Contemplating our resistance as Ken Paxton wears out everybody’s welcome.
In early 2021, Greg Abbott, the last professional and competent Texas attorney general, could still – if you squint – look like someone who'd have a good influence on Ken Paxton. Since then, it's become clear that the reverse is true, and our feckless A.G. has become an unwise role model for Abbott and all of state government.
In our first issue of last year, Kevin Curtin and I published our long-gestating recap of the curious relationship between Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and financially challenged real estate tycoon Nate Paul, whose World Class property empire was coming unraveled in ways that prompted the unprecedented direct personal involvement of the A.G. in things that should not at all be his or the state's business.
"Don't worry," the people who still care about Texas state government's basic functional competence were told,"we'll get rid of him in the primary." When the leading contender for that job proved to be the not-as-sleazy but every-bit-as-hapless George P. Bush, the GOP Grownup Caucus splintered its vote, letting Paxton's core constituency of MAGA Christofascists push him through.
After months and months without much reporting to check in on ol' Kenery the Chicken Hawk, the Associated Press ran a piece last week confirming that yes, the A.G.'s Office remains wheels up in a ditch, making incredibly stupid and offensive choices and errors, as it's clear that no lawyer with any pride or interest in a good reputation would ever go near the place.
Just as war is the continuation of politics with added means of persuasion , we should start reflecting on what strategies of noncompliance, disobedience, resistance, or abstention we as progressives and as the oppressed people of Texas intend to pursue.
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