Right-wing Reps Promote Racist Conspiracy Theories In ‘Border Crisis’ Hearing
GOP lawmakers accomplished nothing substantial except create a platform for nativist propaganda and debates about the Pledge of Allegiance.
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The Texas GOP Has Declared War on Books. I’ve Seen This Before.
For 10 years, I “smuggled” banned books across state lines to bring attention to crucial literature. This year, I won’t have to leave Texas for the fight.
Voting Begins in a Month. Here’s What Is at Stake in Texas.
In an election that will chart the state’s political future for a generation, Democrats are waging an unprecedented offensive against embattled Republicans.
Loon Star: The Paxton Defense
Ben Sargent on the latest Paxton family incident.
Six Texas Political Players Who Lost Power in 2018
A diverse and bipartisan ensemble of politicians and groups were rudely awakened as they were wrested from or kept out of power in 2018.
Texas GOP Chair: Racism and Bigotry are an ‘Extreme Exception’ in the Party
James Dickey on white nationalists in the Texas GOP, xenophobia and “America First.”
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Ken Paxton: ‘The More We Talk About Gun Regulation, the More People Are Gonna Die’
While delivering the conservative response to mass shootings, Paxton got his facts mixed up again, this time at the state GOP convention.
The Interview: Texas Republican Party Chair James Dickey
The new chair of the Texas Republican Party is a tea party favorite who won his election by a single vote.
State Leaders on Atrocious Child Welfare System: Don’t Blame Us!
It’s as if state lawmakers owned an amusement park with a roller coaster that chucks a few riders to their deaths every month: We should fix that, they say periodically.