Texas Progressives talk Fish and Wildlife, redistricting, THC

SocraticGadfly dropped a trio of Texas-tied, interconnected environmental posts. First, he noted how the lesser prairie chicken lost its Endangered Species Act listing in part due to botched filing actions by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Second, he discussed the killed expansion of Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, including how USFWS caved on that. Third, he eff-bombed USFWS in general as a bunch of pseudoenvironmentalists in general, politicized suck-ups to the oil industry and more.

Off the Kuff looks at the Congressional scramble and has the latest update on redistricting litigation.

Brainworm Bobby and other COVID nutters will love the Lege's wingnut virtue signaling of making ivermectin an OTC medication.

Dannie Goeb is getting no love from the Texas House on THC, which means it's likely the status before this year's regular session of the Lege remains in place, unless Strangeabbott wants a third special for a final showdown on this issue.

The ACLU and others have sued the state over the K-12 DEI ban. Per the story, which I already knew, they've got a generally uphill sled.

SB 15, the bill to let police misconduct grow in the dark like mushrooms in shit, has stalled out, at least for now.

Hidalgo County Dems are backbiting, possibly imploding.

Texas Monthly's "The Texanist" hates on American Indians.

A white supremacist attorney represents people of color as a court appointed defense lawyer in Denton County.

"Our Man Downtown," John Wiley Price, gets called out for bad behavior by a Black Dallas civil rights leader.

Neil at the Houston Democracy Project said many Houstonians spoke at Houston City Council about HPD cooperation with ICE, but Houston City Council Democrats had not a word to say. (Neil doesn't understand state open meetings act rules on city councils not being able to comment on public forum items, or else omitted that.)

The Barbed Wire says we can, and really must, course-correct in Texas.

Franklin Strong urges us to not look away from evil.

Texas Rural Reporter calls the Lege's recent "campaign finance reform" bill a "half-measure that looks good in the headlines while protecting incumbents back home."