TX Progressives take on Mueller, Barr, Harris, Gillibrand, the Dallas Snooze, the wall, old Dallas mossbacks, more

This corner of the Texas Progressive Alliance says Go Cards to start a new baseball season while also saying goodbye Donut Twitter and other things related to “spin” on the long-awaited Mueller Report.

Speaking of, Socratic Gadfly offered his wrap-up and roundup on the Mueller Report and reactions.

Off the Kuff did his precinct analysis thing on Congressional and State Senate districts from 2018.

Brains and Eggs lays out another update on the 2020 prez race; he expects Gillibrand to be among the early folders on the Dem side. (This scribe agrees.)

And here are some posts of interest from other blogs and news sites.

Jim Schutze cares very little for “VisitDallas,” either as currently named or as the old Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau. For good measure, he also turns his eyes on the North Central Texas Council of Governments. He then says both are part of old Dallas mossbacks doing legal money laundering for private projects.

And, in a twofer, something that will always get applause from me, Schutze throws the Morning Snooze under the bus, this time for hating on the new Dallas County DA.

Beyond Bones tells you some things you should know about the Deer Park fire and public safety.

Grits explains why police should be required to get a warrant to use cell site simulators, also known as "stingrays".

The Lunch Tray debunks the arguments for Trump's school nutrition rollbacks.

Related? The Texas Observer has a long read on the diabetes, and related amputations, crisis in the Valley.

Stephen Young breaks down the fight between Texas Senate Republicans and Facebook over abortion.

The Chronic bird-dogged Kamala (Is a Cop) Harris when she made the presidential rounds in Harris County.

Zapata County residents who remember the creation of Falcon Dam and reservoir liken it to Trump’s wall. (American Indians in North Dakota know that in spades on the Missouri.)

The Week, perhaps doing too much fellating of AOC, claims “socialism won” at SXSW. (Given that her non-Green Party version of the Green New Deal doesn’t address the late-stage capitalism elephant in the room of climate change very much, nope, sorry, but not a socialist.)

Also at SXSW? A nutter who claimed three years ago there that he was going to end capitalism now claims we ARE in a Matrix-type simulation but that he can break us out.

Jeff Balke proposes four ways to make cycling safer in Houston.

The Bloggess would like to tell you a ghost story.