Republicans have flirted with fake news super spreaders like Alex Jones for years but lately the alternative news crews just don’t seem that into the Grand Old Party. This weekend critical conservative voices held a rally attacking Governor Greg Abbott...
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Gov. Abbott should stop campaigning against public safety reforms and address the spread of COVID-19
Texas has become the first state to reach 1,000,000 positive COVID-19 cases but Gov. Greg Abbott’s chief focus is his campaign against public safety reforms. For a brief period, it appeared as if Abbott was going to aggressively take on the spread of COVID-19...
On Election Day Vote Against Trumpism All The Way Down the Ballot
This Election Day the Trump name may technically only appear at the top of the ballot, but know that every candidate with an “R” beside their name has embraced his values. We’ve waited four long years for Republicans to break with The Donald and only when their own...
Texas is a voter suppression state new study shows
A new study confirms what Texas Democrats have been saying all along, that Texas isn’t a “red state,” it’s a state where Republicans have used voter suppression tactics to maintain power. A team of political scientists have compiled a “cost of voting index”...
Texas GOP Protests “King Abbott” over masks same day President Trump is hospitalized
The Republican Party of Texas was just one of the hosts of a “Free Texas” rally to protest mask mandates and the continuing partial lockdown issued by Governor Greg Abbott’s executive orders. The effort is just the latest flare up of turmoil within the Texas...
Gov. Abbott was the biggest loser in the SD 30 Special Election
Casual observers may not have been aware, but Gov. Greg Abbott is on the ballot in the Senate District 30 Special Election. It should have been a walk in the park for current state Rep. Drew Springer, a candidate Abbott previously endorsed, but the ground was shaken...
5 Reasons the GOP’s Fight against Public Safety Reforms will Backfire
1) It’s based on a lie. Republicans would have you believe that major cities across Texas, led by progressive city councils, are “defunding” police departments. That is an outright, verifiable, lie. Major cities in Texas, including Austin, spend nearly half a...
The Far Right Movement in the Lone Star State is lonelier than ever
Vice President Joe Biden is leading President Donald Trump in several of the latest Texas polls. On the surface it seems like an about face for the traditionally red state, but a closer look at the state’s shifting politics reveals growing daylight between the...
Mark Cuban’s dunk on Ted Cruz shows why the Right is losing the Cancel Culture Wars
In the absence of NBA action, Mark Cuban found a new sport — dunking on Sen. Ted Cruz. The recent viral Twitter exchange between Cruz and Cuban was more than just another public take down of America’s most sanctimonious senator, it was a colorful illustration of why...
Will Dan Patrick challenge Greg Abbott for governor?
Rumors regarding the political ambitions of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick are constantly swirling about. It’s widely believed that the lieutenant governor has his eye on the top spot and dropping the “Lieutenant” from his title. The one obstacle in his way is Gov. Greg Abbott...