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State Representative Tony Tinderholt spent six years working against the people of Arlington. Here are 29 reasons he needs to be voted out in 2022.

https://livingbluetx.com/2021/10/tony-tinderholt-works-against-people/

Republicans will ban and criminalize gay marriage if they win in 2022 and If you think it can't happen, you haven't been paying attention.

https://livingbluetx.com/2021/10/republicans-gay-marriage/

Wow, this is a must-read about money in Texas politics. by: Chris Thackett

https://cjtackett.medium.com/the-both-sides-of-the-money-in-texas-politics-1375f87743b1

The Texas Republican Party is imploding. The rats are jumping ship and it's all self-inflicted.

https://livingbluetx.com/2021/10/texas-republican-party-imploding/

If you saw Don Lemon, Rachel Maddow, or the Texas Tribune talks about the Republican take over of Hood County Elections; you need to know it’s only the tip of the iceberg.

https://livingbluetx.com/2021/10/elections-laura-pressley/

The racially gerrymandered maps that the GOP passed in the dead of night fail to reflect Texas' diversity and population growth.

https://livingbluetx.com/2021/10/gop-racially-gerrymandered-map/

I posted about the black American flag a few weeks ago on Living Blue in Texas, and the article is continuing to see loads of traffic. It's been referenced in Press Run, Wonkette, and this morning, Salon.

https://www.salon.com/2021/10/12/black-flag-understanding-the-trumpists-latest-threatening-symbol/

"The liberal opinion site Living Blue in Texas is sounding the alarm about the specific meaning of the black flag and the Republican-fascists support for terrorism and other political violence. That post, "Are Your Republican Neighbors Planning on Killing You?", merits lengthy quotation:"

I'm glad people are starting to pay attention to this. I have been writing about and trying to draw attention to extreme right-wing violence for over a year. Although, most of my focus has been on Texas militias. I've been called an alarmist more times than I can count, but what the right is doing and has done is alarming. I only want people to pay attention to what's outside of their own echo chambers and realize that America is really sick right now, and there are a lot of people who are openly discussing violence, martyrdom, and treason.

Last week President Biden signed a proclamation for Indigenous People's Day and acknowledged the violence done to Native Americans due to American colonization. However, this morning Lance Gooden tweeted appreciation of the genocidal monster, Christopher Columbus.

https://livingbluetx.com/2021/10/lance-gooden-christopher-columbus/

Yesterday, the orange one put out a statement accusing Speaker Dade Phelan of standing in the way of a forensic audit of four Texas Counties.

https://livingbluetx.com/2021/10/speaker-dade-phelan-spine/