Gregory Haley

• Website: www.politishark.com/
• Name: Gregory Haley
• Location: Austin
• Job: Consultant and Professor of Rhetoric
• Tell us about yourself: Greg is a writer, public speaker, editor, and video game junkie living in South Austin. Although he's lived and traveled all the world over, he finds Austin to be the coolest city on the planet and has been a proud resident (off and on) for more than 20 y

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Governor Perry to Unemployed: Just Get a Job Already!

In an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren yesterday, Governor Perry backed the controversial statement made by Maine's governor Paul Lepage that able bodied people need to "get off the couch and get yourself a job." Van Susteren asked Perry if the statement seemed insulting to the unemployed,... continue reading on Austinist

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Double-Reverse Ruling Saves Planned Parenthood Funding For Now

photo by Jacob Villanueva, via Texas Tribune In the on-again, off-again state funding battle for the women's health organization, Planned Parenthood, three appellate judges in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Texas must continue to include the provider in Texas' Medicaid program. Last week, District Judge... continue reading on Austinist

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Appellate Court Allows Texas to Exclude Planned Parenthood

photo by Jacob Villanueva, via Texas Tribune Less than 24 hours after a District judge in Austin stopped a Texas law that bans all state funding of Planned Parenthood, a federal appellate court judge granted Texas an emergency stay lifting the Austin court's order. Yesterday, Judge Lee Yeakel in... continue reading on Austinist

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Could Texas Go Blue?

Texas has been a reliable Republican stronghold in Presidential elections since the mid-1970s with John McCain winning the state in 2008 by 950,000 votes over Barack Obama. As one of the southern states firmly controlled by the Republican Party in all three branches of government that has also sided... continue reading on Austinist

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Republicans Order Filmmaker Arrested at Public Hearing on Fracking [Politics]

Republicans controlling the U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment ordered the arrest this morning of Academy Award-nominated Gasland director Josh Fox who was attempting to film a public hearing on natural gas fracturing techniques, or "Fracking" as the practice has come to be known. Fox won widespread critical... continue reading on Austinist

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