Senate Democrats request investigation into Cruz and Hawley
Seven Senate Democrats have penned an ethics complaint demanding an investigation into Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley for their role in inspiring the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. “When Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley announced they would object to the counting of...
Mexico urges Biden to take action on immigration
President of Mexico Andres Manuel López Obrador, also known as AMLO, is urging President Biden to take swift action on immigration, including giving dual nationality to Mexicans working in the United States. “I hope that today or in the coming days he presents...
AOC, Seth Rogen roast Cruz for cries against Paris Agreement
Two weeks after the Capitol attack he helped inspire, Sen. Ted Cruz is back to rallying the remnants of Trump’s base, from wearing a “come and take it” mask at Biden’s inauguration to echoing Trump’s words in a statement reacting to the U.S. rejoining the Paris...
Musings: A New Morning
Are you breathing easier, dear readers? For those of us who have been suffering from the cedar pollen in Austin it may only be rhetorical, but it sure did feel good to watch President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris take their sacred oaths of office...
Texas Democrats shake up top staff
The Texas Democratic Party announced that two top staffers are stepping down, Executive Director Manny Garcia and Deputy Executive Director Cliff Walker. Both officials have helped lead the party since 2019. The party announced Thursday that they would be stepping...
Op-Ed: Why we can’t wait any longer to welcome more refugees
Today, even during the pandemic and Texas' 8.1 percent unemployment rate, many businesses face staffing shortages, particularly in essential industries like manufacturing, warehousing, and home healthcare. Fortunately, there’s a solution. Refugees are...
Biden stresses unity in inauguration speech, Texas lawmakers react
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn in Wednesday, officially marking the close of the Trump presidency. In his inauguration speech, Biden stressed the importance of unity in fighting extremism, joblessness, and the COVID-19 pandemic. “I...
Gov. Abbott turns a blind eye to growing list of Texas police tied to Capitol riots
So many criminals and political outcasts are fleeing to Texas that it's starting to feel like the Old West again. A growing number of high profile arrests have been made in the Lone Star State for the “storming” of the Capitol on Jan. 6th including several with active...
New committee seeks to create a pipeline of Democratic U.S. Attorneys and judges
The incoming Biden administration has a list of to-do-items nearly a mile long, and one group in Texas has something to add: prioritizing nominating qualified candidates for U.S. Attorneys and federal judgeships. The Texas Democratic Lawyers Association (TDLA) is...
Op-Ed: Greater Houston Partnership must denounce those complicit in the coup like Ted Cruz
We are now thirteen days and counting past a politician-inspired coup attempt by a mob of racists at our nation’s Capitol ahead of the certification of the 2020 presidential election by the Electoral College. In those thirteen days, major newspapers, businesses,...
‘I think Cruz would want us to do this’
On Sunday, The New Yorker published a video of Trump supporters breaking into the Capitol and Senate chamber. The footage is stunning not only because it shows just how easy it was for neo-Nazis to waltz into the “sacredest place” (as one police officer...
Texans pay tribute to Martin Luther King
Today is the day that we celebrate the life of civil rights hero Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Although we celebrate MLK Day every year, this time feels different. It occurs less than two weeks after a mob of white supremacists stormed the Capitol and the nation is on...
Musings: The Mob Boss in Chief
As I settled in to write this column, I was reading about the latest shameful updates from Pardon Watch 2021. With mere hours left on his presidency, and facing that prospect that he, his family and closest associates may all soon be swept up in a slew of state and...
Georgia turned blue thanks in part to AAPI voters. How Texas could follow
After a tumultuous election cycle in Georgia, the Democratic Party is sending Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock to the U.S. Senate. This win can be attributed to many factors: record setting turnout, the sheer force of Black women, increase in college-educated...
Veronica Escobar backs bill to investigate GOP lawmakers
Rep. Veronica Escobar of El Paso is the only Texas lawmaker so far to co-sponsor a bill to investigate whether House members who tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election violated their oath of office and should face sanctions — including removal from...