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...
Texas GOP Continues Brazen Vote By Mail Lie
The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked efforts by Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins to send vote by mail applications to every registered voter in Harris County. The decision was forced by a lawsuit from indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton, best...
Texas lawmakers pressure GOP Senate to pass police reform
Lawmakers with the Congressional Black Caucus held a press call on Monday to pressure Senate Republicans to pass a House bill on police reform. Democrats in the House passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act in June. The legislation includes a ban on...
TDP General Counsel addresses court hearing on vote-by-mail lawsuit
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held a hearing Monday on the Texas Democratic Party’s vote-by-mail lawsuit. In their lawsuit, the TDP references the 26th amendment, which was adopted in 1971 and prohibits states from denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of...
Texas Lawmakers Blast Census Changes (Again)
The 2020 Census has been hammered by a myriad of threats including the Trump administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question, the COVID-19 pandemic, and now, the latest missive from the Census Bureau: the cessation of counting on September 30, a month ahead of...
The Case: Matthew McConaughey for Governor
Welcome to ‘The Case,’ a new series from Signal that explores who the potential Democratic candidates for Governor of Texas in 2022 are and why they could be our next governor. Up first, Signal’s Cultural Attaché William Kim explores the case to keep l-i-v-i-n’. This...
Ken Paxton sues Harris County for trying to deliver mail ballot applications
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins on Monday after the Houston area election chief promised to send more than two million mail ballot applications to voters. The lawsuit, filed in district court on Monday, is...
Texas Democratic Party Announces Unprecedented Weeklong Voter Registration Effort
Today, Texas Democrats announced an unprecedented voter outreach effort with a weeklong campaign to reach out to 1 million unregistered Texans. The voter registration week is a joint effort with the Texas Democratic Party and the MJ for Senate campaign. Previously,...
5 Reasons the GOP’s Fight against Public Safety Reforms will Backfire
1) It’s based on a lie. Republicans would have you believe that major cities across Texas, led by progressive city councils, are “defunding” police departments. That is an outright, verifiable, lie. Major cities in Texas, including Austin, spend nearly half a...
Op-Ed: From Coronavirus to Hurricane Relief, Trump is leaving Texans in the crosshairs of disaster.
Much like a pandemic, a hurricane is a public health emergency that demands decisive action, strategic planning, and strong federal leadership. Unfortunately, under President Trump, we’ve witnessed a complete abdication of responsibility when it comes to the dual...
Sima Ladjevardian raises big money after Crenshaw’s RNC speech
Democratic candidate for district 2 Sima Ladjevardian has raised more than $100,000 following her opponent’s speech at the RNC. GOP Congressman Dan Crenshaw spoke at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, speaking to the courage of the American people. As a...
Don’t trust Abbott’s budget cuts
A report by the Houston Chronicle on Thursday detailed the $1 billion in cuts Republicans are proposing to the state budget in response to the pandemic-driven recession. In a budget document obtained by the paper, $380 million cuts are slated for this fiscal year and...
Trump botches hurricane response
For a few moments on Thursday I felt as if the velocity of disinformation from the Republican National Convention had dulled me into a concussive, pharmacological blur and then I remembered Donald Trump is somehow president and what I was seeing was not an aberration...
Texas Democrats hammer the Republican Party over healthcare
Yesterday, the Texas Democratic Party held a virtual press conference regarding the state of healthcare in Texas. State leaders and candidates emphasized just how dangerous the Republican Party is when it comes to healthcare. Texas leads the nation in the level of...
Democrats ramp up Republican targets in Texas
The campaign arm of House Democrats announced Wednesday they were adding three new Texas congressional districts to their list of offensive targets. The new districts include TX-03 in Plano, where Helane Seikaly is challenging Rep. Van Taylor; TX-06 in Arlington,...