SocraticGadfly: Texas Progressives talk redistricting, hypocrisy, more

August 14, 2025

Texas Progressives talk redistricting, hypocrisy, more

Off the Kuff is all over the quorum break.

A state judge has blocked R.F. O'Rourke from aiding state House Dems in the quorum break.

State Rep. James Talarico is inching closer to a U.S. Senate run. Joe Rogan (no really) wants him to run for president.

Stop me if you've heard this before: Republicans nominating Ken Paxton for the Senate instead of renominating John Cornyn allegedly could be a bridge too far.

RIP James Lovell.

Brains, about 3/5 the way down his Sunday funnies for Aug. 3, sadly has a Marcionite view of the Old Testament/Tanakh, Yahweh and Israelite religion. Of course, he's not alone, when a critical biblical scholar like Bart Ehrman does the same.

Neil at the Houston Democracy Project reported on well-attended quick response protest at John Cornyn’s Houston office, after Cornyn called for on FBI to abduct Texas State Reps. who rightly left Texas. The action was called by the John Cornyn Houston Office Protest, which has been weekly for well-over 8 years at corner of Memorial & Detering.  

Texas Monthly explains what Chili's "Booth Boots" are about.  

The Barbed Wire reviews the non-border-security spending that Greg Abbott's "Operation Lone Star" enabled.  

Your Local Epidemiologist tries again to make sense of current vaccination policy. 

 Pete vonder Haar compares the future that we were promised to the future we actually got.  

Law Dork finds another DOJ-manufactured lawsuit aimed at ending in-state tuition for undocumented students. 

The Current found what may be the most epic "leopards eating people's faces" example ever.

The Quorum Report shows how Greg Abbott's thinking about separation of powers has changed since he was Attorney General.

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