SocraticGadfly: Texas Progressives talk politics, hypocrisy, more

June 19, 2025

Texas Progressives talk politics, hypocrisy, more

 Off the Kuff notes the official entry of former Mayor Annise Parker and the potential entry of City Council member Letitia Plummer into the Harris County Judge's race.

Your correspondent, hearing former Helltown mayor Annise Parker, famous here for saying it would surpass Chicago in population (only because of handouts to big biz, if it happens, before they're all flooded out), wants to replace Lina Hidalgo as Harris County Judge, says Gack! And why now? And, even though Hidalgo has issues, I doubt Parker can — or is the person to — take her out.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform is muttering about primarying some recalcitrant House Rethuglicans. Frankly, given the rise of Wilkes and Dunn, et al, I think TLR is yesterday's news in many ways. That's in part because their 2024 primarying often failed.

SocraticGadfly talked aboutfact vs fiction on David Hogg.

State police arrested one person re threats against the No Kings rally in Austin.

Dan Patrick hates THC, but his new brain institute will study an illegal psychedelic.

The Monthly fellates Ken Burns' American Revolution series.

Mike Miles got a big extension as Houston ISD head cheese despite a number of concerns about his work there. That's after four of five members of the state-imposed board of managers got the boot, even as TEA extended its control two more years.

The traditional roofing industry hates cooling roofs.

Neil at the Houston Democracy Project offered a report about the successful Houston No Kings protest at City Hall.

The Texas Observer sums up the abortion rights landscape after the recent legislative session.  

Your Local Epidemiologist is horrified by the decimation of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Law Dork searches for the people Trump has had deported. 

The San Antonio Report draws some lessons from the 2025 San Antonio elections. 

Deceleration takes a closer look at protest activity around the country

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