Kenny Boy Paxton has officially surrendered on the lawsuit against him by filed whistleblowers. Kenny Boy claims he's settling "to save taxpayer money." Right. He, Strangeabbott, and Tricky Ricky as the prior governor, wasted scads of taxpayer money on suits against the federal government, losing more than half the time. Besides, the settlement contains an official apology by him. Paxton faced an FBI investigation related to the background of that suit. He's not been charged, but the DOJ hasn't officially publicly cleared him, either.
As the Trib notes, the Lege has to officially pay for this. And, Plano's Jeff Leach has promised to ask questions. Given that the DOJ hasn't officially cleared him, will Paxton need to plead the Fifth?
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DPS head Steve McCraw pulled in his horns on a $1.2 billion ask for a new active shooter facility, and instead will settle for $400 million to upgrade the current Waco site. Although still facing Uvalde heat led to this pullback, That said, no more troopers will face Uvalde discipline.
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The Fifth Circuit rewarded gun nuts again, ruling that domestic violence convicts can't have guns removed as part of protective orders. It relied on the Supreme Court's Bruen ruling, which is "problematic," to put it mildly.
Last June’s Bruen ruling implemented a new test to determine the constitutionality of gun control laws, requiring them to be “consistent with the Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”
Gun control advocates like me who know that cowboys were required to check their guns when they got to Dodge City know the Supremes are full of shit on this one.
Related to both this and the first section? Kenny Boy is suing Team Biden for ruling that pistols with certain accessories such as rifle-like stocks are actually rifles.
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Off the Kuff showed how absolutely weak the election contests in Harris County are, which is something the Republicans who filed them surely know themselves.
SocraticGadfly actually looks forward to a Trumpy 2024 run.
President Biden scored a few TDs in his SOTU, but Stace thinks he missed some extra points on some important issues.
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The NYT profiles what could be Bernie Sanders' swan song, chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
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Wingnuts squared Bob Hall and Bryan Hughes are going to cost local and county governments $120 million a year for election equipment that doesn't currently exist. No wonder they don't want to talk about it.
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Alan Dettlaff writes about being removed from his role as dean of the Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston for having abolitionist views on the child welfare system. That's as DFPS plans to outsource case management.
Texas Monthly investigates that pro-Jesus ad from the Super Bowl.
Mean Green Cougar Red reminisces about the now-obsolete 747 aircraft.
In the Pink Texas reviews the State of the Union.
The Fort Worth Report reports on the right-wing "Election Integrity" task force that has been formed in Tarrant County.
Finally, here's the first edition of a new weekly Dallas-area news roundup on Off the Kuff by his friend and blogging inspiration Ginger.
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