SocraticGadfly: Texas Progressives talk redistricting, stupidity from Paxton and Texas Dems

August 21, 2025

Texas Progressives talk redistricting, stupidity from Paxton and Texas Dems

Off the Kuff took a look at the election numbers in the proposed new Congressional districts to see how Republicans made the math work (sort of) for them. 

SocraticGadfly is glad to see McKinney go ahead with work for a passenger terminal at the city airport and awaits details of gates and airlines in the future.

STAAR results are out. So are A-F ratings. With the combo, more school districts face possible TEA takeover, including in red areas like Beaumont and Wichita Falls. You reap what you sow.

Kenny Boy Paxton has fumbled away all of his Senate GOP primary lead against John Cornyn. Why was he too stupid to not pay Angela to defer her divorce filing until after March 2026?

ICE is hammering the business of and at taqueria trucks. 

The first post-Kerrville flooding lawsuit to directly target a campsite or resort is on the books. (Unfortunately, Camp Mystic, which deliberately built new cabins in a floodplain while getting the Obama-era FEMA to pencil-whip that land out of floodplain status, is not the target.)

Speaking of? Any bills that come out of the Lege will ignore climate change. Of course they will.

Democrats in the Lege can't stop redistricting, and they also can't stop putting cops' dirtiest deeds under a veil. (Some Democrats may like this, for that matter.)

Related? Texas Senate Democrats are performative dum fuqs. (The likes of Kuff are probably gaga over them instead.)

Neil at the Houston Democracy Project reported on two grassroots-led protests in Harris County. Voting is not going to be enough.

The Texas Observer reports on hard times for Texas abortion funds.

The Austin Chronicle finds another way to fight back and defend our history.

Steve Vladeck reviews the history of "federalizing" Washington, DC. 

Houstonia tallies up the cost of tariffs at your favorite restaurant.

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