A couple of articles about Rick Perry |  Rick Perry Defends Cliven Bundy: Claiming Obama Administration 'Acting Imperialistically' Read on
Rick Perry Gears Up For Another White House Run What could possibly go wrong? Read on Perry's Peril : Why Texas Gov. Rick Perry doesn't need to fear his special prosecutor as much as other Republican presidential hopefuls. Read on |
Reaganomics killed America's middle class by Thom Hartmann | 
Reaganomics killed America's middle class This country's fate was sealed when our government slashed taxes on the rich back in 1980. There's nothing "normal" about having a middle class. Having a middle class is a choice that a society has to make, and it's a choice we need to make again in this generation, if we want to stop the destruction of the remnants of the last generation's middle class.
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North Texas Progressive Calendar | 
Monday, April 28: Monday, April 28 through Tuesday, May 6: Early Voting for May 10 Local Elections for cities, school districts, and Dallas County Community College Dists. 5 and 6. (List of times and places at this pdf.) Tuesday, April 29: Dallas Democratic Forum: Income Inequality Daniel S. Hamermesh, Ph.D., Sue Killam Professor in the Foundation of Economics, University of Texas at Austin on Income Inequality: Does it Matter? What Can Be Done? 2014 Patron & Sustaining Forum Members -- Free, 2014 Regular Members -- $25, Non Members -- $40. RSVP by Friday, April 25th by email to wdgriggs AT yahoo.com. (11:30 AM registration/ buffet, Noon program, The Belo Mansion, 2101 Ross Avenue at Olive, Dallas) |
| The Bizarre Divorce Case That Led A Judge To Declare Texas' Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional | 
Allison Leona Flood Lesh and Kristi Lyn Lesh were legally married in the District of Columbia in 2010. Then they moved to Texas, a state that refuses to recognize their marriage because they are both women. During the course of their marriage the Leshes decided to have a child, and Kristi was artificially inseminated. Then, sometime after their child was born, Allison and Kristi's marriage went sour. Allison filed for a divorce last February, seeking joint custody of the child. If these facts had played out in a state that recognizes the Constitution's guarantee of equality for LGBT Americans, it would be a fairly routine case. The court would hear arguments on behalf of both Allison and Kristi, and would focus on the "best interest of the child" in determining custody rights. Texas, however, is not such a state, and Kristi sought to use this to her advantage in the custody proceedings. She argued that, because Texas' constitution bans recognition of same-sex marriages, the court could not even consider Allison's divorce petition - or her request for joint custody of the child.
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United States of John Roberts | 
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| High Plains Moochers By Paul Krugman |  It is, in a way, too bad that Cliven Bundy - the rancher who became a right-wing hero after refusing to pay fees for grazing his animals on federal land, and bringing in armed men to support his defiance - has turned out to be a crude racist. Why? Because his ranting has given conservatives an easy out, a way to dissociate themselves from his actions without facing up to the terrible wrong turn their movement has taken.
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Arab Film Festival Texas | 
Arab Film Festival Texas May 2-4th Angelika Film Center Dallas more info
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