Lobo is a ghost town now, but it is brimming with potential. And you can get in on the ground floor! lifeitsownself.substack.com/…

As the Supreme Court dismantles the Voting Rights Act before our eyes, let’s take a moment to honor those who made it work so well for so long. The Enterprising Heroism of David Richards, by @DeeceX open.substack.com/pub/lifeit…

Paxton’s victory over Cornyn is like the necrotic bruising on Trump’s right hand: a sign of much more serious rot. Cornyn Is a Coward, But All the Others Are Worse: Problems with the Texas GOP , by @DeeceX open.substack.com/pub/lifeit…

I would not let me child in 100 years apply for this internship.

Ted Cruz must be in a good mood today. He will be Texas's senior senator come January — just in time to kick off his presidential campaign. Goodbye, John Cornyn, by @DeeceX open.substack.com/pub/lifeit…

In his Gettysburg Address, Lincoln praised those who’d given “the last full measure of devotion” on the bloody battlefields of the Civil War. What does this perilous moment require of us? Memorial Day, 2026, by @DeeceX open.substack.com/pub/lifeit…

John Cornyn’s likely defeat on Tuesday tells us all we need to know about the bleak future of the Texas Republican Party. What We'll Learn from Tuesday's Primary Runoffs, by @DeeceX open.substack.com/pub/lifeit…

You can tell I engineered today's political drama as part of our spring subscription dive! Trump Endorses Paxton, and Other Thrilling News!, by @DeeceX open.substack.com/pub/lifeit…

Three people were killed at a mosque in San Diego yesterday. The victims only wanted to pray or protect those praying. This is not an isolated incident. This is what happens when politicians spend years using faith communities as political targets. Words online and in campaign commercials don't stay words. Within the past month alone: a man threatened to "kill all the Muslims and Jews" at Houston's Ismaili Center. A synagogue in Austin was vandalized. Different targets but the same motive: hate. When leaders normalize bigotry, no faith community is safe. To my Muslim and Jewish communities in Texas and across this country: I see you. I am with you. And I will not stop fighting for you. To every person of faith and conscience, remember that silence is a choice. Now is the time to choose differently.

BREAKING: James Talarico (D) is now favored to win the Texas Senate election

INCREDIBLE! Washington Post journalist Hannah Natanson who had Trump’s FBI raid her home and take her phones and laptops, just won the Pulitzer Prize with the Washington Post. Congrats!!

*BRITISH WRITER PENS THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF TRUMP* Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response: A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump's limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don't say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it's a fact. He doesn't even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn't just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It's all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don't. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He's not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He's more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege. And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless or female – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy' is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that: • Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and most are. • You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man. This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it's impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

Last week’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais completes the gutting of the Voting Rights Acts of 1965. Here's a primer. Five Easy Pieces: The Voting Rights Act, by @DeeceX open.substack.com/pub/lifeit…

Adam Hoffman, a Waco lawyer, sexually abused a boy for over three years. He was initially facing life in prison, but thanks to his friend Ken Paxton, his sentence was reduced to a misdemeanor, resulting in only 60 days in jail after a guilty plea. The boy's mother expressed her pain, stating that the plea only reflects a fraction of the harm done.

RT @BudKennedy: If results hold, Tarrant GOP vice chair Cody Cheshire's endorsed candidates will finish 0-6 today in Arlington elex. They a…

Amazing, isn’t it???? 😳😳😳

Bro. What is wrong with these men? Both the criminals and the criminal enablers. I’m sickened.

The third assassination attempt upon Donald Trump in two years has taught the MAGA sheeple an important lesson: we need a bigger, better ballroom. "Build the Wall!" Becomes "Build the Ballroom!", by @DeeceX open.substack.com/pub/lifeit…

Texans celebrates the Battle of San Jacinto because it harkens back to more heroic times. Our current leaders do not inspire such heroism. San Jacinto Day in Texas, by @DeeceX open.substack.com/pub/lifeit…