Updates on Warren Kenneth Paxton's pending trial

We start with the Trib story about Tricky Ricky Perry stanning for Paxton, and my Senatecritter, the oily Drew Springer, being among the targets. 

From there, we go to this Trib story and, while I disagree with Paxton's attorneys and say it's not a criminal trial, I do think it's not a civil trial and that Warren K. DOES have Fifth Amendment protections, which House managers seem to accept, stipulating they can compel him onto the stand and he can "plead the Fifth" from there. We'll have to wait a few more days, it seems, to see if Danny Goeb modifies Senate trial rules on this. 

Next, it's on to this Monthly story asking if Paxton and Nate Paul would be friends if Warren didn't have his political ambitions and Paul didn't have his money and need.

And, the Observer goes back 90 years to wonder if Warren K. and Angela Paxton could be the new Pa and Ma Ferguson. Per what I've said elsewhere about the Observer's near-demise, it's a "nice" story, but what does it bring to the table on a political angle that the Monthly or Trib don't?)