POLL: BROAD SUPPORT IN TEXAS FOR STATE-FUNDED FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES, WOMEN’S ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL Statewide Survey Finds Strong Opposition to Family Planning Cuts, Employer Limits on Birth Control Access FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 19, 2013 Texans overwhelmingly see women’s access to family planning and birth control as important and support state funding for low-income […]
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Cargill Grilled Again
This time the Q&A for Barbara Cargill, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) chair, is administered by Texas Monthly. And just like her appearance before the Senate Nominations Committee last week (or before the Senate Education Committee the week before), I don’t think these answers are going to put to rest concern in the science […]
The Week in Quotes (Feb. 10 – 16)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
Joseph McCarthy Rises Again?
The new U.S. Senator from Texas, Republican Ted Cruz, is rapidly building a reputation, although one that few should be proud of. In the short time he’s been in the Senate, Cruz has found himself in a small, hardcore faction of right-wingers on a variety of issues. For example, he cast a “no” vote on […]
Checking the TFN Hate Mail Bag
We’ve been getting more hate mail here at the Texas Freedom Network. Some of it features the same tired insults we often get: TFN are Marxist in sheep skins. You people are killing America. Some clearly struggle with anger issues: Dear Kathy: #1 I AIN’T your friend. #2 Is Jesus, the Christ, part of your […]
