1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgJake Bernsteinhttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/jake-bernstein/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Nb2Z6ymqzn"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/1433-editorial-betting-on-apathy/">Editorial</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/1433-editorial-betting-on-apathy/embed/#?secret=Nb2Z6ymqzn" width="600" height="338" title="“Editorial” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="Nb2Z6ymqzn" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> As of this writing, we are approaching the end of the second special session on redistricting. Remarkably, 11 Texas senators have held out in Albuquerque for more than three weeks now. The session officially concludes on August 26, but Governor Rick Perry has vowed to call additional sessions until Democrats knuckle under. The recklessness with […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402