BOR staff writer Joe Deshotel is in the running for a Democracy for America scholarship to attend Netroots Nation in San Jose this summer. The top five vote getters win. Help send a Texas progressive to the blogger convention!
Vote for him here, and please share the link on Facebook and Twitter!
Below the jump, catch up on the race for Travis County Judge, get your lotto numbers, name that Socialist, and explore the future of humanity.
It's Friday afternoon, time for your Burnt Orange Reporters to close some browser tabs and touch on the issues of the week.
Vote for Joe! BOR staff writer Joe Deshotel is in the running for a Democracy for America scholarship to attend Netroots Nation in San Jose this summer. Vote for him here, and please share the link on Facebook and Twitter!
Also if you're in Austin, head on over to tonight's Austin Young Democrats happy hour at Shangri La, starting at 5:30 p.m. Details are on Facebook.
Below the jump, catch up on this week's Republican wrongdoings of biblical proportions.
It's Friday, time for your Burnt Orange Reporters to close some browser tabs and touch on the issues of the week.
Kicking things off, under the "everything's bigger in Texas" rubric, the Texas Lottery is attempting to set a Guinness World Record -- for number of people in Star Trek costumes.
It's not clear why the Lottery is involved, but regardless it's a bad idea to scratch the Trekkies with a quarter in an attempt to win a prize. The event is a week from Saturday in Dallas.
Below the jump, find out what's up with SNAP, Pew, CPAC, Steve Stockman, Donald Rumsfeld, and a Bass below 50%.
If it's Friday, it must be the weekly wrap, when your Burnt Orange Reporters comment on all the news that fits in a blockquote.
South by Southwest is already underway, making downtown parking even more horrific than usual. Adding tremendous humor to the proceedings is parodic twitter account @SXSWPartyzzzzz with gems such as this:
OutKast, Max Weinberg and Hologram Hugo Chavez will be playing smooth jazz in the elevator at The W! RSVP tattooing "Viral!" on your nose!
The entire feed is worth a read, especially if you're already over SXSW party hysteria.
On an utterly non-satirical note, if you're free for happy hour tonight, you're welcome to join the Austin Young Democrats at Gourmand's tonight from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. RSVP on The Facebook.
Last but not least, Burnt Orange Report was pleased to be named to The Fix's Best State Blogs list! All of the blogs on the list were nominated by readers, so thanks to everyone who took the time to endorse us.
Below the jump, find out what the BOR staff thinks about Nate Silver, T.S. Eliot, the Rainy Day Fund, Cruz & Cornyn, and the best thing to happen to the Senate Finance Committee in our lifetimes.
It's time for the Friday Wrap, where your Burnt Orange Reporters comment on all the news that fits in a blockquote.
It was a great week for consumers as Senator Elizabeth Warren attended her first Senate Banking Committee hearing. The gentlewoman from Massachusetts had a few questions for regulators that were long overdue. Upworthy has the video:
Senator Elizabeth Warren, y'all!
Below the jump, get caught up on Ted Cruz, Jerry Patterson, Annise Parker, Steve Munisteri, and religious fervor in Texas.
It's time for the Friday Wrap, when your Burnt Orange Reporters expound on the issues of the week.
Kicking things off, former Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu reminds us to always keep a sense of humor, even when you're caught in flagrante delicto with some photovoltaics.
Below the jump: school finance, freshmen, Harris County, Greg Abbott, and Texas utopia?
It's time for the Friday Wrap, where your Burnt Orange Reporters comment on all the news that fits in a blockquote.
Starting us off, Katherine Haenschen says, when Texas politicos admit they're not already reading the wheninsession tumblr by Christina Gomez, I'm all like:
Below the jump, catch up on Rick Perry, John Cornyn, Ted Cruz, Prop 1, Bill White, Austin parking, and Linda Harper Brown.
Should Biden not run or win the presidency in 2016, "Biden My Time" could be the biggest thing on MSNBC since we all started setting our DVR's at 7 a.m. on the weekend for Chris Hayes.
Below the jump, get our thoughts on Ted Cruz, Rick Perry's heated pool, Sonia Sotomayor, Dr. Donna Campbell, Joe Biden, and Rodney Ellis, plus dating tips from the State Department!
Welcome to the Friday Wrap, where your Burnt Orange Reporters comment on the major issues of this week.
Leading off, Chaille Jolink submits this graphic made by New Leaders Texas about an odd young man recently seen roaming the Texas General Land Office and speaking in strange grammatical tongues:
Speaking of actual public servants, this serves as a good reminder that our President, Barack Obama, calls on all of us to participate in the National Day of Service this weekend.
Below the jump, read more about Greg Abbott, Lance Armstrong, Notre Dame, Rick Perry, the IRC, and an attack ad in the making.
Vote for Joe! 
It's Friday, time for your Burnt Orange Reporters to close some browser tabs and touch on the issues of the week.
