Debates/Tulsi Twerking
Mondoweiss notes that Israel and Palestine wasn't on the second set of debates, meaning Tulsi dodged explaining away her vote FOR AIPAC and AGAINST BDS. Unfortunately, one of its contributors drinks a full glass of the Tulsi Kool-Aid.
SocraticGadfly writes about all that this week when he calls out the cult of the #TulsiTwerkers. Let's make that hashtag trend, folks.
SocraticGadfly writes about all that this week when he calls out the cult of the #TulsiTwerkers. Let's make that hashtag trend, folks.
Brains has a semi hard-on or something for Tulsi after the debate.
The Assad bullshit is exactly that, and so is the ad hominem of her upbringing by religious homophobes.
The Assad angle from DNC regulars might be bullshit. The nuanced take that Assad ain't an angel of light isn't. Because he ain't. And, with her, it ain't just Assad. It's Sisi and others she has met with.
And, speaking of religious homophobes? First, given that Hawaiian LGBTQ groups still don't fully trust her (I wouldn't either, dude), it's not an ad hominem to bring it up.
Otherwise, you're going to ignore her Hindutva Hindu fascism? Her Islamophobia? And her vote just a week ago?
Otherwise, you're going to ignore her Hindutva Hindu fascism? Her Islamophobia? And her vote just a week ago?
Tulsi Gabbard -- the focus of Bernie-ish hate from the establishment -- will be, I sincerely hope, Secretary of Defense in a Sanders Administration
David Bruce Collins scattershoots what he saw from Twitter takes on the debates, along with melting Greenland and other issues. He, like Brains, likes Tulsi.
In the bigger picture, while not every stereotype about the MSM is true, refusal to ask Israel/Palestine questions just after the HRes 246 vote shows many of the stereotypes ARE true.
I had three ways of playing this section.
One is to have ignored Brains, still a TPA member though not a weekly contributor, for a full year. (I still look at his blog to see if something is worth posting). Ditto on ignoring DBC, who is not a member, but whom Brains hunted up when he WAS an active member himself more regularly than he does now. (I've posted David in roundups 2x as much in the last six months as Brains.)
The second was to post everything except my blog post in a separate post and link to it. I debated, but decided I wanted the focus here. I thought surely David, at least, would think twice after Gabbard's pro-AIPAC vote, but I guess not.
So, this is option three for now. Option 3A includes seeing what either of them says down the road, including how Brains frames my submission for this week, then doing a follow-up with THAT in a separate post.
In the bigger picture, while not every stereotype about the MSM is true, refusal to ask Israel/Palestine questions just after the HRes 246 vote shows many of the stereotypes ARE true.
I had three ways of playing this section.
One is to have ignored Brains, still a TPA member though not a weekly contributor, for a full year. (I still look at his blog to see if something is worth posting). Ditto on ignoring DBC, who is not a member, but whom Brains hunted up when he WAS an active member himself more regularly than he does now. (I've posted David in roundups 2x as much in the last six months as Brains.)
The second was to post everything except my blog post in a separate post and link to it. I debated, but decided I wanted the focus here. I thought surely David, at least, would think twice after Gabbard's pro-AIPAC vote, but I guess not.
So, this is option three for now. Option 3A includes seeing what either of them says down the road, including how Brains frames my submission for this week, then doing a follow-up with THAT in a separate post.
Dos
Centavos is ready for the Democratic Presidential field to be
winnowed down.
Bonnen and Mucus
House Dems want Mucus Sullivan to release the recording of his talk with Speaker Dennis Bonnen. OTOH, the Snooze reports that many Republicans fear the tape's release would lead to mutual destruction within the GOP.
And now Bonnen has blinked.
And, it turns out he was throwing both Dems and some fellow Republicans under the bus.
As per others, I'm puzzled as to why he met Mucus in the first place on such a situation, and why he didn't assume in advance Mucus was taping him.
The House General Investigating Committee is going to take a look at the mess. Will it subpoeana Mucus about the tape, if he hasn't released the full thing to the public? (Remember, he's sponsored James O'Keefe type stuff in the past.)
And, Aug. 9, Dallas-area state Rep. Ana-Maria Ramos, reportedly named on the tape, sued Sullivan individually and an "unknown named political committee," (presumably Empower Texas?), to get it released.
As for the result? He WILL face a Speakership challenge, assuming of course that Dems don't capture a House majority. (If that happens, he'll never be Speaker again.) He'll survive, by reaching across the aisle, but the price of survival will be higher.
As for the issue in parentheses? The bigger picture issue is how does this affect the Texas GOP brand in the state House? And, how much worse might Mucus make that if he decides to try to primary some urban-area moderate-conservative for Texas Republican House members?
As for House wingnuts, not to mention their Senate counterparts, thinking Bonnen is too Dem-cozy? Well, two of the 16 state Senate committees have Democritter chairs. True, Whitmire and Lucio are ConservaDems, but still. But, the big deal is that Bonnen, like Straus, reflects a traditional, as in pre-Danny Goeb as Lite Guv, degree of bipartisanship in House committee operations; the Trib has more.
Bonnen and Mucus
House Dems want Mucus Sullivan to release the recording of his talk with Speaker Dennis Bonnen. OTOH, the Snooze reports that many Republicans fear the tape's release would lead to mutual destruction within the GOP.
And now Bonnen has blinked.
And, it turns out he was throwing both Dems and some fellow Republicans under the bus.
As per others, I'm puzzled as to why he met Mucus in the first place on such a situation, and why he didn't assume in advance Mucus was taping him.
The House General Investigating Committee is going to take a look at the mess. Will it subpoeana Mucus about the tape, if he hasn't released the full thing to the public? (Remember, he's sponsored James O'Keefe type stuff in the past.)
And, Aug. 9, Dallas-area state Rep. Ana-Maria Ramos, reportedly named on the tape, sued Sullivan individually and an "unknown named political committee," (presumably Empower Texas?), to get it released.
As for the result? He WILL face a Speakership challenge, assuming of course that Dems don't capture a House majority. (If that happens, he'll never be Speaker again.) He'll survive, by reaching across the aisle, but the price of survival will be higher.
As for House wingnuts, not to mention their Senate counterparts, thinking Bonnen is too Dem-cozy? Well, two of the 16 state Senate committees have Democritter chairs. True, Whitmire and Lucio are ConservaDems, but still. But, the big deal is that Bonnen, like Straus, reflects a traditional, as in pre-Danny Goeb as Lite Guv, degree of bipartisanship in House committee operations; the Trib has more.
Texana
Kenny Marchant, who moved from Dallas County Commissioners Court hack to Congressional hack, has followed Mike Conaway, Pete Olsen and Will Hurd and is the fourth GOP Congresscritter not to run for re-election. Shifting Texas demographics plus the Trump boar anchor explain all but Conaway. In Marchant's case, the demographics is part of why he bailed on his commissioner's seat, too. That said, the first Rethug rushing to try to replace him is far worse.
Off the
Kuff reacted to Rep. Will Hurd's
announcement that he was stepping down from Congress.
Hurd decided to go out on the high note of a nice Republican lie, or turd (it rhymes!), claiming he wanted to make the GOP more diverse by stepping down. Yeah, the only black Rethug in the House leaving it does that how? (Would-be answer that Hurd won't mention: By becoming a lobbyist.)
Looks like DPS ain't fully listening to Gov. Strangeabbott's pleas for a continued hard line on marijuana.
Grits for Breakfast finds the irony in the arrest of DPS' former chief of intelligence.
Plaintiffs settled their bail lawsuit with Harris County. The Texas Observer looks at what it might mean beyond the county's limits. Grits also weighs in.
Texas counties buying new voting machines aren't necessarily buying more secure ones.
The TSTA Blog stands up for the idea of a state income tax.
Dallas
Jim Schutze talks about why businesses don't move south of the Trinity.
Schutze also asks why does the Snooze allow so much crime outside its windows?
Stephen Young notes how the Snooze slouches further toward Gomorrah.
Houston
The city GLBT Caucus decided to endorse Sly Turner for re-election as mayor, but not after a fair amount of contentiousness.
Nonsequiteuse is treasure hunting in the Houston campaign finance reports.
National
Paradise in Hell wrote what is now a museum piece about the DNI Director that wasn't.
Texas counties buying new voting machines aren't necessarily buying more secure ones.
The TSTA Blog stands up for the idea of a state income tax.
Dallas
Jim Schutze talks about why businesses don't move south of the Trinity.
Schutze also asks why does the Snooze allow so much crime outside its windows?
Stephen Young notes how the Snooze slouches further toward Gomorrah.
Houston
The city GLBT Caucus decided to endorse Sly Turner for re-election as mayor, but not after a fair amount of contentiousness.
Nonsequiteuse is treasure hunting in the Houston campaign finance reports.
National
Paradise in Hell wrote what is now a museum piece about the DNI Director that wasn't.
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