Amanda Marcotte: "No doubt thinking they’re clever, the school board attached many of the required Bible passages to lesson plans for other books, such as requiring the Adam-and-Eve tale as supplementary reading for Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter,” or 1 Corinthians 13 for Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” Both books are famously skeptical of the religious dogmatism and patriarchal values Texas Republicans hope to instill in students. Especially in classroom discussion, where students might encounter teachers or peers asking questions that provoke thought, many will align themselves with the critical thinking of Hawthorne and Austen — and not with the mindless religiosity envisioned by Republicans on the Texas State School Board."
https://www.salon.com/2026/07/01/texas-republicans-may-regret-mandating-bible-in-classes/

#txpol #uspol #education #religion #CriticalThinking #fiction

Of course he does.

Gov. #Abbott blasts Supreme Court decision on birthright citizenship
#TXPol #USPol
https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2026-06-30/texas-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court

RE: https://apobangpo.space/@bich/116830773027187529

I had what I consider an extremely secular education, non-Christian parents and family and STILL feel I was indoctrinated into monoculture based on Christian norms (not in a "read the Bible" sense, but in the same sense that these so-called Christians who've never picked up their own holy book "know" these norms). This is going to get much, much worse for Texan kids.

#USpol #TXpol #indoctrination

And to be clear, I don't say this bc I think this will necessarily create more conservatives…1/2

https://prairielanddefendants.com/defendant-writings/statement-by-benjamin-champagne-song/

Whatever is taken from me is taken from you.

It may be these 22 strangers now, but it will be you tomorrow.

#prairieland #prairieland19 #prairielandDefense #maga #fascism #corruption #uspol #classwar #nazi #gestapo #trump #elonMusk #publicDefense #TX #txpol #antifa #antifascism #antifascist

I hope ppl are paying attention to these Prairieland sentences - it's a fucking atrocious parody of justice, and this administration will come after you and your loved ones with similar, literally trumped-up charges.

More background here.

#uspol #maga #fascism #prairieland #prairieland19 #prairielandDefense #antifa #antifascism #trump #elonmusk #nazi #altright #publicDefense #corruption #classwar #Txpol #TX #Texas

So the TX republican panic over #JamesTalarico is to the theology point. https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/12/dan-patrick-james-talarico-go-to-hell-texas-senate-gop-convention/

#txpol #uspol

Our sister organization, Orchard City Indivisible, is handing out postcard packets for Talarico tomorrow! Come on over, build community and raise awareness!

https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/794664/

#sbsl #southbay #capol #txpol #talarico

From #WhiskeyLeaks via @SonsOfLibertyOfficial: “Texas, testosterone politics, and the fake masculinity of men who confuse lunch with leadership.”

A few quotes:

Barbecue is not a governing program. Testosterone is not a character reference. And calling another man weak because you think he eats the wrong food is not masculinity. It is schoolyard politics with a bigger donor list.

… 

If your best argument against a man is what you imagine he had for lunch, you do not have an argument. You have a lunch fixation.

– 

The fake-alpha crowd loves to talk about strength, but it keeps defining strength downward until it fits inside a bumper sticker. Eat meat. Talk loud. Insult women. Mock compassion. Worship dominance. Never apologize. Never reflect. Never admit fault. Never take responsibility unless the responsibility can be subcontracted to a staffer, lawyer, wife, intern, or enemy.

That is not strength. That is emotional credit card debt.

Real strength is steadier than that. It can handle disagreement without needing a nickname. It can take rejection without turning into a sewer pipe. It can lose an argument without inventing a conspiracy. It can stand next to women without treating them as props, prizes, servants, threats, or proof of masculine worth.

Read the whole article, here:

https://whiskeyleaks.org/texas-testosterone-politics-and-the-fake-masculinity-of-men-who-confuse-lunch-with-leadership/

#uspol #txpol #bluePill #JamesTalarico #nontoxicMasculinity

"Moby Texas" 🐋🪝

#Texas #TXPol #EditorialCartoon #Cartoon #Politics

Red Oak, TX, residents who oppose local data centers say they are being specifically targeted for sign ordinance violations as they protest potential sites nearby.

#DataCenters #TXPol

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/residents-say-red-oak-sign-warnings-target-data-center-critics/ar-AA247I1H