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  • Bud Kennedy
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  • BillMoyers.com
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  • Texas Moratorium Network
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  • Save Buffalo Bayou
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  • Chicken Fried Politics
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  • Reveal
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  • New Progressive Alliance
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  • The Rag Blog
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  • The Socialist
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  • Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center
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  • The Metaphor Project
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  • One People's Project
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