Texas Progressives talk about judges and voting rights

SocraticGadfly talks about Judge Pitman screwing over third-party candidates in Texas.

The Fifth Circuit (shock me) said that MALDEF et al don't have standing to sue the Texas SoS over its list of allegedly "caged" potential nonvoters.

Off the Kuff follows up his mockery of Ken Paxton with a note about what Paxton was really running from and why it mattered.

Several things to note about the pair of brothers accused of killing one illegal immigrant and wounding another. The immigrant detention center where Michael Sheppard was warden until being fired had faced previous human rights violations allegations in 2018. Related to that, which the Trib notes but doesn't stress enough is that it was a private prison. Second, Michael and Mark then calmly went to a water board meeting, which would say that they're also guilty of failure to render aid. 

Stace reminds us that Greg Abbott's border sideshow continues to cause death and waste.

If Beto didn't like debating before an empty hall (and during Friday night lights, no less) why did he? The actual "debate" (as such things are known) sounded like a slight edge for him over Abbott, but no knockout, no TKO, not close. Justin Miller weighs in at the Observer, noting both that Strangeabbott "dodged any landmine" and that the format for the "debate," even worse than many others with just 30 secs for comment and 15 for response, made it worse. And, of course, Libertarian and Green candidates weren't there. Forrest Wilder has thoughts at the Monthly, including Abbott's claim that Beto-Bob agreed to the empty hall.

Ken Paxton: The guilty flee when nobody pursues, Proverbs says. They flee even quicker, after hiding, when they knew you're looking.

Uvalde's Robb Elementary has three survivors suing multiple respondents. The City of Uvalde and Uvalde CISD will likely get off on sovereign immunity. The cops still on duty may or may not Fired CISD chief Pete Arredondo probably will not, and his firing will be involved. The gun manufacturer and accessory manufacturer? Let's see. Hey Berners? Remember when Bernie fought to keep gun makers immune?

The Metromess, home to medical debt and capitalist pig hospitals. We need a British NHS, not "just" national health care.

Houstonia reports on Houston's Afro-Latino Garifuna community and how it's keeping its culture alive.

Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje remembers the impact of legal abortion with no regrets.

The Dallas Observer finds your new favorite subreddit.

In The Pink Texas goes back to her roots by recasting a political saga as a rom-com.

Michael Li explains the Alabama redistricting case now before SCOTUS and its possible implications for the Voting Rights Act.