Category Archives: Texas, America’s Lab for Bad Policy

Big Lie Boffo Box Office in Texas Explained

Posted on October 1, 2022 by tengrain

It’s sort of buried at the end of a long, deeply reported article on Texas AG Ken Paxton’s very compromised office, entitled, Dysfunction in Texas AG’s office as Paxton seeks third term, and it explains how documentary fabulist D’Vorce D’Spousa’s movie got … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Goat Rodeo, D’vorce D’spousa, Texas, America's Lab for Bad Policy, The Big Lie | 2 Comments

Some Fries With Your Stupid, Texas?

Posted on September 27, 2022 by tengrain

Be proud, Texas: Texas banned more books from school libraries this past year than any other state in the nation, targeting titles centering on race, racism, abortion and LGBTQ representation and issues. .

Posted in Book Banning, Fascism, Texas, America's Lab for Bad Policy | 7 Comments

Ah, Texas!

Posted on September 27, 2022 by tengrain

Where is Texas AG Ken Paxton these days? Avoiding a subpoena, it seems: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fled his home to avoid being served a subpoena Monday in a federal lawsuit filed by groups seeking to help Texans receive … Continue reading →

Posted in Forced Birth, Shallow graves for shallow people, Texas, America's Lab for Bad Policy | 5 Comments

Good News From Floriduh

Posted on August 26, 2022 by tengrain

…the Theocrat judge who said that a 17-year old girl was too young and too dumb to have an abortion was voted out of office.  Hillsborough County Democrats are exuberant about Nancy Jacobs’ defeat of Circuit Judge Jared Smith in … Continue reading →

Posted in Choice, Floriduh, Forced Birth, sexism, Texas, America's Lab for Bad Policy, War on Women | 3 Comments

Revealed: GOP Plan for Day 1 If They Retake The Government

Posted on August 12, 2022 by tengrain

Chip Roy says Republicans should shut down government on day 1 of the new Congress next January to force Democrats to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act pic.twitter.com/0DvOSjGe2B — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 12, 2022 Rep. Chip Roy, is from America’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Crazeee States, Texas, America's Lab for Bad Policy, Wingnuttia | 9 Comments

What Beto Said

Posted on August 11, 2022 by tengrain

Happy Hour News .@BetoORourke to a Greg Abbott supporter who laughed when the gubernatorial candidate mentioned the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas: “It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.” #txlege pic.twitter.com/EyT4UD72mw — Shannon … Continue reading →

Posted in Beto O'Rourke, Texas, America's Lab for Bad Policy | 7 Comments

News That Will Drive You to Drink

Posted on August 5, 2022 by tengrain

Happy Hour News Texas-Area Patent Medicine Salesman Loses Case: A Texas jury has ordered far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay the parents of a victim of the Sandy Hook school shooting $45.2 million in punitive damages. The same jury … Continue reading →

Posted in Alex Jones, Conspiracy Theorists, Crazeee States, Guns! Guns! Guns!, Texas, America's Lab for Bad Policy | 4 Comments

Texas: America’s Lab for Bad Policy

Posted on July 26, 2022 by tengrain

OK, that’s pretty good, and it went viral on Twitter. The ad is not by Tex. Gov. Grerr Abbott’s  Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke, but instead is Mothers Against Greg Abbott, which has a nifty acronym you might have heard before! It … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022 Pie Fight, Crazeee States, Forced Birth, sexism, Texas, America's Lab for Bad Policy, War on Women | 1 Comment

The Quotable Mayor Pete

Posted on July 20, 2022 by tengrain

Nehls: He falls off bicyclesButtigieg: I’m glad to have a President who can ride a bicycle pic.twitter.com/4PIsXm5DVn — Acyn (@Acyn) July 19, 2022 I’m beginning to think that the Snark is strong in Transportation Secretary Mayor Pete, and I’m OK … Continue reading →

Posted in Pete Buttigieg, President Handsome Joe Biden, Texas, America's Lab for Bad Policy | 11 Comments

Even When Sober, Rep. Jackson Is an Angry Madman

Posted on July 18, 2022 by tengrain

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas, America’s Lab for Bad Policy where only recently in Uvalde a shooting left 19 children and two teachers dead), noted for violent outbursts —even when sober and not lying on behalf of Hair Füror— has something … Continue reading →

Posted in Ammosexuals, Gundamentalists, Guns! Guns! Guns!, Ronny Jackson, Texas, America's Lab for Bad Policy | 17 Comments