
As discussed in detail here, two weeks ago, my then-primary Twitter Shitter account got blocked by Elmo Musk and his Nazi goons because I posted the link to Ken Klippenstein's Substack about… Read More
After what is pretty close to the last straw with Counterpunch recently, over the anniversary of the Third Gazan War, as I'm calling it, I thought, let's check other allegedly leftist sites… Read More
The Trib offers its latest assessment of Dade Phelan's chances of keeping the Texas House Speakership.Related? The Texas Observer wonders if the House will remain anti-voucher after the elec… Read More
Regular readers here know who I mean by Dear Leader.The psychological proof?At Psy Post, new research indicates a sharp split within Black men on their mental health after Obama's 2012 re-el… Read More
The Green Party's presence in Wisconsin is making Democrats nervous. Specifically, in the last decade, Madison has elected 10 Greens to local office, the piece notes. Stand by for Cort Green… Read More
Since the lamestream media won't give you the facts? This roundup post is a callout post as well.Let's start with NPR. No, Genocide Joe and Kamala is a Zionist Cop did NOT have tributes to a… Read More
Never heard of them before. And, that's after doing a fair amount of research this year. So, their critique / attack on the Socialist Equality Party and the Party for Socialism and Liberatio… Read More
Counterpunch, on US elections issues, has been "losing" me for months now. Start with the lack of profiling of third-party candidates. Yeah, that's not their metier, but, at the same time, m… Read More
That's what we have at a post last Thursday.I quote:They also didn’t report on the Presidential result in the story. That was 49-44 for Trump over Kamala Harris, with 1% f… Read More
As normal, these were the 10 most read pieces in September. Not all of them were written in September; older pieces that have temporarily become "evergreen" will be described with a bit more… Read More
In the case of Tex-ass, I'm talking about its pre-Dobbs law that allowed private residents to sue over abortion and abortion assistance, still being used by a few wingnut ex-boyfriends who a… Read More
Climate change, and its ongoing worsening, leads Matthew Huber to look seriously at many issues. They include how accurate climate models will be decades out (contra Katharine Hayhoe and Mic… Read More
The two best blog-type sites out there that I am aware of are Bill Redpath and Richard Winger's Ballot Access News, and Independent Political Report.Neither has comment moderation. Neither u… Read More
SocraticGadfly does an early breakout of his "Gadfly slate" for president and says "vote for the Commie." Off the Kuff analyzed a new poll of Bexar County to see what it might tell us about… Read More
Several things came up at and in relationship to Southwest's Investor Day on Sept. 26.First, some of the flight side stuff.The biggie, for me, though not No. 1 in the CNN story? Both my chec… Read More
I said in June that "Listen to America" co-director Lexie Zeidan was lying to herself (as were fellow organization members), lying to readers / followers / political public, or lying to both… Read More
The John Mozeliak/Bill DeWitt Cardinals emperor has no clothes. That's been obvious for some time, but The New York Times/Athletic just MASSIVELY called them out. Here's the nut grafs, about… Read More
Russ and Pam Martens' "Wall Street on Parade" is generally very good — when it sticks to writing about the banksters.When it ventures beyond that, it generally falls into… Read More
Elon Musk is apparently suspending the accounts of people who Tweet ABOUT Ken Klippenstein's Substack post of yesterday, with the actual dossier of the alleged Iranian hack of Trump's Veep v… Read More
I had had this in the can for a little while, and I pushed it back to today because tomorrow is National Public Lands Day, one of NPS' free entry days. With that said, let's dig in.==Short a… Read More
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, in a recent campaign email, wonders why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the eponymous AOC (and the worst left-of-center eponymous political figure si… Read More
Off the Kuff published an interview with a co-founder of the Amarillo Reproductive Freedom Alliance, to discuss their fight against an abortion travel ban in that city. SocraticG… Read More
First of all, I've long said that people like me take voting and elections MORE seriously than Democrats or Republicans. (And, I'll get to this more in a minute.) Above all, people like me d… Read More
The Texas Observer reviews
what seems to be a great new book, "The Highest Law in the Land," an
in-depth look at 3 Percenter and Oath Keeper type sheriffs across the
country. Author Jessi… Read More
A number of reasons there.First, the ongoing shakeout from Reddit's look to monetize itself better and gussy itself up as part of its IPO offer? Scads of "promoted posts." Weirdly, I don't s… Read More
I've said this before occasionally on Twitter, but, I'm not sure I've devoted a blog post entirely to it. (I did hint at it in a blog post a couple of weeks before the 2020 election, but did… Read More