Progressive Views Plus: Big Brother IS Watching You
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Progressive Views Plus: Big Brother IS Watching You

Flock cameras “use artificial intelligence to scan every vehicle that passes by, uploading the plate number, model, color and even bumper stickers to the country’s largest vehicle surveillance database. Law enforcement agencies that contract with the company — here and across the U.S. — can search the accumulated database with a few keystrokes and without a warrant.”

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Progressive Views Plus: The Patriarchy is Alive and Well
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Progressive Views Plus: The Patriarchy is Alive and Well

Newly released by the Heritage Foundation is a report that asserts that the promotion of competitive sports for girls and women “formed a core element of a broader project to remake female character itself — producing a new woman who would be more aggressive, assertive, dominant, and less deferential, less graceful, and less oriented toward motherhood and traditional feminine graces.” Reports like this show our progress in women’s rights is not set in stone. We must fight the battle every day. 

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Progressive Views: Sowing Confusion, Trampling Rights  

Our political leaders have spent years trying to convince you that your vote doesn’t matter and that the election system is corrupt; they’ve enacted unnecessary steps to make it harder to vote. All so you’ll give up and not cast your ballot. There’s plenty you can do to fight these efforts.

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Progressive Views: Too Many Billionaires Controlling Our Lives

CEOs are now being paid 280 times that of a typical worker. This happens because the system is rigged for the wealthy. The richest 1% of our population own 34% of the nation’s wealth--more than 10 times that of the bottom 50%. The top 100 richest families gave $2.6 billion to federal elections in 2024. There are numerous things we can do to address the issues, such as enact laws that make all political contributions public with full disclosure of the donors and antitrust laws.

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Progressive Views: Your New Democratic Chair

This article introduces Suanne Pyle, the new Democratic Chair for Kendall County. She has been a Democrat her entire life, but her career in politics started with the Wendy Davis campaign for Governor in 2014. She previously served as Treasurer for the Kendall County Democratic Party (KCDP) the last 3 ½ years, along with several other responsibilities. 

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Progressive Views: Make Voting Easier and Upcoming Deadline
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Progressive Views: Make Voting Easier and Upcoming Deadline

Texas ranks 46th in “ease of voting,” according to a 2022 study in the “Election Law Journal.” The study states, “voting still is not easy in Texas [as compared to 2020]. Implement these 4 steps to make voting easier in Texas: implement online voter registration, allow anyone to cast an absentee ballot, simplify the process for a mail-in ballot, and broaden the range of acceptable photo IDs.

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Progressive Views: Successes and Warnings for Endangered Species

The whooping crane and bald eagle are two examples of birds that have survived due to extensive conservation efforts, but the Trump administration is doing nothing to support conservation efforts, instead FWS withdrew the final Land Protection Plan for the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in the panhandle, the oldest national wildlife refuge in Texas and the FWS lost nearly 20% of its staff. These attacks mean extinction for wildlife and habitats.

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Kendall County Ballot Draw

Kendall County Democratic Party (KCDP) Chair Laura Bray will conduct the 2024 Democratic Primary Ballot Draw at the KCDP office (216 E. Blanco, Suite 201, Boerne, TX 78006) on Wednesday…

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Progressive Views: Understanding YOUR Constitution and Why It Impacts YOUR Life

Legislation proposed that is not explicitly covered by the Texas Constitution must be approved by 2/3 majority in each house and be offered to the citizens for a vote. If a majority of citizens voting in the November election approve the amendment it becomes part of the constitution. Future changes would require another constitutional amendment. 17 have been certified for the ballot. The 17 propositions on this year’s ballot cover taxes and tax exemptions, dedicated funds, judiciary, public safety, water infrastructure, and personal rights. Your vote is important! Prepare and make your vote count.

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