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An A-to-Z list of 25 Lone Star State residents who disgraced themselves last January 6. An A-to-Z list of 25 Lone Star State residents who disgraced themselves last January 6.
Ted Cruz had a very, very, very bad year. Maybe he’ll blame it on his daughters. Ted Cruz had a very, very, very bad year. Maybe he’ll blame it on his daughters.
A year ago, in this very space, we referred to 2020 as “perhaps the craziest, stupidest, Bum Steeriest year in Texas Monthly’s history.” The unspoken Greg Abbott, Ted Cruz, and the woman who fed Flamin' Hot Cheetos to spider monkeys: A look back at the worst Texans of the past twelve months.
Courtesy photo My favorite issue each year of Texas Monthly arrived in the mail this week and I saw something on the cover that made me wince in disappointment. TM named the Texas Democratic Party as its Bum Steer of the Year in its annual Bum Steer edition that comes out at the end of every calendar year. The magazine has hit many home runs with its Bum Steer "honor," and it also has whiffed. I fear that the magazine's publishing deadline created a missed opportunity. Yes, the Democratic Party missed its "blue wave" prediction, claiming it would sweep into elective power in the Nov. 3 elec...
Illustration by Max-o-matic; Covid: Radoslav Zilinsky/Getty; Gun Couple: Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP; Hegar: Eric Gay/AP; D'Souza: John Raoux/AP; Corn Dog: Susie Oszustowicz/Courtesy of CornDog With No Name; Powell: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP; Boat: Bob Daemmrich; Paxton: Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP; Donkey: Gooddenka/Getty; Abbott: Ronald Martinez/Getty; Cornyn: Susan Walsh/Getty; Patrick: Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP; Possum: RF Pictures/Getty Let’s face it: 2020 was no one’s favorite year. From the deeply tragic (a pandemic...