Daily Archives: November 10, 2017

Friday random ten: Blue bayou, part 1

Do we have the blues? We have them enough for multiple lists. 1. Blue Always Finds Me – Hotel Lights 2. Blue Baiao – Susanna Sharpe and Samba Police 3. Blue Christmas – Collective Soul 4. Blue Comet Blues – … Continue reading

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The secret sexual predators of Texas politics

Come in, sit down, make yourself comfortable. Maybe a nice cup of hot tea? There now, all settled in? Good. Now steel yourselves and read this. More than a year before the now-infamous “shitty media men” list, women in Texas’s statehouse … Continue reading

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SB4 at the Fifth Circuit

Hoping for the best as always, but the Fifth Circuit has a way of stomping on that. Tuesday’s hearing was on whether U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia’s August decision to block several of the law’s provisions should stand while the … Continue reading

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School districts affected by Harvey ask for a break on testing

One way or another we’re going to have to reckon with this. Leaders of school districts heavily affected by Hurricane Harvey told a legislative panel on Monday that they would like to see Texas’ accountability and testing requirements relaxed in … Continue reading

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