A new trailer for comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest film features a segment with Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Sid Miller. It can only mean one thing: Miller was duped, badly. https://youtu.be/0Rsa4U8mqkw?t=157 The new trailer shows Cohen making sexual...
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back to archiveRight-wing extremism, up and down the ballot
It did not take long for the Proud Boys, the right-wing extremist group known for hospitalizing protesters, to begin celebrating Trump’s callout during Tuesday’s presidential debate. After being pressured to condemn white nationalists and racists by moderator Chris...
Op-Ed: Save America
It is a tremendous privilege to be able to contribute my words and thoughts to Texas Signal and share them with our audience of dedicated and patriotic Texans. The staff and contributors to this publication do our best to be as insightful and entertaining as possible,...
Leave No Doubt
Roughly ten minutes into tonight’s debate I thought about Matt Tiabbi. Not because his coverage of several presidential campaigns has been both hilarious and insightful, though it has. Not because his books about politics are among some of my favorites, which they...
Joe Biden Can Win Texas. Here’s How.
As Joe Biden prepares to square off with President Donald Trump in the first of three presidential debates tonight in Cleveland, it’s hard to reflect on the path that brought Biden to this moment and not remember that the truly seminal moment for his campaign didn’t...
Gina Ortiz Jones agrees to two debates
Democratic congressional candidate Gina Ortiz Jones has agreed to two debates with Tony Gonzales next month. The debates will take place Oct. 8 and 13 on KSAT ABC-12 News and KVIA ABC-7 News, respectively. Jones, a former Air Force captain and public servant, came...
Stacey Abrams endorses MJ Hegar, 15 Texas Democrats
Stacey Abrams, who came tantalizingly close to capturing the Georgia Governor’s office in 2018, issued endorsements on Tuesday in a slew of races across the South, including here in Texas where she endorsed combat veteran MJ Hegar in her quest to defeat little-known...
New poll: Toss-up in TX-10, Mike Siegel about even with Michael McCaul
An internal poll released Monday of Texas’ 10th congressional district shows Democratic candidate Mike Siegel locked in a tight race with incumbent Republican Rep. Michael McCaul. The poll shows Siegel down by two percentage points, 43 to 45. The same poll shows...
Julie Oliver is making democracy wholesome
In the inevitable-looking saga of Republicans losing power in Texas, there would be no sweeter stroke of fate than Julie Oliver toppling Congressman Roger Williams. A healthcare finance analyst turned Democratic candidate, Oliver is running one of the most progressive...