Tag Archives: Texas GOP
Lawmakers Said Medicaid Has No Future, Set Out To Prove It
Honestly, is there anyone less qualified to manage Medicaid than the Texas Legislature?
Few programs are as critical as Medicaid. Texas’ stewardship has been consistently ham-fisted, and yet lawmakers want more control. Maybe the feds should clic...Read More
In Houston, Ted Cruz Faults Obama for Cop Killings
Campaigning Cruz tries to rev up the Houston business class on crime, abortion and the impending loss of the entire Eastern Seaboard.
On Tuesday, returning to his hometown after another jaunt to New Hampshire, Ted Cruz gave a “State of the Senate” speech to a meeting of a major Houston bus...Read More
Can a Socialist Sway Texas Democrats?
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders traveled through Texas ahead of a possible presidential primary run, offering new hope to Democrats looking to energize the left....Read More
GOP’s Reign in Texas Was Inevitable, According to Wayne Thorburn’s Red State
Anyone hoping for Lee Atwater-style revelations about the inner workings of a party’s ascendance will be disappointed in Red State. ...Read More
Progressive Government in Texas? Look to the Cities.
in Texas it is our cities that are left to seriously grapple with citizens’ most urgent needs. ...Read More
Republicans Practicing ‘Bad Religion’ in Abortion Debate
Even as the religious right has slipped into a state of unplanned obsolescence on gay rights, marijuana legalization and other culture-war issues, it’s doing ...Read More
