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LIV News, September 9, 2023
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED AND WILL NOT be held on Sept. 16. IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED!: We are looking forward to our Texas Water...
LIV
Sep 10, 20231 min read


The Fix on Ken Paxton
From Quorum Report's Harvey Kronberg on September 4th: "We also know that the presiding officer, Patrick, is unalterably compromised...
LIV
Sep 8, 20231 min read


HB 2127 Attack on Home Rule Gets the Boot by Judge Gamble; it ain't over yet!
Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, Plano, Arlington, Waco, Denton, and other cities that were represented by the International Municipal...
LIV
Sep 4, 20232 min read


Let's Get Our Priorities Straight: Water, Land and Democracy
We just returned from the highly successful Southern Family Farmers Conference in San Marcos. Our LIV table was a big hit, especially...
LIV
Aug 15, 20232 min read


The No Debate DNC, RNC First Debate August 23 • Ukraine on Fire
Update • 8/15/23: You may have missed this last week. The Biden Administration is placing the wrong people in charge of our foreign...
LIV
Aug 11, 20233 min read


What happened to the Democratic Party? Food Not Bombs • Action please!
"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching...
LIV
Aug 11, 20232 min read


Susan Hays Was Spectacular!
Our Monday night forum on July 10th, with super lawyer, Susan Hays was spectacular! We're not blowing smoke here. Susan's thorough review...
LIV
Jul 14, 20231 min read


All or Nothing Abbott
Scott Braddock, Editor of Quorum Report, hits the nail on the head in this KSAT-12 interview. He explains how the big loser of the "big...
LIV
Jul 14, 20231 min read


The Texas Independent Voter Survey Semi-Final Herding of Cats
Thanks to you not-so-easily-herded independent-minded voter cats who filled out our latest Texas Independent voter survey, we now have a...
LIV
Jul 14, 20231 min read


Guns or Butter
So there I was minding my own business doing what the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance (FARFA) asked of me. I called my two US Senators,...

Linda Curtis
Jul 13, 20233 min read


Houston Sues to Defend Local Control Enshrined in Texas Constitution
Houston knows we have a problem. One of our great Texas cities, the fourth largest city in the US, stepped up to the plate to defend...
LIV
Jul 6, 20231 min read


Climate Hawks and Peace Doves • Mearsheimer: Darkness Ahead on Ukraine • Greenwald Neo-Con Dems
John Mearsheimer, the esteemed Political Science Professor at the University of Chicago, is one of the leading scholars in the world who...
LIV
Jul 5, 20234 min read


RIP Alan Arkin: The Russians Came and Went
Actor, comedian, and supreme ad-libber, Alan Arkin died last week. Some of us took the opportunity to celebrate his life by watching the...
LIV
Jul 5, 20231 min read


LIV launches Texas Independent Voter Survey as the American Solidarity Party convenes in Plano
LIV launched our Texas independent Voter Survey just as the American Solidarity Party holds its national convention in Plano, Texas. Come...
LIV
Jun 30, 20231 min read


Big News for Texas independents! Release from the Center for Competitive Democracy
LIV is tickled pink to share this release from the Center for Competitive Democracy and Shearman & Sterling! In short, Federal Judge...
LIV
Jun 30, 20231 min read


Quincy Institute's Beebe on US destruction of Nord Stream pipeline, ending endless war
It is a great irony that George Beebe, former Advisor to Dick Cheney, serves as the Director of Grand Strategy at the cross-partisan...
LIV
Jun 28, 20233 min read


Impeachment Blues and Reds, and assorted nuts
"The impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton is the result of the failure of one-party rule and the abuse of power by the Texas GOP....
LIV
Jun 27, 20233 min read


Cornel West is running for President, spoiling for competitive elections.
In case you missed the media coverage, Cornel West, philosopher, political activist, social critic, actor, and public intellectual is...
LIV
Jun 15, 20232 min read


Paxton Impeachment Follies
One Ken Paxton impeachment prosecutor, Rusty Hardin, "respectfully" suggested in his statement to the press that Paxton's attorneys watch...
LIV
Jun 15, 20231 min read


How the Texas GOP lit its hair -- and every Texan's local control -- on fire: Gov signs HB 2127!
<== Click on Rep. Rose's picture to watch a 5-minute excerpt of the hour presentation to LIV on June 6th by Adrian Shelley, environmental...
LIV
Jun 8, 20235 min read
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