Posted inBad Takes
Beware the motives of Joe Rogan and others who dismiss the importance of activism
Mass movements often compel elected officials to act when they otherwise wouldn’t.
Donald Trump
Posted inTexas News
News Quiz: How far will John Cornyn debase himself for Trump’s endorsement?
Take the ‘Please Notice Me, Dear Leader’ dignity-defiling pop quiz and see!
Posted inTexas News
Despite Cornyn’s groveling, Trump tells senator he’s not ready to endorse his reelection bid
‘I said, “Mr. President, this race would be over if you decided to endorse,”‘ Cornyn said as the clock runs down.
Posted inMusic Stories & Interviews
George Strait, others receive Kennedy Center medal from Trump at Oval Office ceremony
The White House honored the San Antonio country star along with disco queen Gloria Gaynor, action star Sylvester Stallone, rock band KISS and others.
Posted inSan Antonio News
Trump has meltdown over Rep. Henry Cuellar, whom he just pardoned
In an online screed, Trump accused the South Texas congressman of continuing to ‘work with the same Radical Left Scum’ in the Democratic Party.
Posted inTexas News
Gov. Greg Abbott, long a defender of states’ rights, embraces Trump’s push to expand presidential power
Defending Texas sovereignty has been central to Abbott’s political identity. Yet he has helped Trump erode states’ authority over elections, policing and deploying the National Guard.
Posted inCannabis News
Fresh off defeating state THC ban, Texas hemp industry faces wipeout under federal deal to end shutdown
The issue roiled Texas politics earlier this year when Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a ban on THC products spearheaded by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
Posted inTexas News
Analysis: Trump endorses Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, for all the good it will do him
Hitching yourself to the least popular president in U.S. history might not be such a great idea, dare we suggest.
Posted inTexas News
A Democrat is in the lead in a historically red Texas Senate district’s runoff
The veteran and union leader got the most votes in the Fort Worth-area district over his two Republican rivals.
Posted inBad Takes
Bad Takes: Corruption is the antithesis of participatory democracy, and Texas proves it
Politics is mired in big money, and that’s terrible for the future of our state and nation.
Posted inTexas News
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Tylenol in latest attempt to suck up to Trump
In his suit, Paxton echoes Trump’s unproven claim that Tylenol’s active ingredient causes autism and is ‘poisoning our people.’
Posted inTexas News
Donald Trump threatens lawsuit to stop Austin No Kings protest
Despite the Republican president’s threat, the rally is scheduled to occur — and potentially break records — this Saturday.
Posted inNews
San Antonio’s No Kings 2.0 protest scheduled for this Saturday could break records … again
Meanwhile, Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is claiming that ‘pro-Hamas antifa’ is behind the movement.
Posted inNews
Trump orders deployment of Texas Guard troops to Illinois, Oregon
A judge temporarily blocked the Portland deployment, but Gov. Greg Abbott, a Trump ally, confirmed that he authorized Texas troops be sent to Illinois.
Posted inTexas News
Illinois Gov. Pritzker says Texas National Guard has been deployed to Illinois
‘We have reason to believe that the Trump administration has already begun staging the Texas National Guard for deployment in Illinois,’ Pritzker said Tuesday.
Posted inNews
Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier sues for unlawful detainment while trapped in the Texas capitol
Collier has now been trapped in the capitol building for more than 24 hours.
Posted inMusic
Trump names San Antonio’s George Strait as Kennedy Center honoree
Trump said he was ‘very involved’ in the nomination process and ‘vetoed the wokesters.’
Posted inNews
Owner of Texas’ MAGA-themed chain Trump Burger faces deportation
Roland Beainy was caught in the Trump deportation machine’s crosshairs after opening a chain of restaurants devoted to the president. D’oh.
Posted inNews
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.
Posted inNews
Why calling the Texas flooding ‘an act of God’ is a dangerous form of political denial
Thirty years after a heat wave killed hundreds in Chicago, a sociologist explains how governments deflected blame after disasters then and now.
