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The Texas Progressive Alliance thought that was one of the better halftime shows it has seen recently as it brings you this week’s roundup. Texas gets a C on its science curriculum standards, despite the worst efforts of the wingnut faction on the State Board of Education. Off the Kuff has the details. Anonymous blogging is First Amendment-protected speech, as most of us ( but not some conservative bloggers ) knew three years ago. PDiddie at Brains and Eggs documents the establishment of... Read Full Story

Ask your candidate about America’s water safety.  Ask your candidate about the groundwater pollution caused by Fracking for oil and gas.  You will hear a script that Fracking creates jobs and will provide clean energy for Americans for a hundred years.  Ask your candidate if Americans can live for a hundred years with toxic water.  What’s in Your Water The 35-year-old federal law regulating tap water is so out of date that the water Americans drink can pose what scientists say are serious... Read Full Story

The Texas Progressive Alliance is stocking up on unhealthy snacks and adult beverages as it brings you this week’s roundup. BossKitty at TruthHugger is concerned that frivolous issues, wielded by the GOP-Tea Party-Republican Party, is a terrible distraction from serious problems facing America. Character slaughter, in the battle for a Republican Presidential candidate, does not show who the best candidate may be, so Divided and Apathetic We Fall … In addition to all of the redistricting... Read Full Story

It is another US Presidential election season.  The Tea Party has succeeded in throwing enough ‘Monkey Wrenches’ at President Obama, that he looks more like a moderate Republican than a Progressive Democrat. Both ‘main line’ political parties should be busted for disorderly conduct, and behavior unbecoming of representatives of the American Voter.  For almost four years,  Obama has pandered to the disloyal (to the country) opposition and now looks like one of them. Such a sad legacy Obama... Read Full Story

OK, why am I sick of hearing the same words over and over … from both sides of today’s political debates.  All candidates can talk about is how each side is wasting taxpayer money, government resources and how religious they are.  As the players hurl vicious attacks at each other, hoping to endear gullible and extremist voters, Republicans and Democrats and even Libertarians are totally ignoring the biggest picture of all.  What is really happening on our planet, Earth.  No one appears to... Read Full Story

The Texas Progressive Alliance thanks the state of South Carolina for all the laughs as it brings you this week’s blog roundup. The big story last week was the SCOTUS ruling on interim redistricting maps. Off the Kuff has an initial look. It turns out that PDiddie and Paula Deen have more in common than just their initials; there’s also a morality tale involved. Read “ Paula Deen, diabetes, and Novo Nordisk ” at Brains and Eggs . CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme is tired of the media... Read Full Story

The   Texas Progressive Alliance honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King as it brings you this week’s roundup. Off the Kuff takes a look at Democratic primary races as they now stand in Harris County and elsewhere in Texas . Refinish69 thinks sometimes you just have to say “ Martin Luther King Reading & Reference List . There are 3 new additions for 2012. This list is the best starting point to learn about M.L.K. to be found on the web. Many active progressives were busy being... Read Full Story

The Texas Progressive Alliance thinks watching football was a much better use of your time than watching the 389th Republican Presidential debate as it brings you this week’s roundup. Off the Kuff discusses the state’s appeal of the injunction granted against the horrible sonogram law. This week WCNews at Eye On Williamson posts on the fact that our politics can’t be fixed until the money is taken out of our political process, It’s the money . The case against the Texas Republicans... Read Full Story

Are we going to elect a Pope or Bishop as President of the United States of America this coming November?   I would not be so concerned about some of the selfish evangelical rhetoric that Rick Santorum spouts, except that his poll numbers are so close to Mitt Romney’s, that it appears that America has lost something very dear, the BIG picture of what this country is all about.  Whether it is media hype or skewed pollsters makes no difference.  Rick Santorum has gathered a base of seriously... Read Full Story

The Texas Progressive Alliance wishes everyone a happy and prosperous New Year as it brings you the first roundup of 2012. There were two big redistricting stories last week, and both favored the plaintiffs against Texas and its retrogressive maps. The DC Court issued its decision defining preclearance standards , and the Justice Department filed an amicus brief with SCOTUS arguing it should use the interim maps drawn by the San Antonio court. Off the Kuff has the details on each... Read Full Story