The Texas Progressive Alliance admires the Scottish facility for creative insults as it brings you this week’s roundup.
Off the Kuff takes a look at the first general election poll of Texas, which has some encouraging bits for Democrats.
Libby Shaw at Daily Kos explains, with the help of two award winning political writers, how the Republican Party has become like a religious cult. The Cult Called the Republican Party.
Socratic Gadfly notes how the Supreme Court’s rcent anti-Fourth Amendment ruling was decided by the fifth vote of a Democrat-appointed justice, notes its not the first time this has happened, and uses this to undercut one argument against third-party voting.
As Bernie Sanders climbs on the Clinton bandwagon, PDiddie at Brains and Eggs steps away from the Democratic Party.
CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wonders why Mark Scott is so anti-wind farm for Corpus Christi. One smells a large rat.
Neil at All People Have Value kept an eye open for the value of everyday life. APHV is part of NeilAquino.com.
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And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.
Grits for Breakfast looked beneath the surface of the latest numbers on homicide rates.
TransGriot congratulates Lou Weaver for being the first ever out trans masculine Texan to serve as a national Democratic delegate.
BOR observes the difference between “thoughts and prayers” and actions.
Scott Braddock reports on worker misclassification and how it may affect the upcoming Uber/Lyft legislative debate.
Juanita has had it with Paul Ryan.