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Texas GOP

Judgment Day Comes for John Cornyn

And a sordid dawn breaks for a Texas GOP whose 2026 ticket is now officially led by Warren Kenneth Paxton.

by Justin Miller

Keep Reading

‘McCarthyism with a Texas Accent’

by Gus Bova

Nine Years, Nine Lives: Paxton’s Latest Legal Escape

by Justin Miller

Right-wing Reps Promote Racist Conspiracy Theories In ‘Border Crisis’ Hearing

by Steven Monacelli

Jun 15, 2018

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.

by Michelle Raji

Sep 01, 2017

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.

by Gus Bova

Sen. Dan Patrick Dec 06, 2016

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.

by Christopher Hooks

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Loon Star State: ‘More Lipstick!’

by Ben Sargent

About 100 LGBT Texans, supporters and allies marched outside Rockwall City Hall Monday night to protest the mayor's proposal to criminalize some trans people for using public restrooms. Bathroom ordinance Sep 26, 2016

Texas Association of Business Comes Out Against Anti-Trans ‘Bathroom Bills’

by John Wright

Donald Trump at the American Airlines Center in Dallas Jun 17, 2016

The Trumpist Revolution Rambles Its Way to Dallas

by Christopher Hooks

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The Texas Miracle #8: The Death of the Texas GOP

With leadership in disarray — and an underwhelming state convention — is the Texas GOP gasping its last?

by Andrea Grimes

The Texas Miracle podcast logo May 15, 2016

The Texas Miracle #7: The Sound of Secession

From the Texas GOP convention, we go to the floor for a debate over secession and seek answers to that mind-melding question: Why would anyone support Donald Trump?

by Andrea Grimes

Michael Prillaman May 14, 2016

Texas GOP Flirts With Secession

by David R. Brockman

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