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Photo by Rodger Mallison/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS On Wednesday, Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro told supporters in San Antonio that he’s looking forward ...April 12, 2019Beating Trump is highest priority among Democrats
The trite old saying about how Democrats fall in love when picking their candidates while Republicans fall in line may not be ...April 4, 2019Cartoonish Politics
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Harris County filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday opposing the Trump Administration’s efforts to include a citizenship question ...April 1, 2019
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