SocraticGadfly: Top blogging of December 2024

January 04, 2025

Top blogging of December 2024

As is normal, not all posts are from the last month, but these were the 10-most read pieces within the last month. As is normal, I'll mention the date of the ones that have become newly evergreen.

No. 10? Yes, indeed, state-level Democrats are environmental hypocrites at times, too. New Mexico is offered up as a detailed example.

No. 9 is connected to the top three posts on this list. Tex-ass Gov. Greg Abbott, or at least people connected to him, seem willing to talk out both sides of their mouths on the David Cook vs Dustin Burrows Texas House Speakership battle.

No. 8? I discussed looming climate crisis tipping points.

No. 7? I decried armchair psychology being practiced on Luigi Mangione.

At No. 6, I dissected the efforts of at least one librul Millennial snowflake practicing psychological projection to try to explain away Kamala Harris' loss.

No. 5 was one of December's weekly Texas Progressives Roundups, this one's header featuring my piece about failing states.

No. 4 was a blast from the past and maybe started trending because of the Washington Commodes, aka Commanders, beating Philadelphia to inch near an NFL playoff spot they now have. A decade ago, I called for new names for the then-Redskins in light of the NFL push to get them more acceptable.

Since Nos. 1-3 are all connected, and to No. 9, we're going to take them top to bottom rather than reverse order, as they make more sense that way.

At No. 1 was Dustin Burrows' claim to have enough votes to be elected Tex-ass House Speaker, and how these claims collided with reality.

No. 2 was my take on current (for a few days) Speaker McDade Phelan bailing on running for another term.

No. 3 was my thoughts on whether the Texas GOP would really censure any GOP Legiscritter for voting for Burrows rather than Cook, and whether the two-year primary ban would hold up in court or not.


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