The Texas Progressive Alliance is thankful Adam Rippon is here to distract us from everything else as it brings you this week’s roundup.
Off the Kuff questions the assumption that Republicans have the advantage for November in Harris County.
It is understandable that the tragic events at Florida’s Stoneman Douglas High School would dominate the current news cycle. As we continue to mourn with them AND stand with them in calls for action, it’s also important to keep up with developments in our community as well. Texas Leftist shares news about the brave students of Houston’s Austin High School, who protested the ICE detention of an undocumented classmate, just months shy of his graduation. Is it truly the priority of our Federal Law Enforcement to persecute high school students who have done nothing wrong?? #FreeDennis
SocraticGadfly has some First Amendment and other questions about the Mueller indictments.
Stace is still sad that the local rodeo doesn’t have any Tejano Music on GoTejano day. But San Antonio is having one awesome music fest in March with the Tejano Music Awards Fan Fair Weekend. Because without Tex-Mex culture, politics is pretty boring.
Neil at All People Have Value said school shootings are an intended result of America’s gun culture rather than an aberration. APHV is part of NeilAquino.com.
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And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.
Brene Brown speaks truth to bullshit on gun reform. (Not from this week, but it was getting shared a lot this week and is certainly on point, so.)
Jason Pittman and Anita Ledbetter explain how Trump’s tariffs on solar panels will affect Texans.
Juanita passes along a couple of primary recommendations.
Texas expat Elise Hu prepares for the Year of the Dog.
The Lunch Tray highlights a class difference in how parents treat junk food for their kids.
Paul Battaglio, Doug Goodman, and Meghna Sabharwal voice concerns about how nonprofits are handling sexual harassment allegations.
Free Dennis? Uh, OK. Let’s just forget all about the girl he beat up so bad that the HISD police decided to turn him over to the big boy police over at HPD. What about HER suffering? Why were no students marching for her? #Metoo, remember?
Let’s think about this. Because we don’t want a “school to prison pipeline,” we generally don’t turn over criminal school kids to the “real” police. Dennis’ assault on an underage girl was apparently so bad that the HISD police felt compelled to turn over this guy, who came here illegally in 2013, less than 5 years ago, to the Harris County Jail.
What, exactly, do I owe Dennis? Why can’t we send a violent kid back where he belongs before he hurts more women? Won’t anyone think about the women?
#Metoo