No Justice

Well they stole yet another seat on the Supreme Court, the brazen hypocrites. There's talk about expanding the court so we can fill more seats, but I'm not sure if Biden, let alone more conservative Dems in Congress, will follow through. Can't get ahead of ourselves, anyway. We have to win this election first, then right this ship and get control of this pandemic.

Early voting is looking good, so much so that Bloomberg is buying ads in Texas to help out. The lawsuits and court rulings come so fast that I can't keep track. It's important for Texas Dems to win this year so we can have a say in the redistricting after the Census results.

Meanwhile, Barnes & Noble had some kind of hack recently, so that I couldn't connect and buy ebooks from the store for days. I think it's fixed now, and they're offering a coupon to make it up to members. That's nice, though I worry that eventually they're gonna shut down, and I have all my ebooks with them.

Vote for Change

I voted on Saturday. There was actually a line, though it moved fairly quickly. The early vote numbers are amazing this year in Texas. If only the courts had given us more wins against voter suppression, but I guess they've found workarounds such as the drive-through voting.

Even Cornyn decided to pretend that he disagreed with Trump, instead of voting for all his policies. Fucking bastard. Too little too late. What a coward. His TV ads also make cynical use of a sexual assault survivor, with Cornyn taking credit for a bipartisan bill that passed. Fuck him.

I finished watching Attenborough's new Netflix film. It includes footage of him over the years, contrasted with statistics about how the planet changed. The outlook is grim, but Attenborough ends on a hopeful note with tons of suggestions about how to combat climate change and reverse the damage. I do hope Biden can get us back on track with the rest of the world.

Vote Early

Well early voting starts in Texas today. I got mixed up about my work schedule and originally thought I would have the day off, but actually my day off was yesterday. So I'll have to wait until the weekend to vote.

I have seen some political ads on TV, and the Republicans are really trying to paint Democratic candidates as extremist liberals out to destroy the country. I heard that a court ruled we could have straight-ticket ballots, but I don't know if they actually had time to make the change to the ballots. The governor is still trying to limit drop-off boxes for absentee ballots; a court ruled against him, but he appealed. Just gotta keep screwing up the election to the last minute, huh?

Meanwhile, I saw the Yellow Rose movie last week. It's about a Filipina girl trying to be a country singer, but then her mom gets arrested by ICE, and she has to deal with being undocumented. Rose has an aunt that she tries to stay with, but the uncle doesn't want her there, so she has to look for other safe spaces to stay. Her boyfriend also gets her in touch with an immigration lawyer for advice. Country singer Dale Watson even plays himself, becoming Rose's mentor and helping her to make a demo tape. Sad, with nice songs.