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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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

Historically, voter participation in midterm primary elections is dismal in Texas, with less than a quarter of registered voters casting ballots most years.@MandiCai and @snehadey_ will trac… Read More

'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

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

The shitshow circus came to town.I’d rather spork out my own eyes pic.twitter.com/hKhsEl9gzT— shauna (@goldengateblond) February 19, 2022 .@RepMTG, @CawthornforNC, and @realMikeL… Read More

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. … Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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

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

Politico has a wrap-up on Saturday night’s Gridiron Club dinner at the Renaissance Hotel. More than 600 journalists and other Very Important People attended the first Gridiron dinner i… Read More

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

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

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

The stars at nightAre big and bright 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽📷: @JoeTegtmeyer #Tesla #CyberRodeo pic.twitter.com/NsKbqG6YzN— Ton… Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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 today..@GovA… Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

| The Christian PostThe Texas comptroller said the state has opened an investigation into a Dallas bar that held a drag show for children earlier this summer. In a statement released Frida… Read More

A Texas bar canceled its all-ages, Disney-themed drag brunch after threatening messages that made the bar fear for people’s safety. The event was shared on social media by conservative… Read More

Queer military veterans faced down neo-Nazis and Proud Boys in Pflugerville, Texas last Sunday as the fascist groups held swastikas and transphobic signs across the street from the Hanover D… Read More

First, sorry for wingnuts in the Texas House, but since incumbent Dade Phelan won the GOP Caucus vote, which is, yes, nonbinding, he'll be back as Speaker. Tony Tinder-holt got all of six vo… Read More

Will Donna Howard's bill to do a narrow sexual assault carve-out to Texas' abortion law actually draw any GOP backers once it hits the light of day? Color me skeptical, though Joan Huffman… Read More

All 3 reported abortion procedures performed in August deemed ‘medically necessary’ The number of abortions in Texas has flatlined following the United States Supreme Court deci… Read More

Austin. Texas power grid regulators on Thursday approved a major overhaul of the Texas power grid that will push up electricity bills for consumers as officials seek to spur the construct… Read More

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A pro-gun rally coincides with a debate on legislation about how to make schools safer, nine months after the second-deadliest mass school shooting in the nation&r… Read More

The decision to amend the state’s Bill of Rights and add a provision recognizing the right of individuals to possess, retain and utilize digital currencies was made by Texas state legi… Read More

Texas turns into ninth state to go away controversial ERIC VoterOn Tuesday, the Texas legislature voted to move HB 1070 and withdrew from Digital Registration Data Heart (ERIC), the contr… Read More

On July 11, Steven Kinard, the Director of Bitcoin Mining Analytics at the Texas Blockchain Council (TBC), announced his intentions to seek the Republican nomination for Texas House District… Read More

The protection of suspended Texas Lawyer Basic Ken Paxton takes heart stage within the impeachment trial on Thursday after the Home rested Wednesday night. The protection calls their firs… Read More

Don't Mess With Texas: Senate Passes Bill Allowing Local, State Police To Arrest Illegal Immigrants The Texas Senate on Thursday approved a bill that will give local and state p… Read More