SocraticGadfly: Texas Progressives have a pre-election run-up

October 01, 2026

Texas Progressives have a pre-election run-up

Off the Kuff eagerly awaits the outcome of Rep. Vikki Goodwin's complaint against Dan Patrick for his illegal AI deepfake ads. 

SocraticGadfly talked about which Republicans have and have not called out Bo French and about Texas Monthly writing a clickbait article on this.

Mondoweiss has all the dirt on Robert Kraft's decades-long massive support of Israeli Zionism.

Where's the beef, prices that is? Could be going even higher. Why? Because of ICE, per various Southern Plains livestock associations. Possible hidden lining? People eat less of the climate-wrecking bovine meat.

The Observer reports on what could be Santa Ana's last stand — the one-n is for the wildlife refuge in the Valley. 

The Monthly looks under the hood of evangelical Christian TEA Commish Mike Morath's takeover of Fort Worth ISD, and notes how Senate Bill 1882 has charter school control (read: evangelicals or Catholics) under its own hood.

Neil at Houston Democracy Project spoke at City Council about possible city application for Trump Justice Department Model Cities funds. Accepting these funds would tie HPD to Trump immigration & racial policies. It goes as far as policing "loitering."

The Tech Edvocate does a deep dive on why the oil and gas industry has stood by Bo French.

The Dallas Observer writes about AI-powered cameras on Dallas garbage trucks, and how few citations for alleged code violations have resulted from them.

Steve Vladeck untangles what the Eighth Circuit did in their bizarre Missouri redistricting ruling.

The Current has a look at the first segment of the border wall being built on private property in Big Bend.

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