County-level elected officials, just like Tex-ass Congresscritters like Cringe Me Crenshaw, now have the right again to solicit requests for blank absentee ballots and to mail them to constituents. To me, it's a clear First Amendment issue, but, of course, the Fifth Circuit could say otherwise. Stand by. Also, per the dual idenfiication requirements of SB1, I see opportunities for ID theft, something that Tex-ass Rethuglicans probably didn't think of. More here on how the new requirements are leading to many mail ballots or applications being rejected. That said, Rethuglicans who failed to recognize that lots of old white grannies vote by mail and probably vote GOP may have shot themselves in the foot. (Side note: Per the disclaimer at the bottom of that link, that's yet another thing wrong with the Trib's "sponsors." Taking dinero from the Texas Secretary of State's office is bullshit.)
Off the Kuff also sees the chaos with mail ballots caused by the Republican voter suppression law, and wants to see more data about the effects.
Christofascist Tim Dunn and pal Farris Wilks are pushing big money into the guv primary — for Don Huffines. Wonder why they settled on him instead of Allen West? And they're doing it via a PAC run by Former Fetus Forever Fuckwad Jonathan Stickland. This poll is two weeks old, but Strangeabbott, by recognition at least, had a HUGE lead over both of them. (That said, that's among the general public, not hardcore Rethugs. But, interesting? Gohmert Pyle has knotted up Kenny Boy Paxton. Pee Bush is well back in third, but still well, well ahead of Eva Guzman, which I expected.) Among other darlings of the trio? "She's baacckkk" Shelley Luther, running for another state senate seat after failing to beat Drew Springer in a special election to replace Pat Fallon 16 months ago.
SocraticGadfly saw North Carolinians wanting to disbar Madison Cawthorn from running for re-election due to the 1th Amendment, and he talks about the idea of applying that to Kenny Boy Paxton and others.
Both Rethugs AND Democraps on the Harris County Commissioners Court have multimillion dollar ethical problems. (Will Kuff write about that in the next week?)
AOC smokes the Gilberto Hinojosa crack, claims Texas turning Dem is inevitable.
More ethical problems could lie ahead in Harris County. Tough on crime, fuck you on bail DA Kim Ogg has a bunch of her assistant DAs running for judgeships.
Retiring Kel Seliger hopes some other Rethug in the state Senate will take on Danny Goeb. Wish away; the Monthly story notes you helped enable Dan Patrick by twice voting to lower the cloture number.
In case you missed it, Ballless Bob Mueller was back in the news. Sorry, Blue Anon, but obstruction of justice and similar isn't collusion, and Vlad the Impaler Putin was and is too smart to have entangled himself with Trump. Sorry, allegedly outside the box stenos like Aaron Maté and Max Blumenthal, but there WAS meddling and hacking by the Russkies. Sorry, Julian Assange blank-checkers, but the same Wikileaks head who probably hacked the password Wikileaks sent to Donald Jr. was also the first chief propagator of the Seth Rich conspiracy theory. Go away, until you admit that
Rick Casey sees the big picture behind the voter suppression law.
The Austin Chronicle presents their 2022 Democratic primary endorsements.
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