Texas Progressives talk polls and nukes

Off the Kuff brings you two more polls showing James Taalrico leading the race for US Senate in Texas. 

SocraticGadfly loves him some James Hansen, agrees that we're in a climate crisis, not just climate change, that will lead to 5°C of temperature increase in a century without strong action soon, knows that WAY too many people still don't get this, and hates that the likes of Michael Mann have attacked him as alarmist, BUT explains in great detail why he is far more skeptical than Hansen about nuclear energy being a major part of the solution.

Inside Climate News notes the great number of commercial lithium mining claims that are on American Indian tribal land. 

The Observer warns even wingnut landowners on the border to read the fine print on Team Trump's requests to survey their land. 

Too bad, in its runoff overview, the Observer won't tell you to vote for neither Colin Allred nor Julie Johnson and to undervote this in the general. 

Camp Mystic will not reopen this summer. Next question: Will it next summer? 

Is Havana / Cancun Ted Cruz running for president again in 2028? He's clearly working on the Trump Toady angle.

Contra Kalshi's claims, and riffing off the Trib, wondering why both Dannie Goeb and Kenny Boy have been slow to act or react, I think predictions markets are gaming, not a commodities-like futures market. Pro sports sub-reddits very much agree. 

ICE may have deported a US citizen. 

UNT has a massive budget shortfall, mainly cuz Trumpism has led to a big drop in international students. Faculty buyouts are a partial solution; per the Trib, a number of humanities profs are gladly accepting, saying UNT has gone well beyond the state-mandated minimum in anti-diversity. 

More Pete Hegseth brilliance — wanting to build a data center in the aridity of Fort Bliss. 

Chris Hooks extends his John Cornyn bromance to Shrub Bush and isn't worth further effort on addressing. 

Neil at the Houston Democracy Project spoke about empowering ourselves at a May Day event at a Unitarian Church in The Woodlands. As always-The next action is when you organize it.

Steve Vladeck and Law Dork critique the SCOTUS "ruling" in the lawsuit over Texas' Congressional re-redistricting.

Space City Weather answers your questions about El Nino, why it always rains on weekends, and more.

The Texas Signal talks to some drag performers about what they feel they can legally do now.

Texas Rural Reporter uses the example of a kid from Spearman being drafted by the NFL to show how important public schools are in rural communities and why the voucher program is a threat to them.

City of Yes talks about making space for the things we don't like but still need.