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October 3, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Ted Cruz Faces Tough Challenge as Texas Suddenly Becomes Battleground
State Republicans are scrambling as millions of people register as new voters.
September 4, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Ken Paxton Threatens to Block Democrats From Registering to Vote
The Texas attorney general is now threatening to sue two Latino-majority counties in his mad dash to block alleged “voter fraud.”
June 6, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Pathetic Republican Rep. Mocked for Wearing Undeserved Military Pin
Troy Nehls was never supposed to receive a Combat Infantryman Badge in the first place.
May 30, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Texas Republicans Propose Horrific Punishment for Abortion Patients
The Lone Star State GOP wants to make abortion punishable by death.
May 10, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Texas Top Court Has Horrific Judgment Over Failed Reproductive Surgery
The Texas Supreme Court told a woman she could not collect financial damages over her doctor’s negligence.
April 23, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Mike Johnson Steps Smack Into a Major House Intra-GOP Foodfight
Republicans are fighting after one representative called some of his colleagues “scumbags.”
April 1, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Texas GOP Wants a Horrifying Punishment for Abortion, IVF Patients
State Republicans think the medical procedures should be considered homicide.
February 27, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
In Leaked Audio, Texas Judge Whines About “Brainwashed” Republicans
Texas Supreme Court Justice John DeVine, a conservative himself, is fed up with his Republican colleagues.
December 4, 2023
Tori Otten
Of Course They Do: Texas Republicans Say Associating With Nazi Sympathizers Is Fine
Texas Republicans have rejected a new resolution to ban associating with Nazi sympathizers.
July 13, 2021
Matt Ford
Hervis Rogers May Spend Life in Prison Because of Trump’s Big Lie
The Republican Party’s fraudulent effort to stoke fears of rampant voter fraud could claim the freedom of a man who made an honest mistake.
March 12, 2021
Casey Michel
An Honest History of Texas Begins and Ends With White Supremacy
One Texas Republican state House member wants to create a “patriotic” education project to celebrate the Lone Star State—and whitewash its ugly past.
November 3, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Violence and Hope in Texas Is Our Future
The state has seen an inspiring expansion of the progressive grassroots—and the mobilization of increasingly desperate state and private militants.
August 31, 2010
Jonathan Bernstein
Getting Party Fighting Right
June 24, 2010
Jonathan Chait
Misdiagnosing The GOP's Ailments
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