“Voting freshens your breath, whitens your teeth, and improves your sex life.” — Molly Ivins
The Texas Progressive Alliance reminds you that EARLY VOTING HAS BEGUN as it brings you this week’s roundup.
Off the Kuff published an interview with John Cook, the Democratic nominee for Land Commissioner.
Libby Shaw writing for Texas Kaos and Daily Kos is sickened by the corporations are people Supreme Court of John Roberts for allowing Greg Abbott to disenfranchise 600,000 American citizens in Texas of their right to vote. TX GOP, Greg Abbott stand by Discrimination and Disenfranchisement.
Two special days in the blogosphere last week: Blog Action Day for inequality was a global initiative, and Texas blogs dropped a money bomb for Wendy Davis. PDiddie at Brains Eggs has details on both.
After this week’s big announcement, Texas Leftist is left to wonder… Did the Dallas Morning News editorial board incorporate facts into it’s Endorsement process for Governor? If so, maybe this week’s decision for Greg Abbott would have went the other way. Clearly DMN should’ve taken a few minutes to read their own paper.
Republican racism revealed in TWIA emails about storm damage to Brownsville ISD property. CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme encourages everyone in South Texas to go vote. You can stop the racism. VOTE!
From WCNews at Eye on Williamson. Two campaign ads to check out, Must See TV – Great Ads From Mike Collier and Sam Houston.
Neil at All People Have Value wrote about things he is doing to make a difference in the 2014 elections in Texas. Neil says you can make a difference as well. APHV is one of many interesting things to see at NeilAquino.com.
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And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.
Dan Solomon speaks from personal experience when he says that the Wendy Davis wheelchair ad shines a long-overdue light on the devastating effect tort “reform” has had on victims of medical malpractice.
The Lunch Tray keeps fighting the fight for healthier school lunches and snacks.
Grits for Breakfast calls on Texas jails to opt out of the Secure Communities program.
Texas Vox documents the big heat waves of 2013.
Socratic Gadfly was pleasantly surprised by the SCOTUS ruling that overturned the Fifth Circuit order allowing HB2 to go into effect pending appeals.
Helen Philpot would like for someone to explain to Greg Abbott where babies come from.
LGBTQ Insider compares Wendy Davis and Greg Abbott’s positions on LGBTQ issues.
Andrea Grimes has the GIF-based explanation of the HB2 timeline that you’ve been waiting for.
(Feature photo is the interior dome of the Harris County Courthouse, taken by Texas Leftist.)
