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Assclown Alert: Pining for the bad old days of DOGE with Texas Congressman Chip Roy
Despite DOGE’s record for creating chaos and failing to find waste and fraud, Roy filed a bill to make it permanent.
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Assclown Alert: Banning THC for the sake of political theater with Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
If you’re angry about the state’s pending ban on THC-containing hemp, look no further than Patrick.
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Assclown Alert: Spreading anti-Muslim bigotry with Texas congressional candidate Valentina Gomez
Gomez is the same bigot who posted a clip of herself pretending to execute a migrant and staged an on-camera LGBTQIA+ book burning.
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Assclown Alert: Peddling Bibles amended with Christian nationalist propaganda with David Barton
The Texas-based pseudo-historian wants to sell your mom his own special version of the Good Book.
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Assclown Alert: Suppressing the vote with U.S. Rep. Chip Roy
The Austin-San Antonio congressman’s SAVE Act would disenfranchise millions of U.S. voters.
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Hurling insults like a middle school bully with Texas Congressman Troy Nehls
Nehls posted a two-minute video melting down over Tim Walz and Beto O’Rourke visiting his district and called both men ‘radical left lunatics.’
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Assclown Alert: Forcing Christianity down Texas school kids’ throats with State Sen. Phil King
King’s Senate Bill 10 would require the Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom.
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Assclown Alert: Cowering before the anti-vaccine crowd with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
The governor has said next to nothing about the state’s worsening measles outbreak and still hasn’t urged anyone to get jabbed to slow the spread.
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Assclown Alert: Smirking along with Ken Paxton as Trump shits all over Texas
The Texas Attorney General had two big chances last week to protect the state. He blew both of them.
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Assclown Alert: Puckering up to the Great Orange Leader with U.S. Sen. John Cornyn
Cornyn has dragged himself to new lows of bootlicking subservience to Trump.
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Assclown Alert: Making false claims based on a ‘gut feeling’ with incoming ‘border czar’ Tom Homan
Homan claimed without proof on Fox News that the New Orleans and Las Vegas attacks were directly connected.
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Assclown Alert: Bragging about Texas’ dismal funding of public education with Gov. Greg Abbott
The Lone Star State ranks 37th in the nation in per-student spending and 42nd in per-student funding.
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Assclown Alert: Conflating rape and sexual indiscretion with U.S. Rep. Chip Roy
Roy, an Austin-San Antonio congressman, made the remark while defending Trump nominee Pete Hegseth.
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Promising hellfire and damnation to non-Trump voters with Texas preacher Kenneth Copeland
The pastor said Jesus has a special punishment waiting for anyone who voted against Trump or didn’t bother to vote.
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Assclown Alert: Losing again and again with now-former Democratic Party chair Gilberto Hinojosa
Wins for Texas Democrats have been few and far between under Hinojosa’s leadership.
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Assclown Alert: Playing dumb about abortion bans with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz
Cruz is trying to stay mum about abortion amid a tight race, but a court filing shows just how extreme his views are.
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Assclown Alert: Ginning up hurricane conspiracies with the MAGA crowd
The far right can’t figure out whether they want to blame Helene and Milton on God’s wrath or weather machines.
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Assclown Alert: Stumping for Trump with JD Vance and Texas evangelist David Wallnau
Vance joined Wallnau, who once claimed Kamala Harris ‘used witchcraft,’ on tour to help Trump win in ‘demonic strongholds.’
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Assclown Alert: Amping up Texas’ culture war with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
Patrick’s new list of legislative priorities doubles down on partisanship instead of looking out for average Texans.
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Assclown Alert: Twisting the truth on election integrity with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Abbott’s framing of a recent cleanup of Texas’ voter rolls couldn’t be more dishonest.