Steven Pedigo

.@burtrsolomons in @nytimes: I was the GOP chair of the House Redistricting Committee in #txlege. Mid-decade map drawing is "clear partisan manipulation ... that smacks of authoritarian overreach" nytimes.com/2025/07/25/opi… 👀

Terrific op-ed from the SA @ExpressNews calling for answers about readiness and preparedness now-- not later. expressnews.com/opinion/editor… #FloodinTexas #CampMystic #policy #txlege

Lisa Murkowski was the deciding vote for a bill she knew was bad, abdicated her responsibility for fixing it, hoping the House would alter it.... only for the House to pass the bill she crafted without any changes.

Of course, it is. This is why he’s been crazier than usual.

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Pittsburgh is striving to turn its old steel mills into a high-tech center to help reverse economic decline on.wsj.com/40BUcCb

As Floods Hit, Critical Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas, After Trump Cuts — NYT

Happy Independence Day.

History overwhelmingly favored the @GOP losing it's slim House majority in 2026. The manner in which Republican members are being dragooned into voting for a massive, and massively unpopular, bill to placate the @POTUS, will almost certainly seal the deal.

This:

Rep. Keith Self R-TX was one of a dozen Republicans who had refused to advance the Senate-passed BBB - but those GOP lawmakers caved around 3:20 am. In the end, Self voted for a plan that he called 'morally and fiscally bankrupt.'

Oh they caved. 😂