Texas Progressives say RIP Jeff Blackburn

RIP Tulia defendants' lawyer Jeff Blackburn.  Scott Henson, aka Grits for Breakfast, spoke at his memorial.

SocraticGadfly looked at, and laughed at, Rich Lowry's hilarious typo about the Battle of Gonzales and Texas legend.  

Off the Kuff commented on the recent data breach at Texas.gov and the delay by DPS in notifying the victims.

You're not just seeing things if you see an occasional kangaroo.

You're also not just seeing things if you run into a bear in West Texas.

Wingnuts' lawsuit venue shopping has again shoved Matthew Kascmaryk to the front of an abortion-related issue. His judicial quasi-diktat power has been abetted by Judge David Godbey, chief judge for the Northern District of Texas. Let's not forget that, in his confirmation hearing, he lied to a degree to make Brett Kavanaugh look like a Boy Scout.

Stephen Harrington talks about the latest plan to restore the Alamo area.

Is California, and not just a wingnut Texan claim, becoming a semi-failed state? Unherd examines, with a focus on DMV corruption — and yes, that word is used in an official, legal, criminal law sense.

Nate Paul found in contempt. Will this actually be enforced? Given his buddy Kenny Boy Paxton's legal defiance ...

Lois Cockwhore is accepting a modification-substitute to her anti-Asian property ownership bill. IF only we could add "Israel" to this ...

G. Elliott Morris makes the case for ignoring bad pollsters.

Steve Vladeck examines when a state has standing to sue the federal government.

The 19th writes about the hesitancy of Texas abortion funds to continue their work despite a recent victory in federal court.

Raise Your Hand Texas testified in favor of a substantial increase in the per-student allocation in the public education budget.

The TSTA Blog knows the difference between education and indoctrination.