The Texas Progressive Alliance managed to tear itself away from watching the World Cup just long enough to bring you this week’s roundup. Off the Kuff sets a standard for success for Democrats in the fall elections. Libby Shaw at Texas Kaos is not in the least bit surprised to learn Texas Republican politicians are … Continue reading Texoblogosphere: Week of June 23rd
he Texas Progressive Alliance thinks it’s the Republican Party of Texas’ platform writers that need some therapy as it brings you this week’s roundup. Off the Kuff emphatically reminds us that Greg Abbott owns the RPT platform, no matter how much he may try to avoid the subject. Libby Shaw at Texas Kaos asks why … Continue reading Texoblogosphere: Week of June 16th
The Texas Progressive Alliance celebrates the passage of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance as it brings you this week’s roundup. Off the Kuff tries to figure out what the runoff results might mean for November. Libby Shaw at Texas Kaos is disgusted by the low blow campaign tactics employed during this election cycle. Where are … Continue reading Texoblogosphere: Week of June 2nd
When one visits the website for Grace Community Church, a mega-church in Southeast Houston, it’s easy to form an initial impression that it is a community which is welcoming and loving to all. They proudly proclaim the slogan “Everybody needs a little grace!” But those impressions couldn’t be further from the truth, as there is lots … Continue reading Grace Church Using Scare Tactics to Thwart HERO
It’s a precarious time for all of American Politics, which almost goes without saying in 2017. But there may be no other segment which feels that precariousness quite like the LGBT community. From historic highs like the election of Danica Roem, one of the nation’s first openly transgender state legislators, to an empowered push for … Continue reading Victory Fund Selects Former Mayor Annise Parker As New CEO
Remember that whole “separation of church and state”? According to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, that’s so 2000 and late. As David Saleh Rauf of the San Antonio Express-News reports, get ready for more activist churches moving to swing politics in their favor… AUSTIN — A recent court ruling that cleared the way … Continue reading 5th Circuit Clears Way for Church Super PACS
So about last night. Katherine Driessen of the Houston Chronicle has the formal wrap-up… Houston voters soundly rejected the city’s embattled equal rights ordinance Tuesday in one of the most heated local political contests in recent memory that drew national scrutiny and sparked months of impassioned back-and-forth about social issues, particularly transgender rights. The decision leaves … Continue reading HERO Election Results: Welcome to ‘HATE Town’?
