Outspoken Republican Lyle Larson says he’s leaving Texas House
Throughout 2021, State Rep. Lyle Larson has done what he does best: Speak his mind. Known for bucking the Texas GOP’s top brass throughout the past several years, the San Antonio Republican was easily the harshest intraparty critic of Gov. Greg Abbott’s administration...
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El Pasoan testifies in favor of making designating a national memorial for 2019 terrorist attack
On Thursday, El Pasoan Albert Hernandez testified in front of the House Natural Resource Committee’s Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands in favor of turning the El Paso Community Healing Garden into a federally recognized National Memorial Site....
An attempt to “both sides” the Holocaust in a Texas school district draws condemnation
A school district in Texas is under fire after a recording revealed a school administrator encouraging teachers to introduce “opposing” views to the Holocaust. The school administrator claimed that such a move was necessary in the wake of new legislation for public...
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Outspoken Republican Lyle Larson says he’s leaving Texas House
Throughout 2021, State Rep. Lyle Larson has done what he does best: Speak his mind. Known for bucking the Texas GOP’s top brass throughout the past several years, the San Antonio Republican was easily the harshest intraparty critic of Gov. Greg Abbott’s administration...
Don Huffines is the most dangerous man in Texas
Greg Abbott’s newest executive order against COVID-19 vaccine mandates, banning any entity including a private business from issuing the health and safety protocol, is the latest sign that he is running an unabashedly ultra right-wing campaign. Abbott is on a mission...
‘Basically we’ve outlawed abortion in Texas,’ Abbott says
On Tuesday, a viral video on Twitter showed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott admitting on camera that Texas has effectively outlawed abortion. At an event with the governor, Creator of the UnderCurrent TV Lauren Windsor thanked Abbott for defending the unborn, and then...
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Musings: Broken
I just want to state for the record up top that this is an opinion piece, and I’m speaking for myself. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my career in politics everything you have to give up to help people get elected to do big things for people, and I can...
Texas: a confederacy of COVID dunces
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 border stunt and Abbott’s authoritarian hypocrisy
Earlier today, Greg Abbott held an event with Donald Trump billed as a border security visit. Abbott’s stunt, a way to flex his conservative credentials ahead of a potential run for president, is also another reminder of how Abbot’s fear mongering about the border has...