Politico: “The most obvious way to understand this soap opera is to treat George P. Bush as a prodigal grandson, son, and nephew who has soiled if not betrayed the family tradition. But that would be unfair to the land commissioner, who, from a different perspective, is simply continuing the Bush practice of accommodating oneself to…
Family Tradition: George P. Bush Directs Funding Away from Urban Areas in TX
Off the Kuff: “In recent days, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush has said his office is not to blame for failing to award Houston or Harris County a single penny of $1 billion in flood mitigation funding last week. Bush and his spokeswoman alternately blamed the snub on criteria Texas was forced to use…
“Study: Socially vulnerable areas more likely to have natural gas transmission, gathering lines”
The Progressive Pulse: “This is the first academic paper to analyze the potential health and environmental problems associated with what is known as “midstream” infrastructure — the transmission and gathering lines for natural gas. “These results have implications for environmental justice,” the authors wrote, including burdens for Indigenous peoples. “… By considering the environmental justice…
“Flynn Walks Back Endorsement of Coup In U.S.”
Political Wire: “Michael Flynn is trying to take back his apparent endorsement of a violent military coup in the United States—despite his comments being caught on video.”
“In Travis County [TX], Black Children More Likely to be Taken from Parents”
TX Observer: “Aurora Martinez Jones says that if it hadn’t all happened on the same day, she might never have made the connection. At the time, Martinez Jones was the associate judge assisting with Travis County’s child welfare cases. She presided over a case in which a white mother had been arrested during a traffic…
This Memorial Day, Never Forget: A Look at the South’s Disproportionate Contribution to America’s Military
Facing South: “Since the U.S. ended the draft in 1973, young adults from Southern states* have been overrepresented among new military recruits. In fact, the region has been in a league of its own in terms of military recruitment since the late 20th century, with no other region experiencing as wide a disparity in military representation. …According to fiscal…
Black Women Taking the Lead on the Ballot in the South, Nationally
AP: ““We are normalizing Black women’s leadership (and) seeing Black women on every ballot so that it’s second nature for voters,” said Glynda Carr, co-founder of Higher Heights for America, which backs Black female candidates. In addition to Virginia, two Black women are running for U.S. Senate from North Carolina in 2022: former state Supreme…
“Texas Democrats abandon House floor, blocking passage of voting bill before final deadline”
TX Tribune: “The sweeping overhaul of Texas elections and voter access was poised from the beginning of the session to pass into law. It had the backing of Republican leaders in both chambers of the Legislature. It had support from the governor. Democrats who opposed the bill, chiding it as a naked attempt of voter…
NY Times Obituary of Sen. John Warner, Powerful Force in the Old Dominion
NY Times: “Senator John W. Warner of Virginia, the genteel former Navy secretary who shed the image of a dilettante to become a leading Republican voice on military policy during 30 years in the Senate, died on Tuesday night at his home in Alexandria, Va. He was 94. Susan Magill, his former chief of staff,…
At Dallas Conference, Former US National Security Advisor Endorses Violent Military Coup in America (VIDEO)
Huffington Post: “Avowed QAnon disciple and confessed felon retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn has called for a Myanmar-like military coup in America. “It should happen,” Donald Trump’s former national security adviser said in an astonishing declaration at a QAnon conference Sunday…. Flynn presented his dark vision of a military coup and dictatorship in the U.S. in response…