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We’re another week into Trump continuing his baseless claims of voter fraud, as he refuses to admit he clearly lost. As of writing this, Trump has lost 27 different court cases in his post-election attempts. No claim of widespread voter fraud has been proven in court . Election and top government...

May 16, 2012

Let's be honest about insurance rate hikes

Health Care

Thanks to President Obama and the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, Texans should be protected from unfair and unjustified insurance rate hikes. The Affordable Care Act calls for the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) to automatically review...

May 11, 2012

Today, ALEC Brings Lawmakers And Big Oil Together To Undermine Clean Energy

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Blog post originally posted on Think Progress . Today, behind closed doors in Charlotte, North Carolina, legislators from 15 states will meet with the oil and gas industry to discuss so-called “model legislation” as part of the American Legislative...

May 2, 2012

Sen. Hutchison Struggles With Facts About Judicial Nominations

Justice

Earlier this month U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison got into a back-and-forth debate via letters to the editor (LTE) in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram with Glenn Sugameli (Staff Attorney, Defenders of Wildlife) regarding the issue of judicial nominations...

May 1, 2012

You are incredible!

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Update: Wow, even after reaching our goal you continue to deliver. As of right now (Thursday, May 3rd at 11:08am) we only have 1 more signed copy of Drift left to give away as a gift. This last copy will go to the 5th new sustaining donor from now! This...

May 1, 2012

Rep. Judge Smith Blocks Pro-Planned Parenthood Order Just Hours After It Was Issued

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Justice

Ed. note : This content is re-purposed from Think Progress. Last month, Republican Fifth Circuit Judge Jerry Smith pitched a tantrum in open court , demanding that the Department of Justice respond to some imprecise political rhetoric by President Obama...

April 27, 2012

FCC Rules TV Stations Must Disclose Political Ad Buys Online

Accountability

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The Federal Communications Commission ruled that local TV stations in the country's top 50 markets will have to start disclosing who purchases political ads online. From The Wrap : Under the rules, TV stations affiliated with the four top TV networks in...

April 25, 2012

Share Your Story

Health Care

Texas Well and Healthy recently launched a new campaign asking for folks to to share their story about what the Affordable Care Act means to them. For their campaign they released the video below of Liz, a young uninsured Texan, sharing her story. Please...

April 12, 2012

ALEC Membership in Texas - Searching for Names in a Secret Group

Accountability

Tell every Texas legislators who is a members of ALEC to end their involvement immediately and to put the interests of people over corporations. Progress Texas is formally launching a campaign to urge Texas legislators to leave ALEC. Last week, we wrote...

April 6, 2012

Corporate Sponsors Quit ALEC; Progress Texas Urges Texas Legislators to Follow

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To date, four major corporate sponsors of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have indicated they will not renew their memberships to the controversial conservative organization. Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Kraft Foods, Inc. and Intuit - which does...