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Texas A&M suspends professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture 7 douglas9 Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 2338
Paxton lawyers seek to disqualify 3 Democratic senators as impeachment jurors (and fail) 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 2468
Greg Abbott's Very Bad Month 3 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 17 1811
Oil Oligarchs' Grip on Texas: How Their Influence Blocked Energy Reform 3 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 1715
Court OK'd delay in election ethics case against AG Ken Paxton until after his impeachment trial 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1579
Ken Paxton's impeachment trial is getting fun. Gag order issued and now a lawsuit on gag order 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2289
Texas Spent Billions on Border Security. It's Not Working 4 douglas9 Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 1006
DOJ says it will sue Texas over buoy wall barrier in Rio Grande 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 2403
Combatting Cameron County's False Narrative on Elon Musk 0 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 947
Why Are West Texas Billionaires Trying To Buy Paxton's Acquittal? 1 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 11 2995
Who Owns Texas? Top 10 Most Influential Oligarchs. 4 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 13 1737
Texas heat wave has inmates' families worried about lack of air conditioning in state's prisons 6 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2290
Women denied abortions in Texas ask court for clarity over state's exceptions to ban 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 4086
Hearing at Travis County Court on Tx abortion lawsuit 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 725
Austin-area homeowners among thousands across country having issues with bankrupt solar energy firm 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 4430
Justice Harriet O'Neill, a Republican, joined the "team of prosecutors" pursuing Paxton impeachment 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1441
Mexico files border boundaries complaint over Texas' floating barrier plan on Rio Grande 2 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 1356
True Texas Project: The New Red Scare 2 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 1506
Christian Nationalist Billionaires Want to Take Over Houston 8 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 14 2387
GOP Pac To Target Conservative Hispanic Democrats In The Texas House 3 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 2402
Texas Republicans Plot Path Toward Segregation 3 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 10 2249
Houston has a new holiday-713 Day 2 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 875
Texas tumbles out of CNBC's top five states for business for first time in ranking history 6 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 16 3614
Abbott's Plan To Drown Refugees As A Deterrent For Seeking Asylum 7 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 13 1710
Inmates are dying in stifling Texas prisons, but the state seldom acknowledges heat as a cause of de 7 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 3095
Texas Republicans divide over impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton 3 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 1714
Why Texas Democrats Must Focus On An Urban First Strategy And Embrace Progressivism 0 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 2349
Has North Texas Forgotten About The Monstrous Acts Of Beth Van Duyne? 3 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 2388
Abbott Touts Texas' Economic Success Amidst 13.7% Food Insecurity Rate 1 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 1024
Ken Paxton will not testify at impeachment trial, defense attorney says 2 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2167

Texas Continued...

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Texas Democrat (Castro) on rare cancer diagnosis: 'Wondered how much longer' 2 question everything Jul 2023 Jul 2023 12 5705
The GOP's Regressive Plans To Push Whiteness In Texas Colleges And Universities 1 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 9 1958
Teen who went missing in 2015 while walking dogs in north Houston found alive 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 13 2703
'Outside' report? Law firm that wrote it to defend Ken Paxton was paid $500K by Texas AG 1 white cloud Jul 2023 Jul 2023 9 6186
Texas Supreme Court says Gov. Greg Abbott's COVID ban on local mask rules was lawful 9 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 2771
ERCOT voted to give themselves substantial raises 8 Mersky Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1477
Impeachment Investigators Look Into Texas Attorney General's Real-Estate Sp 1 douglas9 Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 2734
Republicans' Complicity In Cooking Prisoners To Death In TDCJ 2 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 12 1044
Texas Tango Recap: The Absurd 88th Legislature's Special Session 2 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 1787
Nurses walk out of Austin's Ascension Seton in historic strike 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1940
As demand for skilled workers rises in Texas, work-based educational ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 2584
Mitchell Jordan Makes History: Palestine, Texas Elects First-Ever Black Mayor 4 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 1142
Texas Senate does the right thing sidelining Paxton's wife in his impeachment (Editorial) 2 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1980
Rescued tower tech is showing some improvement but needs industry's prayers and financial support 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 3686
New polling shows impeachment drama points to a summer of sweating for Ken Paxton 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1374
Three SAPD officers charged with murder after gunning down woman in apartment, Chief McManus says 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 2954
Pervez Agwan: A Progressive Voice For Texas' Future 0 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1673
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will not receive his $153,750 salary during suspension 3 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 2500
Southwestern's Class of 2023 Achieves 100 Percent Medical School Acceptance 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1464
Texas Senate bars Angela Paxton from voting in husband AG Ken Paxton's impeachment trial 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 2494
Rules for Ken Paxton impeachment trial were announced tonight 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1660
The Impeachment Games 0 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 854
Half of Texas voters believe the impeachment of Ken Paxton was justified, poll finds 1 Wonder Why Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1901
Elon Musk, Joe Rogan and RFK, Jr are going after Nobel Prize nominated physician Dr. Peter Hotez 7 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 5700
Texas calls for energy conservation as extreme heat spikes electricity demand 9 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 2261
Angela Paxton Refuses To Recuse After Singing Husband's Praises 2 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 1615
Bob Lemmons in Carrizo Springs, 1936, as taken by Dorothea Lange. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 1594
Texas Democrats aim for unity ahead of expected primary to take on U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 2124
As Texas swelters, local rules requiring water breaks for construction workers will soon be nullifie 15 douglas9 Jun 2023 Jun 2023 16 2672
Tarrant County picks deputy county clerk to run elections, eschewing GOP activist 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1040

Texas Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Where Texas redistricting lawsuits stand after U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Alabama case 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 2330
Corrupt Texas Republicans Are Nothing New 1 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 951
The Houston Democracy Project - Its Time To Fight Back 0 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1721
Ken Paxton's securities fraud trial will remain in Houston, court rules 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 2380
Revisiting the Anchor Holding Texas Down: Texas Democratic Party's Ineffectiveness 9 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 2406
Tarrant County And The Future Of America 2 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1340
Impeached AG Ken Paxton has a star defense team, but who's paying for it? 2 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 2877
Appeals court dismisses GOP megadonor's lawsuit against Beto O'Rourke 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2023 Jun 2023 10 2240
2023: The Year Of Accountability 0 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1023
Nate Paul, accused of bribing Texas AG Ken Paxton, is jailed on an FBI warrant 3 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 2608
While Canada burns, dry West Texas is drowning 2 blogslug Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 1530
Successful Texas teen leader (accepted to Harvard) leaving Texas due to ban on trans health care 7 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 2648
Impeached Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton may have hired Tony Buzbee as his lead attorney 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 1947
We attended a concert Sunday night 0 TexasDem69 Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1221
Bexar County Sheriff files criminal charges against FL in migrant kidnappings 0 Gruenemann Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 2151
Lina Hidalgo's Vision: Anti-Poverty In An Automated Future 0 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 745
Corpse Flower at Houston Museum of Natural Science promises to live up to name 4 LetMyPeopleVote May 2023 Jun 2023 10 1599
Texas Republicans' troubles could have national implications A resurfaced confession from the state 2 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 10 2771
Gov. Greg Abbott doubles down on property tax fight against Lt. Gov Dan Patrick 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 2164
Texas school superintendent arrested in sting in which officers posed as teens 3 Jilly_in_VA Jun 2023 Jun 2023 14 1575
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