Have you voted yet? In bringing you this week's round up of the best of the Lone Star left, the Texas Progressive Alliance wants to know.
Off the Kuff compares current and older poll results to evaluate the argument that Texas Democrats should not get too giddy.
Socratic Gadfly calls Mark Miller, the Libertarian candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission, a dangerous alternative, and calls out any and all state-level Democratic fixtures endorsing him instead of Green Martina Salinas over Grady Yarbrough.
As if to contradict Gadfly, Texas Leftist changed his endorsement from Green to Libertarian after receiving Mark Miller's candidate questionnaire.
Libby Shaw at Daily Kos learned that elections are rigged in a certain way. The rigging is called voter suppression and gerrymandering: Where the Real Rigging Takes Place.
CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wonders why Texas Republicans hate women and children so much. Funerals for miscarriages? Giving tax cuts to corporations while stiffing health care for children?
Turnout in Harris County and across Texas and the country swelled as Americans chose to end the 2016 presidential election as early as humanly possible. PDiddie at Brains and Eggs wrote about his personal experience voting early at one of Houston's heaviest polling places.
Dos Centavos advanced the "Tacos and Votes" rally held this past Saturday to assist GOTLV efforts in Houston.
Egberto Willies trotted out the Daily Beast's tired "privilege" argument against Jill Stein, and both got "straight up butchered" for it by Caitlin Johnstone at the Inquisitr.
John Coby at Bay Area Houston thinks he sees Texas Republicans abandoning Trump.
Texas Vox reports that Public Citizen and three other groups are urging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to halt their review of the license application for a high-level nuclear waste dump in Andrews County in West Texas.
Neil at All People Have Value said that if you see a gap, you should fill it in yourself. APHV is part of NeilAquino.com.
And Lewisville gets its first ramen restaurant, reports the Texan-Journal.
And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.
Culturemap Houston helped reveal Anthony Bourdain's Houston myth-shattering in the most recent episode of Parts Unknown, and Eater Houston has the five best moments from the show.
The Rag Blog eulogized Tom Hayden, one of the nation's most influential liberal political activists, who passed away last week at the age of 76.
David Collins advanced Ajamu Baraka's visit to Houston over the weekend, where the Green Paarty's vice presidential candidate spoke at Texas Southern University and campaigned at the Palm Center early polling place. (More photos here.)
Somervell County Salon asks if Texans believe in good government.
Lone Star Ma wants to know what your voting plan is.
Grits for Breakfast despairs over the degraded state of Texas high criminal court elections. (This is about the truly awful candidates for the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals, about which I have railed repeatedly.)
The TSTA Blog calls on Dan Patrick to put his money where his mouth is on special education.
Mimi Marziani argues that Texas still has a long way to go to get it right on voter registration.
Paradise in Hell wonders how many more Republican judges will switch parties.
Zachery Taylor is convinced that Hillary Clinton is a greater threat to democracy than Trump.
Ashton Woods at Strength in Numbers has the third installment of his Chronicles of an Angry Black Queer: "The Big Ole Fag".
And Pages of Victory gets to vote in person, instead of by mail as in years past.
Off the Kuff compares current and older poll results to evaluate the argument that Texas Democrats should not get too giddy.
Socratic Gadfly calls Mark Miller, the Libertarian candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission, a dangerous alternative, and calls out any and all state-level Democratic fixtures endorsing him instead of Green Martina Salinas over Grady Yarbrough.
As if to contradict Gadfly, Texas Leftist changed his endorsement from Green to Libertarian after receiving Mark Miller's candidate questionnaire.
Libby Shaw at Daily Kos learned that elections are rigged in a certain way. The rigging is called voter suppression and gerrymandering: Where the Real Rigging Takes Place.
CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wonders why Texas Republicans hate women and children so much. Funerals for miscarriages? Giving tax cuts to corporations while stiffing health care for children?
Turnout in Harris County and across Texas and the country swelled as Americans chose to end the 2016 presidential election as early as humanly possible. PDiddie at Brains and Eggs wrote about his personal experience voting early at one of Houston's heaviest polling places.
Dos Centavos advanced the "Tacos and Votes" rally held this past Saturday to assist GOTLV efforts in Houston.
Egberto Willies trotted out the Daily Beast's tired "privilege" argument against Jill Stein, and both got "straight up butchered" for it by Caitlin Johnstone at the Inquisitr.
John Coby at Bay Area Houston thinks he sees Texas Republicans abandoning Trump.
Texas Vox reports that Public Citizen and three other groups are urging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to halt their review of the license application for a high-level nuclear waste dump in Andrews County in West Texas.
Neil at All People Have Value said that if you see a gap, you should fill it in yourself. APHV is part of NeilAquino.com.
And Lewisville gets its first ramen restaurant, reports the Texan-Journal.
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And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.
Culturemap Houston helped reveal Anthony Bourdain's Houston myth-shattering in the most recent episode of Parts Unknown, and Eater Houston has the five best moments from the show.
The Rag Blog eulogized Tom Hayden, one of the nation's most influential liberal political activists, who passed away last week at the age of 76.
David Collins advanced Ajamu Baraka's visit to Houston over the weekend, where the Green Paarty's vice presidential candidate spoke at Texas Southern University and campaigned at the Palm Center early polling place. (More photos here.)
Somervell County Salon asks if Texans believe in good government.
Lone Star Ma wants to know what your voting plan is.
Grits for Breakfast despairs over the degraded state of Texas high criminal court elections. (This is about the truly awful candidates for the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals, about which I have railed repeatedly.)
The TSTA Blog calls on Dan Patrick to put his money where his mouth is on special education.
Mimi Marziani argues that Texas still has a long way to go to get it right on voter registration.
Paradise in Hell wonders how many more Republican judges will switch parties.
Zachery Taylor is convinced that Hillary Clinton is a greater threat to democracy than Trump.
Ashton Woods at Strength in Numbers has the third installment of his Chronicles of an Angry Black Queer: "The Big Ole Fag".
And Pages of Victory gets to vote in person, instead of by mail as in years past.