The news of Texas covered today includes:
Our Lone Star story of the day: Finally, on the even of the primary elections, Texas House leadership issues fines to Democrats for breaking quorum last summer ($9,354.25 each.) This should have been done in September; doing it now is actually a campaign gift from the insiders to the Democrat incumbents up for re-election as well as for some weak Republicans. I explain.
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After oral argument, full Fifth Circuit “wary” of Ten Commandments laws’ challengers. As expected.
HD88’s Ken King (the casino gambling lobby’s man in NW Texas) did more to stop mainstream conservative legislation than anyone in the House this past year. Why did Burrows give him such a powerful committee to run knowing he’s a Straus anti-conservative? To get elected Speaker of course!
WFAA: “Protesters in Fort Worth decry recent ICE arrests, cite fears for personal freedoms.” This has to be among the most shallow, clueless, and plainly stupid quotes from these type people yet: “…we’re just people who love our country, and we don’t want to see it taken away from us.” Well, it isn’t the country of those here illegally and how does anyone not see that accepting millions upon million of illegal aliens into our country isn’t itself giving away our country?!
Abbott has been trying to unseat Sid Miller as Texas Agriculture Commissioner for years. This time Abbott endorse an opponent who, after my interview with him, seems more a rich guy dilettante than an actual ag person. More on why Abbott has been on the war path against Miller.
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