TPA Roundup 1/23/2012
The Texas Progressive Alliance thanks the state of South Carolina for all the laughs as it brings you this week’s blog roundup.
The big story last week was the SCOTUS ruling on interim redistricting maps. Off the Kuff has an initial look.
It turns out that PDiddie and Paula Deen have more in common than just their initials; there’s also a morality tale involved. Read “Paula Deen, diabetes, and Novo Nordisk” at Brains and Eggs.
CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme is tired of the media ignoring grossly untrue, inflammatory, and just plain disgusting things Republicans like Rick Perry make.
Perry’s run for the Presidency is over! WCNews at Eye On Williamson posts on it here, Good riddance, for now, Perry drops out.
This was a big week of action culminating in the defeat (for now) of SOPA, including Wednesday when many of our sites went dark. Darth Politico refused to go dark, and instead went dork– with a snark/irony blog supporting SOPA (or “Why Death Stars are a good thing”).
At TexasKaos, Libby Shaw mourns for Texas in “Poor Texas Forrest Homer Simpson is Coming Back“. An eloquent requiem for a candidate who brought untold levels of derision to our state when he revealed how truly shallow and narcissistic he is. Give it a read!
Neil at Texas Liberal wrote this week abour how Houston School Board Member Manuel Rodriguez got away with using anti-gay campaign materials in his recent reelection victory. Everyday citizens, Civil rights groups and the Houston GLBT Political Caucus all gave Mr. Rodriguez a free pass despite his hateful words.
