Texas speaker of the house suspected of being drunk while presiding over a legislative session.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/texas-ag-calls-resignation-obviously-205922067.html

As disgusting as this guy is, Paxton calling on anybody to resign is rich. Paxton needs to resign himself and answer the charges against him. "Law and order" is a fucking joke when your state's top law enforcement officer has such a tenuous relationship with either.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/05/28/debt-ceiling-deal-student-loan-debt-payment-pause/70266126007/

"The pause is gone within 60 days of this being signed," McCarthy said on Fox News, though the legislation, as with existing plans to sunset the pause, actually stipulates a timeline of 60 days after June 30. "So that is another victory because that brings in $5 billion each month to the American public." 

This MF.  How much did the taxes for the rich that you guys cut bring in every month?

Debt ceiling bill turned out pretty fine all things considered. The concessions are definitely there, but they aren't as damaging as I feared. I think the fact that Defense spending is going up so much and Republicans are still complaining that it isn't more shows that they've never been serious about cutting spending (surprise surprise) but I'm fine with this.

So after Paxton threatens the Speaker of the Texas House, they vote to impeach him 121-23. Texas has a Republican majority in both houses of the legislature. I'm glad they're finally impeaching him, but it should have happened years ago. The guy is rotten to the core.

His impeachment trial in front of the Texas Senate is in August. One of the Senators who will be voting on his removal from office will be his wife, Angela Paxton. 21 votes are needed to remove him from office. The Texas Senate is split 19-12 in favor of Republicans.