The catastrophe now playing out in Texas is a natural experiment in what happens when a state is in the tight grip of right wing plutocratic politicians who cast themselves as populists and energy and other predatory corporations.

Cruz, Abbot, and Perry are creatures of this destructive and anti-popular alliance.

What can you say about Ted Cruz? Are there words that can capture how much a heartless lowlife he is? What is worse? Flying to Cancun in the middle of a catastrophe in his home state or peddling “The Big Lie” that the election was stolen?

Mitch is “disingenuous,” to steal Nancy Pelosi’s word, but his speech upon the conclusion of the Senate impeachment trial can only widen the split in the Republican Party.