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Texas Leftist 2015 Endorsements

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Here's the Full List of Endorsements for the 2015 Houston Municipal Elections.  The Hyperlinks take you to the full-length endorsement page.  For more information on the candidates, check out the Questionnaire Responses, and be sure to also visit Off the Kuff's 2015 Elections Page.   Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner Houston City Controller Chris Brown Houston City Council At-Large … Continue Reading ››
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Reports Rule Death of 12 Year-Old Tamir Rice ‘Objectively Reasonable’

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Even as the months drag on, many across the country are still trying to make sense of acts of unspeakable violence committed against American citizens.  Perhaps none of those incidents was more disturbing than the killing of a 12-year old child last November. But some confounding news out of Cleveland, Ohio today is only serving to … Continue Reading ››
Politics, United States

Speaker John Boehner Set To Leave Congress

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Some huge news this Friday morning out of Washington.  Just one day after Pope Francis I made an historic speech before a Joint Session of Congress, Speaker of the House John Boehner has plans to not only relinquish his Speakership, but exit Congress altogether. Here's the story from Jennifer Steinhauer of the New York Times...

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Bernie Sanders and the END of ‘Apologetic Liberalism’

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Before you read this post, do me a favor.  Take ten seconds, close your eyes, and listen. What you hopefully heard was the sound of silence. Everywhere you look across this country, from the Texas Rio Grande Valley to the shores of the Alaskan coast, a sudden silence has begun to sweep across those on the Left … Continue Reading ››
Texas, United States

President Obama Works to Strengthen U.S. Ties With Africa. Can Texas Benefit?

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With a quiet confidence and an audience of of the world's best and brightest, the Commander-in-Chief of the United States made history earlier this year in the bustling city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Barack Obama became the first sitting US President to address the African Union.  Here's more from The Africa Report...
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Jorge Ramos Shines Light on Immigration Issues

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But first, two definitions.... Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government, or of an occupying international power. Civil discourse is engagement in discourse (conversation) intended to enhance understanding. It's important to understand these two terms... both the differences and similarities among them.  And the fact that sometimes, an … Continue Reading ››
Houston Politics, Texas Politics, United States

Houston Commemorates 10 years Post Hurricane Katrina

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Even as the years pass and details fade, one moment in the history of the Gulf Coast sometimes seems crystal clear.  Ten years ago this week, the nation faced one of the most expensive natural disasters it has ever known.  On August 29th 2005, Hurricane Katrina first decimated towns on the Mississippi and Alabama … Continue Reading ››