It didn’t take long for “Mexico will pay for the wall” to become “we will personally pay for the wall.” While Trump was diverting money from the military to fund his border wall, some Trump supporters took it upon themselves to pay for the wall out of pocket. One man,...
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Ted Cruz stonewalls key State Department nominees
As President Joe Biden seeks to reinvigorate American foreign policy with diplomacy at its center, one man stands in his way. It’s not Xi Jinping or Vladimir Putin, it’s Sen. Ted Cruz. Cruz, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been stonewalling...
The voting rights bills Texas Democrats are fighting for in Washington
By leaving the state and breaking quorum, Texas Democrats have halted the GOP’s assault on voting rights, for now. However, this is merely a delaying tactic. In order to completely halt voter suppression, federal legislation will be needed. Texas Democratic lawmakers...
Former legislative leaders speak out against Abbott defunding the legislature
On Monday, a bipartisan group of three former state leaders, two Republicans and one Democrat, voiced their opposition against Gov. Greg Abbott’s effort to defund the legislature. Former House Speaker Joe Straus, former Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff, and former House Speaker...
Poll: Abbott’s approval and disapproval ratings are neck-and-neck
A poll released Tuesday by the University of Texas and Texas Tribune shows Texans are evenly split on Governor Greg Abbott’s job performance. Abbott’s approval rating is now at 44 percent according to the poll, with an equal percentage disapproving. The poll is...
Poll: Almost half of Texas Republicans don’t want to get the COVID-19 vaccine
A poll from Quinnipiac University released last Thursday surveyed the opinions of Texans on a range of issues. One particular eye-opening result was in regard to COVID-19 vaccines. The good news is that a clear majority of Texans (68 percent) said that they either had...
Should Texas use vaccine lotteries?
Right now, only 40 percent of Texans are fully vaccinated and only 47 percent have received at least one dose. Texas ranks 34th in the nation in terms of the percentage of the population that has been fully vaccinated. While vaccines are widely available, many...
Jeff Bezos is shooting himself into space from a small town in Texas
Texas has a long history when it comes to space exploration. After all, the first word uttered on the Moon was “Houston.” However, there’s a new space center in Texas and it’s not anywhere near Houston. 120 miles southeast of El Paso lies Van Horn, a small town of...
Gina Ortiz Jones testifies in Senate confirmation hearing
On Wednesday, Gina Ortiz Jones testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee in her confirmation hearing for the position of Undersecretary of the Air Force. Jones, a former Air Force intelligence officer and Iraq War veteran who previously ran as a Democrat in...
Veronica Escobar introduces legislation to award Medal of Honor to Latino WWI soldier
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D- El Paso) has introduced legislation to award the Medal of Honor to Marcelino Serna, a Mexican-American soldier who served in World War I. Historians and advocates have long argued that Serna was denied the nation’s highest military honor due...