The Personality of a Cult…?
I tried sitting through FOX News’ commentary/critique yesterday, following Joe Biden’s report on the status of the nation, and in particular the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. After a few … Read More
Category: Austin
Black Defense Secretary asked if the military is racist then treated with racist disregard.
Senator Tom Cotton attempted to force the new Black Defense Secretary to claim the military he runs is not racist. He handled him well. Black Defense Secretary challenged by racist … Read More
Redistricting and Representation
The addition of the 1982 amendments to the Voting Rights Act was a turning point in terms of minority representation. Redistricting is the process of drawing electoral district lines every … Read More
WYFP? don't call tankies Cheugy, it's the new “neat” or “nifty”
MFP is neologisms that get sticky. Cheugy is the latest, being a term that Generation Z calls Millennials, perhaps it’s the revival of more postmodernism. Generation Z consumer-brand attacks on … Read More
Beto O'Rourke Mounts Pressure On Congress & The White House To Take Action On Voter Suppression
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) organization, Powered by People: This is the most important moment to fight back against voter suppression in … Read More
When you don’t get the Colored Gal, you Expected
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) was born in the heart of the old Democratic south. He is a devout southerner, born in Mississippi, and attended college at both the University of … Read More
Pete Buttigieg slams Texas 'Ideological experiments are catching up with them' 'Not befitting '
After Stephanie Ruhle pointed out that the Texas Electric Grid collapse was a deregulation event and not a weather event, Pete Buttigieg had choice words. Pete Buttigieg insults Texas tactfully … Read More
Watch Beto O'Rourke Testify Against GOP Voter Suppression Bills On The Texas Senate Floor
Received this e-mail from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) organization, Powered By People: Just this week, our team found out that there were two voter suppression bills … Read More
Biden clarifies CDC scientist, environmentalist Danny Fetonte calls out as Texas coal ash fiasco
Joe Biden excels at CDC. Environmentalist Danny Fetonte tackles coal-burning plants. Most Americans want insurrectionists prosecuted. Fauci v. Paul. Danny Fetonte, a Texas environmentalist speaks Politics Done Right Live weekdays … Read More
Jen Psaki lost the perfect opportunity to sock it to Texas for its false independence
A reporter asked Jen Psaki if Texas can use the America Rescue Plan to pay to weatherize their electric grid. I wish she had chosen a different answer. Jen Psaki … Read More
Beto O'Rourke Isn't Slowing Down With His Texas Voter Registration Initiative
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX), on behalf of his organization, Powered By People: An update on our recent work: – For the … Read More
A 'second gilded age'? Maybe, but only because recycling ideas is an academic genre
Darn those class commitments, aligning us to our political choices in a democracy, made worse by all those folks who knew they were in that Gilded Age. “If the future … Read More
TX-AG: Corrupt Idiot Attorney General Also Pulled A Ted Cruz (R) While Texas Froze During A Crisis
Texas really is full of dumb GOP fuckers: x NEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton left the state during the deadly power outages last week to meet with his counterpart in … Read More
Ted Cruz more embarrassed being caught in Mexico than facilitating an insurrection
Ted Cruz tried to slither around the coverage of his holiday in Cancun, including an interview on Hannity to offset a series of lies once social media caught him at … Read More
In Texas, it's mainly the failure of thermal power plants — natural gas, coal, and nuclear plants
Texas is the coalmine canary of failures in the GQP’s industrial policy. The “clusterfuzzle” appears to be only in Texas: perhaps they skimmed on costs and failed in winterizing their … Read More
Fear of Trump Delayed Promotions of Women Generals
Disgraced former president Trump is well-known for his intense dislike — and fear — of powerful women, from Speaker Pelosi to the Squad to any woman journalist who questions him. … Read More
CDC Report Shows an Increase of 2.2 Million Vaccinations for Friday
The Center for Disease Control report on daily covid-19 vaccinations shows a jump of 2,216,752 total, the largest one day increase. Vaccinations have been running about 1.3 million per day. … Read More
SCOTUS rejects Texas suit supported by the Kraken Caucus and its 'unelected dictator'
Lack of standing is the reason for SCOTUS dismissing the Ken Paxton suit to overturn the votes of four states. Meritless frivolity remains. x #BREAKING: #SCOTUS throws out Texas's suit attempting … Read More
a melting-down Trump looks for more excuses to poison the well, or drive off a cliff
Trump’s hope continues to be that he can somehow negate legal votes and substitute electors in at least three states. Trump’s “investigators” seem to be the same ones who went … Read More
LOTUS! PA Supreme Court rejects Trump campaign's claim that GOP lacked access to Philly vote count
1-22 record in legal challenges as GOP loses again, this time on the watchers of vote counting in Philadelphia. x Breaking: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected the Trump campaign's … Read More
official terror comes to this election
Stores are already being boarded up in anticipation of election week violence, as cops begin to take sides in spite of the rule of law. x if you've never read … Read More
New Polling Shows Texas Democrats On The Verge Of Flipping The State House Blue
From Reform Austin: x Not many details, but this survey, continuing pattern, shows consistent D gains in TX suburbs, w/Trump trailing in many state House seats he won in 16 … Read More
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I. VT) Endorses 172 Down Ballot Democrats Running For State Legislatures
Now that’s what I’m talking about: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced endorsements for more than 150 Democrats running in local races across the country. Sanders said the 172 contenders he endorsed Friday … Read More
TX-Sen: The Houston Chronicle Endorsed John Cornyn (R) In 2014 Is Now Endorsing MJ Hegar (D)
From The Houston Chronicle Editorial Board: “I work with people on a daily basis to pass legislation who I know get up in the morning trying to figure out how … Read More
TX-Sen: Houston Chronicle, “How down-ballot candidates could help Democrats flip Texas”
The Houston Chronicle has a must read piece out right now about Texas: Texas remained the country’s largest red state in 2018. Republicans have won every statewide race in Texas … Read More
Texas House Democrats Raise Over $3.6 Million In Three Months To Flip The Texas State House Blue
From The Houston Chronicle: The Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee has raised over $3.6 million in just under three months, a massive cash infusion as the party pushes to take … Read More
Top Aides of Texas Attorney General Paxton Accuse Him of Bribery
Seven high level employees of Texas’ Attorney General’s office have sent a letter to federal law enforcement agencies asking for an investigation of their boss, Republican Ken Paxton. This is according … Read More
TX-Sen: Cornyn (R), “Getting rid of health care for preexisting conditions is not that big a deal”
From Emily Singer at The American Independent: Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said Thursday that preexisting health conditions are not as big a deal as Democrats are making them seem, using … Read More
TX-Sen: MJ Hegar (D) Rakes In $13.5 Million In Fundraising To Unseat Coronavirus Cornyn (R)
Some big news today out of Texas: x Donations are still coming in, but we couldn't wait to share this with you. We've raised over $13.5 million this quarter — … Read More
Houston Chronicle Reports Texas Adds More Than 1.5 Million Voters Going Into 2020 Election
From The Houston Chronicle: Texas has once again shattered vote registration records, adding more than 1.5 million voters since the last presidential election. Texas now surpassed 16.6 million voters, according … Read More
Beto O'Rourke Launches Two More Virtual GOTV Phone Banks (Sept. 10th &14th) To Flip Texas Blue
Received this e-mail from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX), and his organization, Powered By People: Exciting news! We’re teaming up with more awesome Democratic Texas State House … Read More
Everything else around Trump is sinking; why not the boats in his boat parade?
Oh, my God. I’m going to tear each and every one of my laugh muscles. They’re gonna have to put me in a body cast until Donald Trump’s purpling corpse … Read More
Mass evacuations in the Gulf Coast as Category 4 beast bears down on the COVID ravaged region.
In a scene that may eerily replicate the mass evacuations that occurred with Hurricane Rita in 2005, residents in the same area are warned to flee the coasts of Texas … Read More
Oh, look, a stutter truther! Must be a big Trump supporter!
Last night, as I watched 13-year-old Brayden Harrington’s inspirational and emotionally wrenching testimony about Joe Biden’s life-changing kindness and caring, born of Biden’s own childhood struggles with stuttering, I was texting … Read More
TX-Sen: Rolling Stone, “Is Texas Ready for a Democratic Senator? MJ Hegar (D) Thinks So”
Rolling Stone interviewed U.S. Senate candidate, MJ Hegar (D. TX), about her upcoming race against incumbent U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R. TX). Here;s a little taste of the interview that’s … Read More
TX-Sen: So The GOP's Big Attack Strategy Against MJ Hegar (D) Is To Make Her Look Like A Zombie
Kudos to The Dallas Observer for bringing this to our attention: x .@mjhegar is Chuck Schumer's hand-picked candidate who works for her party bosses, not Texans. #TXSen #txpolitics pic.twitter.com/u94gfbUiCG— The … Read More
Blue Texas PAC Launches To Help Joe Biden Flip Texas Blue
From The Houston Chronicle: For years, the same question has been asked: When will the new Texas emerge? The answer? Right now. Join @BlueTexasPAC as we work to secure Texas’ … Read More
Rest in Power, Garrett Foster
Garrett Foster was shot and killed as he tried to protect his disabled wife during a peaceful march in Austin Texas. The alleged killer has been arrested. Austin PD, per … Read More
Houston Chronicle, “Texas voter registration surges to 16.4 million, despite the pandemic”
From The Houston Chronicle: Not even the worst pandemic to hit Texas in a century was enough to stem the surge in voter registrations that has remade the state’s electorate … Read More
Texas Governor Greg Abbot To His Fellow Texans: Ya'll Need To Do Something About COVID-19!
Nothing like another Republican “leader” abandoning his responsibilities. The message from Texas Governor Greg Abbot to his fellow Texans is basically, “Ya’ll need to do something about the coronavirus!” Abbott … Read More
Slate Magazine's The Surge Lists These 7 States That Could Be The Path For Joe Biden's Victory
Received an e-mail update from Slate Magazine’s The Surge and they have released the top seven states that are now the most competitive for Joe Biden to reach electoral victory. … Read More
Bernie Sanders Helps These Pro-Criminal Justice Reform Candidates Become District Attorneys
Received this e-mail today from former Presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I. VT), in support of these progressive candidates running to become District Attorneys and Prosecutors: As you read … Read More
Quinnipiac University's Newest Poll Shows A 1 Point Race Between Joe Biden & Trump In Texas
Here’s the latest news out of Texas courtesy of Quinnipiac University’s latest poll: President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are locked in a very tight race in … Read More
curfew's coming … stay safe out there because Trump has authorized “show-of-force missions”
Show of Farce. Peaceful protest in the day, now earlier curfews. x JUST CONFIRMED: Denver Police seized these guns and tactical gear from two men who showed up to the … Read More
Matt Gaetz needs to hunt Identity Evropa. Day protests versus Night “unrest” as curfews continue
We are at an interesting point, the necessity for socially distanced behavior and the imposition of De Facto martial law. Even as there is peaceful protest during the day time, there will … Read More
Through One Black Man’s Eyes
The Black guy did not belong here; the Mexican will rape our women, that virus—oh the Chinese did it. In one form or the other the commander-in-chief, now from under … Read More
TX-Sen: Obamacare Repeal's Top Salesman Is Now Telling People To Sign Up For Obamacare
Wow: After voting more than a dozen times to repeal the Affordable Care Act and leading Senate Republican efforts to dismantle it, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said Monday that the … Read More
TX-Sen: Oh NOW Coronavirus Cornyn (R) Thinks The Senate Is Responsible For Filling SCOTUS Vacancies
Asshole: If a Supreme Court vacancy opens up this year, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn says the Senate has a “responsibility” to consider a nomination from President Donald Trump. But in 2016, Cornyn joined the … Read More
AZ-Sen: Martha McSally (R) To Arizona Cities, “The cavalry isn’t coming to help you”
Wow: Martha McSally has the solution for Arizona cities that have seen a gaping hole blown in their budgets because of the coronavirus pandemic: Sit tight and hope that the … Read More
TX-Sen: Apparently John Cornyn (R) Can't Handle Criticism On Twitter & Will Block You
Look, I hate Twitter too but this ridiculous: x Well, after phone calls, emails, letters, and faxes, I cannot get @johncornyn to unblock me. Looks like we're headed to court … Read More
