Earlier, from Michelle Pitcher: A massive investment by a conservative PAC has paid off in key down-ballot judicial races, most critically in the Democratic stronghold of Harris County.
The Texas Observer
GOP Claws Back Dem Judicial Seats with Big Money and Big Red Wave
The Judicial Fairness PAC pumped millions of dollars into an effort laser-focused on ousting Dems from appellate courts from Houston to Dallas.
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“We are under no illusions that the policies in Project 2025, which includes slashing legal #immigration, rounding up immigrants, creating new detention camps, are all on the table. That is not to say that all of them can be carried out or will be carried out, but we know what the options of policies out there look like.”
The Texas Observer
Texas Will Be on the ‘Front Lines’ of Mass Deportation
“We're going to defend our immigrant communities from Trump's attacks, while we hold Trump and people like Elon Musk accountable for sp...
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“We have one more election before the session starts that may be the most important, and that is the election of a speaker. A lot is going to change over the next few months.”
The Texas Observer
'They Bought a Legislature': What the GOP's Gains Mean for Vouchers in Texas
Republicans nearly ran the table in state House races, shoring up Governor Abbott’s school voucher majority for the 2025 session.
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“We realized no one is going to come save us. We’re going to have to save ourselves.” Some good news: On November 5, Amarilloans rejected the proposed abortion #travel ban, discussed in this story, by a margin of around 20 percentage points.
The Texas Observer
The Far Right Wants to End Out-of-State Abortion. Amarillo Is in the Way.
Texas' biggest popular vote on abortion post-"Roe" pits local advocates against an abortion travel ban that's part of a scheme to block t...
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Colin Allred may believe that “Ted Cruz is too small for Texas,” but is his support truly big enough to overcome the Republican political machine?
The Texas Observer
A Real Race or a Red Redux?
In Cruz v. Allred, a few tantalizing polls have Democrats hopeful (again) despite little evidence suggesting an upset is on the way.
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“It’s really fun to take a lot of anger and attach it to musical theater. This is how my protest comes out.” Earlier: Middle fingers flew at Austin's State Theatre as a unique satirical musical set its sights on the governor's office.
The Texas Observer
‘Fuck You Greg Abbott’—the Musical
A satirical show about the Texas governor in his youth offers a giant Ann Richards puppet, dancing Matthew McConaughey heads, and a moment of catha...
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Almost every single school district in the San Antonio area is facing a funding shortage after the #Texas Legislature failed last session to use its $33 billion surplus to alleviate the growing financial crisis public school districts face from inflation, declining enrollment, and property tax cuts that have restricted local revenue.
The Texas Observer
In San Antonio, House Races Could Determine Future of Public Ed and Vouchers
Abbott-induced financial crises in public school districts are at the center of key legislative elections in Bexar County and beyond.
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"The GOP began increasing in-person outreach just as Democrats were pulling back amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than appeal solely to the identities of the mostly Latinos that live in the Valley, Republicans acknowledged how they survive: off oil and gas, farming and law enforcement jobs."
The Texas Observer
In the Rio Grande Valley, a Humbled GOP Battles with Democrats for the Center
Trumpian Republicans run left on abortion, border Dems sound more like national politicians, and both ignore crucial grassroots issues.
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“The last time the United States launched a mass deportation effort … U.S. citizens of Hispanic descent were rounded up and sent to Mexico—a place that many had never been before. The mass deportations that #Trump is proposing would be devastating for our economy and dangerous for American Latinos.”
The Texas Observer
How Mass Deportations Would ‘Devastate’ Texas
The Lone Star State is home to millions of undocumented residents and members of mixed-status families critical to the state’s economic success, ...
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