Texas Progressives talk lies about libraries and intern-banging

Bryan Slaton banging an intern? Wouldn't be surprised if true. (I once lived in what's his district.) Sounds like it sounds truthy enough for the House to issue some subpoenas. Slaton's legal spox addressed the original claim but NOT the subpoenas, one of which was surely for his email provider if this wasn't on official House email. 

Related: In The Pink Texas wants to know who will protect us from perverted legislators. 

The wingnuts in Llano County were originally going to close ALL the county's libraries after a federal judge ruled against their book banning. The Commissioners Court backed off — for now? The "for now" is held by many residents there who note the county blamed individuals for the whole problem, along with this statement:

“But as we wait for a ruling from the appeals court, a public library simply cannot function if its librarians, county judge, commissioners, and even the volunteers who serve out the goodness of their heart, can be sued every time a library patron disagrees with a librarian’s ‘weeding’ decision,” read a statement from the Llano County Judge Ron Cunningham released after the decision was handed down.

Uhh, sure!

At the Observer, Justin Miller asks if Ron DeSatan is the one really running Texas? It's nice, but again, per my recent posting about the Observer, what's special about this?

Can the Lege rein in institutional buyers of single-family homes and would it make much difference if it can? Read on.

Pilot Point is overrated but surely about to be "discovered," both thanks to the Monthly.

Douthat gets something right. DeSantis can't wait until 2028.

Why does Biden hate Black people in DC? When JOY ANN calls you out, it's bad.

AOC is still lying about her (non) support for railroad workers' right to strike.

Walmart wants to build a nationwide set of EV charging stations by 2030. It could pull it off. Whether that's good or not is another thing.

Texas Public Radio explains why they are stepping away from Twitter.

El Paso Matters provides a guide to their city's charter amendments for the May election.

Fort Worth Report covers the possibility of a TEA takeover of Fort Worth ISD.