The new gun control bill is better than nothing, but not THAT much. No age increase to buy assault weapons, let alone no bans, and it punts to courts defining exactly who falls in the "boyfriend loophole." Another piece makes clear that, contra claims of negotiating in good faith, GOP senators red-lined these and other things before even starting talks.
Off the Kuff looks at what that Cornyn gun control bill will and won't do, assuming SCOTUS doesn't toss it out.
From his second blog, SocraticGadfly looks at the details of a new Gallup poll showing a strong decline in belief in the existence of god (not the same as just "Nones").
Bidding wars for rent. Doesn't get more capitalistic than that, and thank tech-bros and other Californians Californicating Texas for being part of the problem.
InnovationMap looks at how the Houston tech community can support LGBTQIA+ innovators.
The Texas Signal reads the Texas Republican platform as the threat it is.
The Houston Press talks to Ben Chou about the intersection of the LGBTQ and Asian-American communities.
John Coby tells how trolls in the city of Friendswood forced a decorated US Marine Corps veteran to drop out of being the Grand Marshal of the city's 4th of July parade.
Juanita improves on the Republican secession plan.
Steve Vladeck has a brief pedantic note about the numbers of the Dobbs decision.
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