The Texas Progressive Alliance will never be able to say the word “surging” again with a straight face as it brings you this week’s roundup.
Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones resigned her position to run in the GOP primary for SD25 after finally coming to the realization that her argument that we can’t really know where the capital of Texas is located was completely lame. Off the Kuff provides the commentary.
BossKitty at TruthHugger is really getting worried at how America’s religious culture and the GOP are pushing America backwards, into the previous century, with barbaric personal intrusions. Virile GOP – American Women Are Property Again and Population Control, Climate Change and Zealots describe how these are taking place.
Nothing will change with school finance in Texas until we change our elected officials. That’s what WCNews at Eye On Williamson tells us in this post, We must “Re-Fund” public education in Texas.
Neil at Texas Liberal wrote about Houston right-wing talk show host and former Houston City Councilmember Michael Berry. Mr. Berry is alleged to have been involved in a hit-and-run incident outside a Houston gay bar. In the recent past, Mr. Berry has said things relating to gay people that did not seem very nice.
Santorum — the man, not the substance — is surging, and PDiddie at Brains and Eggs gathers the evidence.
CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wants you to know that Nueces County Republicans screwed with redistricting, too.
Ken Judkins’ column at the Lewisville Texan Journal asks: Why are otherwise good people so uncivil when it comes to politics?