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...
State Sen. Carol Alvarado concluded a lengthy 15-hour filibuster on the Texas Senate floor on Thursday morning, attempting to block Republicans from passing Senate Bill 1, the new special session’s voter suppression legislation. The Houston lawmaker’s filibuster began...
Last Sunday, my fiancée and I were celebrating our recent engagement with a weekend stay out in the Texas Hill Country. It was a special moment for us: Despite nixing plans to visit her family (where I’d originally planned to propose) due to the surging Delta variant,...
The Republican-controlled Texas Supreme Court tossed out a lower court ruling on Tuesday that prevented Democrats from being arrested by Gov. Greg Abbott. More than a dozen Texas House Democrats filed the lawsuit over the weekend as the second special session...
When I was eight I was obsessed with being an Olympian. In fact, I was so sure that I was going to make it that I bet my mom’s friend that if I made the Olympic team, she would get the Olympic rings tattooed on her forehead. My favorite Olympians were Missy...
Over the weekend, a video that went viral on Twitter showed Texas Republicans admitting on camera that the voter suppression legislation being pushed is to in fact suppress voters in Democratic counties and keep Texas red. Creator of the Undercurrent TV, Lauren...
A Travis County District Court judge ruled in favor of a temporary restraining order on Sunday to prevent Gov. Greg Abbott from arresting State House Democrats who broke quorum and fled to Washington D.C. last month and have repeatedly received threats of arrest from...
Texas House Democrats Held a press conference on Friday, the last day of the special session called by Gov. Greg Abbott last month. Standing with the caucus outside the Capitol building in Washington D.C., House Democratic Chair Chris Turner said the party took bold...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and the ACLU announced Thursday they were suing Gov. Greg Abbott for an executive order he issued last week. Citing the COVID-19 pandemic, the executive order prohibits the transportation of migrants and allows Texas...