In the wake of Trump’s 2020 loss and the subsequent Big Lie about widespread voter fraud, many Republican-controlled state governments are doing everything they can to restrict voting rights in ways that will allow them to stay in power. In Texas, Republicans are...
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How much money do Ted Cruz and John Cornyn receive from the NRA?
No matter how many mass shootings afflict the country, the GOP has largely refused to budge on even modest gun safety reforms. Texas’ Republican Senators are no exception, with Ted Cruz already lashing out at Democrats in the aftermath of shootings in Colorado and...
Biden administration planning $3 trillion economic recovery package
The Biden administration plans on going big yet again. After passing a $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, the White House is now planning an additional $3 trillion package as part of its “Build Back Better” agenda. First reported by the New York Times, the sweeping plan...
Stop Asian Hate
This past year has seen a disturbing spike in hate crimes against Asian-Americans. The horrific shooting in Atlanta, where a gunman killed eight people including six Asian women, is one of the more high-profile incidents but hardly the only one. The same day as the...
What Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package means for Texas
Last week, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law. It’s an understatement to say that Democrats went big with the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package, which is in line with their campaign promises, the advice of economists and public...
The foreign policy vision of Joaquin Castro
The United States currently finds itself in the most complex and challenging geopolitical environment at least since the end of the Cold War. Liberal democracy is backsliding from Poland to the Philippines. Violence and instability from Syria to Central America are...
How will Republicans gerrymander Texas?
As congressional districts are redrawn after the 2020 census, Texas will once again have a Republican trifecta creating the map. The GOP has used gerrymandering before and with the Democrats retaining only a slim majority in the House, they will most certainly do so...
Pentagon watchdog issues scathing report on Rep. Ronny Jackson
On Wednesday, the Department of Defense a scathing review of Rep. Ronny Jackson’s conduct when he was the top White House physician during the Obama and Trump administrations. Jackson, a staunch Trump ally, currently represents Texas 13th Congressional District which...
How two voting rights bills could help Texas
Texas, like many red states, is not known for protecting voting rights. Under GOP leadership, the state has been plagued by long lines at the polls, onerous voter ID requirements, gerrymandering and other efforts to tilt the scale in favor of Republicans.Yet two bills...
Texas Democrats have been trying to fix ERCOT for years
Texas’ Republican leaders are trying to avoid responsibility for the disastrous blackouts by passing the buck to ERCOT. However, the Republican state government is still responsible for overseeing ERCOT, a responsibility they have spectacularly failed....