Democrats launch Texas ads targeting Chip Roy, other Republicans for refusal to release Epstein files

‘Donald Trump and his sycophantic enablers like Rep. Chip Roy are twisting themselves in knots trying to distort the truth,’ a DNC advisor said.

by Sanford Nowlin July 25, 2025September 1, 2025

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Respected election watcher warns Texas GOP’s redistricting efforts could blow up in their faces

If Texas Republicans are too aggressive redrawing political maps, they’ll weaken previously safe red districts, the Cook Political Report writes.

by Sanford Nowlin July 22, 2025July 30, 2025

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1.7 million Texans could lose health coverage under expiring tax credits, ACA changes in GOP megabill

Having never expanded Medicaid, Texas avoided most of the looming federal cuts other states will face. But the Affordable Care Act is a different story.

by Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune July 18, 2025August 21, 2025

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Texas redistricting key to Trump’s crusade against potentially looming blue wave

Donald Trump wants to pick up five House seats in Texas to save Republicans from losing Congressional control.

by Stephanie Koithan July 17, 2025August 25, 2025

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Bad Takes: If the two-party system got us here, why do we treat it like a timeless fixture?

Passage of Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ is evidence that a ‘strong Republican Party’ isn’t in the best interest of most Americans.

by Kevin Sanchez July 17, 2025July 24, 2025

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As Trump looks to net five GOP seats through Texas redistricting, Democrats grasp for response

President Donald Trump said he thinks Republicans could flip a handful of congressional districts in Texas next year through ‘just a very simple redrawing.’

by Gabby Birenbaum and Owen Dahlkamp, The Texas Tribune July 16, 2025August 26, 2025

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Assclown Alert: Chip Roy high fives colleagues after passing the budget bill he called ‘garbage’

Few love ‘garbage’ more than Oscar the Grouch — except Roy, a congressman who represents San Antonio and Austin.

by Stephanie Koithan July 4, 2025July 9, 2025

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How Republicans are willfully endangering immigrant kids

GOP lawmakers often claim they want to protect children, but their policy decisions tell a different story.

by Trudy Taylor Smith, The Texas Observer July 3, 2025July 6, 2025

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Republican budget bill would jeopardize college funding for 150,000 low-income Texas students

The package also would cut SNAP benefits and Medicaid for tens of thousands of Texas students.

by Sanford Nowlin June 25, 2025June 28, 2025

Food & Drink

Meals On Wheels waiting lists grow as Texas braces for federal funding cuts

State chapters of the nonprofit group that provide meals to seniors are waiting to hear from Washington how much of a hit their battered budgets will take.

by Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune June 20, 2025August 5, 2025

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Bad Takes: San Antonio leaders should crack down on wage theft as Congress squeezes working class

Wage theft steals more from working people than any other crime in the U.S., according to one analysis.

by Kevin Sanchez June 18, 2025August 5, 2025

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San Antonio Rep. Henry Cuellar among Dems who signed ‘gratitude to ICE’ resolution

Because of course he did.

by Stephanie Koithan June 12, 2025July 17, 2025

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Trump aides want Texas to redraw its congressional maps to boost the GOP. What would that mean?

The plan would shift voters from safely red districts into blue ones. Members of the state’s Republican delegation aren’t sold on the idea.

by Owen Dahlkamp, The Texas Tribune, andNatalia Contreras, VoteBeat June 11, 2025July 17, 2025

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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.

by Sanford Nowlin June 10, 2025July 5, 2025

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The tax increase tucked into Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’

Republicans have touted the House-passed legislation as one of the largest tax cuts in the nation’s history. They’ve failed to mention this increase targeting electric and hybrid vehicle owners.

by Lee Hedgepeth and Marianne Lavelle, Inside Climate News May 23, 2025May 29, 2025

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Judge refuses to move U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s corruption trial to Laredo

The congressman, whose district includes San Antonio, will face trial in Houston instead of his South Texas hometown.

by Sanford Nowlin May 6, 2025July 17, 2025

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Congress has demanded answers to ICE detaining Americans. The administration has responded with silence.

Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions. None has received a reply.