Texas

Faithful flocks, Santa Fe syncs and sadistic attacks + this day in history w/the Pottawatomie massacre and our song of the day by Chromatics on your Morning Monarchy for May 24, 2018.

The DCCC found something to run on that probably won't mean much as most voters decide who to pull the lever for-- nor will it get many people out to the polls-- the Republican tax bill. But Dan Sena, executive director of the DCCC, is all over it.

The Intercept was courageous to publish Zaid Jilani's post about TX-21 yesterday, a full day before the Texas runoff about how the DCCC had guessed wrong and backed a former Republican against a grassroots progressive.

(TIM) — A 17-year-old high school student identified as Dimitrios Pagourtzis opened fire at the Houston-area Santa Fe High School with a shotgun and a handgun, killing 10 people and leaving another 14 people wounded – including a school police officer who confronted the suspect during the attack at Santa Fe High School. The Associated Press reported that local […]

Mary Wilson is a progressive. Kopser is not, not at allThe Austin Chronicle editorial board made its endorsements for the May 22 run- off last week. In the preface they describe themselves as "left-leaning," but their non-endorsement in TX-21 is absurd and, perhaps, sexist:

Rick doesn't have the most money, but he has the best issue for TuesdayThe media tended to cover Kara Eastman's startling-- at least to them-- win of DCCC/Blue Dog Ben Ashbrook in Omaha last week as a win for Medicare-for-All versus a status quo approach. And there is no doubt that that was a part of the equation that, despite the DCCC, catapulted Kara into the Democratic Party nomination. But it wasn't just their two respective approaches to health care.

Tuesday is primary run-off day in Texas. The DCCC is counting on an anti-union middle-of-the-road nothing candidate to win the primary and go on to face dull Republican incumbent John Culberson in a suburban Houston district (TX-07) where Hillary unexpectedly beat Señor Trumpanzee 48.5% to 47.1%. Going into that election the PVI was R+13 and Obama had only managed 39% against Romney. Al Gore had only gotten 31%.

(ZHE) —  Update VI: In an afternoon press conference, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott revealed more details about today’s school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas. The shooter, 17-year-old Dimitrious Pagourtzis, used a sawed-off shotgun and a .38 revolver in the attack. Both weapons belonged to his father. He also filled the world in on some of the shooter’s […]

Crossfire hurricane, ultimate analog and royalty rights + this day in history w/the death of Ian Curtis and our song of the day by Arctic Monkeys on your Morning Monarchy for May 18, 2018.

(ANTIMEDIA) Texas — Last December, Rakem Balogun and his 15-year-old son were startled awake when a team of heavily armed FBI agents stormed into their apartment in Dallas, Texas. Wearing nothing but their underwear, Balogun and his boy were forced outside and separated as agents searched the apartment. Balogun, 34, assumed it was all a misunderstanding. Following his arrest […]