And, between the stupidity of Joe Biden and Libertarians going online, at least for the presidential nomination, there's yet more national political stuff.
So let's dig in!
Texas
Off the Kuff has the latest updates in the various vote-by-mail lawsuits. Update: The state Supremes have weighed in and have SORT OF taken the side of Kenny Boy Paxton, while also noting that individual voters using their judgment on "disability" can keep requesting mail ballots. Summary, in other words: County election officials can't PEDDLE mail ballots, but individual voters can ask away.
Speaking of, Kenny Boy and Strangeabbott owe voting rights plaintiffs nearly $7 million in legal fees. Shockingly, the "loser pays" touters don't want to pay up.
It's only potentially a little water damage, isn't it? Part of the reason oil prices have rebounded is that the Railroad Commission has ruled Texas producers can store produced oil in geological formations. And, yes, that's a threat to aquifers. The RRC voted not to adopt prorating oil production (mainly favored by independents) and to go beyond the Observer, RRC head Wayne Christian bragged about it. Tis true that without North Dakota, New Mexico and maybe a couple of other states joining in, it would have been problematic, but Christian gives little indication he even tried.
Grits has a good roundup of criminal justice news, except the last item. Yes, Grits, non-duopoly presidential candidates may be highly unlikely to win, but they do exist.
Better Texas Blog calls for rebuilding child care.
The Texas Signal wonders if migration from other states will be what finally turns Texas blue.
Texana
SocraticGadfly offers his take on the documentary-based last chapter in the life of "Roe," that is, Norma Jean McCorvey.
Texas Monthly has a set of pieces in this category in the June issue.
It first reviews "Cult of Glory," the most thorough debunking yet of Texas Rangers myth.
Big Bend signs as signs of the times is a quirky read.
San Augustine has a quirky builder.
Texas has some quirky barbecue sauces.
National
Hellz, yes! The Green Party has a celebrity candidate who's also a real Green on profile Chris Hedges is running for Congress from New Jersey. I'd pull his presidential lever in 2024.
For the not Biden-stanning, I refudiated Kuff earlier this week.
DosCentavos tells us that Joe Biden had Latino problems last week, too. But they are fixable. (They're fixable as long as Biden never says: "No eres Latino si votas por Trump.")
SCOTUS sadly punted, at least for now, on tackling the qualified immunity issue, used most often by police officers to justify shooting American Indians and blacks. (Per capita, American Indians have the highest death rate per capita at the hands of police of any ethnic group.)
#FreeLeonardPeltier since he's a vice presidential candidate!
Chris Wallace pushed back hard on WH Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany questioning reporters' religion and suggesting what questions they should ask. Donna Brazile, on the same Fox panel, disgustingly called her an "extraordinary person." That was after McEnany got pushback on the issue on the floor of the presser from a reporter.
At Bloomberg, Jonathan Bernstein thinks Trump is acting like a man who doesn't want to win. I would never make that assumption, and people made similar comments in 2016. (Kuff's weekend link dump often gives me something to at least have a different take than his implied take, if not outrightly refudiate.)
Fuck Doordash and fuck Grubhub (along with fuck most modern online/app based delivery systems in general).
A reminder from a Team Obama economist, Jason Furman, that the deep bust right now could be followed by almost as big a rebound. Biden's staff is already taking note, or notes.
Trump, now that Twitter has allegedly "fact-checked" his mail-voting tweets but NOT his Lori Klausitis ones, is promising an executive order that would make social media companies responsible for material they host. First, that likely carries little legal weight. Second, he could be shooting himself in the foot.
World
Look at all the Palestinian-hating Democrats. Mondoweiss has details on the new Israel Christmas presents.
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