Thursday, October 31, 2019

TPA - Halloween 2019

The Texas Progressive Alliance encourages you to enjoy Halloween and make sure you vote as it brings you this week's roundup.

Off the Kuff bids adieu to soon-to-be-former Speaker Dennis Bonnen, who was brought low by his dumb decision to trust Michael Quinn Sullivan and by his own trash mouth.

SocraticGadfly does his alt-history schtick again and says imagine a world that never had American Indians.

The TPA congratulates Noah Horwitz for passing the bar exam.

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And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.

G. Elliott Morris examines the value of 2020 general election polls at this time.

Juanita finds new reasons to dislike Sen. John Cornyn.

Sanford Nowlin is right there with her.

The Texas Signal reads the Census report on income inequality in Texas.

Nonsequiteuse reviews the Astros front office debacle.

The Daily Texan decries UT's lack of action against professors who have been accused of sexual misconduct with students.

Monday, October 07, 2019

TPA October 7, 2019


The Texas Progressive Alliance wonders how many administration officials can fit under a bus as it brings you this week's roundup.

Off the Kuff looks at the recent PPP poll of competitive Congressional districts in Texas.

SocraticGadfly looks at his state rep, Drew Springer, see that he's NEVER faced a general election and says that if Democrats are serious about turning Texas blue, they need to challenge even candidates like him.

Noah M. Horwitz endorses Elizabeth Warren for President.

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And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.

Christof Spieler runs through an autonomous vehicle thought exercise.

Therese Odell goes to town on Day One of Impeachment Inquiry TV.

Before the verdict in the Amber Guyger murder trial came in, Dan Solomon analyzed the problem with the "Castle Doctrine".

And after the verdict, Grits offered his thoughts on the trial and the case as a whole.

G. Elliott Morris describes Texas now as "magenta" rather than "purple", but says it is on the way there.