The Texas Progressive Alliance urges our government to take utmost care of our brothers and sisters in Puerto Rico as it brings you this week’s roundup.
Off the Kuff documented the requirements for cities to receive state money from the Rainy Day Fund for Harvey recovery.
SocraticGadfly notes Ken Burns’ Vietnam series is online, and, given its degree of faults and weaknesses, offers up a stark in-depth critique of Burns’ entire oeuvre of work, capped by the current series.
The latest updates on Russia — including Paul Manafort and Facebook — has been posted by PDiddie at Brains and Eggs.
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And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.
Robert Rivard weighs the pros and cons of Amazon coming to town.
The Texas Living Waters Project sees trouble in the decline in wildlife in Texas’ rivers.
Scott Braddock calls on Greg Abbott to take the opportunity to act like a leader post-Harvey.
The Lunch Tray ponders selling coffee and donuts in school cafeterias.
Paradise in Hell translates Trump’s UN speech.
Beyond Bones welcomes the start of autumn with a little science.
Writing in Wonkette, Respectable Lawyer demonstrates how he got a stripper-beating Republican mega-donor to back off about the mugshots that Juanita had posted.