Saturday afternoon, evening, night, and post-midnight, it was my sublime pleasure to participate in the revival of CounterCrawl. CC is a counter-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-generational, multi-venue art and music experience. Most of the participants travel from venue to venue by bicycle, skateboard, or other human-powered transport, but that is not a requirement, especially for those who have heavy equipment to haul. This year, several participants temporarily broke off from the main group to attend the protest at City Hall against the newly enacted S.B. 4.
One of the traditions of CC is the Secret Spot, a location that remains unpublicized until the day of the event; for this edition, the organizers selected a patch of greenery in Greater Heights, not far from the home of Charles (Off the Kuff) Kuffner.
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Off the Kuff notes that the state's voter ID failure in 2016 was way bigger than you thought it was.
SocraticGadfly says that Republicans, Democrats and media pundits alike who talk about a "25th Amendment solution" to President Trump need to read their Constitution better.
The night they drove old Dixie down happened twice in New Orleans this past week, as documented by PDiddie at Brains and Eggs.
Republicans double down on killing women with expanded war on health services. CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme says vote as if your life depends on it. It does.
Dos Centavos wonders aloud if Houston will sue the state of Texas over SB4.
jobsanger is in the camp of those who believe Trump's top pick for FBI director, Joe Lieberman, would be a terrible idea.
The Lewisville Texan Journal questioned the seeming collaboration of the local school district and their political action committee -- a violation of state law -- in that city's recent school bonds election.
Neil at All People Have Value attended the weekly Tuesday protest at the Houston office of wicked-doing Senator John Cornyn. APHV is part of NeilAquino.com.
Texas Leftist celebrates Houston's diversity.
And Houston Streetwise has some photos of the de-Dowlingization and soon-to-be Emancipation of a street in Houston's Third Ward.
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More news and blog posts from around Texas!
Jonathan Tilove at First Reading interpreted the Freedom Caucus' outsized influence on the legislative session as a coarse correction.
The Texas Observer quotes a House member saying that her chamber -- and Speaker Joe Straus -- are "being rolled by the Senate" and Dan Patrick, and transgender children are under the wheels.
The San Antonio Current watched some of the most self-proclaimed "pro-life" members of the Texas Lege using procedural tactics to kill a bill that would fund a study of rising maternal mortality rates.
Grits for Breakfast complains that the bill in the Lege that replaces 'Driver Responsibility' fees with a 'Phillips-Miles tariff' is making a bad situation worse.
In PoliTex's North Texas political roundup, Rosie O'Donnell is raising money and attention for a centrist Democratic challenger to to thirty-year incumbent Joe Barton, and one of two open seats on the Fifth Circuit may go to a John Cornyn protege'. Or perhaps state Supreme Court Justice (and prolific Tweeter) Don Willett.
Covering San Antonio's municipal elections, the Rivard Report explains that river barges and runoffs make for ugly politics.
Zachery Taylor explains how for-profit insurance is a government-authorized crime syndicate.
DBC Green Blog wishes to point out for the record that Dr. Jill Stein remains relevant to the national discussion (why would that dinner table photograph be so ubiquitous and contentious among Democrats if she weren't?) and she is still debunking the Russian conspiracy theories.
Therese Odell adds the late-night comics' reactions to the latest Russia revelations.
New Deal Democrat at Bonddad graphs out the economics of real median income having flat-lined since 1958.
Doing its part to keep Austin weird and to export the feeling, The Rag Blog brought their ongoing anniversary celebration to Houston's Brazos Bookstore.
And Tom Carson at Texas Monthly eulogizes Snyder native Powers Boothe.
One of the traditions of CC is the Secret Spot, a location that remains unpublicized until the day of the event; for this edition, the organizers selected a patch of greenery in Greater Heights, not far from the home of Charles (Off the Kuff) Kuffner.
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Off the Kuff notes that the state's voter ID failure in 2016 was way bigger than you thought it was.
SocraticGadfly says that Republicans, Democrats and media pundits alike who talk about a "25th Amendment solution" to President Trump need to read their Constitution better.
The night they drove old Dixie down happened twice in New Orleans this past week, as documented by PDiddie at Brains and Eggs.
Republicans double down on killing women with expanded war on health services. CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme says vote as if your life depends on it. It does.
Dos Centavos wonders aloud if Houston will sue the state of Texas over SB4.
jobsanger is in the camp of those who believe Trump's top pick for FBI director, Joe Lieberman, would be a terrible idea.
The Lewisville Texan Journal questioned the seeming collaboration of the local school district and their political action committee -- a violation of state law -- in that city's recent school bonds election.
Neil at All People Have Value attended the weekly Tuesday protest at the Houston office of wicked-doing Senator John Cornyn. APHV is part of NeilAquino.com.
Texas Leftist celebrates Houston's diversity.
And Houston Streetwise has some photos of the de-Dowlingization and soon-to-be Emancipation of a street in Houston's Third Ward.
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More news and blog posts from around Texas!
Jonathan Tilove at First Reading interpreted the Freedom Caucus' outsized influence on the legislative session as a coarse correction.
The Texas Observer quotes a House member saying that her chamber -- and Speaker Joe Straus -- are "being rolled by the Senate" and Dan Patrick, and transgender children are under the wheels.
The San Antonio Current watched some of the most self-proclaimed "pro-life" members of the Texas Lege using procedural tactics to kill a bill that would fund a study of rising maternal mortality rates.
Grits for Breakfast complains that the bill in the Lege that replaces 'Driver Responsibility' fees with a 'Phillips-Miles tariff' is making a bad situation worse.
In PoliTex's North Texas political roundup, Rosie O'Donnell is raising money and attention for a centrist Democratic challenger to to thirty-year incumbent Joe Barton, and one of two open seats on the Fifth Circuit may go to a John Cornyn protege'. Or perhaps state Supreme Court Justice (and prolific Tweeter) Don Willett.
Covering San Antonio's municipal elections, the Rivard Report explains that river barges and runoffs make for ugly politics.
Zachery Taylor explains how for-profit insurance is a government-authorized crime syndicate.
DBC Green Blog wishes to point out for the record that Dr. Jill Stein remains relevant to the national discussion (why would that dinner table photograph be so ubiquitous and contentious among Democrats if she weren't?) and she is still debunking the Russian conspiracy theories.
Therese Odell adds the late-night comics' reactions to the latest Russia revelations.
New Deal Democrat at Bonddad graphs out the economics of real median income having flat-lined since 1958.
Doing its part to keep Austin weird and to export the feeling, The Rag Blog brought their ongoing anniversary celebration to Houston's Brazos Bookstore.
And Tom Carson at Texas Monthly eulogizes Snyder native Powers Boothe.
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