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Musings: How Ted Cruz helped turn politics into pro wrestling
IN THE SPRING OF 2016, Ted Cruz and his closest advisers knew that he had a serious problem. Throughout the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, Cruz’s coronation had been disrupted. From the moment Cruz reached the United States Senate in January 2013 until...
Did Greg Abbott set up a presidential campaign this weekend?
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is running for President of the United States. Maybe. This weekend, someone took the first step for Abbott by filing the “Greg Abbott President Campaign,” with the Federal Election Commission, which allows candidates to officially solicit...
Texas Legislative Round-Up: Week Twelve
This week also saw attacks on LGBTQ Texans, voting rights, and reproductive rights by Texas Republicans. We are in uncharted territory with the number of bad bills moving at this point in the session, and April will likely see this historic uptick continue.
President establishes Castner Range in El Paso as National Monument
President Biden takes major new actions to conserve and restore lands and waters across the nation, including by establishing Castner Range National Monument in Texas.
Is Donald Trump channeling David Koresh?
Disgraced former President Donald Trump and his nascent campaign to reclaim the office he lost to President Joe Biden in 2020 made a series of announcements over the past several days that have raised eyebrows for decidedly different, but equally disturbing, reasons....
Biden takes action on gun violence
President Biden tackles gun violence while Texas Republicans continue to move to the fringe on guns even after Uvalde.
Texit Signs
Yesterday morning, we published a column about Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s calls for a “national divorce,” that touched on the long and strange political history of secession in Texas. Even we were shocked by what happened next. State Rep. Bryan...
Musings: Stay Together For The Kids
This past President’s Day, firebrand Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene assertively raised eyebrows across the country when she publicly called for a “national divorce,” invoking the language of segregationists while suggesting we would all be better off if...