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5The Creature of Martin Creek Lake Won’t Die

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Articles tagged: David Dewhurst

by Forrest Wilder

Meet Ted Cruz’s Real Constituents

Tue, Oct 29, 2013 |

If Texas Republicans seem to have descended into madness, it’s only because they’ve succumbed to an extreme fringe that now owns the party in this state....Read More

Ted Cruz

by Jonathan McNamara

Observer Podcast Episode 30: Ted Cruz, Wendy Davis and What Lt. Gov. Dewhurst Said About Obama

Fri, Oct 18, 2013 |

In this episode of Observer Radio, Observer editor Dave Mann talks about Ted Cruz' future. ...Read More

Blake Farenthold

by Forrest Wilder

WTF Friday: Freedom Isn’t Free

Fri, Oct 18, 2013 |

With the tea party threatening to blow up the world and election silly primary season well underway in Texas, we were knee-deep in the derp....Read More

David Dewhurst

by Christopher Hooks

Lt. Gov. Dewhurst Calls for Obama’s Impeachment

Tea party leader Cathie Adams labels Grover Norquist and CIA Director John Brennan crypto-Muslims.

Tue, Oct 15, 2013 |

At a candidate forum on Monday, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst called for the impeachment of President Barack Obama, joining a number of other Republican figures in Te...Read More

Four candidates for lt. gov.

by Forrest Wilder

God’s Man in the Texas Senate

Wed, Sep 4, 2013 |

Let us join Dan, David, Jerry and Todd as they give life to what Freud called the “narcissism of small differences.”...Read More

The Capitol rotunda during the abortion debate.

by Forrest Wilder

DPS’ Crap Story

Sat, Aug 24, 2013 |

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and the higher-ups at the Texas Department of Public Safety have only themselves to blame for poop-gate....Read More

Jeanine McGregor leads a CSCOPE presentation.

by Patrick Michels

Adios, Reality: Texas Culture Wars Take a Madcap Turn

How a curriculum planning tool called CSCOPE came to fixate the Texas Tea Party.

Fri, Aug 16, 2013 |

Before its life as a tea party bugaboo and a campaign punching bag, CSCOPE was just another program keeping Texas' schools running....Read More

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst

by Bill Minutaglio

The Paranoid Style in Texas Politics

Wed, Aug 14, 2013 |

Dewhurst’s freak-out was one of those moments that shows how frustrating it can be for Texas reporters trying to gather facts from state officials....Read More

Anti-CSCOPE activist Alice Linahan

by Patrick Michels

Restraining Order Puts Llano ISD at Center of CSCOPE Controversy

Mon, Aug 12, 2013 |

CSCOPE opponents announced at a press conference today that they've secured a temporary restraining order preventing Llano ISD teachers from using lessons from ...Read More

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