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Daniel Perry Is a Vigilante With Friends A proposed pardon for the murder of a protester is part of a movement that embraces violence against its enemies.
By Sarah Jones
early and often
Apr. 10, 2023
Rural Republicans Revolt Against School-Voucher Plans In two big red states, liberals aren’t the only ones against starving public schools to subsidize parents who have already abandoned the system.
By Ed Kilgore
Over 100 Migrants Were Sent to Kamala Harris’s House on Christmas Local volunteers say they came from Texas, apparently at Governor Greg Abbott’s direction.
By Claire Lampen
immigration
June 28, 2022
46 Migrants Were Found Dead in a Truck Near San Antonio Officials suggested they had overheated in a tractor trailer after being abandoned by the truck’s driver.
By Danielle Cohen
texas school shooting
May 25, 2022
Beto O’Rourke Confronts Greg Abbott Over Shooting: ‘This Is on You!’ The Democratic candidate for governor interrupted a press conference about the elementary-school shooting before he was pulled away by security.
By Matt Stieb
The GOP’s Voter-Suppression Campaign in Texas Is Going Very Well Republican efforts to make voting by mail more difficult resulted in thousands more ballots being thrown out than in prior elections.
By Matt Stieb
Texas Is Once Again Framing Trans Health Care As Child Abuse A lawsuit followed the state’s first investigations into families of transitioning teens.
By Claire Lampen
Matthew McConaughey’s Next Role Won’t Be Texas Governor The actor announced that he will not be running for governor of his home state after all.
By Benjamin Hart
2022 midterms
Nov. 15, 2021
Beto O’Rourke Is Running for Governor in Texas The former Democratic phenom must overcome past questions to challenge a strong but vulnerable Republican incumbent in a red state turning purple.
By Ed Kilgore
Audit Fever Is Now Spreading to States Trump Easily Won Trump supporters are skeptical about the integrity of our elections, and they’re starting to devour their own.
By Ed Kilgore
arizona audit
Sept. 27, 2021
Arizona Audit Aftermath Shows Trump Conspiracy Theories Will Go On Forever Yes, the recount in Arizona showed Biden’s lead actually increasing, but there’s always another rabbit hole for MAGA folks to explore.
By Ed Kilgore
The Way We Talk About Abortion Is Part of the Problem Think about the terms and phrases you’ve become familiar with and what they actually mean.
By Danielle Campoamor
voting rights
Aug. 31, 2021
Texas Republicans Pass Long-Delayed Voter-Suppression Bill Democrats fled the legislature and even the state to thwart a Republican bill aimed at minority voters, but couldn’t stop it forever.
By Ed Kilgore
Biden Leaps Into Fight With Republican Governors Over School Mask Mandates Though the dispute will wind up in court, the administration is using some creative ideas to stop GOP leaders from blocking mask mandates.
By Ed Kilgore
voting rights
Aug. 11, 2021
Texas Republicans Issue Arrest Warrants for Dems Who Fled This is probably not going to end well for the Democrats, legislatively speaking.
By Benjamin Hart
Matthew McConaughey Says He’s Considering a Run for Texas Governor Matthew McConaughey called a run for Texas governor a “true consideration” in a recent interview. The actor’s party affiliation is unclear.
By Nia Prater
the national interest
Mar. 5, 2021
Neanderthals Were Smarter Than Anti-Mask Republicans The right is angry, but Biden was probably too kind to Greg Abbott.
By Jonathan Chait
What Texas Governor Greg Abbott Gets Wrong About His State’s Power Failures Abbott claimed that cold-related blackouts were a portent of the Green New Deal, though they were mostly caused by frozen natural gas pipelines.
By Matt Stieb
Texas Governor Orders Ballot Drop-off Locations Closed Across State Greg Abbott seems to want to make it more difficult for Democrats to vote on the eve of a competitive election.
By Charlotte Klein
coronavirus
June 26, 2020
Texas Governor Rolls Back Reopening Plans As Coronavirus Cases Surge Coronavirus hospitalizations in Texas have increased every day for the past two weeks and the state’s positive test rate is approaching 12 percent.
By Adam K. Raymond
vision 2020
June 25, 2020
Texas Republicans Holding in-Person Convention in a Coronavirus Hot Spot If things go wrong in Houston, it could be an omen for the packed hall Trump is insisting on for his convention in Jacksonville.
By Ed Kilgore
republican national convention
June 4, 2020
Republicans Relocate Convention, Seeking Freedom From Coronavirus Precautions Turns out Trump wasn’t bluffing about ditching North Carolina, but it’s unclear where he can have the unrestricted convention of his dreams.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus
Mar. 31, 2020
Will Republican Governors Follow Trump’s Lead on Coronavirus Lockdowns? Trump is currently listening to public-health experts on stopping the spread of COVID-19. But GOP governors on the front lines need to follow suit.
By Ed Kilgore
Texas Governor Posts False Winston Churchill Quote About Antifa We shall fight them on the Twitter, we shall fight them on the message boards …
By Benjamin Hart
Texas Primary Roundup: Democratic Turnout Shows Progress, But No Revolution Many contests won’t be resolved until a May runoff, but some upsets enlivened 2018’s first statewide election.
By Ed Kilgore
early and awkward
Oct. 11, 2014
By Caroline Bankoff
early and awkward
Apr. 17, 2014
By Caroline Bankoff
