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February 07, 2024

Texas Progressives talk Paxton, Palestine, more

Off the Kuff writes about the Supreme Court of Texas hearing the appeal on the gender affirming care ban and putting a temporary pause on Ken Paxton's depositions.  

SocraticGadfly looked at Drew Springer's open letter to Dan Patrick asking about reopening Ken Paxton's impeachment and dropped some heavy snark.

UT is joining other major universities in trying to gag students supportive of Palestine. And, again, even though this is something inside Texas, because it's A. Foreign policy tied and B. Gives national Blue Anon like Biden a black eye, the likes of Kuff won't talk about it.

Multiple sites, like this, have recent polls citing a certain subset of Republicans saying they won't vote for Trump if he's convicted. 

Per Mike Elk, the Teamsters' long, off-and-on history of playing footsie with Republicans appears to be making a comeback.

Biden takes a powder on a pre-Super Bowl interview with host broadcaster CBS. 

At the Monthly, Chris Hooks talks about Abbott and Paxton coming up empty in the special election to replace Bryan Slaton.

The Guardian details how CNN makes the decision at the top of its corporate food chain to publish all its stories about all things Israel with a Zionist hasbara slant. It also notes that this should not be a surprise as editor in chief and CEO Mark Thompson was accused — with good evidence— of similar kowtowing to Israel when he was at the Beeb.

Joe Bien gcut off aid to Palestine via the UNRWA based on a lie — and, even more, probably knew it was a lie at the time. Think about it, BlueAnon.

Read all the environmental-related lies Tesla has told the state of California, as well as how often Cal state officials willingly swallowed them.

Neil at Houston Democracy Project said Councilman Mario Castillo asked the right questions about John Whitmire's autocratic behavior regarding Houston Ave. safety improvements.  

OutSmart lists ten LGBTQ+ candidates on the Democratic primary ballot in Harris County.  

Deece Eckstein speculates on the cause of Taylor Swift Derangement Syndrome. 

The Austin Chronicle picks apart Ken Paxton's war on marijuana decriminalization.  

Deceleration argues that Greg Abbott's belligerence on the border is intended to cover up his own culpability in the climate crisis that helps fuel the migrant surges. 

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