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“You've got to find what you love and let it kill you,” a farewell to Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman’s death today at age 79 is well-covered in the Texas Tribune and on Kinky’s Wikipedia page. LIV sends its condolences to...

Linda Curtis
Jun 27, 20243 min read


LIV Update: Nearly $900B National Defense Authorization Act passes House bill with automatic DRAFT registration. Join us Monday, June 17 @ 8 pm!
Should political independents let the two-party U.S. war machine grind down our economy, along with hundreds of thousands of Ukraine's...
LIV
Jun 16, 20241 min read


VanDeaver & Burns Experience
Independent Texans PAC also played a minor role in two high-stakes State Rep GOP runoffs. Gary VanDeaver talks about the "quiet war" on...
LIV
Jun 11, 20242 min read


LIV News! War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing but building the independent political movement!
“Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum ...
LIV
Jun 11, 20242 min read


LIV Action & Reads & Calendar
National: Call your member of Congress. Tell them you want bread and butter, not bombs. Our friends at the Farm and Ranch Freedom...
LIV
Jun 11, 20242 min read


Texas Independent Electoral Politics: Bastrop Experience
City of Bastrop: Independent Texans PAC (IT PAC) was founded in 2001 after the implosion of the Reform Party founded by Ross Perot, IT...
LIV
Jun 10, 20243 min read


King Greg's Runoff Primary Wars: The Texas Taliban
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to hold runoff primaries on the heels of the May city elections* and just after Memorial Day (May 28)...
LIV
Jun 10, 20243 min read


Don't Austin our Bastrop! Show up Tuesday 6:30 pm at Bastrop City Hall.
People are leaving Austin. It's never been "cool" to pave over paradise and put up a parking lot. But having made Austin "just one big...
LIV
May 27, 20242 min read


Is Bastrop a gateway for the right to plan your city? Those who make the rules, rule.
The City of Bastrop Texas has approximately 12,600 residents. Its rate of growth is high, nearly 25% since the last census in 2010. But...
LIV
May 13, 20242 min read


Fossler, Bastrop's Big Win: Onward to defeat the Gateway Project placement on Thursday, May 9th. Show up Bastrop!
Congratulations to Kerry Fossler and all the residents of the City of Bastrop! Fossler won with 53% of the vote in her two-way race with...
LIV
May 6, 20242 min read


Quorum Report: Dave Carney admits Abbott's campaign tirade to remove TX House opponents based on "bull#3!t". Greenwald's report on Abbott
Quorum Report: Dave Carney admits Abbott's campaign tirade to remove House opponents based on "bull#3!t". Read it here. Meanwhile, Glenn...
LIV
Apr 26, 20241 min read


Nip it in the bud, Bastrop! "Domain-like" Gateway on hold 'til after election. Crouch supports it, Fossler does not.
Voters in the City of Bastrop have a rare opportunity to nip the placement of the Gateway Project -- a massive development across the...
LIV
Apr 22, 20243 min read


Austin Real Estate Hogs Lose Big. Thanks to Aleshire, Bunch & Lewis
Every once in a while, the people score. This time, we thank the dynamic attorney trio -- Aleshire, Bunch and Lewis -- as citizens get...
LIV
Apr 22, 20242 min read


Join LIV with Sarah Stogner on Twitter Spaces Tonight, 7 pm!
Join us with Sarah Stogner on Twitter Spaces tonight for some fun and sass with LIV co-founder, Linda Curtis. Join us here. Sarah is a...
LIV
Apr 16, 20241 min read


Two-Party Nervous Breakdown: Come and get your love, not war, y'all!
"Come and Get Your Love," reminds us that love of life on our planet is a powerful thing. As we witness the two-party breakdown on wars,...
LIV
Apr 16, 20241 min read


Tuesday night -- LIV Forum! Only a higher power can block your view on May 28th. Note: No Labels
Is the fight to lockdown one-party rule in the May 28th GOP tiny turnout runoff primaries an opportunity for Texas independents to take...
LIV
Apr 7, 20242 min read


Texas Taliban: Hell no, we won't go.
Opinion: Millions of baby boomers like me protested the Vietnam War, chanting, "Hell no, we won't go." We hated President Johnson, to...

Linda Curtis
Apr 3, 20243 min read


Thank you, Rep. Burns: Abbott & company just make stuff up!
Oops, the Guv gets caught in this hilarious fight-back 30-sec TV ad posted by Quorum Report's, Scott Braddock, who wrote, "In a new TV...
LIV
Mar 28, 20241 min read


King Greg Didn't Get the Memo: Simpson goes independent
“The answer to speech that we disagree with or irresponsible speech is more speech and responsible speech. Republican and Democrat...
LIV
Mar 28, 20241 min read


What's TikTok got to do with the price of tea in Texas? Open primaries.
The price of tea in Texas is this. It's the $6M donation -- the largest in Texas political history -- to Gov. Greg Abbott from TikTok...
LIV
Mar 20, 20242 min read
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