2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1479+ words) Texas Republicans have spent thirty years constructing an economic model that works when corporations want something, Republicans give it to them, and the bill goes to everyone else. Sometimes it's a water supply. Sometimes it's a school budget. Sometimes it's…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (975+ words) Forget about all that Talarico/Crockett drama, this primary season has been nothing but drama from the top of the ticket, all the way down. Was it over in March? Nope. Because there are runoffs, which are a continuation of…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (893+ words) Election Day is May 26. Early voting ends Friday. Grab some popcorn. The Texas Republican Party spent years insisting it was a unified, disciplined governing force (lmao), the envy of every red-state machine in the country. But we know better. What…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (784+ words) This series is called Meet The Candidates. Over the next six months, I'll spotlight a handful of Democratic races each month, mainly in the Legislature and in Congress. These aren't endorsements. They're introductions, a way to understand who's running, the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1202+ words) Early voting starts Monday, May 18. Election Day is May 26. And after what I can only describe as the primary season from hell, we are two weeks away from being done with this chapter. Before we get into the races, here…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1766+ words) You've heard me talk about how Texas Republicans have spent decades building an economy that works beautifully for billionaires and brutally for everyone else, giving away the tax base, promising water they don't have, opening the floodgates to an industry…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (863+ words) So. About that TX-35 endorsement. I don't love doing this, but I'm pulling my endorsement of Maureen Galindo. If you are already aware of the situation brewing in that district, then you understand why. If you don't know, you're free…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago  (1383+ words) This series is called Meet The Candidates. Over the next six months, I'll spotlight a handful of Democratic races each month, mainly in the Legislature and in Congress. These aren't endorsements. They're introductions, a way to understand who's running, the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (789+ words) A new Watchdog Group has sprung up (with its own Facebook group), and it requires your immediate attention. Lockhart Nuke Watch. A company called Oklo is building a nuclear reactor outside Lockhart, Texas. It'll be a factory that uses nuclear…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1101+ words) Strom Thurmond, the Dixiecrat presidential candidate, 24-hour filibusterer of civil rights legislation, and one of the architects of the Southern Strategy, was the grandson of a Confederate corporal. His grandfather had fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War. He…...