The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes everybody read
at least one banned book last week as it brings you this weeks' roundup of the best blog posts from the left of Texas.
Off the Kuff presents interviews with two of the many dynamic and well-qualified Democratic women running for legislative offices this year:
Rita Lucido in SD17 and
Susan Criss in HD23.
Libby Shaw, writing for
Texas Kaos and
Daily Kos, laments the dire consequences of voting Republican or of not voting at all.
Oh come on Texas, surely we can do better than THIS?
WCNews at
Eye on Williamson claims Greg Abbott's latest TV ad is full of dissembling:
Abbott's Fundamentally Dishonest Transportation Ad.
Eric Holder was
certainly not as bad as Alberto Gonzales, but his tenure as US attorney general still did not merit a passing grade, at least according to PDiddie at
Brains and Eggs.
Neil at
All People Have Value said
there is no inherent conflict between involvement in traditional politics, while at the same time looking for non-conventional protests and movements as a way to move society in a better direction. APHV is part of
NeilAquino.com.
Though the new routes are far from being finalized,
Texas Leftist shares that Houston METRO has now
fully committed to the System Reimagining Plan. After this week's vote by the METRO board, there's no turning back.
Texpatriate had a questionnaire from Harris County DA candidate
Kim Ogg (who
also debated the Republican incumbent on Sunday morning teevee) and passed along
a few more names thrown into the hat for Houston's 2015 mayoral election.
Bay Area Houston wonders why Greg Abbott
sat in traffic for a decade before figuring out something needed to be done about it.
BlueDaze has documentation revealing the air pollutants from fracking in Denton, while
Texas Vox notes that Texas waters are already polluted, toxic, and unprotected.
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And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.
Socratic Gadfly reported on the continuing financial challenges of newspapers
large and
small.
jobsanger relates the news about the powerful capitalists who insist that the minimum wage must be raised.
The Rag Blog follows up on the scandal involving an East Texas church.
Eight Feet Deep passed on a few headlines from Southeast Texas, including John Travolta's surprise appearance at a Beaumont gym.
SciGuy gives us a look at Russia's astronaut training facility.
Newsdesk reports on Rep. Dawnna Dukes' abortion disclosure.
The Great God Pan Is Dead argues for the
elimination of art fairs.
Texas Clean Air Matters cheers Austin and San Antonio's leadership in clean energy.
Andrea Grimes points and laughs at Breitbart Texas.
The Bloggess encourages you to support your local no-kill animal shelter.
The
TSTA blog calls out Greg Abbott for lying about his authority as AG to settle the school finance lawsuit.
The
Current has more reporting on the shady practices and uninformed advice at crisis pregnancy centers.
Scott Braddock tells the tale of a wingnut catfight.
Finally, our old friends at
BlueBloggin are getting ready to make a comeback.
