Daily Archives: June 18, 2021

SCOTUS upholds Obamacare again

Posted on June 18, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Another Ken Paxton failure, for which we should be grateful and also really pissed off. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas-led legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, saying the plaintiffs in the 2018 lawsuit are … Continue reading →

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It’s just the next GoFundMe for “border security”, with more grifting and human rights abuses

Posted on June 18, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Have I made my opinion sufficiently clear, or do I need to spell it out for you? Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday said Texas will spend $250 million to begin building a wall along the Mexico border, picking up … Continue reading →

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En banc request granted for Paxton trial moving issue

Posted on June 18, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

I don’t know if that headline makes sense, but it’s the natural next step after the special prosecutors in the Ken Paxton trial asked the First Court of Appeals to reconsider its ruling that would send the trial back to … Continue reading →

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Juneteenth

Posted on June 18, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Very cool. And a little bit surprising. But very cool. As soon as U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee heard that the U.S. Senate had passed legislation on Tuesday making Juneteenth a federal holiday, the Houston Democrat said she began pushing … Continue reading →

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