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 Patrick accused Dewhurst of appointing too […]
Texas Voter ID Law Is In Effect. Get A Valid ID And Vote GOP Out
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 the necessary documents to obtain the […]
Rick Perry Begging For Obamacare Even As He Maligns It
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 would allow Texas to claim stepped-up […]
Texas Trooper That Cavity Searched Women Reinstated
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 of the state. The officers involved […]
Battleground Texas Holds Neighborhood Team Convention In Houston
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 attended the event. They came to […]
Off the Kuff: BGTX and Anglo women voters
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 Sunday afternoon during a non-election period. […]
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Respond To Texas Attorney General Misinformation On Lawsuit
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 Attorney General unexpectedly announced that Planned […]
Live Update: Stand With Texas Women – Senate Vote (VIDEO)
And The Anti-Woman Bill Is Passed Revolt At Texas Capitol Last Stand 6:30 PM Rally Women Won’t Go Back They were even taking away tampons to get into the Senate. Long Lines To Senate Chambers At Texas Capitol Stand With Texas Women Andrea Gardner’s Last Stand At The Texas Capitol LIKE My Facebook Page – […]
Rick Perry Will Not Run For Reelection–Texas Just May Survive
 Texas Governor Rick Perry Texas Governor Rick Perry will not run for reelection next year, he announced today. “The time has come,” he said, “to pass on the mantle of leadership.” He will probably run for president in 2016, apparently on his pro-life, pro-Texas bona fides. With Perry’s wife Anita providing an introduction, the event […]
Have Americans Reached A Tipping Point With Their Government?
Yes. America is at a tipping point. Wendy Davis surprise filibuster on two weeks ago at first seemed like a fluke. A social media revolution gave her the legs of physical support in the bleachers. But could it be sustained? Less than a week later, over 5000 Texans on a hot work day, drove from […]