Controversy Swells Around NRA Convention Following Uvalde Massacre
In the wake of the horrific massacre that killed 19 children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday afternoon, the National Rifle Association is ignoring calls to move its annual convention away from Houston, which is just a few hours away from Uvalde. The summit...
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What to Expect from Texas GOP after Uvalde? Another Task Force and Looser Gun Laws
The bodies of school children in Uvalde are not yet buried, but it is already clear the tragedy in the small Texas town will not be enough to spur Texas lawmakers into passing common sense gun reform. This is because Texas Republicans have already presided over...
19 Dead in Mass Shooting in Uvalde, Texas
On Tuesday, an 18-year-old shooter killed at least 19 elementary school students and teachers at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. The shooter, Salvador Ramos, was killed by responding officers, according to Gov. Greg Abbott. The shooter was armed with a pistol and...
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Dan Crenshaw: Heir to the Neo-Conservative Throne
Of all current US House members, Representative Dan Crenshaw has amassed the biggest campaign war chest apart from Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. While this might seem odd for a congressman representing a solid red seat newly-drawn just for...
The Rightwing Takeover of School Boards Continues in North Texas
School boards have become the epicenter of the culture war. After the recent constitutional amendment and municipal election on Saturday, several school board races in North Texas were captured by far-right candidates (often with less than ten percent turnout). Many...
Republicans Want to Ban Abortion in Every State, Warns El Paso Lawmaker
At a Thursday press conference deriding a leaked draft decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar warned about the consequences of losing the landmark decision and spoke out against the conservative justices...
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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...
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