Legal Marijuana In Texas? Any Day Now
I was just in Thailand for a couple of weeks. I haven’t been there since the advent of COVID. The biggest change I could see was that...
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Mike Siegel
Dec 17, 20213 min read
Ground Game Texas-- A Guest Post From Julie Oliver And Mike Siegel
We started Ground Game Texas with a simple idea: investing in year-round organizing works. So, our very first initiative in April and May...
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Howie Klein
Nov 17, 20213 min read
Winning In Texas-- In the Real Sense Of Winning
-by Julie Oliver I’m saying this from a place of deep love and respect. The work of winning statewide in Texas begins by holding...
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Howie Klein
Oct 19, 20214 min read
Austin-- Incredible Opportunities Open Up Because Of GOP Gerrymandering
When Tom DeLay gerrymandered Austin, he cracked it and split its liberal voting based among lots of rural-based districts. The Texas...
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Howie Klein
Oct 17, 20214 min read
Turning Texas Blue Means Registering And Turning Out Voters
Republicans in the Texas legislature rammed through a racist and ultra-partisan redistricting map that packs as many Democrats as they...
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Howie Klein
Oct 1, 20214 min read
The Government Would Have Shut Down At Midnight Last Night
The House voted today, 254-175, to NOT shut down the government. Every Democrat and 34 more or less relatively mainstreamish Republicans...
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Howie Klein
Jul 14, 20218 min read
The "Weed" Part Of "Workers, Wages, Weed"
There were two quotes that stood out for me during Marianne Williamson's Candidate Summit II last night. First came Florida candidate for...
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Howie Klein
Jun 9, 20214 min read
Democratic Politics In Texas Heads Back To Its Grass Roots
Two Texas Democrats who made great headway as candidates-- organizing around progressive values and outperforming expectations-- were...
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Howie Klein
May 3, 20216 min read
What Happened In The TX-06 Special Election Saturday?
On it's face, the runoff for the congressional seat south of Dallas-Fort Worth (TX-06) is about as bad as it gets for Democrats. That's...
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Howie Klein
Mar 13, 20216 min read
Will There Be A Price To Pay For Concerted GOP Opposition?
On NPR's Weekend Edition this morning, Bernie explained that the COVID-Rescue package will do a lot more than distribute $1,400 checks....
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Howie Klein
Jan 11, 20218 min read
How Many Republican Seditionists Do You Think Will Be Expelled From Congress?
This morning Ted Lieu, Jamie Raskin and David Cicilline introduced an impeachment resolution (which you can read by clicking here.) In a...
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Howie Klein
Dec 29, 20204 min read
2022 Has Got To Be The Year Both Pelosi And Hoyer Retire
Colin Byrd is one of us, a young and dynamic progressive who was, in 2019, elected mayor of Greenbelt, Maryland in Prince George's...
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