Texas Progressives talk Paxton and Cuellar

Kenny Boy (how BOUT them "rule of law" Republicans) is refusing the Travis County DA's Public Information Act ruling that he needs to give the media his Jan. 6, 2021 text messages. The real issue is that it's not for a public official under the PIA to make the determination as to whether the material requested is "inconsequential." It's the reading public to do that. And, of course Kenny Boy's office said "fake controversy."

Sidebar: Anti-vax mandate Kenny Boy "has got it."

And, in the Kenny Boy trifecta, Chris Hooks takes a look at the AG primary, which is indeed the most Texas of races we could have. That said, CD says it's still Kenny Boy's race to lose.

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What DOES the FBI want with Henry Cuellar? Obviously, this will impact his primary. Will it push Jessica Cisneros over the top? The first question? ABC says its related to corruption in Azerbaijan. Related to that? Why the fuck is there a Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus (other than for possible money laundering like that which may be related to the Cuellar investigation)?

Todd Smith, a consultant to Jeebus Shot Ag Commish Sid Miller, has been indicted for allegedly soliciting bribes for hemp licenses, eight months after being arrested. 

Meet Joy Diaz, who according to polling, is R.F. O'Rourke's top Dem challenger in the gov primary.

Off the Kuff is not impressed by the Secretary of State's claim that supply chain issues are the reason they can't provide enough voter registration forms right now.

SocraticGadfly looked at the on-the-ground activities of the even bigger nutters challenging Strangeabbott along with related items. 

Stace gives us another Week in COVID News.

Russell Gold goes less conservative on energy reporting than his Wall Street Journal and book past would indicate, to say that the grid's failure after Winter Storm Uri was just a warmup. The PUC/ERCOT semi-fake semi-winterization was only one half of what they say they'll require; this spring, for electric generators, they're also supposed to address "summerization." Remember, all those Californians moving here? Most of them did NOT live in desert heat portions of California and none of them lived in East/Central Texas summer humidity levels. They'll be cranking the AC in a severe summer.

Could Dan Crenshaw be primaried out of office? Interesting. If you're getting called out by a 10-year-old junior tea partier, you ain't in the best of shape.

The Kinder Institute finds the new center of Houston's population.

Jason Stanford tells about the reasons behind the current labor issues.

John Coby highlights the rich businessmen who are financing Eva Guzman's campaign for Attorney General