Texas Progressives talk candidates, radio, more

Off the Kuff did an interview with one of the plaintiffs in the redistricting litigation to find out what that experience is like.

SocraticGadfly is not that impressed with James Talarico's Senate run announcement; as part of that, he — like many others — awaits Talarico's stance on one big foreign policy issue, and on a few other things.

An AI-driven Panopticon-type surveillance tower in greater Juarez should be concerning on both sides of the border. The Observer has details both of it and the over-the-top Chihuahua state governor behind it. 

Baylor as well as Trump whacked funding for NPR radio in Waco, which could go off the air. The Trib also reports on NPR and PBS struggles statewide, focusing on more sparsely populated West Texas.

Shock me that a state museum named after the last statewide ConservaDem sweeps slavery under the rug. (Per a link in the piece, friend Chris Tomlinson called the Bullock "a propaganda outlet.") 

Is Houston's claim to be "Space City" doomed? The Monthly investigates. 

Neil at the Houston Democracy Project said Mayor Whitmire’s conception of order is muted opposition to wrong actions. He is wrong.

Franklin Strong shows the negative effect recent legislation is having on the classroom libraries that teachers create for their students.

The Eyewall reviews the lessons of the 1900 Galveston hurricane, which made landfall 125 years ago this past week.

Your Local Epidemiologist looks at what can actually be done about pharmaceutical ads.

Houstonia lauds the restaurants that treat their employees well.

New Mexico potentially faces a Texas-sized state oil well cleanup bill; some legislators are sounding the alarm. 

Once again, the latest news on how climate change is accelerating. Remember that while Rethuglicans are generally denialist or minimizer on climate change, plenty of Democraps are minimizers to some fair degree themselves; so are some neoliberal academics, the Michael Manns of the world.