This week, Gov. Greg Abbott urged Texas candidates to sign a pledge promising not to cut police budgets. Texas Democrats released a pledge of their own on Thursday, the “Texas First Pledge.” “More than 191,000 Americans have died from the coronavirus, including nearly...
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back to archiveMike Siegel on why Texas is ready for progressive politics
Congressional Democratic candidate Mike Siegel, a former educator and attorney for the city of Austin, is confident bold ideas and corporate-free campaigning can flip a Republican district held since 2005. Siegel was dangerously close to proving his theory for change...
Weekly Polling Round-up
Now that Labor Day is in the rearview, things are heating up. Every week, the Signal will bring you a round-up of the latest polling in Texas politics. The Big News All eyes are on the top of the ticket, as the race remains largely static nationally, but tightening at...
Op-Ed: Donald Trump will lose the election
Joe Biden will win the presidential election on November 3 and become the 46th President of the United States. There has been some skepticism offered on this question on social media and from various talking heads and opinion columnists. Many point to the...
Ted Cruz fantasizes about locking up U.S. leftists
Sen. Ted Cruz shared a rightwing article over Labor Day weekend calling for U.S. leftists to be imprisoned in response to ongoing protests against police killings of Black people. “This needs to happen,” Cruz wrote while sharing the article which urged Trump to...
U.S. Senate candidate MJ Hegar blasts Trump on Maddow
In a Thursday appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show, Texas U.S. Senate candidate MJ Hegar did not mince words about Donald Trump following a bombshell by The Atlantic story that reported the president had called dead American veterans “losers” and “suckers.” Trump made...
Planned Parenthood Texas Votes issues endorsements for November
On Thursday, the campaign arm of Planned Parenthood in Texas endorsed 28 candidates and incumbents for the 2020 elections. Planned Parenthood Texas Votes endorsed 27 Democrats and one Republican running for the Texas House and Senate, both controlled by...
Equality Texas endorses candidates for Texas House
Equality Texas, a pro-LGBTQ rights advocacy organization, endorsed 14 candidates running for the Texas House on Wednesday. “It is critically important that Equality Texans turn out in mass to vote this November to ensure that Texas continues its’ march toward...
Meet Beth Van Duyne, bigot and Republican candidate
As Republicans in Texas (and around the country) continue their campaigning in the final stretch of the election season, their rhetoric has become increasingly unhinged and shameful. Republican candidate Beth Van Duyne, who is no stranger to appalling and incendiary...