TX Progressives mourn Vegas and Puerto Rico in the wrangle

The Texas Progressive Alliance again calls for more and better gun control in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, and again urges our government to take utmost care of our brothers and sisters in Puerto Rico as it brings you this week's roundup.

We also again call for the media, and law enforcement, to call the likes of Stephen Paddock "terrorists" because they are.

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At the same time, per Brains:

I too why Democrats can't seem to generate many candidates or much enthusiasm for 2018.  Part of the reason may lie in a recent US House vote, where four of the state's most prominent Democrats -- Joaquin Castro, Lloyd Doggett, Beto O'Rourke, and Mark Veazey -- voted against a few small tax breaks for Hurricane Harvey victims.  Even Republicans were surprised, and explanations seemed unsatisfactory. (That said, other Dems outside of Texas also voted against the bill; and that also said, the DACA excuse, at least, seems small beer for all of them.)

With that bit of puzzlement — and you wonder why he and I think outside the duopoly box — here's the week's roundup.

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Off the Kuff laments the Fifth Circuit ruling that will allow some enforcement of the "sanctuary cities" law.

SocraticGadfly sees wingnuts creating red herrings and strawmen over Dallas' removal of the Robert E. Lee statue, and exposes their deliberate fallacies.

The F!^%*&ing Russians made headlines again, and PDiddie at Brains and Eggs cringed.

Neil at All People Have Value took a picture of electrical wires on a rainy day. APHV is part of NeilAquino.com.

Jobsanger notes that Republican-leaning pollster Rasmussen has three-quarters of respondents saying American voters are uninformed.

Lewisville Texan Journal says Lewisville ISD School Board is talking about campus rezoning.

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 And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.

Grits for Breakfast notes that Bexar County approved essentially decriminalizing personal possession amounts of marijuana.

Therese Odell is spitting mad about the whole Trump/NFL thing.

Leif Reigstad makes the case against luring Amazon's HQ2 to your hometown.

Michael Li has yet another update on the redistricting lawsuit.

Paradise in Hell finds one place where the Trump economy is booming.

Space City Weather recommends some reading for their fellow meteorology nerds.

Texas Observer notes that Gov. Greg Abbott still hates Texas' big cities.

The Texas Tribune notes that soft, and dark, campaign finance money is part of what's behind the public not knowing much about potential post-Harvey petrochemical contamination.