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The Texas Progressive Alliance heads into March Madness with its own bracket of news and links for the week. CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wonders how Republicans can be so violently against having services they desperately need? Off the Kuff analyzed county returns in the primaries for Governor, Lite Guv, and the Commissioners. When are [...]

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The Texas Progressive Alliance congratulates the city of New Orleans for its first Super Bowl as it provides an instant replay of its blog highlights for the week. Something stinks about the recent TCEQ Barnett Shale air quality testing in Fort Worth and in Flower Mound. Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS. Off the Kuff looked [...]

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The Texas Progressive Alliance is still somewhat amazed to be living in the year we make contact, and we hope we’re all still going strong when Odyssey Three rolls around. Texas has most drilling, worst regulation. Texas made national news this week in the ProPublica investigative report and they used pictures provided by TXsharon @ [...]

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The Texas Progressive Alliance would like to thank everyone for reading all of the weekly blog roundups this year. This is the last roundup of 2009, and we are all looking forward to 2010. CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wants everyone to be afraid of drug cartels buying our politicians. We’ve all seen what money [...]

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The Texas Progressive Alliance brings you the highlights from the blogs. As the deadline to file for a place on the 2010 March primary ballot drew near, there was lots of activity on the Democratic side: Kinky Friedman followed Hank Gilbert over to the race for agriculture commissioner, Linda Chavez-Thompson was rumored to be running [...]

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Once again it’s time for the Texas Progressive Alliance to bring you the highlights from the blogs. Xanthippas at Three Wise Men airs out some thoughts on the escalation of the war in Afghanistan, and some painful lessons learned blogging about the war in Iraq. Bay Area Houston claims The Race for Houston Mayor is [...]

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The Texas Progressive Alliance welcomes everyone back from the Thanksgiving Holiday with these highlights from the blogs. TXsharon has arranged by area 60 TCEQ fugitive emission videos obtained via the Texas Public Information Act. The videos were taken throughout the Barnett Shale area using a GasFindIR (Infrared) camera. Find the videos for your area at [...]

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The Texas Progressive Alliance is starting to feel an odd craving for can-shaped servings of cranberry sauce as it brings you this week’s highlights from the blogs. TXsharon continues to follow the abuses of Aruba Petroleum in a Barnett Shale backyard and Wednesday the Wise County Messenger picked up the story. It’s all on Bluedaze: [...]

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The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes everyone had a happy Election Day last week, and is already looking forward to the next one. Here are this week’s highlights. TXsharon continues to report from a backyard in the Barnett Shale. Despite all the local and national press on drilling related toxins, carcinogens and neurotoxins in our air, [...]

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The Texas Progressive Alliance reminds you to get out and vote on Tuesday. Here are this week’s highlights. Aruba Petroleum is drilling a Barnett Shale gas well in the backyard of Tim and Christine. Their property was taken, it’s value diminished, they were threatened and now Aruba Petroleum spilled toxic drilling waste a few feet [...]

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The Texas Progressive Alliance is ready for the start of the World Series, and it presents to you its weekly highlight reel as we await the first pitch. quizas of South Texas Chisme wonders about the US detaining a Mexican human rights activist. WWJD on Carter Avenue? TXsharon wants to know if Chesapeake Energy or [...]

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The Texas Political Alliance hopes that everyone reading this today has ensured they are registered to vote in the November election, as the deadline for doing so is Monday, October 5. The Texas Cloverleaf reviews proposed changes to the city of Denton’s charter that will be on the November ballot. CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme [...]

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The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes everyone has a Happy Labor Day, and notes that it won’t be any work at all to read this week’s roundup of blog highlights. ExxonMobil! Free Mrs. Burns! Like TXsharon, Elizabeth Burns is a reluctant activist forced into action by the horrendous environmental abuses she witnesses on her own ranch. [...]

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It’s Fourth of July week, and so it’s time for an extra-patriotic rendition of the Texas Progressive Alliance blog roundup. Off the Kuff takes a look at the latest Lyceum poll on the Governor and Senate races in Texas. Neil at Texas Liberal suggests that instead of blowing of your fingers lighting fireworks–during a drought [...]

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It’s Monday, the day after the first day of summer, and it’s time for another Texas Progressive Alliance blog roundup. President Obama, Bill White, and John Sharp are all in the same sinking DOMA boat. The Texas Cloverleaf comes off of hiatus to tell you why. CouldBeTrue from South Texas Chisme cheers the impeachment of [...]

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