All Star Game Break
On “What’s Your Point” yesterday, the Breitbart Texas fella, on the issue of the upcoming special legislative session taking up congressional district, he criticized the boundaries of the 10th and 33rd congressional districts of Texas. I guess the Breitbart Texas fella didn’t read this piece from the Trib in October of 2021. See this from the Trib:
Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday approved Texas’ new political maps for the state’s congressional, legislative and State Board of Education districts, according to Texas Legislature Online.
The maps were drawn to keep Texas Republicans in power for the next decade. They simultaneously diminish the power of voters of color — despite new census numbers pointing to Texans of color as the main force behind the state’s population growth.
The new districts will be used for the first time in next year’s primary and general elections, barring any court interventions.
And this:
Census data shows that Texans of color accounted for 95% of the state’s population growth, but the state’s new political maps don’t reflect this growth. With partisan fervor, Republicans drew new maps for Congress and the Texas Legislature that dilute the power of voters of color. That came despite Democratic efforts — and pleas from members of the public — to create additional opportunities for voters of color to meaningfully influence elections.
The GOP drew the lines. All the lines.
Regarding cheating, crooked Ken Paxton, the Texas Breitbart fella, reached way back into time and brought up former President Bill Clinton’s behavior as a comparison. What a goofy stretch.
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From the news you are waiting to hear, the featured photo is from “Today” on a story this morning about possible reconciliation of the two in the photo. Don’t worry, it wasn’t breaking news.
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Speaking of “Today,” NBC News reporter Morgan Chesky, who is from Kerrville, was interviewing the Kerrville City Manager this morning. The city manager said that he shut off his phone alerts the night before the flood hit Kerrville. You gotta be kidding. Sad.
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Julia Morales tweeted this yesterday:
All-Star break is here. Astros are 56-40 with a 5-game lead in the division.
Tags tweeted this yesterday:
Astros at the All-Star break the last five years:
2021: 55-36
2022: 59-32
2023: 50-41
2024: 50-46
2025: 56-40
And this from Tags
The Astros stumble into the All-Star break, going 1-5 on a six-game homestand.
It’s safe to say the injuries have caught up with them, especially on offense.
The Astros open up 2nd half at Seattle, which just went to Detroit and swept the Tigers.
Astros’ lead down to 5 games.
Yordan Alvarez hasn’t played since May 2. Jeremy Peña is dinged up. Ditto Jake Meyers and members of our starting pitching rotation. We need the MLB All Star Game Break.
I might watch the Dinger Derby this evening.