The Texas Progressive Alliance always comes in ahead of projections as it brings you this week’s roundup.
Off the Kuff analyzes precinct data in Harris County from the Democratic and Republican primary elections.
Libby Shaw at Texas Kaos learns Greg Abbott has not only invited creeps to advise his campaign but he has also brought a Tom DeLay minted crook on board. Abbott campaign pervaded by creeps and crooks.
Too many who need health insurance in Texas are intentionally being kept from getting it. WCNews at Eye on Williamson makes sure everyone know that If You Don’t Have Health Care In Texas Blame Rick Perry & The Texas GOP.
The social policies of Charles Murray, whom the Southern Poverty Law Center has identified as a white nationalist, serve as inspiration for Greg Abbott’s education reform proposal. PDiddie at Brains and Eggs is shocked and awed that Abbott is making so many critical mistakes in his gubernatorial campaign.
Texas Democrats haven’t claimed a statewide elected office in 20 yrs, but after a rousing bus tour, Texas Leftist is convinced now more than ever that pharmacist, State Senator extraordinaire and Lt. Governor candidate Leticia Van de Putte has the prescription to change that.
Neil at All People Have Value offered the view that courtesy & a sense of self-worth without a feeling of superiority is a form of resistance in our society. All People Have Value is part of NeilAquino.com.
Kingwood Area Democrat Karen Menke wrote a timely op-ed in the Kingwood Observer about women’s rights. – EgbertoWillies.com.
Texpatriate releases an April Fool’s day issue of The Houston New Post.
============================
And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.
Texas Redistricting charts the components of population change in 12 Texas counties.
Scott Braddock reports that some legislators are concerned that schools will not have the funds to implement some mandated reforms.
Jason Stanford explains how Texas women can win on equal pay.
Juanita can’t help but see the face of Tom DeLay in today’s Congress.
Dutch Small celebrated at the wedding reception of Houston Mayor Annise Parker and her wife Kathy Hubbard.
Christopher Hooks tries to pierce the conservative persecution complex that surrounds Republican SD02 candidate Bob Hall.
M1EK has a simple suggestion for where to locate a rail line.
And I totally missed last week, so read last week’s line-up here:
The Texas Progressive Alliance is glad that so many people will be getting health insurance even if that number should have been much higher as it brings you this week’s roundup.
Off the Kuff pushes back on some happy talk about the voter ID law.
Dos Centavos reviews the biopic of Cesar Chavez and reminds us that the radical fringe in Texas would like to keep his name and others like him out of our kids’ classrooms.
Horwitz at Texpatriate made the case for anyone but Hogan, including Kinky Friedman, in the Democratic primary for Agriculture Commissioner.
Thanks to James Moore at Texas to the World, Libby Shaw at Texas Kaos learned Ted Cruz is a cheapskate who spends more time in Iowa than in the Rio Grande Valley. Libby also discovered Ted Cruz lied about The Biggest Lie in all Politics.
Texas has a woefully inadequate and unfair tax system, and that puts us in a bind when we need stuff. Because as WCNews at Eye on Williamson reminds us Stuff Costs Money.
Texas Leftist is glad Democrats have finally stumbled upon a winning strategy for 2014. The questions now… Can we keep the fire burning through November, and will Greg Abbott/ GOP weasel out of having general election debates??
Reading a book about the settlement routes of Black people in the United States, Neil at All People Have Value wrote about ideas of movement beyond physical migration. All People Have Value is part of NeilAquino.com.
Join Egberto of EgbertoWillies.com on his new radio show Politics Done Right on KPFT 90.1 FM, Monday at 8:00 PM discussing Obamacare and the 2014 election.
===================
And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.
The Great God Pan Is Dead wants to know what Rice University has against art.
Cody Pogue asks and answers the question “What is Texas?”
Mark Bennett defines the ethics of decolletage.
Offcite photographs the Alps of Pasadena. No, really, it makes sense once you read it.
Nonsequiteuse has a suggestion for those who think the equal pay issue is no big thing.
The Texas Living Waters Project implores you to give your feedback on our state’s water future.
Jen Sorenson, a freelance artist now living in Texas, illustrates her experience with Obamacare.
Texas Vox asks “How many oil spills will it take?”
Texas Vox marks the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster.
And finally, in much happier anniversary news, Amy Valentine celebrates her fifth anniversary of being cancer-free.
doscentavos.net 