I had said on Twitter, just before they got results, that protestors camped out at Uvalde ISD admin building needed to pull back and consider other tactics if this wasn't working, rather than carrying on without results. Well, the next day it got results. Not only is the whole Uvalde ISD police department suspended, two of its officers are on leave, including Lt. Miguel Hernandez, who is former Chief Pete Arredondo's right-hand man and who had hired a former DPS officer who was under investigation for local DPS response to the shooting. (More on that here.) AND, Superintendent Hal Harrell has announced his pending retirement.
True the Vote lost an important battle in the lawsuit against it, which took other weird twists last week as well.
Fort Hood to be renamed Fort Cavazos.
Beto-Bob may be right on wanting to junk the STAAR test. But, it would be outside his power, were he elected governor, to do it. So, is he that informed, or is this another Beto the Pander Bear? You can guess my stance.
The number of suicides in the Texas National Guard among those serving in Strangeabbott's Operation Lone Star is now 5 and total deaths 10. Those still alive and well are going to owe Uncle Sam a bunch of extra taxes due to state screw-ups.
SocraticGadfly says that a certain strain of environmentalists should should stop trying to push nuclear as part of the solution to the climate crisis.
The Observer profiles Harris County Attorney Christian Menafee. Flying under the profile of the county's ConservaDem DA, Kim Ogg, Menafee is doing, or trying to do, serious work on environmental justice. That includes suing the state whenever it goes counter to this.
Off the Kuff published interviews with Susan Hays, Democratic candidate for Ag Commissioner, and Luke Warford, Democratic candidate for Railroad Commissioner.
Does California need a state gasoline reserve, kind of like the federal petroleum reserve? That is one of many options suggested in this LA Times piece that notes the formerly Golden State hugely needs SOMETHING, with its special antismog gas blends, to stop leaving itself so vulnerable to price and supply hiccups. Amy Meyers Jaffe, formerly here in Tex-ass at Rice, before that at Cal-Davis, and now at Tufts is right that addressing the affordable housing crisis, by lowering long-ass commutes and their gas guzzling, is part of the solution.
Texas 2036 published its fifth Texas Voter Poll to assess general attitudes about the state.
Paradise in Hell does another fine job translating Donald Trump.
The Texas Signal recaps the Ken Paxton Scandal catalog.
The TSTA Blog scorns the imposters who pretend to be addressing public safety and school security.
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