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 JMM brings the East Coast perspective:

It's critical for people to be active, getting organized at the state level not just in conventional political ways but also to operate within and buttress their state govts for Trump's coming onslaught

Welcome to Texas:*

Liar Greg Abbott says he has refused to set a special election to fill the seat of recently diseased Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner because he says Harris County doesn’t do their elections properly. pic.twitter.com/JJvWszuHW3

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 5, 2025

The Lege is in session and likely to pass public funding for private schools. The same disastrous program tried at the end of the last century.  But that’s okay: history is insulting to white people, so we don’t teach that anymore.

*No, Abbott probably can’t do that. Yes, there will likely be a lawsuit. No, it probably won’t be resolved before November, 2026. Yes, Houston doesn’t do its elections “reliably” because it elects Democrats. Yes, this is as American as cherry pie.