The anti-choice right is trying to enlist the internet to help enforce Senate Bill 8, the latest GOP assault on reproductive rights. However, they’re learning the hard way that the internet has a habit of not doing what you want it to do. SB 8, which goes into effect...
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Chip Roy voted against faster visas Afghan allies
In July, Republican Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) voted against a bill designed to expedite the immigration process for Afghans who allied with the United States. The bill passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support and Roy was one of only 16 members, all...
Texas requests mortuary trailers due to COVID surge
Facing what could be the worst COVID surge yet, Texas is requesting five mortuary trailers from the federal government in anticipation of a spike in deaths. The state requested the trailers from FEMA on August 4 after officials reviewed data from the latest wave of...
Afghan refugees arrive in Texas
In the aftermath of the rapid collapse of the Afghan government, the United States is hurriedly trying to evacuate Afghans that provided critical assistance in its longest war. Thousands of these refugees will enter America through Texas, and at least hundreds will...
Dan Crenshaw heckled and called a RINO for saying 2020 election wasn’t stolen
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Houston) is considered by many to be a rising star within the GOP. As a well-spoken and social media-savvy former Navy SEAL, it’s not hard to see why he was quickly embraced by the Right after being elected to Congress in 2018. However, a heated...
What you need to know about the Child Tax Credit
One of the most important elements of the American Rescue Plan was the enhanced child tax credit and today the second round is going out. Thanks to the $1.9 trillion stimulus package, which every Republican in Congress voted against, qualifying families will receive...
Should the Military be deployed to fight the latest COVID surge?
Texas’ hospital system is being overwhelmed by the COVID-19 surge wrought by the Delta variant. More than 50 hospitals have run out of ICU capacity. Austin has only two ICU beds left thanks to the city seeing a record number of people in the ICU and on ventilators...
Ransomware comes to Texas
Texas is no stranger to cyberattacks. In fact, an Austin-based company was at the center of one of the worst hacks in American history. The latest concerning trend is ransomware, where a hacker infiltrates a computer or network and locks out the victim until they pay...
Texas and Florida are leading the nation’s COVID surge
Hopes for a summer of normalcy have been dashed by a new wave of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. In spite of vaccines being widely available and effective, the highly contagious Delta variant is raging through the large segment of the population that refuses to...
Texas Democrats meet with Stacey Abrams, Clintons
On Thursday morning, Texas House Democrats met with Fair Fight founder Stacey Abrams as well as former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Both meetings occurred virtually. It’s been more than two weeks since Texas Democrats...