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2022-07-31 10:36
The Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade has many activists wondering how abortion and other rights that are being taken away can be restored. The answer is through hard, prolonged, diffic… Read More
2022-07-24 10:55
2022-07-17 10:46
2022-07-10 12:17
"This (next cartoon) was inspired by the lead foto in this article at Sludge a few days ago."Mike Flugennock Read More
2022-07-03 11:30
2022-06-26 10:43
2022-06-19 11:11
Sorry the goons ruined your day, Dad. Cornyn walks away from gun negotiations, into boos at Texas Republican convention ICYMI: Conservative extremists posting video of TXGOP delegates argu… Read More
2022-06-14 12:50
pic.twitter.com/t9DSbOZ8yx— Communist Special Agent Dana Scully (@CommunistScully) June 14, 2022 Moving at the speed of Monty Hall Wayne Brady over the weekend, John Cornyn pushed all… Read More
2022-06-12 11:30
Cornyn to Senate GOP colleagues: keep your ‘powder dry’ in gun negotiations Read More
2022-06-06 16:00
Scattershooting (*groan*) while the Texas Progressive Alliance stands around and watches the neo-Nazis in Ukraine rebrand themselves ...Don't believe I've ever seen Governor Fish Lips' lips… Read More
2022-06-05 11:13
2022-06-04 14:09
It's too late for me to catch up on all the atrocities that went down since the last non-toon post, but like our pathetic Democrats in Washington and Austin trying to pass some gun safety le… Read More
2022-05-29 19:52
Inside any random MAGA household: And through the generations, Texas Republicans understood ... ... and so did Texas Democrats (not Henry Cuellar, though) Read More
2022-05-29 10:54
2022-05-25 13:56
Not feeling like blogging election results today. Later perhaps, after the blood gets mopped up and the kids who can only be identified by comparing DNA with their parents' -- because… Read More
2022-05-23 18:28
It's almost over.This week, the FBI refused to clear Henry Cuellar of wrongdoing in an ongoing federal corruption investigation.However, voters in his district received a fake newspaper in t… Read More
2022-05-22 11:20
2022-05-20 13:53
Hard to delineate, but we'll classify K-Pax and Pee Bush in the first. If you've had your teevee on this week, you've probably noticed.Screen cap from the ad, in which "curriculum" is… Read More
2022-05-17 13:31
Tuesday is the busiest election day of the year so far, as five states hold their 2022 primaries. And for the GOP, it will be another test of whether to move on from former Pres. Trump.Read… Read More
2022-05-15 10:46
2022-05-13 18:42
For only the 2nd time in @UTAustin polling going back to 2009 (but the second time in less than a year), a majority of TX voters say that the state is on the wrong track: https://t.co/VfnQVl… Read More
2022-05-12 20:08
We found her -- or she found us -- on New Year's Eve, 2008 while walking our Teddi. Lucky always liked dogs better than people and she was very enamored of Teddi, so she followed us fo… Read More
2022-05-09 22:32
This week's #politicalcartoon by @Branchtoon. pic.twitter.com/XrJQtFnsm0— Houston Chronicle Opinion (@ChronOpinion) May 4, 2022 PHOTOS: People took to the streets of Austin to show sup… Read More
2022-05-09 03:38
I'll let you choose. #GeneralStrikeForReproductiveRights#GeneralStrikeForRoe#EndTheFilibuster #CodifyRoeVWade #GeneralStrikeRevolution pic.twitter.com/6S4Jb6mYNK— 🌹 🔥 D… Read More
2022-05-08 12:49
More of a collection that reflects a future for women who'll be forced to become mothers as a result of someone else's edict. I have at least one and perhaps two more sets of Funnies… Read More
2022-05-03 15:20
Everything (including me). I simply don't think I'll be able to ease back into blogging this week after last night.Texas' "trigger law," passed by the Legislature last May and signed i… Read More
2022-05-01 11:02
2022-04-25 15:58
Before Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton and their associated players get started on this week's bullshit, it might be useful to remember some -- there aren't enough pixels to docum… Read More
2022-04-25 00:59
I saw a few toons while wrangling my collection this week that paid emphasis to this point below."The Left" here is what I and others refer to as ShitLibs. They're Triple-D Democrats w… Read More
2022-04-24 11:45
Yes, there will be an afternoon edition. The toonists really outdid themselves this past week. Funding Secured #Art by Beeple pic.twitter.com/oU7e3DuDHs— ⛩ 𝑫ү……Read More
2022-04-23 15:51
#ClimateChange is the defining challenge of our time. If we are to 🌍 halve emissions by 2030, 🌍 reach the goals of the #ParisAgreement, 🌍 and create a healthier futur… Read More
2022-04-22 14:22
Enough for a few subscriptions, and not just those associated with the climate emergency or the vast depth of the corruption in state government.But that's our jumping-off point [email protected]… Read More
2022-04-18 17:14
I'll get to the depressing stuff and the rotten people in just a moment. I'll begin today with the Chron's feature of Willow Waterhole, the former coastal prairie turned rice field tur… Read More
2022-04-17 09:55
"I'm Starting A Big Special Submarine Operation Now!" Read More
2022-04-16 18:57
Click the tweet for the full view.She is Risen! #HappyEaster (from your atheist friend) https://t.co/kdezdiGhYn— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) April 15, 2022 Gre… Read More
2022-04-14 17:00
All Aboard Greg Abbott's *Political Stunt Express* ! pic.twitter.com/XYeqAbMVrz— Truth by Texas (@TruthxTexas) April 8, 2022 Let's do a duopoly politics update. We have to start… Read More
2022-04-12 15:01
A couple of extensive profiles of our self-loathing psychopath of a governor hit the social media airwaves yesterday. Mimi Schwartz and Michelle Davis showed no mercy, just as Greg Abb… Read More
2022-04-11 12:51
But they are hanging by a thread. Let's begin with the political tweets from the weekend.Starr County District Attorney Gocha Allen Ramirez has filed a motion to dismiss a murder charg… Read More
2022-04-10 11:07
"Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty". -- Joseph Goebbels, paraphrased Read More
2022-04-08 13:33
The stars at nightAre big and bright 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽📷: @JoeTegtmeyer #Tesla #CyberRodeo pic.twitter.com/NsKbqG6YzN— Ton… Read More
2022-04-07 14:00
There's forty-nine more ways to get rid of Governor Helen Wheels.BREAKING: Gov. Greg Abbott orders Texas to inspect vehicles at border, charter buses to ship migrants to D.C. W/@MorrisReport… Read More
2022-04-05 13:46
How it started/How it's going:#OtD 1 Apr 1982 oil company Exxon made a private report on CO2. It showed that burning fossil fuels would cause global warming which may be irreversible and cou… Read More
2022-04-04 16:59
Let's begin with some of the events from the weekend just passed.Trans people are loved and valued. We’re not going anywhere. #TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️⚧… Read More
2022-04-03 10:46
2022-03-31 13:24
Since the Society of Environmental Journalists is convening locally this end-of-week, let's begin with some climate posts.Excited to be heading to #SEJ2022 Houston for my first IRL conferenc… Read More
2022-03-29 12:07
Yesterday's Slap-Rock was more than the usual disturbing, and everybody naturally had a take, so I'm sprinkling in some wildflowers today to take the edge off.The bluebonnets have arrived. T… Read More
2022-03-28 13:19
(A)ny references to geopolitical causes or pleas for humanity were overshadowed by the blow that Will Smith landed on Chris Rock. It used to be that partisan statements triggered a bit of di… Read More
2022-03-27 14:18
2022-03-26 13:53
I fell behind taking time off this week, and a few things happened. Some are worth revisiting.Snow in the Panhandle, fires in West Texas, tornadoes near Austin, DFW & Houston -- a… Read More
2022-03-22 15:55
Let's talk about the weather.BREAKING: In Round Rock, a debris field is becoming apparent from @KVUE fixed cameras, including bark shredded from trees. pic.twitter.com/Dqxjjp0vbi— Tony… Read More
2022-03-21 13:36
Twitter flags Ken Paxton tweet as 'hateful conduct' for misgendering four-star admiral https://t.co/kMs6Y52T2r— MySA (@mySA) March 18, 2022 Rachel Levine is a woman.Ken Paxton is a cri… Read More
2022-03-20 11:32
2022-03-17 15:35
When 'sexual assault' is revealed to be "just" sexual exploitation, you know Governor Hell On Wheels is having a really bad week.The head of @TxDPS reports to Gov Abbott that the initial fin… Read More
2022-03-15 12:04
So much to do! South by Southwest, RodeoHouston, St. Patrick's Day! So much to watch! March Madness, spring training baseball (with the hot stove league pots boiling over)!… Read More
2022-03-13 10:17
2022-03-10 15:41
Opening today with the growing crusade by Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton to prosecute Texans for raising their children in a manner of their own choosing. Those efforts have been blocked f… Read More
2022-03-07 16:09
Top position soon available. Inquiries to County Judge Lina Hidalgo.Uncounted mail-in ballots discovered in Harris County add uncertainty to two Democratic races https://t.co/vKGdGsNlq… Read More
2022-03-06 11:58
2022-03-04 15:31
Everybody else has posted their takes and takeaways, so if you're not tired of that yet, I'll get started with the not-trending-but-ought-to-be hashtag.Blaming the customers is damned poor p… Read More
2022-03-01 14:06
I intended to go longer and meaner on the Tex Donks, and post much earlier, but life got in the way (i.e. Mardi Gras, RodeoHouston, taxes, and a lot of other stuff). So here's a short… Read More
2022-02-28 18:21
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. &hell…Read More
2022-02-27 11:57
Why do Biden and the corporate media keep insisting that Russia is on the brink of starting a war in the middle of the Olympic Games? Has that ever happened? (Answer: no. https://t.co/nCu… Read More
2022-02-23 18:42
The shitshow circus came to town.I’d rather spork out my own eyes pic.twitter.com/hKhsEl9gzT— shauna (@goldengateblond) February 19, 2022 [email protected], @CawthornforNC, and @realMikeL… Read More
2022-02-22 15:20
Or is it?We're on track to have between 1.25m & 1.75m Texans vote in the #TX2022 Republican primary and between 0.75m & 1.25m vote in the Democratic primary. That's out of 22m voting… Read More
2022-02-20 13:28
I don't care for Gen. Tso's chicken either. Welcome back, after his gap year, to Two Party Opera. And congratulations to Desi Doyen and thirteen years of the Green News Report Read More
2022-02-18 23:47
'Texas Republicans behaving badly' is again trending on my timeline, but as referenced previously, that is a) annoying and tiresome; and b) seemingly not moving the needle away from them ele… Read More
2022-02-17 15:56
Historically, voter participation in midterm primary elections is dismal in Texas, with less than a quarter of registered voters casting ballots most [email protected] and @snehadey_ will trac… Read More
2022-02-14 17:56
The elephant in the room, at the polling place, in Austin, in D.C. ...The primary problem with Texas elections #txlege #TX2022https://t.co/iA5fDYTr8n— Mark P. Jones (@MarkPJonesTX) Feb… Read More
2022-02-13 11:52
"Do you know why I pulled you over, Ms. Greene?" Read More
2022-02-12 14:46
Texans turned out at the state cemetery to pay their respects to Sarah Weddington this afternoon in Austin. #txlege #RoeVWade @DMNPolitics https://t.co/SR9U43Nyf9— BeLynn Hollers (@Bel… Read More
2022-02-12 14:03
You might have seen massive smoke in East Houston this morning. pic.twitter.com/dG0Fkyvx0o— Air Alliance Houston (@airallianceHOU) February 7, 2022 Dark smoke and huge flames.#petromet… Read More
2022-02-11 16:46
Including the legal and criminal justice news, some labor updates, and a few posts marking Black History Month.Many teachers and staff have had to take on more responsibilities as colleagues… Read More
2022-02-11 03:11
“It got cold and the lights stayed on” is weak sauce, as political slogans go. But for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the season’s first ice storm couldn’t have come out muc… Read More
2022-02-10 16:56
I fell behind this week, and there's just too much for one post, so I'm breaking it down into a few. Opening with the duopoly's baddest actors, and when the fish rots, it begins at the… Read More
2022-02-07 16:02
These pens are full.Winter storm disaster declared, but climate for price gouging - and power outages - fails to materialize https://t.co/bPXzIVCX5n #TexasFreeze #TexasWeather #TXLege #Txwx… Read More
2022-02-06 11:54
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2022-02-02 16:55
A Texas GOP operative tells me it's quite possible Gov @GregAbbott_TX's "guarantee the lights will stay on" could be his "read my lips" moment #TxLege— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock)… Read More
2022-01-31 16:31
How was your weekend?Photos, TFG Rally of Hate today 30 miles of me. Some have been there since Thursday. The Orange Fascist doesn’t spew his hate and lies until 7 tonight. These pics… Read More
2022-01-30 12:01
2022-01-26 15:32
Elections were conducted yesterday (besides MLB's Hall of Fame, that is) and the results were announced in a reasonably timely fashion.Mary Nan Huffman wins District G special election https… Read More
2022-01-25 13:15
No particular organization here."Print it on something that Texas does have: guns or giant toast."https://t.co/MNB0qacjFd— Chron (@chron) January 24, 2022 Ben Sargent, The Austin Ameri… Read More
2022-01-21 18:48
Unlike Chuckles, I don't necessarily see this as good news.Pleased to announce that we have joined @HoustonEndowmnt & @KinderFound on a $20 million investment to establish a new, indepen… Read More
2022-01-17 14:32
A few things to celebrate today:WATCH: At a news conference Saturday night, the FBI and Colleyville police said three hostages held in a Colleyville synagogue for nearly 12 hours are unharme… Read More
2022-01-13 16:00
An ego as big as Texas. "I'll retire by the end of the year, but I'll stick around for another year after that, meanwhile I'll keep tweeting 'must-read' like a fiend and serve the Lone Star… Read More
2022-01-13 14:25
Opening today with the latest on the pandemic.WOW 👀: And with a test positivity rate of more than 35%, DSHS said "COVID has never spread this fast in Texas."Read more here: https://t… Read More
2022-01-11 16:25
First political things first: Houston and Austin have city council seats to fill, and those special elections are on tap.Click here for everything you need to know about voting, and informat… Read More
2022-01-09 11:29
Interactive version at full size and identifying the perps can be seen here. (may be paywalled) Read More
2022-01-07 16:56
It's been a very bad start to the new year for Texas Republicans. Before I get to that, there's a few things that are more pressing to the rest of us.Cases of the highly contagious omi… Read More
2022-01-05 23:35
Perhaps I should begin with another threat.The new variant is spreading at lightning speed, infecting people at a rate seven times higher than the delta mutation before it. https://t.co/goHS… Read More
2022-01-04 17:01
Buckle up Texas. Here we go. 12 days until 1st absentee ballots are out28 days until voter registration deadline42 days until early voting starts57 days until election day— Jeremy Wall… Read More
2022-01-02 10:59
What. A. Life. #BettyWhite pic.twitter.com/QxeS6WY98E— Marshall Ramsey (@MarshallRamsey) January 1, 2022 Read More
2021-12-31 22:26
I suppose the best we can say about the year ending today is that we lived through it, if only because so many who should have did not.pic.twitter.com/W7FLelUZ3O— kristaps minerov (@sa… Read More
2021-12-27 18:12
As we come to the end of another calendar I'll collect some listicles of noteworthy people and events from the past 12 months in a year-end Wrangle. Today I'm playing ketchup.3 things… Read More
2021-12-26 12:27
2021-12-21 14:32
Don't forget the tamales on Taco Tuesday.A few items to update from yesterday:Texas' Harris County on Monday reported its first death related to the Omicron COVID-19 variant, a man who was u… Read More
2021-12-20 17:30
My God what a year in Texas: The deadly winter storm, 2 quorum breaks, redistricting, CRT, carrying handguns w/no license, the six-week abortion ban, Abbott vs business, Paxton at the insurr… Read More
2021-12-19 16:23
2021-12-16 17:39
ICYMI: Here's our recap of the #tx2022 primary filings for the #txlege and statewide races. Bookmark this for the future. #txgov #txag #txed https://t.co/Y9N1VrUvSV— RA News (@RANewsTX… Read More
2021-12-14 16:38
Candidate filing for the 2022 primary in Texas closed Monday evening, and there were more than a few late developments in what is set to be a busy election cycle.#TXlege #TX2022 https://t.co… Read More
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