Texas Progressives talk environment, more

Off the Kuff notes the latest Republican effort, this one driven by Trump, to make voting harder. 

SocraticGadfly talks two water and environment issues. FIrst, he notes that Texas and New Mexico, with the feds properly looped in, settled the Rio Grande water rights suit, while noting that still doesn't solve the problem of less and less water availability with nearly a century of long-term drought likely ahead. Second, he salutes the city of Corpus Christi for pulling the plug on its desal project while wondering what's next, since the city has not pulled the plug on committing to a refining-and-fracking economy.

The Trib doesn't tell you, sadly, that the parental consent law for school nurses has been made vague deliberately, for the same reasons the "medical treatment that's not abortion" definitions were made vague.  And that's why Jeff Leach et al won't give non-vague comments.

If the Texas GOP succeeds in its suit to force closed primaries, the wingnuttery level of nominees will only go higher.

The Barbed Wire discusses and discusses again the "bounty hunter for abortion medications" law and its likely impact. The Monthly discusses the work in getting an out-of-state abortion.

Per the Monthly, yes, go see Charles Butt's modern art collection, starting at the Amon Carter, then elsewhere.

Neil at the Houston Democracy Project said it is good for Houston Councilmember Martinez to support striking workers at the Hilton Americas. He can also call for light HPD hand with pro-democracy protesters & for end of HPD cooperation with ICE.

The TSTA Blog warns that you will like the STAAR replacement less than you liked the STAAR. (The Texas 2036 group of Bushie Republicans sent out a mass blast newspaper column last week, with nothing from either TSTA or TASB.)

G. Elliott Morris shows why you can't replace polling with AI.

Steve Vladeck analyzes the court rulings that the Trump tariffs are illegal.

Both The Barbed Wire and the Current delve into a report debunking the existence of a "Rainey Street Ripper" in Austin.

In the Pink Texas tries in vain to find a COVID shot.

Houstonia reviews the lessons of the Trump Burger saga.