Keith’s note: Last week I posted some updates on the Space Shuttle Discovery relocation drama. I just got an update from the KeepTheShuttle folks about the attempt by Texas senators to take Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian and move it Houston – because they can. Update below. The KeepTheShuttle team has reviewed a letter sent by Texas senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn to the Senate Committee on Appropriations earlier this week. […]| NASA Watch
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has announced that he will forgo his paycheck until the Government shutdown is resolved. In a social media post, Cruz blamed what he called "Senator Schumer's Shutdown," citing Democrat demands for expanded benefits. "Due to Senator Schumer's Shutdown over his deranged demand that we provide free healthcare for illegal aliens and […] The post Ted Cruz Requests Pay Withheld During Government Shutdown appeared first on Texas Politics.| Texas Politics
According to the public record, Jim Comey didn't lie in an exchange with Ted Cruz on September 30, 2020. Ted Cruz did. The post Will Ted Cruz Go to Prison for the Lies He Told as Part of the Jim Comey Indictment? appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
Keith’s note: Instigated by Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn from Texas, Congress is moving ahead with a plan to take Space Shuttle Discovery (which has been deeded by law from the U.S. Government to the Smithsonian) and send it to Texas. The Smithsonian’s Udvar Hazy facility is for all Americans to visit their aviation and space history. According to this website (https://keeptheshuttle.org/) that has popped up “We will not […] The post Texas Is Engaged in Congressional Shuttle Rust...| Shuttle News Archives - NASA Watch
President Donald Trump has signed the Take It Down Act, which seeks to enact stricter penalties for the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery, sometimes called ‘revenge porn’ online.| AP News
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, has called on President Trump (R) to formal| Texas Politics
A flash flood along the Guadalupe River in Texas killed at least 43 people and left dozens more missing, many of them children attending Camp Mystic, a A flash flood along the Guadalupe River killed at least 25 people and left dozens more missing, many of them children attending Camp Mystic, a private Christian summer camp for girls.| Texas Politics
The progressive grassroots organization Mothers Against Greg Abbott PAC announced this week that they would not be supporting former Rep. Colin Allred’s (D) 2026 Senate bid.| Texas Politics
The United States stands on the brink of WWIII as U.S. President Donald Trump must decide whether or not to directly participate in Israel's attacks against Iran. Trump is not in an easy position, because he has apparently told Israel that the U.S. would back them which allegedly gave the green light for Israel to start bombing Iran with U.S. bombs. However, there does not appear to be much support among Americans to enter this war, including among some of Trump's own cabinet members, so he r...| Health Impact News
