The Great Texas Redistricting Standoff appears to be holding firm, but for how long remains an open question.

This Texas voter — and admitted fan of what Texas’s legislative Democrats are seeking to do — wants it to continue for as long as it takes.

Democratic House members are seeking to deny the legislative leadership the quorum they need to conduct the business of the Legislature. The key item under the gun is the Republican effort to redraw at least five congressional seats — at a time not prescribed in the US Constitution — to make them more GOP friendly. House Democrats have skedaddled to places out of state to prevent that from occurring.

The House Republican caucus’s effort is so wrong on so many levels.

Republicans are acting at the insistence of Donald Trump, the RINO in chief who wants to protect the thin Republican majority in the House. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking to issue “civil arrest” warrants to bring Democrats back to Austin; why in the world would he act against lawmakers who are breaking no law? Paxton also is seeking to expel at least a dozen House Democrats from the Legislature … huh? GOP Gov. Greg Abbott wants to investigate the source of funding for Democrats who are getting help from political allies aiding them in their fight against this intrastate tyranny.

Donald Trump is seeking to rig the 2026 midterm election with this ham-fisted ploy to get the Texas Legislature to do his bidding. To think that this is the same dipshit who accused Democrats of rigging the 2020 presidential election that Trump lost without ever offering a shred, a scintilla, a tiny nugget of proof to back up what he alleged occurred.

No one can predict how long Democrats will hold out. The special session ends on Aug. 19. There might be another one called. What then? This endeavor is beyond bizarre … but for my money, it should continue until Texas Republicans realize that they are surrendering their hard-earned control of power in Texas to a maniac.