Author: Joe Deshotel
Where is Greg Abbott? His Silence is Dangerous.
Gov. Greg Abbott’s silence on the siege of the U.S. Capitol is shameful and weak. Sen. Ted Cruz, Congressman Louie Gohmert, indicted ...January 11, 2021COVID-19 is No Excuse to Keep Texans Out of the Legislative Process
Access to the Capitol will be quite limited for the general public this upcoming legislative session. If it’s true that democracy dies ...January 8, 2021Texas Republicans Must Call Out Donor Steve Hotze Before Someone gets Hurt
Steve Hotze’s website will tell you he is a “Physician, Radio Host, and Best Selling Author” leading a “wellness revolution”. But politicos ...December 21, 2020Why are Texas Republicans talking about secession?
Texas Republicans are flirting with the idea of secession again. The Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM) makes a periodic cameo in the press ...December 15, 20205 Things Elon Musk Should Know Before Settling in Texas
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is leaving his home state of California for Texas. Musk said the “final straw” was local enforcement of ...December 11, 2020Abbott’s Little Shop of Horrors is coming for his job
Republicans have flirted with fake news super spreaders like Alex Jones for years but lately the alternative news crews just don’t seem ...December 7, 2020Gov. Abbott should stop campaigning against public safety reforms and address the spread of COVID-19
Texas has become the first state to reach 1,000,000 positive COVID-19 cases but Gov. Greg Abbott’s chief focus is his campaign against ...November 30, 2020On Election Day Vote Against Trumpism All The Way Down the Ballot
This Election Day the Trump name may technically only appear at the top of the ballot, but know that every candidate with ...November 2, 2020Texas is a voter suppression state new study shows
A new study confirms what Texas Democrats have been saying all along, that Texas isn’t a “red state,” it’s a state where ...October 23, 2020Texas GOP Protests “King Abbott” over masks same day President Trump is hospitalized
The Republican Party of Texas was just one of the hosts of a “Free Texas” rally to protest mask mandates and the ...October 5, 2020Gov. Abbott was the biggest loser in the SD 30 Special Election
Casual observers may not have been aware, but Gov. Greg Abbott is on the ballot in the Senate District 30 Special Election. ...September 30, 20205 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 ...August 31, 2020
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