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Apparently Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick has learned nothing from the mess that was North Carolina’s HB2.
Supposedly, he’s concerned about women and girls being preyed upon by men while in the bathroom. So he introduced SB 6, a bill that...
by Samer
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on Thu Jan 05, 2017 at 03:03 PM PST
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We saw this coming and it happened today, January 5th. Lt.Gov.Dan Patrick and Sen. Lois Kohlkorst (R) Brennan said said they have filed a bill that would prohibit governments from regulating private businesses' bathroom policies and also would require...
by Kevin1957
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on Thu Jan 05, 2017 at 02:38 PM PST
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We arrive in Texas for our project to calculate the 2016 presidential results for all 435 congressional districts nationwide. You can find our complete data set here, which we’re updating continuously as the precinct-level election returns we need for...
by Jeff Singer
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on Thu Jan 05, 2017 at 11:48 AM PST
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Surprise, surprise! It turns out that when the House Republicans voted to do away with the Office of Congressional Ethics some of them seem to have had personal experience with iffy ethics.
According to Politico, the change was proposed by several...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Jan 05, 2017 at 08:18 AM PST
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Although the Cockrell Center is located inside the same building as the Natural Science Museum, it’s a separate place.
Here are some photos from a visit.
Elephant Beetle, about the size of a ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Thu Jan 05, 2017 at 10:00 AM PST
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This is a very nice museum. There are chemistry exhibits, geology, and a very large paleontology hall. I spent the whole day here.
Some photos:
Australian Trumpet, the largest snail in the world ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Thu Jan 05, 2017 at 12:00 PM PST
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Texas Republicans have spent decades refining their particular brand of conservatism into a very pure grade, but that never seems to stop them from pursuing an ever more potent high. In any sane ...
by David Nir
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on Wed Jan 04, 2017 at 03:14 PM PST
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Hi Y’all and Welcome to Texas!! Did you bring your handgun, sidearm or rifle with you?? If you didn’t just drop by one of our local gun stores and pick one up!!
That’s Right! Only 10 States currently have “Constitutional Carry” but we in Texas Aim...
by Kevin1957
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on Tue Jan 03, 2017 at 11:26 PM PST
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This is a large park near downtown—at one end is the Zoo and at the other end is the Natural History Museum. The park itself is a great place to have lunch and walk around a bit. And it’s ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Wed Jan 04, 2017 at 10:00 AM PST
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I suppose most tourists in Houston probably visit the Johnson Space Center first. But after enduring a couple weeks of cloud and drizzle in San Antonio, I wanted to be outside in the sun, so I saved ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Wed Jan 04, 2017 at 12:00 PM PST
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Texas social conservatives either learned nothing from North Carolina's discriminatory bathroom bill debacle, or they just don't care to learn anything ever. The Lone Star State's Republican Lt. governor, Dan Patrick, is prioritizing a bill that, like...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Tue Jan 03, 2017 at 01:41 PM PST
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See that big-ass spreadsheet? The yellow column on the far right represents my best estimates as to how many people in Michigan alone would almost certainly lose their healthcare coverage this spring assuming a full ACA repeal with immediate effect was...
by Brainwrap
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on Tue Jan 03, 2017 at 08:52 AM PST
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The new year got off with a bang for Texas Rep. Armando Martinez when he was shot in the head:
A stray bullet struck state Rep. Armando "Mando" Martinez, D-Weslaco, in the head during a New Year's Eve celebration Sunday morning.
While the...
by Jen Hayden
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on Tue Jan 03, 2017 at 07:17 AM PST
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Since the bus center was closed for the holiday, it took me a couple days to get a bus pass. So I spent the afternoon at one of the very large city parks that is within walking distance of my ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Tue Jan 03, 2017 at 12:00 PM PST
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For the past eight years we have watched the Republican Party fight President Obama every step of the way in his quest to not only recover from the economic disaster he was left by President George W. Bush but to save the economy.
President Obama...
by Kevin1957
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on Sun Jan 01, 2017 at 09:53 PM PST
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I haven’t been on Daily Kos a lot this week, thanks to family and social obligations. Tomorrow, though, I will be doing something that I care a great deal about — helping to provide families who struggle economically with computer equipment, printers,...
by Chris Reeves
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on Sat Dec 31, 2016 at 01:13 PM PST
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Okay, this is my first diary so be kind, and please give me hints in the comments or by sending me a message. I have searched to see if anyone has run a diary on this, so it I missed it, I am sorry.
by bassinduo
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on Sat Dec 31, 2016 at 06:00 AM PST
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The Japanese Tea Garden park in San Antonio TX used to be an abandoned limestone quarry from a local cement company (the smokestack is still standing). Back in 1919, it was converted into a city ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Tue Dec 27, 2016 at 12:00 PM PST
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Data taken from this site. Certified results totals are in for all states.
For the numbers nerd in you…
Overall:
Trump received votes from 46.0955% of those voting. Clinton received votes from 48.1925% of those voting.
Clinton received...
by jpmassar
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on Fri Dec 23, 2016 at 11:03 AM PST
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The last two days have seen a video showing a white police officer in Forth Worth, Texas tackling and then arresting a mother and her daughter—instead of the white middle-aged man who had allegedly choked the mother’s seven-year-old son. The video has...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Dec 23, 2016 at 10:35 AM PST
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