Let's collect Texas-based political links and blogs.

[crispini]

It would be fun! So, to keep it organized, let's do it by sections, for example, All Texas, Dallas, Houston, etc. It'll be a fun resource!

[crispini]

1. All Texas

[crispini]

2. Burnt Orange Report

www.burntorangereport.com

Good all-around Texas political blog.

[crispini]

5. Texas Political Resource Page - George Strong

http://political.com/

Another interesting blog/news source.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. TEXAS DEMOCRATIC WOMEN

http://www.tdw.org/

[TexasLinda]

83. Lots of TDW chapters

TDW has over 1600 members from all over the state. The Chapters web page (http://www.tdw.org/chapters.html) has been revamped and you can now search for local chapters by city or county. The news links on the home page (http://www.tdw.org) are updated frequently, and there's a link to Democratic Underground just above the news links.

[crispini]

13. Clean Up Texas Politics

http://www.cleanuptexaspolitics.com/

Good stuff here -- they have a good mailing list to be on.

[crispini]

18. Democracy for Texas

http://www.democracyfortexas.org/

[sonias]

20. Off The Kuff

http://offthekuff.com/mt/


Sonia

[sonias]

21. In The Pink Texas

http://www.inthepinktexas.com/

Just found this one recently and she did some good coverage of the school finance bills coverage from the House. Very interesting reading.


Sonia

[sonias]

22. Latinos for Texas

http://www.latinosfortexas.com/blog/

New kids on the block.


Sonia

[rainbow4321]

23. TexasCapitol

http://texascapitol.blogspot.com/

[sonias]

25. Drive Democracy

http://www.drivedemocracy.org/blog/

The Texas branch of Move On. Glenn Smith & company.

Sonia

[crispini]

30. Texas Legislature Online

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/

Read bills! Sign up for online bill tracking! Watch legislative sessions! it's a political junkie's idea of heaven!

[sonias]

31. Jim Hightower

http://hightower.fmp.com/weblog.php

And national too of course.

Sonia

[NoPasaran]

38. PinkDome

Yet another blog focused on our state government.
http://www.pinkdome.com

[NoPasaran]

39. The Texas Observer

I pity the fool that doesn't have a subscription.
http://www.texasobserver.org

[NoPasaran]

40. The Quorum Report

http://www.quorumreport.com

[crispini]

57. Tejano Politico

http://tejanopolitico.blogspot.com/

[CitySky]

61. Progressive Populist Caucus

www.texaspopulists.com

[Smarty Pants Liberal]

135. Annual Meeting in Austin - April 22

David Sirota, keynote speaker

[PDittie]

74. Come and Take It!

This is a group blog, so if you wish to contribute, follow the instructions at the website:

http://comeandtakeit.blogspot.com/

[sonias]

75. A Capitol Blog - Rep Aaron Pena's blog

http://acapitolblog.blogspot.com/


Sonia

[sonias]

76. Lone Star Rising

Rep Aaron Pena once again, but for all Representatives.
http://lonestarrising.blogspot.com/

Sonia

[johncoby2]

120. Homeowners Against Deficient Dwellings (Texas)

http://www.hadd.com/states/texas.php

A consumer protection site for new homebuyers.

John Cobarruvias President

[theboz]

126. Progress For Texas

http://www.progressfortexas.com/

I registered it partially so those PfA assholes can't have the domain, but also to set up a site for what I wanted to do. Unfortunately, I ran out of time to do programming to upgrade it, and I haven't had time to even deal with the content since I don't have time to make the code work like I wanted.

So, if anyone out there wants to set up some sort of Texas-politics based blog or web community let me know and I will either possibly transfer the domain to you, or set you up as an admin to fix it up. I just don't have the time to deal with it on my own.

[Smarty Pants Liberal]

134. self deleted

Oops! Didn't notice the other entry.

[gimama]

142. texansforpeace.org

petitions online, excellent source of info,events..these Texans show LOVE in all their activism,including fact-finding trips to Iraq.

[crispini]

3. Dallas

[crispini]

4. DallasArena.com

Sort of Dallas's equivalent of Wonkette, gossipy and fun, but without all the buttsex. The writer's apparently a Republican but she certainly has her own mind and a fresh take on things.

[crispini]

6. Dalcoelections.org

One stop shopping for Dallas county voter registration statistics and needs.

[crispini]

9. Dallas.org

Good local news site.

[crispini]

14. Barking Dogs

Lower Greenville activist's website:
www.barkingdogs.org

[crispini]

15. Dallas County Democratic Party

Official website:
http://www.dallasdemocrats.org

[crispini]

16. Dallas Area Democrats

The organization formerly known as "Dallas for Kerry" ;)
http://www.dallasdems.org

[crispini]

17. Dallas DFA

http://www.democracyfortexas.org/ddfa.htm

Meetup: http://dfa.meetup.com/143/

[crispini]

19. 1117 Democrats for Truth

A precinct in Northwest Dallas has a group blog.

http://1117democrats.blogspot.com/

[LiberalUprising]

48. Dallas Peace Center

The mission of the Dallas Peace Center is based on a vision of reconciliation: to promote education, dialogue and action for peace and justice.

http://www.dallaspeacecenter.org/

[fudge stripe cookays]

79. Rockwall Democrats

http://www.rockwalldems.com/

My little corner of the Metroplex.
FSC :hi:

[fudge stripe cookays]

80. Democrats Forever- Garland, Rowlett, Mesquite

http://johnkerry.meetup.com/128/about/

FSC

[fudge stripe cookays]

81. Garland Democratic Women

http://www.tdw.org/GarlandChapter.html

FSC

[crispini]

82. Hey! I didn't add my blog to this.

practicalactivist.blogspot.com

[TexasLinda]

84. North Dallas Texas Democratic Women

http://www.tdw.org/NorthDallasChapter.html

[Lithos]

111. Collin County Democrats

http://www.collindems.org/

[cunningb]

127. Dallas Air America Radio Group

http://www.snipurl.com/hr7c

[cunningb]

136. NEW DALLAS AIR AMERICA WEB PAGE

Dallas Air America Radio Groups
http://www.dallasairamerica.org

[gimama]

144. Hey,there!

I just refered another Texan to Your site :)(old one,I think)

See Ya over on the cca! ~g

[gimama]

143. Keep Dallas Plastic

.com
:)

[crispini]

7. Houston

[crispini]

12. Houston Democrats

Great new blog!
http://www.houstondemocrats.com/

[WestHoustonDem]

44. Thanks Crispini!

Just got back form the war protest and saw this. Thanks for the mention!

Lyn

[sonias]

24. The Daily DeLay

http://dailydelay.blogspot.com/

This could be statewide too but the point is to bring him down in his district.

Sonia

[sonias]

26. Greg's Opinion

http://www.gregsopinion.com/

[sonias]

28. Houtopia

http://www.houtopia.com/

[sonias]

35. Brains and Eggs

http://brainsandeggs.blogspot.com/

Our own DU member PDittie.

Sonia

[sonias]

36. The Red State

http://theredstate.typepad.com/texas/

I just found this one while following blog rolls on other sites, but it looks very good. It's a keeper. Bio says author is from Houston.

Sonia

[PDittie]

62. Eddie's moved to San Antonio

just this month. Look for a chapter of Drinking liberally there soon as well.

[crispini]

41. Juanita's: The World's Most Dangerous Beauty Salon.

I *love* this website. It's laugh-out-loud funny.

http://www.brazosriver.com/index.html

A snippet:

March 19 - Now I’m not saying that Tom DeLay is a publicity-seeking hypocrite with all the social conscience of Paris Hilton ….. okay, well hell, that’s exactly what I’m saying. I might as well admit it.

Since when did Tom DeLay get his tight little britches all in a wad over Terri Schiavo? I mean, the most dangerous place on earth is the three feet between Tom DeLay and a cameraman asking about Terri Shiavo. Tom would scalp anyone who would accidentally stumble into his camera shot.

But where in the fool tarnation was Tom DeLay when two other cases were right in Tom’s own backyard last week? ...

[sonias]

53. Yes we haven't seen Juanita post here much these days

Shout out to our own BrazosBoommer for a great job!

Sonia

[muse]

42. DFA-Houston

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DFA-Houston/

[muse]

43. Houstonians4JohnKerry - still a great source of Houston & TX news

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Houstonians4JohnKerry/

[WestHoustonDem]

45. Our own PDiddie's blog

http://brainsandeggs.blogspot.com/

[sonias]

56. Dos Centavos

http://dos-centavos.blogspot.com/

Blogging from the Houston Area for La Raza Unida.


Sonia

[CitySky]

58. Bay Area New Democrats (BAND)

http://www.bayareanewdemocrats.org/

[johncoby2]

121. Thanks CitySky! Yep. We are rockin the BAND!

[CitySky]

59. River Oaks Area Democratic Women

http://www.roadwomen.com/

great group. men welcome.

[PDittie]

64. Houston's Clear Thinkers

http://blog.kir.com/

[PDittie]

66. A conservative take:

http://www.bloghouston.net/

Always has a daily (or several times daily) slam on the Chronicle; lots of DeLay defense; and the usual conservative mumblings.

[PDittie]

67. Kuff's Texas political blogroll:

http://www.offthekuff.com/mt/archives/001591.html#001591

[crispini]

8. Austin

[sonias]

27. Grits for Breakfast

http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/

maybe this could be a state one too but Scott covers a lot of Austin politics as well.

Sonia

[sonias]

34. Texas Civil Rights Review

http://texascivilrightsreview.org/phpnuke/

I'm going to claim Greg for Austin, although he really does do all of Texas.

Sonia

[sonias]

37. Save Texas Reps

http://www.savetexasreps.com/
This one might be a state one too as most of the Austin ones can be viewed that way. I'm claiming it for Austin.

Sonia

[NoPasaran]

47. Keep Austin Blue

Coming soon.
www.keepaustinblue.com

[NoPasaran]

77. Keep Austin Blue now live on the internets

http://www.keepaustinblue.org/blog/

[sonias]

52. Non-Military Options for Youth

http://www.progressiveaustin.org/nmofy/drupal/

Mamas don't let your babies get snatched up by the military industrial complex.

Sonia

[sonias]

54. Third Coast Activist

More of a resource center but a real good one. Plus this is how you get on the nowar list. Very concise mailing on events in the Austin area. Moderated announcement list only.
http://www.thirdcoastactivist.org/

For example, they run a great activist film night at the Alamo and March 30 and 31st they are showing "The Take". I'm definitely going to see that.
http://www.thirdcoastactivist.org/events.html#mar30

Shout out to UT Professor Bob Jensen,super activist Pat Youngblood,
and Rahul Mahajan who also does a great job at his blog http://www.empirenotes.org/. Rahul no longer lives in Austin but visits frequently.



Sonia

[PDittie]

70. Monkey-Brained Musings

http://monkeymuse.blogspot.com/

[lookinforward]

71. www.lookinforward.com, positive news for progressive cause

http://www.lookinforward.com

Designed to motivate and include people who are overwhelmed by the Right's reach.

[TexasLinda]

85. Capitol Area Democratic Women

http://www.tdw.org/CapitolAreaChapter.html

[crispini]

11. San Antonio

[PDittie]

63. Prairie Weather

http://prairieweather.typepad.com/big_blue_stem/

From the Hill Country west of San Antone. Global insight.

[pmbryant]

73. My blog, "B and B", plus a few more

The link to my blog: pmbryant.typepad.com

I also have a list of several other progressive political blogs based in San Antonio:

Rhetoric and Rhythm, by Mike Thomas
The Jeffersonian, by Cincinnatus
NewsHog, by Cernig
The Agonist, by Sean-Paul Kelley

--Peter

[sonias]

123. The Jeffersonian

http://thejeffersonian.blogspot.com/


Sonia

[sonias]

141. Just Another Matt blog

http://www.justanothermatt.blogspot.com/

Sonia

[crispini]

29. delete

wrong spot!

[sonias]

32. Rio Grande Valley

Let's not forget our South Texas family.

Sonia

[sonias]

33. Rio Grande Valley Politics

http://valleypolitics.blogspot.com/

[sonias]

68. Republic of the Rio Grande

http://republicoftheriogrande.blogspot.com/

Arriba con El Valle!

Sonia

[cloud75]

118. hello from hidalgo county n/t

[sonias]

119. Rio Grande Guardian

http://www.riograndeguardian.com/

Got the tip on this site from Latinos for Texas. It is a subscriber site like the Quorum Report, and one of the writers used to do the Border Buzz section on the Quorum Report.

Sonia

[sonias]

138. Rio Grande Valley Politics

http://valleypolitics.blogspot.com/

Sonia

[sonias]

139. Valley In Exhile

http://rgvmack.blogspot.com/

Blogger from San Antonio, but the topics are related to the valley, so I'll add it here.

Sonia

[sonias]

140. RGV Life

http://rgvlife.blogspot.com/

Sonia

[NoPasaran]

46. We should get this information added

to whatever Campaign Underground is called these days.

[sonias]

55. NoPasaran

Contact VelmaD. She has the key to TX-CU. I think it's a great idea but not sure how we implement it.

Sonia

[Vincardog]

49. David Van Os is going to run for Attorney General

You are welcome to join the steering committee. This steering committee membership will not be merely honorary or nominal; it will be where the real strategic work of the campaign is done, thus comprehensive statewide participation is needed. If you would like to participate, please let us know either by reply email or by telephone at 210-822-1177 (leave a voice-mail message).

Email addr:

[mhr]

72. Don't Support David Van Os - PM Me For Details!

Sorry to beat the dead horse but Van Os will never have my support for any elected office.

He treated me and several other democrats in the most crass manner in 2002 and 2003.

This man is a fine activist but is not suitable for elected office.

[cosmik debris]

78. You've tried this before

If you have a complaint about this man, come right out and say it. Otherwise I have to assume that you are blowing smoke.

Or I might say "MHR did something sexual that shocked funeral directors all over Texas PM me for details."

See, I don't have to tell the truth or even imply truth to abuse your reputation. If your complaint can stand the light of day, let's hear it. If it can't stand the light of day, shut the fuck up.

[acmejack]

117. Nicely said

nt

[sonias]

50. Fort Worth

:dem:

Sonia

[sonias]

51. Sommerville County Salon

http://salon.glenrose.net/



Sonia

[PDittie]

65. Southpaw

http://southpaw.goodshow.net/

[TexasLinda]

86. Tarrant County Texas Democratic Women

http://www.tdw.org/TarrantCountyChapter.html

[CitySky]

60. Should we start a separate category for individual campaigns?

or should we post them by geographic area? what do you think?

[crispini]

69. Oooo. Neat idea.

I think we should have a separate *thread* for individiual campaigns. And then organized by geographic area. What do you think?

[TexasLinda]

87. Corpus Christi

Lots of Democrats in the Coastal Bend.

[TexasLinda]

88. Coastal Bend Texas Democratic Women

http://www.tdw.org/CoastalBendChapter.html

[TexasLinda]

89. Abilene

[TexasLinda]

90. Big Country Texas Democratic Women

http://www.tdw.org/BigCountryChapter.html

[TexasLinda]

91. Bryan

[TexasLinda]

92. Brazos Valley Texas Democratic Women

http://www.tdw.org/BrazosValleyChapter.html

[TexasLinda]

93. College Station

[TexasLinda]

94. Brazos Valley Texas Democratic Women

http://www.tdw.org/BrazosValleyChapter.html

[TexasLinda]

95. Graham

[TexasLinda]

96. Young County Democratic Women

http://www.tdw.org/YoungCountyChapter.html

[TexasLinda]

97. Kerrville

[TexasLinda]

98. Kerr County Area Democratic Women

http://www.tdw.org/KerrCountyAreaChapter.html

[TexasLinda]

99. Lubbock

[TexasLinda]

100. South Plains Texas Democratic Women

http://www.tdw.org/SouthPlainsChapter.html

[TexasLinda]

101. Midland

[TexasLinda]

102. Midland County Texas Democratic Women

http://www.tdw.org/MidlandCountyChapter.html

[TexasLinda]

103. Nacogdoches

[TexasLinda]

104. Nacogdoches County Texas Democratic Women

http://www.tdw.org/NacogdochesCountyChapter.html

[TexasLinda]

105. Sugarland

[TexasLinda]

106. Fort Bend County Texas Democratic Women

http://www.tdw.org/FortBendChapter.html

[TexasLinda]

107. Waco

[TexasLinda]

108. Central Texas Democratic Women

http://www.tdw.org/CentralTexasChapter.html

[TexasLinda]

109. Wichita Falls

[TexasLinda]

110. Wichita County Texas Democratic Women

http://www.tdw.org/WichitaCountyChapter.html

[crispini]

112. kick

Just because.

[DeLayLandDem]

113. Fort Bend Democrats Grassroots Organization

www.fortbenddemocrats.org

[PDittie]

114. Welcome to DU, DLD! n/t

[cannabis_flower]

115. My new blog

http://blueactivist.blogspot.com

[derby378]

116. Amendment II Democrats

Texas-born, Texas-bred. Still in its infancy, so there's not much to read as of yet, but we do have stuff for sale. And yes, I am working on getting some black T-shirts through another vendor for those of you who insist on dark colors.

http://www.a2dems.net

[crispini]

122. kick!

:kick:

[sonias]

124. El Paso

[sonias]

125. DC9

http://blog.dc9communications.com/

You can't tell necessarily that the blog is from El Paso. He does statewide coverage. But I got the tip he's from El Paso from the Latinos for Texas blog.

Sonia

[PDittie]

128. Beaumont

[PDittie]

129. Under the News

Ron Franscell, an editor with the local newspaper, has been blogging about Rita (with pictures):

http://underthenews.blogspot.com/

[SuperWonk]

130. Seen this one?

http://www.dallasblog.com/

Thoughts?

[PDittie]

145. A little conservative for my taste, but

still occasionally informative.

[BikeWriter]

131. My own political forums:

YDD-Keeping Faith In America!
(Strictly Democrats)
http://forums.delphiforums.com/yellerdawg/start

Yellow Dog Democrats Beat the Clock!
(A debate forum)
http://forums.delphiforums.com/stash/start

[meg]

132. South Texas

South Texas Chisme

[crispini]

133. Kick.

Back to the front page with you! I'm sure someone will have something to contribute.

[rusty_parts2001]

137. Another South Texas Blog

http://victoriakos.blogspot.com/