Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
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From today’s TFN News Clips: “F*** vouchers.” — The late state Sen. Mario Gallegos, on his deathbed, to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. Gallegos, D-Houston, was a stalwart supporter of education and voting rights, in one session returning to the Senate early after a liver transplant to try to block voter ID legislation. He died on […]
TFN’s Kathy Miller Talks about Texas SBOE Elections on Houston’s KPFT
TFN President Kathy Miller will be on Houston radio station KPFT (90.5 FM) at 6 a.m. Thursday (October 18) to talk about this year’s important State Board of Education elections in Texas. If you don’t live in station’s broadcast area, you can catch the livestream of the program, Thresholds, online here. Or you can listen […]
Texas Eagle Forum Promotes Anti-Immigrant Falsehood
Texas Eagle Forum’s leaders like to pretend that they champion traditional family values and good Christian morals. But the state affiliate of Phyllis Schlafly’s right-wing outfit has no problem smearing entire classes of people with falsehoods and distortions. Gay people are often among their biggest targets. But the October edition of the group’s newsletter, The […]
Texas GOP Congressman Accuses Democratic Opponent of Baby-Killing, Rejecting God
In a repulsive attempt to use faith, fear and smears as political weapons, freshman Republican Congressman Francisco “Quico” Canseco of San Antonio is trying to persuade voters that he has Jesus on his side in his re-election campaign against a fellow Roman Catholic he says votes to kill babies. Canseco’s campaign has been bombarding voters […]
