While Texans freeze Senator Ted Cruz takes a trip to Cancun!

Well isn’t this something… So for those of you playing along at home, that’s Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz boarding a flight to sunny Cancun, Mexico while tens of thousands of his constituents are freezing and without power due to Republican failures to weatherproof the energy infrastructure in that state….

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Robert Reich on the Economic Success in Kansas vs California

To follow up on my older blog post on the economic nirvana of Kansas is a little video from Robert Reich: or check this out about Wisconsin:

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Supreme Court blocks regressive Texas abortion law

This is big news. Thirteen Texas abortion clinics will remain open, after the Supreme Court blocked a stringent new law from taking effect. Texas’ House Bill 2 – the legislation that Texas Sen. Wendy Davis attempted to filibuster – required abortion clinics to become certified as ambulatory surgical centers. The…

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Everything is ___________ in Texas!

The word we are looking for here is more racist! H/T Buzzfeed! This tweet from the president of the University of Texas College Republicans: and this from her predecessor: Keep it K-lassy Texas! If this keeps up, next thing you know you will be electing a racist Governor.

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Thank you and May God Bless White Republicans!

If Jeremy Ryan is the face of the protestors in WI, can Crockett Kellor be the face of the CCW movement? I am sure Crockett would very much approve of the passing of the Krusick/GOP amendment this morning!

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Public employees are not to blame, and Texas is proof!

If you’ve heard Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker explain why he needs to eviscerate public employee collective bargaining rights, you know that he’s said that said evisceration of public employee collective bargaining rights will give local governments and school boards more tools to deal with the crippling cuts to education and…

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