The Texas Progressive Alliance remains unsequestered as it brings you this week’s roundup.
Off the Kuff talks about what happens after SCOTUS rules on Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
As the special election runoff in Senate District 6 lurched into its final days, PDiddie at Brains and Eggs had a couple more posts on the sordid last-minute developments.
How we get Medicaid expanded in Texas makes no difference as long as it eventually gets done. That’s whwy WCNews at Eye on Williamson says this about the Texas GOP, However they want to rationalize it is fine with me.
Neil at Texas Liberal posted a picture of an old VW van with a bunch of Republican bumper stickers. What kind of a lousy counterculture is that! Also–Neil continues at work on his new website that will feature a variety of creative efforts as well as a blog on the 2013 City of Houston elections.
Snips from other Texas blogs…
Bluedaze previewed the tar sands pipeline presentation to be revealed at the National Summit to Stop the Frack Attack, in Dallas on March 2-3.
Burnt Orange Report covered the development of Beaumont’s selection as America’s Saddest City. Cue the sad trombone.
Dos Centavos reminded Texas legislators *cough*RickPerry*cough* that it is time to support the expansion of Medicaid.
Grits for Breakfast also had a legislative dispatch; 101 House members endorsed a bill that criminalizes taking or distributing photos taken via drone without a court order.
South Texas Chisme rejoiced in the fact that the Texas DPS can no longer shoot at people from helicopters for any old reason, and called for some respect for the remains of migrants who died while fleeing economic hardship.
Letters from Texas gathered the reactions to Rick Perry’s California troll-baiting excursion.
And state Sen. Kelly Hancock got spanked by McBlogger for his craven pandering to State Farm.