Recently, Sandler racked up critical acclaim for his role in the tense 2019 thriller Uncut Gems. Credit: Shutterstock / Michael Mattes

Stories about two clowns — one beloved, the other not so much — topped the Current‘s list of most-read stories this week.

In case of the former, folks flocked to a story about comic Adam Sandler being spotted strolling the Pearl and shooting hoops at Trinity University. The level of interest in the former SNL cast member’s Alamo City endeavors was high enough that it ranked as our second-most visited story of the week.

And in the case of the not-so-beloved clown — cue sad trombone — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz again made news with his brand of divisive performative politics. Enough, in fact, to have our most-read story of the week.

Turns out Texas’ junior senator, whose actual first name is Rafael rather than Ted, filed a bill to force federal workers to go by the names and gender pronouns on their birth certificates. The legislation, which has — checks notes — a zero percent chance of being approved in the Democrat-controlled Senate, is clearly another bid by Cruz to score points by trashing transgender and nonbinary people.

So, congrats Ted on making it to No. 1. Just the same, you’ll always be a No. 2 on many Texans’ list — as evidenced by how many headed to the voting booth to flush you back in 2018.

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1. Rafael ‘Ted’ Cruz files bill requiring federal employees to go by birth names, pronouns

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This article appears in Nov 29 – Dec 12, 2023.