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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Texas lawmaker ends re-election bid after admitting to affair with ex-staffer

Texas Republican congressman Tony Gonzales ends re-election bid after admitting to affair with deceased former staff member, though will complete current term.
US Elections
fromAxios
3 days ago

Tony Gonzales drops re-election bid after pressure from GOP leadership to quit race

Congressman Gonzales announced he will not seek re-election after the House Ethics Committee launched an investigation into him following his primary election.
#lgbtq-rights
fromAxios
3 days ago

How a feud led a billionaire donor to oust Rep. Crenshaw

Marling donated $675,000 in the GOP primary, accounting for roughly two-thirds of the amount spent by a super PAC opposed to Crenshaw. Marling's contributions bankrolled a stream of mailers and TV ads that have inundated Crenshaw's southeastern Texas district since the beginning of the year.
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fromFast Company
4 days ago

What this Texas Republican primary revealed about the politics of AI data centers

Texas voters rejected an agriculture commissioner's campaign against AI data centers, choosing a business-backed candidate instead, suggesting economic momentum behind AI infrastructure outweighs farmland protection concerns.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
4 days ago

Trump's Meddling Threatens to Crumble Decades of GOP Dominance in Texas

Trump's interference has weakened Texas Republican dominance by creating vulnerabilities in GOP control that Democrats can exploit, though Republicans remain favored in most races.
Austin
fromIntelligencer
4 days ago

Scandal-Scarred Tony Gonzales Survives - For Now

Texas Congressman Tony Gonzales advances to a runoff election after finishing second in his primary despite facing scandal allegations involving a deceased staffer.
Right-wing politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
4 days ago

The most anti-LGBTQ+ Republican just lost her primary by a lot. She's now claiming it was rigged. - LGBTQ Nation

Valentina Gomez lost a Texas congressional race to incumbent John Carter with 5.6% of votes and falsely claimed the election was rigged against her.
#democratic-primary
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago
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The Democratic candidate in the Texas Senate race is going to be an LGBTQ+ ally

The likely Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas will be a transgender ally regardless of whether Jasmine Crockett or James Talarico wins.
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago
US politics

Dem who released anti-trans ad announces run against history-making lesbian Congresswoman - LGBTQ Nation

Colin Allred is challenging Rep. Julie Johnson for Texas' new 33rd district after redistricting; his prior ad about transgender athletes sparked controversy.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
4 days ago

Scandal-Scarred Winner of Democratic Primary Admitted He Was a Part-Time Texan

Bobby Pulido won the Democratic primary in Texas's 15th congressional district despite maintaining residences in Mexico, pursuing Mexican citizenship, and having a documented history of misogynistic social media behavior.
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago
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Dem who released anti-trans ad announces run against history-making lesbian Congresswoman - LGBTQ Nation

#republican-primary
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fromwww.mediaite.com
4 days ago

Tony Gonzalez Forced into Primary Run-Off After Scandal Engulfed Campaign

Rep. Tony Gonzales faces a May 26 runoff against Brandon Herrera after failing to secure 50% of votes amid allegations of an affair with a deceased staffer.
US Elections
fromwww.npr.org
5 days ago

North Carolina and Texas have primary elections Tuesday. Here's what you need to know

Statewide primaries in North Carolina and Texas will shape congressional control and reveal voter preferences for Trump's second-term direction.
Music
fromenglish.elpais.com
6 days ago

Live with Bobby Pulido, the Tejano music star running for the United States Congress

Bobby Pulido, a two-time Latin Grammy winner, is running as a Democratic candidate for Congress in Texas's 15th Congressional District to reclaim a traditionally Democratic seat that turned Republican.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Diners Cheer As Trump Attacks Democrats in Burger Joint Stop: They're Crazy!' Yes They Are!'

Trump held a rally in Corpus Christi, Texas, attacked Democrats for not standing during the State of the Union, and stopped at a Whataburger where he engaged with supporters in call-and-response exchanges.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

You Deserve an Unwavering Fighter': Ted Cruz Appears in Campaign Ad for Dan Crenshaw Primary Challenger

Senator Ted Cruz endorses and campaigns for Steve Toth to challenge incumbent Rep. Dan Crenshaw in Texas, despite their similar conservative and interventionist foreign policy positions.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Idiotic White Woman': Sexist Star Dem Recruit Disparaged Women and Shared Porn on Social Media

Encontrar una mujer hermosa, buena onda, no interesada, con buen corazon es mas dificil que pegarle a la loteria. No imposible, pero cabron—finding a beautiful, cool, non-self-interested, kind-hearted woman is harder than winning the lottery. Not impossible, but it's a bitch to do.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Mind Blown': CNN's Enten Stunned By Democrats Outpacing Republicans In Texas Vote

At this point, the share of midterm primary ballots from Democrats is 53%. Republicans account for the other 47%. This shows a major difference just from 2022, when 38% of ballots at this point were from Democrats, and 62% were from Republicans. What a shift from where we were four years ago.
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fromThe Nation
2 weeks ago

Trump's FCC Accidentally Gives Democrats a Boost

CBS's attorneys told the broadcaster to pull the interview after Trump's FCC argued that late-night-show interviews of political candidates from one party but not the other violate federal regulations. The network allegedly advised the host that he shouldn't even discuss on-air that it had put the kibosh on the interview. Colbert wasn't amused. Not only did he proceed to talk about it on the air; he interviewed Talarico and posted it on YouTube, where, within two days, the clip had garnered some 7.8 million views.
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fromEsquire
2 weeks ago

Kristi Noem Can't Even Convince Red States to Build ICE Detention Centers

Bo French, a Texas Republican official and Railroad Commission candidate, used bigoted online rhetoric including an antisemitic poll and violent threats, prompting calls for resignation.
#islamophobia
US politics
fromEsquire
2 weeks ago

Kristi Noem Can't Even Convince Red States to Build ICE Detention Centers

A Texas Republican operative, Bo French, engaged in antisemitic, racist, and violent online rhetoric that prompted calls for resignation and formal scrutiny.
#colin-allred
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago
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This Guy Burned Every Bridge': Colin Allred Mocked After Texas Black Democrats Endorse His White Primary Opponent

fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago
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This Guy Burned Every Bridge': Colin Allred Mocked After Texas Black Democrats Endorse His White Primary Opponent

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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Watch the Colbert Interview With James Talarico That CBS Kept Off Air

CBS forced The Late Show to pull Stephen Colbert's televised interview with Texas state lawmaker James Talarico, which was instead posted on the show's YouTube channel.
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fromThe Nation
2 weeks ago

Muslims in Texas Are Harassed and Surveilled. Greg Abbot Is Making It Worse.

Texas' governor designated CAIR a terrorist organization, prompting legal and financial restrictions and intensified political criticism following pro-Palestinian advocacy and leaders' controversial remarks.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Progressive Texas organizers hail shock win as far-right Republicans left reeling

He'd noticed that a local member of the state legislature, Mike Lang, had become a vocal advocate for using public money for private schools despite the fact that Lang campaigned as a supporter of public education. With a little research, Tackett found that Lang had received hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from the Wilks brothers and Tim Dunn, billionaire megadonors whose deep pockets and Christian nationalist views have consumed the Texas GOP.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
4 weeks ago

Steve Bannon Sounds the Alarm That Trump's MAGA Base is Disenchanted: Massive Lack of Enthusiasm'

Low enthusiasm among the Republican base and a Democratic advantage among extremely enthusiastic voters threaten GOP prospects for the 2026 midterms, with Texas emerging as a key battleground.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
4 weeks ago

Democrats Had a Very Messy Week in Texas. Here's What That Means for the Rest of the Country.

U.S. politics remains chaotic as Texas' 2026 primary heats up with a contentious Democratic Senate race and Congress faces ongoing spending standoffs.
#democratic-party
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

CNN Data Guru Reveals Democrats' Chances of Winning Midterm Landslide' Are Skyrocketing Thanks to Texas

Democrats’ prospects for a midterm landslide are rising as shifts in Texas and the generic House ballot narrow Republican advantages, enabling potential seat gains.
#special-elections
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Democrats win special elections in Texas. How significant is it for Trump?

A Democrat flipped a Texas State Senate seat Trump won by 17 points, suggesting potential broader voter shifts despite no immediate change to legislative control.
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Texas stunner: Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips Republican state Senate district Trump won by 17 points

Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a reliably Republican state Senate district in Texas in Saturday's special election, continuing a string of surprise victories for Democrats across the U.S. in the year since Donald Trump returned to the White House. The Republican president immediately distanced himself from the loss. It's a district he had won by 17 points in 2024. At Mar-a-Lago on Sunday, Trump told reporters, "I'm not involved in that. That's a local Texas race."
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fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 month ago

Abortion Rights Advocate Talk Canceled After TPUSA Pressure

Health Sciences Center and Texas Tech University system spokespeople didn't return Inside Higher Ed's requests for comment Thursday on who within the institution decided to nix the speech, but the Health Sciences Center sent a statement to the Scorecard saying the center "evaluated the request and determined that it is not in the best interest of the university to host this event on campus."
Higher education
#immigration
#jasmine-crockett
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago
US politics

Jasmine Crockett Fires Back at JD Vance Telling AmericaFest She Has a Street-Girl Persona' Accuses Him of Pushing Racist Tropes'

fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago
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Jasmine Crockett Fires Back at JD Vance Telling AmericaFest She Has a Street-Girl Persona' Accuses Him of Pushing Racist Tropes'

fromTruthout
2 months ago

Texas Universities Use AI to Rewrite How Courses Mention Race and Gender

A senior Texas A&M University System official testing a new artificial intelligence tool this fall asked it to find how many courses discuss feminism at one of its regional universities. Each time she asked in a slightly different way, she got a different number. "Either the tool is learning from my previous queries," Texas A&M system's chief strategy officer Korry Castillo told colleagues in an email, "or we need to fine tune our requests to get the best results."
Higher education
#trans-rights
#senate-race
fromAxios
2 months ago
US politics

"It's a bad decision": Jasmine Crockett enrages fellow House Democrats with Senate bid

fromAxios
2 months ago
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"It's a bad decision": Jasmine Crockett enrages fellow House Democrats with Senate bid

#senate-campaign
US politics
fromwww.esquire.com
2 months ago

So Greg Abbott Thinks Its a Good Idea to Let the Charlie Kirk Martyrdom Cult into Schools Now

Governor Greg Abbott is pressuring Texas high schools to allow Turning Point USA 'Club America' chapters and to report schools that block them.
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fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

The Unlikely State Where Democrats Could Turn U.S. Politics on Its Head

Texas shifted back toward Republicans in 2024, disproving expectations of an imminent Democratic takeover and revealing weaker Democratic support among Latino voters.
fromFortune
3 months ago

Trump slams Democratic congressman as disloyal for not switching parties after pardon and vows 'no more Mr. Nice guy' next time | Fortune

Such a lack of LOYALTY, something that Texas Voters, and Henry's daughters, will not like. Oh' well, next time, no more Mr. Nice guy!
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

US Supreme Court allows Texas to use redrawn district map for 2026 midterms

The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority allowed Texas to use a Republican-favoring congressional map for the 2026 midterms, overturning a lower court's racial-gerrymandering block.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Piers Morgan Scolds Republican Candidate for Your Brazen Bigotry' After Dirty Muslim' Smear

Piers Morgan confronted Texas candidate Valentina Gomez over explicit anti-Muslim and bigoted rhetoric during a tense televised interview.
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
3 months ago

The South's first out LGBTQ+ congresswoman is fighting a GOP effort to cut her out of Congress

Julie Johnson is the South's first out LGBTQ+ member of Congress and spent her first year defending democratic institutions through pragmatic, bipartisan lawmaking.
#redistricting
fromwww.esquire.com
3 months ago

What Could Elon Musk and Greg Abbott Possibly Be Emailing About?

Months after fighting to keep secret the emails exchanged between Texas Governor Greg Abbott's office and tech billionaire Elon Musk's companies, state officials released nearly 1,400 pages to The Texas Newsroom. The records, however, reveal little about the two men's relationship or Musk's influence over state government. In fact, all but about 200 of the pages are entirely blacked out.
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fromSlate Magazine
3 months ago

Trump's Scheme to Gift the GOP Extra House Seats Just Blew Up in His Face

A federal court struck down Texas' new gerrymander on Tuesday, in an extraordinary rebuke to Republicans who sought to hand the GOP five additional seats in the House of Representatives. The 160-page ruling -authored by Judge Jeffrey V. Brown, a conservative Donald Trump nominee-scorched the scheme as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, declaring that the Legislature "intentionally drew district lines" to discriminate against Black and Hispanic Texans.
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fromTruthout
3 months ago

Abbott Says Muslims Are "Threat to Our Freedom" as He Targets Civil Rights Group With Terrorist Designation

Texas Governor Greg Abbott designated CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations despite lacking legal authority to make such federal designations.
#gerrymandering
fromAdvocate.com
3 months ago

Meet the lesbian minister whose church clapped back at Texas' ban on rainbow crosswalks

Members of the congregation have painted the church's front steps in rainbow colors in what its pastor, the Rev. Rachel Griffin-Allison, calls an act of "sacred resistance." Church leaders and congregants wanted "to make sure that our neighborhood had a visible, bold statement to say that they are not being erased," she says. Oak Lawn is a heavily LGBTQ+ enclave, and Griffin-Allison sees her church as a sanctuary for the community in Dallas and all of Texas.
LGBT
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fromAdvocate.com
4 months ago

Lesbian Texas state rep running for Congress says she's 'running for the people, not the powerful'

Jolanda Jones, a Black out lesbian, trial lawyer, and former NCAA champion, is running for Congress in Texas's 18th District and could make history if elected.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
4 months ago

Gay Republicans defend Greg Abbott removing rainbow crosswalks: They're "politically divisive" - LGBTQ Nation

Log Cabin Republicans of Houston supported removing Pride crosswalks, framing the action as prioritizing safety, neutrality, and equitable use of taxpayer resources.
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fromFortune
4 months ago

Culture wars rock Texas historical site as Alamo Trust CEO resigns over research on role of slavery, indigenous people in state history | Fortune

Alamo Trust CEO Kate Rogers resigned after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick publicly criticized her academic paper and urged the board to remove her.
#higher-education
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
4 months ago

Austin's 'Black Artists Matter' mural and rainbow crosswalks at risk

A rainbow crosswalk and a street mural declaring "Black Artists Matter" in Austin, Texas, are in danger of being removed after the state's governor Greg Abbott ordered the Texan transportation department to enforce a directive from President Donald Trump to remove political and artistic road murals. Critics say the governor and the president are using roadway safety regulations to target art expressing support for LGBTQ+ and anti-racism causes as the Trump administration continues its suppression of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
4 months ago

Stephen A. Smith Cracks Jasmine Crockett Over Her Rhetoric for the Streets!'

Stephen A. Smith says Rep. Jasmine Crockett's street-style rhetoric undermines her effectiveness representing over 750,000 constituents in Texas's 30th district.
#transgender-rights
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
5 months ago

Operation Lone Star 2.0: Texas turns into an immigration police state'

Operation Lone Star evolved into a statewide detention and enforcement program, enabling Texas DPS to arrest over 3,100 undocumented migrants and expand immigration enforcement.
Higher education
fromFortune
5 months ago

Texas A&M fires English professor over children's literature course that critics called 'DEI and LGBTQ indoctrination' | Fortune

A Texas A&M senior lecturer was fired after a student confrontation about teaching gender identity, prompting political pressure and a systemwide course audit.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
6 months ago

Progressive Media Darling Jumps Into Senate Primary With Colin Allred

Texas Rep. James Talarico plans a 2026 U.S. Senate run, potentially facing Democrat Colin Allred and a Republican primary featuring John Cornyn and Ken Paxton.
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fromDefector
6 months ago

Mark Teixeira Is Ready To Do Whatever It Is Congress Guys Have To Do | Defector

Rep. Chip Roy, representing Texas's 21st, combines genuine abrasive libertarian politics with a strategic move to Texas that advanced his political career.
fromAxios
6 months ago

Exclusive: Texas Senate hopeful Colin Allred unveils anti-corruption plan

Allred's proposal to "clean up Washington" is a 12-point anti-corruption plan that includes other populist priorities like ending gerrymandering, barring corporate PACs and a lifetime lobbying ban for lawmakers. The former congressman has personally pledged to refrain from trading individual stocks, to refuse corporate PAC money and to adhere to a lifetime lobbying ban. "Texans are paying more every day because politicians in Washington are looking out for themselves instead of us," Allred said in a statement to Axios.
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fromLos Angeles Times
6 months ago

Commentary: In Texas and California redistricting battles, Latino voters hold the key

Latino voters swung substantially toward Donald Trump in 2024, becoming decisive swing voters who can determine redistricting outcomes in Texas and California.
fromThe Washington Post
6 months ago

With police trailing him, Texas lawmaker spends a long day into night

When he headed to lunch at the eatery inside the Capitol - downing a chili dog and bowl of tortilla soup - the man sat a couple tables away. When he went to fetch dirty laundry from his nearby hotel room, the man followed in a gray pickup. And when the lawmaker-physician headed back toward Houston on Tuesday afternoon, to see elderly patients in his suburban district, the plainclothes officer was close behind.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
6 months ago

Texas Democrat Nicole Collier Locked in State Capitol, Sleeps on House Floor After Refusing Republican-Mandated Police Escort

Collier stated, 'I will not agree to be in DPS custody. I am not a criminal. I am exercising my right to resist and oppose the decisions of our government.'
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