Sorry, there was a YouTube error. Texas has the distinction of being the state with the highest rates of the uninsured. Even before the full implementation of Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act), the fact that children twenty-six years of age and lower qualified for insurance under their parents created a massive help to the young […]
DallasNews: Obamacare premiums projected to be lower than expected
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. It is sad that America has been misinformed for so long. It is sad that Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Sarah Palin, and many of the Right Wing hacks have so misinformed their followers. It is sad that these followers have allowed themselves to be willfully ignorant on […]
Even In Texas The Republican Caricature Of Obamacare Is Meeting Reality
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. Texas Governor Rick Perry has been one of the biggest obstructionists to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) in Texas along with the entire Republican Party nationally. Inasmuch as Texas is the state with the highest rate of uninsured citizens he refused Obamacare’s expansion of Medicaid. For those with pre-existing […]
David Dewhurst Own Words State That Veterans Are Unimportant
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. David Dewhurst’s is being challenged for his job as Lieutenant Governor by Dan Patrick and a few other candidates. You can discern ones true feelings based on the answers given to questions that are not necessarily related. During a debate sponsored by Houston’s Ronald Reagan Republican Women’s Club, Dan […]
Texas Voter ID Law Is In Effect. Get A Valid ID And Vote GOP Out
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. Texas Voter ID Photo ID requirement is effective immediately. From Toni Medellin Vote Riders, who are holding Voter ID Clinics around the country. One is scheduled in Houston for September according to their fb page, but I cannot find any details. Adopt a Voter, is helping folks get […]
Rick Perry Begging For Obamacare Even As He Maligns It
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. Attribution: Gage Skidmore Big bad macho Texas Governor Rick Perry, the governor that says publicly he won’t take any Obamacare dollars is now begging for these dollars discretely. Politico reports that. Perry health aides are negotiating with the Obama administration on the terms of an optional Obamacare program that […]
Texas Trooper That Cavity Searched Women Reinstated
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. No one will forget those poignant videos of Texas Department of Public Safety troopers stopping women in their cars, pulling them over, and using the excuse of smelling weed to conduct body searches. These tactics were supposedly not the department policies yet they occurred in two distinctly different parts […]
Battleground Texas Holds Neighborhood Team Convention In Houston
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. On Sunday July 28th, 2013 Battleground Texas held its first Battleground Texas Neighborhood Team Convention. The convention was led by Field Organizer Adrienne Bell who is leading the field team in Harris, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Chambers, Jefferson, Galveston, and Montgomery counties. More than 200 neighborhood team leaders and members […]
Off the Kuff: BGTX and Anglo women voters
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. Off The Kuff blogger Charles Kuffner has a great analysis on what it will take to turn Texas blue by 2016. Mr. Kuffner’s analysis is spot on. I went to Battleground Texas Neighborhood Team Convention yesterday. There were several hundred people there from Harris and surrounding counties on a […]
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Respond To Texas Attorney General Misinformation On Lawsuit
Sorry, there was a YouTube error. Planned Parenthood President and CEO Melaney Linton released the following response to The Texas Attorney General misrepresentation of about the outcome of the Medicaid fraud lawsuit. The attack on this vital organization to thousands of Texas women’s healthcare continue. The original response can be found here. Today, the Texas […]