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Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaign is running an ad feauring remarks from Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke that were deceptively edited to make it sound like the former Democratic congressman said he wants to abolish police departments, according to a CNN analysis. The ad first appeared online in October.
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Texans may not be united on much politically, but they are clear on at least one point: they want legal marijuana. A survey from the University of Houston and Texas Southern University earlier this month found that two in three support legalization of recreational weed. Democrats and Independents are the most supportive of legalization, but a slim majority of Republicans support it as well.
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The state’s power grid continues to be vulnerable to blackouts during extreme winter weather, according to a new analysis from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. ERCOT found that a combination of cold weather and high heat demand could trigger blackouts like those experienced last February in which hundreds of Texans lost their lives. An ERCOT spokesperson said the agency has made improvements in preparation for the coming winter. The nonprofit women’s collective Impact San Antonio has awarded the Carver Community Cultural Center a $100,000 grant to fund a mobile arts lab. The grant will allow the organization to take its arts programming beyond the walls of its East Side location. The Carver will equip a van with art supplies, a mobile stage, A/V equipment, a generator and other tools. — Abe Asher
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“I’m just going to do my job and I’m going to be saving lives, and they’re going to be lying.” — Anthony Fauci,
White House Chief Medical Advisor commenting on attacks by Sen. Ted Cruz and other Republican lawmakers to CBS News.
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ASSCLOWN ALERT
Conspiring with Ronny Jackson Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. Even though he’s a medical doctor, U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, wasted no time in ginning up a conspiracy theory about the new Omicron coronavirus variant. In a tweet Sunday, the first-term MAGA lawmaker claimed the mutation discovered by South African doctors was a Democratic plot to steal the 2022 election. “Here comes the MEV — the Midterm Election Variant!” Jackson tweeted. “They NEED a reason to push unsolicited nationwide mail-in ballots. Democrats will do anything to CHEAT during an election — but
we’re not going to let them!” One would assume Jackson, the White House physician for Barack Obama and Donald Trump, knows this is bullshit from a medical standpoint. But it’s also laughable for other reasons. If there’s a conspiracy to fabricate a new variant that will disrupt U.S. elections, why have it originate on another continent? Wouldn’t it be scarier if it started here? For that matter, why discover it a year out from the midterms instead of weeks before? And wouldn’t the spread of a new variant be bad news for the party currently holding the White House? Despite the profound illogic of his tweet, Jackson has already uncorked a conspiracy theory that will make it harder for public health officials to convince the vaccine resistant to roll up their sleeves as a new variant inevitably makes it to U.S. shores. And this guy calls himself a doctor? No thanks. We’ll call him a fucking assclown. — Sanford Nowlin
After months of will-he-or-won’t-he speculation, it’s official: Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey is not running for governor of Texas. In a video posted on his Twitter account last Sunday, the Austin resident said it was “humbling and inspiring” to consider a run for office. “It is also a path that I’m choosing not to take at this moment,” he added. Matt Hagee, senior pastor at San Antonio’s Cornerstone Church, has apologized for hosting a far-right rally that made national headlines when one of its featured speakers, former Trump administration official Michael Flynn, told the audience that the United States should adopt “one religion.” Even though he spoke from the stage to introduce the rally, Hagee said the group wasn’t properly vetted and didn’t represent the church’s views. — Abe Asher Twitter Screen Capture / Brian Kaylor
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