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Assclown Alert: Trading jabs and changing the subject with Texas GOP Chair Matt Rinaldi
Amid an escalating war of words, Speaker Dade Phelan has called for Rinaldi’s resignation.
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Assclown Alert: Disrupting Kerr County’s elections with County Commissioner Rich Paces
A Republican official’s demand to throw out Kerr County’s voting system has prompted the departure of two key elections officials ahead of 2024.
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Assclown Alert: Banning travel in Texas with anti-abortion activist Mark Lee Dickson
Some rural Texas counties are banning people from traveling on their roads to get out-of-state abortions. The idea didn’t spring up organically.
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Assclown Alert: Putting bias on full display with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
Patrick tried to appear impartial during the impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton, but his recent words about the process suggest he had an agenda.
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Assclown Alert: Bashing the Godless Democrats with Christian nationalist David Barton
Barton, who once said Christians are obligated to vote for Trump, recently said Democrats aren’t ‘God-fearing’ and are more prone to cheat in elections.
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Assclown Alert: Pandering to extremists with Kyle Rittenhouse and his new political buddies
Despite his rabid fan base of gun nuts, MAGA voters and Proud Boys, Rittenhouse is no hero.
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Assclown Alert: Ignoring medical realities for the sake of cruelty with Ken Paxton
Paxton’s office is appealing a court decision that would let doctors make the choice to end complicated pregnancies that could endanger a woman’s health.
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Assclown Alert: Dealing in over-the-top words with Ken Paxton attorney Tony Buzbee
In a flurry of purple prose, Buzbee called Paxton’s coming impeachment trial an ‘evil, illegal, and unprecedented weaponization of state power.’
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Assclown Alert: Throwing a pants-shitting fit with toddler Gov. Greg Abbott
To anyone paying attention, the gulf between the House and Senate on property taxes was clear weeks before the session was over.
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Assclown Alert: Sticking it to Planned Parenthood with Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk
The same judge who tried to outlaw the widely used abortion drug mifepristone is now preparing to hear a dubious legal case that would slap Planned Parenthood with $1.8 billion in fines.
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Assclown Alert: Melting down over Pride Month with U.S. Rep. Chip Roy
Roy threatened to derail the military budget because he found the Air Force’s plans to celebrate Pride ‘divisive’ and ’embarrassing.’
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Assclown Alert: Letting the bigots win with Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan
Despite saying the legislature should stop ‘bashing on’ LGBTQ+ Texans, Phelan enabled final House passage of a bill to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors.
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Assclown Alert: Bringing up the immigration status of shooting victims with Gov. Greg Abbott
In a statement on the mass shooting in Cleveland, Texas, Abbott referred to the tragedy’s victims as ‘illegal immigrants.’
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Assclown Alert: Being investigated for ‘inappropriate behavior’ with Texas Rep. Bryan Slaton
The crusading social conservative is facing accusations that he had an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with an intern under the age of 21.
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Assclown Alert: Getting trolled by Holden Midick with Texas Rep. Jeff Leach
During a hearing, the Republican lawmaker unknowingly called out names of fake speakers including Connie Lingus and Anita Dickinme.
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Assclown Alert: Destroying free speech with Texas State Rep. Steve Toth
One of Texas’ most tireless and tiresome culture warriors has filed a bill that would make it illegal to ‘provide information on how to obtain an abortion-inducing drug.’
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Assclown Alert: Suppressing students’ votes with Texas Rep. Carrie Isaac
The freshman Republican filed a bill that would ban polling places from college campuses and used the absurd justification that she’s concerned about safety.
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Assclown Alert: Embracing John Hagee’s Christian nationalism with Nikki Haley
By asking Hagee to give the invocation at her campaign launch, Haley is signaling that she’s no moderate.
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Assclown Alert: Shitting on LGBTQ+ Texans with State Reps. Tony Tinderholt and Bryan Slaton
The pair wasted two hours in a failed tag-team attempt to tack anti-transgender amendments onto a procedural resolution.
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Assclown Alert: Targeting the ‘other’ with State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst
Critics warn that Kolkhorst’s bill banning people from four countries from buying land in Texas will worsen anti-Asian sentiment, which is growing.