Covered in oil

I feel deeply for the millions of Texans whose Republican government (both governor and lege) policies have resulted in this calamity that has struck the state. Decades of climate change denial, bidness-friendly de-regulation and cheese-paring lack of infrastructure investment led to the non-winterized power generation failures and shown the world that it’s not just hurricanes that the Gulf Coast needs to be bailed out from.

So, when I was casting about for today’s earworm, I thought about their situation. And this is dedicated to Raphael “Flyin’ Ted” #CanCruz, who has come up with at least four different stories about why he and his family flew to the Mexican resort town Wednesday night for a vacation as his constituents scrambled to stay alive without power, heat, potable water or food in single-digit temperatures.

I mean—the man must be exhausted after amplifying the Big Lie of the Stolen Election for months, instigating insurrection in the Capitol in January and voting last week to acquit a criminal president, right? And then the new ice age descends on the state whose residents he’s supposed to represent, so he totes deserves a Mexican vacay.

But here's the thing: in 2024, he'll be re-elected to the Senate.

Olé, Texas. íOlé!