With the deadline to register to vote in the November midterm elections tomorrow, the Texas Progressive Alliance encourages you to double-check your status if you have already registered to be certain you are ready to cast your ballot.
The state's website link to request a voter registration application (within the first link above) crashed and stayed down for several hours this past Saturday.
The state's voter rolls have surged to 15.6 million Texans, surpassing the 14 million registered voters since the last midterm election (2014). More than 400,0000 have signed up to vote since March, and Harris County led the way with over 55,000 of those.
On to the roundup of lefty blog posts and news from around the Lone Star State from last week!
The Texas Tribune collects everything you need to know about voting this autumn.
Texas Standard says that the Brennan Center will be closely watching Texas again for indications of the kind of voter suppression tactics -- excessively strict application of the voter id requirement, voters illegally purged from the rolls, and the like -- the state has long been guilty of.
Maria Recio at the Austin Statesman describes how John Cornyn secured the necessary votes to get Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to the Supreme Court.
Grits for Breakfast seems encouraged by Greg Abbott's apparent evolution on marijuana decriminalization, revealed in his debate with Lupe Valdez ten days ago. Michael Barajas at TO is somewhat more skeptical.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram has the details on Ag Commissioner Sid Miller complaining about a homemade yard sign, and the police going to the woman's Central Texas home and confiscating it.
Never forget who Sid Miller is: a fascist who tramples on the free speech that offends him.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the execution of Juan Segundo after questions about his mental capability were raised.
David Collins posted Parts II ("Shut Up About Purity Tests") and III ("The Harder Way") of 'Demanding Better', his pleadings to the progressive electorate to just let the two-party system die already.
Brains and Eggs blogged about the debate between the Houston firefighters union president and Mayor Sylvester Turner over Proposition 2, the 'pay parity' referendum.
SocraticGadfly sees that the Corps of Engineers could soon be pushing an Ike Dike, which he continues to oppose.
Charles Watson at Rural Texas Voices writes about substance abuse trends in Texas.
Texas Vox wants you to know that the state has a plan to ship nuclear waste through your neighborhood, and there is still time for you to speak out about it.
Jim Schutze's observations about the plight of the homeless in the Dallas Observer reveal the sociopathy of city leaders and those who support them in this endeavor.
And the Texas Observer's collection of "Strangest State" news (from the third quarter of the year -- July, August, September) features a woman in Corpus who spoke at a city council meeting dressed as a cockroach.
The state's website link to request a voter registration application (within the first link above) crashed and stayed down for several hours this past Saturday.
The state's voter rolls have surged to 15.6 million Texans, surpassing the 14 million registered voters since the last midterm election (2014). More than 400,0000 have signed up to vote since March, and Harris County led the way with over 55,000 of those.
On to the roundup of lefty blog posts and news from around the Lone Star State from last week!
The Texas Tribune collects everything you need to know about voting this autumn.
Texas Standard says that the Brennan Center will be closely watching Texas again for indications of the kind of voter suppression tactics -- excessively strict application of the voter id requirement, voters illegally purged from the rolls, and the like -- the state has long been guilty of.
Maria Recio at the Austin Statesman describes how John Cornyn secured the necessary votes to get Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to the Supreme Court.
Grits for Breakfast seems encouraged by Greg Abbott's apparent evolution on marijuana decriminalization, revealed in his debate with Lupe Valdez ten days ago. Michael Barajas at TO is somewhat more skeptical.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram has the details on Ag Commissioner Sid Miller complaining about a homemade yard sign, and the police going to the woman's Central Texas home and confiscating it.
Never forget who Sid Miller is: a fascist who tramples on the free speech that offends him.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the execution of Juan Segundo after questions about his mental capability were raised.
David Collins posted Parts II ("Shut Up About Purity Tests") and III ("The Harder Way") of 'Demanding Better', his pleadings to the progressive electorate to just let the two-party system die already.
Brains and Eggs blogged about the debate between the Houston firefighters union president and Mayor Sylvester Turner over Proposition 2, the 'pay parity' referendum.
SocraticGadfly sees that the Corps of Engineers could soon be pushing an Ike Dike, which he continues to oppose.
Charles Watson at Rural Texas Voices writes about substance abuse trends in Texas.
Texas Vox wants you to know that the state has a plan to ship nuclear waste through your neighborhood, and there is still time for you to speak out about it.
Jim Schutze's observations about the plight of the homeless in the Dallas Observer reveal the sociopathy of city leaders and those who support them in this endeavor.
And the Texas Observer's collection of "Strangest State" news (from the third quarter of the year -- July, August, September) features a woman in Corpus who spoke at a city council meeting dressed as a cockroach.
🚨🚨🚨 Patricia Polastri is at City Council dressed as a roach 🚨🚨🚨🚨— Ghoulie Garcia 👻🎃🕸 (@reporterjulie) July 17, 2018
She brought a bag of roaches last month: https://t.co/5OQqDFyWgn pic.twitter.com/zLknHaDKaN
3 comments:
The Recio piece is important because too many Texans of non-Rethug stripes forget Cornyn is not just the senior senator from here but the majority whip.
And, on the sign, dunno if you saw my Tweets about Kim Olsen's original "cave-to-Sid" reaction of calling the sign disgusting.
I didn't (see your Tweets), but if Olson criticized the sign in the same manner that Beto complained when Cruz got accosted in that restaurant ... well, that's just another example of why they will both lose.
Independent voters do NOT respect weakness of this kind. Republicans NEVER undercut their freak right base. Ted Fucking Nugent is Sid Miller's campaign treasurer (or something). Has Sid miller ever had a bad thing to say about him?!
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