Texas Progressives round up the Lege's latest meh

Parents protest Houston ISD takeover by TE. Abetted by activist lawsuits As I said more a week about about Houston vs Marlin on Twitter and Kuff's site, where were you with Marlin half a dozen years ago? And, it clearly was not a stalking horse for privatization.

Strangeabbott is refusing to accept the House's "no" for an answer on vouchers. That's even though rural Texans (my GOP legiscritter was among the 86 "yes," that is "no," votes) don't want them.

SocraticGadfly talks about Bryan Hughes hating on third party and independent candidates.

Off the Kuff looks at the dearth of competitive Congressional districts under the new map.

Daniel Perry guilty of murder for shooting protestor Garrett Foster. (That said, I opposed at the time and still oppose today a protestor, no matter their political angle, carrying an AK-47. Nor do I like #ProtestBlueMAGA not discussing that today. THAT said, that doesn't justify Abbott talking about a pardon. And, where is Granny Merrick Garland, on trying to tee up a possible federal civil rights case.)

We all know about Matthew Kacsmaryk and his latest stupidity. That said, the Monthly, in its story, notes that the DOJ has started the process of potentially clipping his wings on future such cases.

Strangeabbott, Danny Goeb and Kenny Boy all went down a potentially anti-semitic road by invoking the name of George Soros. My question? Do Jewish Rethuglicans ever speak up about this?

Truth Social is more like Broke Social.

Melvin Goodman nails it on the limits of what the US can do to "fix" Syria.

Tomas Pueyo gives a topographic analysis of the Texas Triangle. 

Grits for Breakfast excavates some interesting 19th-century human history.

Your Local Epidemiologist takes another close look at the leading cause of death for children in American — guns.

Nonsequiteuse writes about her wildflower garden.

Raw Story reports on how the city of Waco managed to avoid getting stiffed by The Former Guy for expenses incurred by his recent rally there.

Alvin Bragg's suit against Jim Jordan is well-needed, but at the same time, the backstory within it further shows the apparent weakness of his case, not that BlueAnon will pay attention.