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Role reversal: Cornyn’s extreme right position on guns makes Lt. Gov. Patrick look reasonable
Things are topsy turvy in Texas. A right-wing conservative now backs a specific background check on gun purchases while a quiet, milquetoast ...‘You are destroying our party’: Patrick intensifies GOP civil war
It’s not something you see often, or ever: Lt. Gov Dan Patrick, long time darling of the National Rifle Association, is defending ...Call us skeptical of Dan Patrick v. N.R.A.
Hardcore N.R.A. member Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick supporting a type of gun background check doesn’t pass the smell test. Politics is a ...Texas Rangers are in possession of recording at center of GOP scandal
The Republican scandal continues. On Monday, the Dallas Morning News reported that the Texas Rangers are now in possession of an audio ...Democrats call for special session to tackle gun violence
A growing number of Democratic lawmakers, led by state Rep. Roland Gutierrez of San Antonio, are calling for a special legislative session ...Trump condemns bigotry after El Paso. But the shooter drew inspiration from him.
Minutes before the El Paso Walmart shooter– a 21-year-old white male from Collin County– began his killing spree, he posted a 2,300-word ...As Texas GOP leadership remained silent on Trump’s racist tweets, John Cornyn said they were ...
UPDATED: Politico reported late Monday that Sen. Cornyn called the racist tweets a “mistake” and “unforced error.” Nothing more. As has been ...All Gussied Up: Texas Republicans didn’t actually reduce your property taxes
This is a first in an series called “All Gussied Up,” which chronicles how the right wing dresses up their incompetence when ...On border security, Gov. Abbott calls Congress ‘a group of reprobates.’ So now he’s sending ...
Texas’ top three lawmakers have announced they’re sending 1,000 National Guard troops to the border. At a Friday news conference, Gov. Greg ...Texas Monthly gives Jonathan Stickland first-ever ‘Cockroach Award’
This week, Texas Monthly released its highly anticipated series “The Best and Worst Legislators.” Included in the list was a new award ...With its buffet of red meat, Republican leadership has failed to deliver this legislative session
The 86th session of the Texas Legislature was supposed to be different. Optimism was in the air that opening day back on ...Texas Republicans plot new ways to raise your taxes
Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr./Texas Tribune Update 5/7: The GOP tax hike proposal is dead. “The world has gone mad today And ...
