Texas Progressives talk abortion, religion in action, more

The Trib offers a pointed comparison-contrast to Tim Dunn's political-religious quasi theocratic compound just down the road, by profiling Connection Christian Church in Odessa. Here's pastor Dawn Weaks: 

"Christian Nationalism is an example of this kind of arrogance parading as Christianity,” she said. “There is nothing Jesus-like about that."

That's the bottom line. (The church, a member of the Disciples of Christ, has a history far beyond the Dunns' independent church.)

OTOH, the story is loaded with cliches about people asking your religion at H-E-B (I once lived in Hobbs, and this never happened to me when shopping in Odessa), Trump's margin of victory there (about "normal" for one of the few urban areas in West Texas) and more.

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SocraticGadfly offered his latest update in the Southwest Airlines situation, as another shoe at least partially dropped in what seems to be a semi-cave-in by the airline to Elliott Investment Management.

Off the Kuff interviewed Erica Lee Carter and Sylvester Turner for the CD18 special and general elections.

Sorry, but, per the Trib story about the surge in chronic wasting disease at captive deer facilities, they NEED to be driven out of business. If that means some Texan doing his fake hunting of baiting a deer with corn can't shoot a Bambi? Too bad.

Ken Paxton vs Ken Paxton: Eight years ago, he issued an AG's legal opinion that gave nonprofits a green light on gun control at their events. Today, he's suing the State Fair, and has withdrawn that old opinion. And wingnut Rethugs in the Lege, on their "reasons" for that, are lying through their hats.

Jolt vs Ken Paxton: The voter registration and GOTV group has sued Kenny Boy, claiming intimidation.

Bitcoin mining, and now a proposed expansion of the power plant to feed the beast, have Granbury upset.

The Court of Criminal Appeals wants to kill a man over junk science.

The Observer profiles how the fight over a possible abortion aid to travel ban is heating up in Amarillo. It will be on the November ballot after the city council rejected it. And, yes it IS unconstitutional. And, per the story, Amarillo is the target because of I-40 leading to New Mexico.

Related? The Monthly looks at the abortion extremists who want the death penalty for the women patients.

The Metromess will soon become ground zero as test site for a possible new FAA policy on urban commercial drones.

Reform Austin interviewed abortion rights champion Amanda Zurawski.  

Law Dork points out the obvious differences in abortion policy between the Presidential candidates (while ignoring national Democratic political games on the issues since Bill Clinton).

 El Paso Matters looks at what life in that city is like after four years of COVID.  

Deece Eckstein ponders some lessons from the debate.