Partisanship over social distancing guidelines could set back economic recovery as states continue to open and the COVID-19 death toll eclipses 100,000. President Trump’s administration says that wearing face masks in public will help slow the spread of the virus but...
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Joe Biden announced as latest Texas Dems convention guest
Former Vice President Joe Biden will be joining House Speaker Nancy Pelosi next week at the 2020 Texas Democratic Convention. Biden will be among those invited to speak at the convention. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), former Congressman Beto O’Rourke,...
Trump, Pence float moving Republican National Convention to Texas
In a series of tweets Monday morning, President Trump threatened to move the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina. Trump attacked North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, for continuing some social distancing measures as the state enters its phased...
Texas reports highest-ever peak in daily COVID-19 deaths, new cases
On Thursday, 58 Texans died from COVID-19, the state’s new record for daily deaths. The same day, 1,448 new coronavirus cases were confirmed throughout Texas, also the state’s highest-ever. A 7-day moving average of new fatalities and cases shows both continue...
Ken Paxton accused of voter fraud
While Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has long overhyped the issue of voter fraud, he is guilty of doing just that according to a new lawsuit filed on Monday. The plaintiffs, former Democratic state senate candidate Kendall Scudder and attorney Woot Lervisit, accuse...
Beto joins Biden’s virtual campaign trail
Beto O’Rourke will be joining former Vice President Joe Biden on the campaign trail Wednesday evening. The former El Paso Congressman will be headlining a virtual "Turn Texas Blue" event with the presumptive nominee. The event begins at 5:15 p.m. and will focus on...
Republican congressman Chip Roy advocates for dangerous “herd immunity” policy
In an interview with the Texas Tribune on Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Austin) advocated for a complete return to normalcy, even as the COVID-19 death toll has already exceeded 70,000 dead and is expected to surpass 100,000 in the coming months. Like many...
Texas reacts to secret recording of Abbott
After Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s surprisingly candid remarks suggesting that the elderly should be sacrificed for the economy, another prominent Texas Republican has been caught revealing their true thoughts about the pandemic. Leaked audio shows Gov. Greg Abbott saying...
DNC CEO Seema Nanda steps down
On Friday, Democratic National Committee CEO Seema Nanda announced that she was stepping down after two years on the job. “I couldn’t be prouder of the infrastructure we have built, the primary process we have run, and the team we have built,” she wrote on...
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s perfectly sane mask order draws outrage
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo on Wednesday ordered residents to cover their faces in public starting next week. "We have to use every tool in the toolbox," Hidalgo said in a press conference announcing the 30-day order. "If we get complacent, people will die. Those...