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  • Pro-Life Means Anti-Woman: Jeb Bush to Speak at Coalition for Life Fundraiser

    The Coalition for Life holds an annual fundraiser to finance its anti-choice agenda, and each year the even usually attracts about 1,500 people to hear a pro-life speaker. Last year former Arkansas governor and 2008 Republican primary presidential candidate Mike Huckabee spoke at the event. This year it is expected [...]
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    Posted: December 10, 2009, 7:32pm EST

  • How Texas Lost 10,000 Jobs

    A couple of weeks ago I posted a piece about BAE Systems in Sealy and its recently lost federal contract.  I had reported on an article that had been written in the Houston Chronicle about this issue. The Pentagon's decision to shift the production of Army trucks from Texas to Wisconsin [...]
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    Posted: December 10, 2009, 3:05pm EST

  • Thrown Under the Bus Again: The GOP Made a Pact with the Devil

    The Republican Party threw the American people under a high speed train fast tracked straight to hell. Again.   Predictably Republicans made a pact with yet another devil. This time the GOP sold its and our souls, too, to the hottest and most irresponsible devil in hell. Let me introduce the banking [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 9:00pm EST

  • Weekly Blog Roundup and open Thread!

    Once again it's time for the Texas Progressive Alliance to bring you the highlights from the blogs. Power to the People! Head over to Texas Vox to learn more about the Fair Elections Now Act. Xanthippas at Three Wise Men airs out some thoughts on the escalation of the war in Afghanistan, [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:24pm EST

  • Waco Republican Party: Who needs Hispanic Republicans?

    It seems that it would be essential to attract young people and people of color to a political party, especially if you want to grow a political party in a rapidly demographically changing state like Texas. However, the McLennan County Republican Party seems to believe that there is no need [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 6:30pm EST

  • Federal Stimulus Program is Not Working Except That It Is

    The Republicans and their water carrying blustering blowhards in the conventional wisdom alternative universe bubble have been frantically working 24/7 to fabricate the perception that the federal stimulus program is not working. Those Americans who reside outside the Republican and conventional "wisdom" bubble, i.e. Joe, Jose, Jane, Yolanda, Chen, Hui, Omar [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 9:22pm EST

  • Disgraceful: Senator John Cornyn Opposed Anti-Rape Amendment

    It seems that 30 misogynist Republicans in the U.S. Senate are totally OK with rape, at least where women are concerned.  Predictably in yet another routine attempt to serve their corporate masters, (this time the GOP stood by Halliburton) Republicans voted against women and for corporate contempt of rape victims. Some [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 12:53pm EST

  • Political Maneuvering Begins in Republican Primaries

    As the filing deadline approaches the political maneuvering is increasing and it appears that there is significant maneuvering revolving around Texas State Senate District Five. State Representative Dan Gattis announced this weekend that he will not be seeking the Republican nomination for Senate District Five, and according to a report [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 7:59pm EST

  • Who Should We Trust on Health Care Reform?

    We know we cannot trust spokespeople in the health insurance monopoly because the industry's motivation is based purely on profit. It should be glaringly obvious to all that the insurance industry is not remotely moved by the death sentences it hands out on a daily basis. Nor can we trust' [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:23pm EST

  • Weekly Roundup and Open Thread

    The Texas Progressive Alliance welcomes everyone back from the Thanksgiving Holiday with these highlights from the blogs. TXsharon has arranged by area 60 TCEQ fugitive emission videos obtained via the Texas Public Information Act. The videos were taken throughout the Barnett Shale area using a GasFindIR (Infrared) camera. Find the videos [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 2:55pm EST

  • A Troubling Poll - The Enthusiasm Gap

    From DailyKos, a sobering poll result: In each case the first number is Definitely + Probably Voting, the second Not Likely + Not Voting Republican Voters: 81/14 Independent Voters: 65/23 DEMOCRATIC VOTERS: 56/40 Two in five Democratic voters either consider themselves unlikely to vote at this point in time, or have already made the firm [...]
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    Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:56am EST

  • Texas Republican Lawmakers Lose Huge Federal Contract

    Unfortunately for Texas, the Pentagon decided to shift an Army truck building contract from here to Wisconsin.  Since 1991, BAE Systems in Sealy has been manufacturing trucks for the U.S. Army. According to the Houston Chronicle Republican lawmakers and BAE officials were completely unaware of the threat posed by our competitors [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 1:48pm EST

  • Kay Bailey Hutchison Juggles Serial Lying Points on National TV

    Last Sunday, on Meet the Press, Kay Bailey Hutchison spewed one whopper after another about the recently passed Senate health care reform bill.  KBH spouted the same fear mongering myths as had John Cornyn in his recent newsletter to his so-called constituents.  Kay and John's grotesquely misleading talking points are [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:27pm EST

  • Weekly Blog Roundup and open Thread!

    The Texas Progressive Alliance as Thanksgiving week begins brings you this week's highlights from the blogs. The Texas Cloverleaf clues you in on why you can't breathe in Denton County-- gas drillers! WCNews at Eye On Williamson has some Thoughts on Straus' Interim Charges - including topics like feral hogs, blogging, and [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:54pm EST

  • Schieffer Leaving Gov Race -White Maybe In

    Tx Tribune rpts: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Schieffer is getting out of the race this afternoon, sources said Monday morning. "He just couldn't put it together," said one. "I can't comment," said Clay Robison, Schieffer's spokesman. Schieffer didn't immediately return calls. A short time later, they called a press conference for 3' [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:41am EST

  • SBOE 5 candidate Rebecca Bell-Metereau

    Dr. Rebecca Bell-Metereau, candidate for the State Board of Education District 5, spoke at a meeting I attended recently and I found her presentation refreshing. She told us about her years in education as a teacher and her experience developing programs at Texas State University to improve student retention. Dr. [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:47am EST

  • The Barnett Shale Money Changers

    Spiritual leaders in the Barnett Shale use God to excuse their greed. The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary leased their minerals to Chesapeake who plans to drill up to 14 natural gas wells--closer than the recommended setback distance--next to an elementary school where children from low income households attend. A SBTS alumni [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 1:06pm EST

  • John Cornyn's Serial Lies About the Senate Health Care Reform Bill

    Cross posted on Daily Kos and The Burnt Orange Report and The 44 Diaries. This morning I received the following electronic newsletter from Senator John Cornyn on the Senate Health Care Reform Bill. Last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released his 2,074-page health care bill, which Senate Budget Committee analysis shows [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:51pm EST

  • The Hate Mongers Return - Spew their Venom Into the Mayor's Race and Beyond

    I hoped that Steve Hotze had quietly retired from the hate mongering business. Alas, it is not so. He seems to be injecting himself into both the Mayor's race and at least 11 Texas House Races. [form a state TDP email blast ] Last week, Dr. Steven Hotze, a self-styled [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:39pm EST

  • The Extreme Republican Christian Right: "Trawling for Assassins"

    Very sobering and bone chilling words from Mr. Frank Schaeffer. About Mr. Schaeffer: Frank Schaeffer is a New York Times best selling author. He is a survivor of both polio and an evangelical/fundamentalist childhood, an acclaimed writer who overcame severe dyslexia, a home-schooled and self-taught documentary movie director, a feature [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:19am EST

  • What's Up at the SDEC -- Saturday 21 November 2009

    This Saturday, the SDEC will end a year of time-wasting and start to do something. However, on the agenda will not be ... Fixes to the delegate credentialing process as recommended by the Permanent Committee on Credentials at the last convention Comprehensive reform of the Presidential nomination process (Royce Commission) In fact, the [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:01am EST

  • Tea Party Candidates to Challenge Texas Republicans

    Updated November 17, 12:30 p.m. Cross posted on Daily Kos and The Burnt Orange Report. Of course there is not a civil war brewing in the Republican Party.  Someone just made it up.  But a leading conservative has recently called the non-civil non-war an impending bloodbath. After the havoc the Republican Party [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:23pm EST

  • Weekly Roundup and Open Thread

    The Texas Progressive Alliance is starting to feel an odd craving for can-shaped servings of cranberry sauce as it brings you this week's highlights from the blogs. TXsharon continues to follow the abuses of Aruba Petroleum in a Barnett Shale backyard and Wednesday the Wise County Messenger picked up the story. [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 1:42pm EST

  • Dehumanizing Women and Children While Striving for a God Led Government

    When I learn of the appalling and pervasive corruption that has overtaken our state and U.S. government, not to mention our society,  I have to admit that I feel as if I've been punched in the gut and kicked really hard in the butt. Just when we think we've heard [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:27pm EST

  • Hasta La Vista Baby

    Don't let the door hit you on the way out. A right wing hate talker bites the dust. CaChing! Fox's Sean Hannity outed as a right wing propagandist yesterday, CNN's hate talker Dobbs' departure today.   Next...

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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 3:04pm EST

  • Rick Perry : Serial Demagogue Strikes Again

    Over at Politico, another sighting of Rick Blowhard , demagogue.   Perry: Obama 'hell-bent' on socialism Texas GOP Gov. Rick Perry accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of "punishing" Texas and being "hell-bent" on turning the United States into a socialist country. Speaking at a luncheon for a Midland County Republican Women's group,' [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:30pm EST

  • FOX "News" Outed as the Propaganda Arm for the RNC

    A big thanks to ericlewis over at Daily Kos for posting this.   Well, folks, there can no longer be any doubt whatsoever now that Fox is not a legitimate news organization.   The Fox owned tabloid The New York Post is no better. A former editor who had been fired for [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 1:08pm EST

  • A Day to Remember The Terrible Cost of War

    There are many eloquent words to say on the subject of the sacrifice war requires.  Not the least of which are President Obama's remarks at the Ft. Hood Memorial. I'll link to some of our TPA colleagues thoughts on this day as well after the flip. I tried to find some of' [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:58am EST

  • Analyzing the Republican Remnant

    It is easy to dismiss the ragged remnant of what was once the Republican Party as kooks, extremist, proto-racist and plain old opportunist ( yeah I am talking about you Rush and Faux News). The Tea Baggers too lend themselves to ridicule so easy as hicks and yahoos. In fact, [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 11:56pm EST

  • All Texas GOP Voted Against Healthcare Reform

    Despite the fact that Texas boasts the highest number of uninsured residents, all Texas Republicans in the U.S. Congress voted against health care reform that would guarantee coverage for the vast majority of Texans. All Republicans continue to spin health care industry manufactured talking point garbage about HCR. Showing their [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:35pm EST

  • SNL Rips Goldman Sachs



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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 5:05pm EST

  • Our Government at Work: Republicans Pitch Hissy Fits

    Sigh.  Hissy fits?  OK.  Whatever. What else is new in GOP fantasy land? As we know, the vast majority of the American people want health care reform.  AARP, the American Medical Association, among many other organizations, support health care reform as proposed by the U.S. House.   After a month or [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:53pm EST

  • Conversion of Convenience: The Revealing Truth Behind the Planned Parenthood Director Conversion

    After being involved with Planned Parenthood for eight years, either as a volunteer or as an employee, Abby Johnson suddenly resigned this week and joined the Coalition for Life. So why would someone who had dedicated so much of their life working for reproductive rights suddenly not only change their [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:28am EST

  • The Uninsured Dead in Texas, District by District

    Today, in the U.S. Congress, while Republican lawmakers teabagged outside the Capitol with the manipulated, misled and mostly racist and ignorant teabaggers who associate health care reform with the Jewish Holocaust of World War II(??!!!), fascism, Nazis, concentration camps, Hitler, McCarthy, and God knows what else, Alan Grayson spoke the [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:21pm EST

  • FOX , Palin and the Teabaggers Lost NY-23

    Jed Lewison over at Daily Kos did a brilliant job of piecing together a video montage of FOX Fixed New's coverage of the NY-23 race. Get out the popcorn and enjoy the show. If it is unbalanced and biased, it is FOX.

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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 5:07pm EST

  • I have news for John Cornyn and Pete Sessions

    This morning when I unfolded the front page of the Houston Chronicle the headline GOP begins to show signs of resurgence hit me in the face. Really? A Republican resurgence? I guess the fact that much of his N.J. constituency viewed Corzine as arrogant, corrupt and the dude who saddled his constituents with [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:38pm EST

  • Pro-Choice to Pro-Life: An Insider's Look Into the Conversion of a Planned Parenthood Employee

    For over a year and a half I have been a volunteer escort at the Planned Parenthood reproductive health care facility in Bryan, Texas; this particular facility is located in a town home to arguably the most conservative public university, Texas A&M, and is known as one of the most [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:59am EST

  • Harris County Voter Registration Concerns - Again

    Harris County Republican Tax Assessor Collector  Leo Vasquez signed an agreement to settle the TDP lawsuit growing out of the corrupt suppression tactics practiced by his predecessor, Paul Bettencourt last week. But poor Leo, he cannot overcome his deep seated Republican nature. Having made nice in order to end the embarrassing [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:21pm EST

  • Weekly Blog Roundup and open Thread!

    The Texas Progressive Alliance reminds you to get out and vote on Tuesday. Here are this week's highlights. Aruba Petroleum is drilling a Barnett Shale gas well in the backyard of Tim and Christine. Their property was taken, it's value diminished, they were threatened and now Aruba Petroleum spilled toxic drilling [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 7:55pm EST

  • Why Moderates Are Fleeing the GOP

    Liz Cheney, whose father served as one of the architects of two wars, one of which is unnecessary and which has broken us in terms of blood and treasure, and her father, who had also received five deferments during the Vietnam War, attacked President Obama for greeting our fallen soldiers [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 6:08pm EST

  • Young, Conservative, and Intolerant

    The Texas A&M Chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas is a group of the most conservatives students on the most conservative college campus in the nation. However, the YCT contends that Texas A&M is not as conservative as it is portrayed. The mission of the YCT, as articulated by [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 9:13pm EDT

  • A U.S. Congressman with Guts and a Heart

    Where are our Texas leaders who possess both the guts to stand up to the big moneyed and powerfully influential insurance industry and, at the very same time, possess a heartfelt and deep understanding of the pain and suffering of those who have died because they cannot afford health care [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 6:51pm EDT

  • Barbara Ann Radnofsky for Texas Attorney General

    In 2006 Barbara Ann Radnofsky ran as the Texas Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate.  BAR was not very well known at the time and though she ran an excellent campaign, she could not beat the very deep pocketed, well-moneyed and formidable candidate at the time, Kay Bailey Hutchison. Fortunately for [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 4:02pm EDT

  • The Coalition for Life Lies to Women

    Every day during 40 Days for Life protesters stand in front of the fence at the Planned Parenthood in Bryan, and every day they spread misinformation and lies to the patients that utilize the clinic for reproductive health care. The protesters regularly attempt to pass information to the clients of [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 7:14pm EDT

  • HOORAY!: PO w/ Opt-Out and Co-Op!

    Texas Democrats -- progressive populists for the most part, I believe -- now have a wonderful opportunity with what looks like a healthcare reform bill in the Senate that is likely to get cloture and pass with a comfortable majority. A lot of us were very anxious and skeptical of the [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 6:27pm EDT

  • Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round-Up

    The Texas Progressive Alliance is ready for the start of the World Series, and it presents to you its weekly highlight reel as we await the first pitch. quizas of South Texas Chisme wonders about the US detaining a Mexican human rights activist. WWJD on Carter Avenue? TXsharon wants to know if [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 10:11am EDT

  • TX-31: John Carter's Income Disclosure Problem Spoils GOP Tactic

    Crossposted from Eye On Williamson Rep. John Carter's $300 thousand income disclosure problem might impair the House Republican leadership's plan to paint Democrats as ethically challenged. The centerpiece of the plan was for Carter to lead the attack against Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY). As recently as Monday, Politico reported that they hoped [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 12:55pm EDT

  • Texas GOP Hall of Hypocrites

    According to the DCCC there are 67 House Republicans  who voted against the stimulus package.  But when these no voters are back in their home states they like to brag and swagger about bringing home the bacon.    On a different level, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison joins these ranks.  She [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 8:20pm EDT

  • Senator John Cornyn Has a Real Problem

    Big John apparently does not like to answer certain kinds of questions. Especially those about rape. This week, over at TheCrookedDope.com, I've been interviewing every Republican Senator I can find that voted "nay" on Al Franken's anti-rape amendment.  For the most part, the conversations have been exactly what I expected -' [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 10:43pm EDT

  • My Letter to Senators Hutchison and Cornyn

    To: Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison 202-224-0776 Senator John Cornyn 202-228-2856 Re:   Health Care Reform I strongly urge you to vote for health care reform that includes a public option.   If a public option is not included in the bill, the health insurance industry will continue to overcharge premiums and deny care to patients.  As we [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 5:17pm EDT

  • Weekly Roundup and Open Thread

    The Texas Cloverleaf presents the Kay Coward Bailey Hutchison plan for health care mediocrity. Off the Kuff takes a look at Cameron Todd Willingham's supposed confession, and finds the evidence for it lacking. WCNews at Eye On Williamson states that no matter what you hear Transportation schemes are continuing, despite "death" of [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 9:45am EDT

  • Homeless in Austin-An Insider's View Part 7

    So much has happened since I last posted a diary about this situation back in January it is hard to even know where to begin.  I guess the medical situation would be the most obvious.  LOL  After spending two weeks numb and tingling and in total fear of finding out [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 7:22am EDT

  • Grab a Mop

    This President rocks.  It's daunting to think about how many warehouses of socialist mops and vats of extra strength socialist Lysol we'll need to clean up Republican Texas. Aside from the need for socialist mops, the really good news today is that it looks like we are getting closer to [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 5:50pm EDT

  • AIDS Walk Austin - this Sunday

    cross-posted at DK & BOR The 22nd annual AIDS Walk Austin is this Sunday, October 18. If you are in the Austin area, you really should ome down to City Hall. Registration opens at 12:30, step-off is at 2. As I write this, I am the top second-highest fundraiser for the [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 12:24pm EDT

  • All the Good Hair on the Planet Won't Make the Cover Up Go Away

    Governor Rick Perry must be blinded by arrogance to believe that he could actually shut down and cover up an investigation and no one would notice.  A politician would also have to be completely overcome by an over sized ego to do so during a tough primary contest. Last night [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 9:21pm EDT

  • Covering the Protest at Texas A&M

    Left of College Station will be covering the protest and counter-protest at Texas A&M University during President Barack Obama's speech to the Points of Light Institute. Stay tuned for a report on the day's events, photographs from around campus and the protests, and video interviews from both the protest and [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 7:09pm EDT

  • Rick Perry and the Revenge of Reality

    There is an image of the "ivory tower" intellectual - somehow presumed to be a liberal - standard in most people's minds. Well, like most stereotypes, this one is more than a little misleading. For example, why not an elected official who insists on bending reality to fit his pet [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 4:51pm EDT

  • Polite Term for Treason: A Leveraged Buy Out of Democracy

    A deep and heartfelt thanks to who else but Bill Moyers for setting the record straight on health care reform and the forces that drive Washington. The Washington shell game, according to Bill Moyers. To make matters worse, health insurance companies are exempt from anti-trust laws. There is hope, [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 12:30am EDT

  • A Response to Obama's Nobel Prize

    "They" said you were too young for such an office, Too green, lacking the seasoning of age and experience. The people said otherwise, they saw Hope personified Some of them said you were unworthy because your skin was darker than theirs Most people rejected this lie. "They" said you were too left, too right, too Carter, too [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 7:11am EDT

  • Governor Perry May Have Put Lid on Arson Report

    According to today's Houston Chronicle Perry received an arson report from an expert in 2004 but he won't reveal if he read it before Todd Willingham was executed.   In a letter sent Feb. 14, three days before Willingham was scheduled to die, Perry had been asked to postpone the execution. [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2009, 6:02pm EDT

  • Why we are Democrats

    Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) has become a breath of fresh air and the outspoken voice for progressives. He's become our new hero challenging Republican obstructionists -- and the Democrats who enable them. He tells Democrats to remember: you don't beat Republicans by being a Republican. He reminds us what a' [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2009, 10:51am EDT

  • The Party of NO and Death Panels Now Side with the Taliban

    Not only do Republicans hope that the uninsured will die quickly if they have the misfortune to get sick, Republicans also don't care or even remotely get what America wants. The Party also rejoices when America loses, as we witnessed with Chicago's failed bid for the Olympics. And now that' [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2009, 10:24pm EDT

  • From the totally bent files - using the loot to defend the theft ......

    Idea on using seized items tops them all The allegations of highway piracy leveled against Shelby County District Attorney Lynda Russell last year were outrageous enough. Now, it seems, the alleged pirate wants to use some of the loot to defend herself against the lawsuit accusing her of stealing it in the [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2009, 6:50am EDT

  • On Learning To Love Homegrown, Or, Baucus' Fundraising Considered

    So we are now finding out the answers to some of our questions about which members of Congress actually represent We, the People...and which ones represent, Them, the Corporate Masters. We have seen a Democratic Senator propose a policy that would put people in jail for not buying health insurance and [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2009, 5:31am EDT

  • Heaven Help Texas

    If your children are within earshot, please do make sure they leave the room before clicking on "play."

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    Posted: October 08, 2009, 9:02pm EDT

  • On Health Care Reform

    Senator John Cornyn, by the way, ran an ad during a commercial break, extolling the virtues of the status quo.   Here we go again.  Yet another Republican sells his/her soul to the devil for the money.  It's all about the money.  It is always about the money. Cornyn receives $1.6 [...]
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    Posted: October 07, 2009, 10:51pm EDT

  • Republicans Are On Board with Corporate Communism?

    As we know by now, there is very little, if any, competition in the health insurance industry. Some states have only one provider. Everyone and that would be everyone involved in the discussions about health care reform knows this is the case nationwide. So why is the very notion of [...]
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    Posted: October 06, 2009, 9:46pm EDT

  • They can't govern - more proof as if we needed it....

    Federal officials: Texas needs food stamp czar There is a sickening sameness to stories about how Texas treats its least powerful citizens. The pattern usually starts with some perceived need to economize, usually brought on by efforts to maintain public services on the cheap. There is also the element of irresponsible [...]
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    Posted: October 06, 2009, 4:46pm EDT

  • Weekly Roundup and Open Thread

    The Texas Political Alliance hopes that everyone reading this today has ensured they are registered to vote in the November election, as the deadline for doing so is Monday, October 5. The Texas Cloverleaf reviews proposed changes to the city of Denton's charter that will be on the November ballot. CouldBeTrue of [...]
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    Posted: October 06, 2009, 1:21pm EDT

  • Governor Perry: You Have a Problem

    It is never a good idea to cover up something really, really horrible.  Never.  Not even when you are running for re-election.     Arrogance and cold hearted cruelty and contempt for the people have their ways at coming back at you.   No one is above the law, dude.  Not even [...]
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    Posted: October 04, 2009, 9:56pm EDT

  • Thank you, Sir, for Telling the Truth

    And thank you, Sir, for apologizing to the dead.  It is well about time someone had the decency to stand up.   I would like to share a little personal information about the horrors of socialized medicine.  My husband's family lives in France.  One of my brothers-in-law needs back surgery. Because [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2009, 4:59pm EDT

  • Senators Hutchison and Cornyn: Get Us What You Have or Give Up Yours

    As our fearless elected leaders work day in and day out to kill off meaningful healthcare reform, more and more of their constituents continue to lose jobs. When most folks lose jobs they also lose health insurance.  Obtaining affordable independent health insurance is impossible because 1. it is too expensive [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 10:37pm EDT

  • Getting Up Early on Saturday Mornings: Why I Escort at Planned Parenthood

    On a Saturday I got out of bed at six in the morning, and put on some comfortable clothes threw a good book in my backpack and put some good music on my iPod. Then I rode my bicycle about three miles down the road to Planned Parenthood. Why would [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2009, 6:57pm EDT

  • Ebenezer Dewhurst and Scrooge Straus to the Poor: Eat Dirt

    Texas cannot keep up with the demand of those in need of food stamps.  According to Lisa Falkenberg of the Houston Chronicle it is taking months to obtain benefits.  Folks are growing more desperate by the day.   Meanwhile, Texas isn't coming close to meeting federal requirements to process food stamp' [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2009, 11:52am EDT

  • Bill Whites for Bill White (BW4BW) Kicks off Fundraising

    Rick Perry wonders aloud if he's really gonna hafta run in a primary next year Such hard work... Senator Sparkle Pony insists that even though she's been hankering after the Governor's Mansion for years she's really, REALLY focused on being a whizz bang Senator despite any lack of legislative initiative [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 5:25pm EDT

  • On Life In The Modern World, Or, What If Jesus Was An HMO?

    Those among us who are familiar with the Bible will recall that Jesus Christ himself was an active member of the health care community as he traveled about the Holy Land. It is reported that he practiced within multiple medical specialties, and his works as both an ophthalmologist and a neurologist [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 4:32pm EDT

  • From little ACORNS grow...

    Representative Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) told Salon's Glenn Greenwald, The amount of money that ACORN has received in the past 20 years altogether is roughly equal to what the taxpayer paid to Halliburton each day during the war in Iraq," Representative Grayson picked up on the legislative overreach in the rushed legislation" [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 9:55am EDT

  • Dealing With the Aftermath - Ideologically Driven Sex Ed Fails Our Children

      Sometimes it seems that the divide between Conservatives (especially Neo-Cons) and Liberal/Progressives is that Conservatives love ideas and are indifferent to real, individual human beings and their sufferings, while their counterparts' priorities are the reverse. A while back I quoted a Paul Krugman column on this phenomena: Paul Krugman....back in 1994, William' [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 7:00am EDT

  • Thousands Show up for Free Health Treatment in Houston

    Today in Houston nearly 2000 folks came to Reliant Stadium for, in some cases, desperately needed medical treatment.  Shamefully, Texas has the highest number of uninsured residents.  The story is particularly ugly in Houston where 1 in 3 adults are uninsured. Dr. Oz who runs the free health clinic compared the [...]
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    Posted: September 26, 2009, 6:47pm EDT

  • Hank Gilbert's Road to Prosperity Tour Caps off This Weekend

    From the Gilbert Campaign: Check Your Local Listings For Hank! This Sunday, all across Texas, Hank's supporters will have the chance to hear him on several different radio shows and one television show to cap off his 13-media market Road to Prosperity Tour in which Hank unveiled his Pledging Allegiance To Texas [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2009, 9:17pm EDT

  • The Right's Jihad Against ACORN

    MSNBC's Rachel Maddow gives us some straight talk about who is ginning up the ACORN witch hunt. As one can suspect, the usual right wing suspects are fanning the flames of a grossly exaggerated scandal.   It is really too bad that the pathetically lame, lazy and blatantly biased mainstream' [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2009, 5:30pm EDT

  • Republicans come out against motherhood.

    This Just In: Jon Kyl Hatched not born?

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    Posted: September 25, 2009, 12:07pm EDT

  • Blackwashing

    Brilliant and fearless-why is that so often a description of our comedians instead of our political leadership?

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    Posted: September 25, 2009, 11:55am EDT

  • Do Lobbyists Hold Cornyn and GOP "Peckers in their Pockets?"

    LBJ would use the term "peckers in pockets" when pushing through Medicare.  According to the former President, he needed "peckers in his pocket" to make sure the bill passed.  I imagine few Presidents have made abundant use of such colorful language as LBJ. It sure would be nice if we [...]
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    Posted: September 24, 2009, 6:50pm EDT

  • But you said it, Governor

    (crossposted from BOR) On Tuesday, Dave Montgomery over at the FWST put up a story about just how irritated Governor Perry was that people were making hay out of his really stupid comment about the recession...    But Perry invited reporters to "look at the whole picture" and said that he [...]
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    Posted: September 24, 2009, 1:07pm EDT

  • Behind the Protest: Why the Anti-Choice Movement is Not About Abortion

    The anti-choice movement is not about abortion, but then again, the pro-choice movement is not about abortion either. Today marks the first day of 40 Days for Life, an anti-choice movement that began in College Station, Texas. In 2004 the Coalition for Life began protesting outside of the Planned Parenthood in [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2009, 7:46pm EDT

  • Schieffer Campaign's Response to Gilbert

    Here is the response from Tom Schieffer's campaign: Tom Schieffer has been addressing these same issues for months. Improving public education has been his No. 1 priority from the beginning of his campaign. He was talking about attacking high dropout rates and expanding early childhood education when Hank Gilbert was still [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2009, 1:57pm EDT

  • A Note from Management

    I need to let you all know that we have had to temporarily suspend new accounts because we've had an infestation of SEO spammers. If you don't know what that means, congratulations. It's tedious in the extreme. In a nutshell, commercial sites wanting to boost their rankings with search engines open [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2009, 10:24am EDT

  • Tom Schieffer Needs Something Original to Offer

    When Hank Gilbert announced he was going to run for Governor, I thought it would change the fundamentals of the race.  That even if he doesn't prevail in his admittedly uphill battle, that he would make whoever did come out as the Dem nominee a better candidate. I didn't expect it [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2009, 8:31am EDT

  • Anti-ACORN bill may have cast large net, Many contractors could loose funding

      Going after ACORN may be like shooting fish in a barrel lately -- but jumpy lawmakers used a bazooka to do it last week and may have blown up some of their longtime allies in the process. The congressional legislation intended to defund ACORN, passed with broad bipartisan support, is written [...]
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    Posted: September 22, 2009, 5:14pm EDT

  • Protect the Insurance Companies' Profits

    I caught the video below from MoveOn. org and over at Daily Kos. I hope you enjoy the snark as much as I do. Meanwhile, back in the realm of the non satirical, and non funny, at least where healthcare reform is concerned, the Huffington Post reports U.S. Senator Baucus [...]
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    Posted: September 22, 2009, 5:04pm EDT

  • Weekly Blog Roundup and open Thread!

    The fall is upon us, and so the Texas Progressive Alliance closes out another summer with some more hot blogging. Halliburton was fracking for Cabot and...Oh Oops! We Spilled Some! TWICE! Deadly Hydraulic Fracture Fluid! Ironically, industry just released part of their $80 million propaganda campaign asking people to submit "Eureka" [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2009, 8:21pm EDT

  • Senator John Cornyn Lies About Healthcare Reform

    The Huffinton Post reveals that Senate GOP intends to send out misleading mailers from a so-called non-partisan and vague task force called: U.S.Senate Health Care Task Force The mailer is actually commissioned by the National Republican Senatorial Committee and it is by no means non-partisan.  The letter is signed [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2009, 2:11pm EDT

  • Dear Henry Cuellar-your constituents want Public Option

    Daily Kos/Research 2000 polled TX 28. Very informative I'm just posting the globals. Internals are available at Daily Kos. QUESTION: Do you favor or oppose creating a government-administered health insurance option that anyone can purchase to compete with private insurance plans? FAVOR  53 OPPOSE 40 NOT SURE 7 Also, a majority of your constituent' [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2009, 11:19am EDT

  • CNN to FOX: "You Lie."

    On Friday FOX ran a full page ad in the Washington Post stating that CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and NBC did not cover the 9/12 teabagging event in Washington, D.C.. CNN, which did cover the event, as we all very well know, will have none of FOX's distortions. According to CNN's Rick [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2009, 5:36pm EDT

  • Health Care Rambling

    This summer has been a surgical merry go round for the family. We discovered our son Billy had two hernias-one very large. These were repaired during a same day surgery procedure. I completed an annual physical in the spring that recorded a high PSA. After a couple of ultrasounds, exams [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2009, 8:24am EDT

  • What Recession, asks Governor Perry

    I guess the Governor thinks Houston's 95,100 lost jobs this year is no big thing.  After all, the Governor has his job so who gives about anyone else. Paul Burka thinks Perry's comments are going to haunt him, as they well should. Paul Burka of the Texas Monthly: "This gaffe" [...]
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    Posted: September 19, 2009, 1:27pm EDT

  • Fighting Over the Last Slice of Pie

    Last night while driving home from work I listened to a portion of Jay Leno's interview with Michael Moore.  As we know Michael Moore's new film Capitalism: A Love Story has been released. Moore's interpretation of our unfettered, unrestrained and deregulated capitalism is as follows: A pie sits on a table.  The [...]
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    Posted: September 18, 2009, 1:12pm EDT

  • Worse and Worser in a dead heat for the Republican Gubernatorial Nomination?

    From the Rasmussen Reports . I don't trust'em normally, but since they are reporting on their "chosen party", maybe the information is accurate. 2* How would you rate the job Rick Perry has been doing as Governor... do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 8:47pm EDT

  • Somewhere in Hell There is a Snowball Fight

    FOX's Bill O'Reilly wants a public option. Does Billo know what he's talking about?  Or maybe he can't keep his lies straight, who knows? Hats off to Daily Kos for this priceless piece of news.  

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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 11:48am EDT
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