Joining his Republican colleague Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas has jumped head-first into the podcasting world. The Houston area Republican congressman released a 12-episode podcast this week titled “Hold These Truths.” The first episode features...
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back to archivePro-Trump media company ramping up in Texas ahead of 2020
Sinclair Broadcast Group, the conservative news outlet that operates in multiple states, is staffing up in Texas ahead of 2020, according to a review of job postings by Texas Signal. More than 30 job openings at Sinclair-owned TV news stations in Abilene,...
Texas Signal hits the Texas Tribune Festival circuit this week
Thursday marks the beginning of the long-awaited Texas Tribune Festival, the premiere political and policy conference/soiree/networking extravaganza, now in its 9th year. Newsmakers from inside the state and out, from presidential candidates to national media figures,...
New poll: Texas Republicans say news media biggest internal threat to democracy
A portion of the annual Texas Lyceum poll measuring Texans' attitudes on candidates and issues was released on Wednesday. One of the findings: Texas Republicans believe the news media is the greatest internal threat to American democracy. For Democrats in the Lone...
The Memefication of the 2020 Election
With Millennials and Generation Y set to become a large voting block in America, the question of how to win young voters looms large in the 2020 election. While younger generations have been notoriously difficult to turn out in the past, Generations Y and Z have a...
Some Texas TV stations are owned by a pro-Trump media giant
Two months ago, dozens of local TV news stations circulated a story asking readers to sign a “digital birthday card” for President Trump. The birthday card asked readers for their email and zip code, and then redirected them to donate to Trump. It’s just one of...
Sen. John Cornyn moonlighting as media critic
On Wednesday, President Trump delivered a speech -- really a campaign rally -- in Pennsylvania. During the president’s remarks, a CNN reporter noted on Twitter that “[n]one of the three cable networks or any of the three CSPAN stations are carrying Trump's...
The current GOP drama is over an alleged quid pro quo. But is one already happening in plain sight?
On Monday a committee in the Texas House of Representatives ordered the Texas Rangers to investigate the June 12 meeting between House Speaker Dennis Bonnen and rightwing provocateur Michael Quinn Sullivan. Sullivan claims in that meeting, which he secretly recorded...
Tune in to our coverage of the Democratic presidential debates
Let the games begin. On Wednesday and Thursday at 8pm central, 20 Democratic candidates for president will be debating in Miami. Both Texans, Beto O’Rourke and Julian Castro, are paired together the first night, with those leading in the polls - Joe Biden and...