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Nueces County Is Not Red And Never Really Was

Identity Politics And Other Election News

Whether It’s Jasmine-Mania or Fantasy Football, Let’s Not Let Politics Divide Us

Reader Poll: Your Voice Matters

The Republican Primary That Finally Dropped The Dog Whistle

Jilted Wife Outs Republican SBOE Member And Other Texas Election News

Goodbye Henry Cuellar?

Will Texas Democrats Have A Full Ticket?

Meet The Candidates: Cameron Rollwitz For Texas Senate District 11

An Early Look At The Texas Democratic Primaries

Greg Abbott’s War On Muslim Texans Is State-Sanctioned Bigotry

The Primary Is Here And So Is The Drama

BREAKING: Federal Judge Blocks Gerrymandered Maps

The Only Thing Broken Is Mike Collier’s Ego

Meet The Candidates: Robert Mihara For Texas House District 117

Has The Overton Window Shifted?

Lone Star Left Endorses Clayton Tucker For Texas Agriculture Commissioner

The Centrists Screwed Us Again

Harris County Is Where 2026 Will Be Won

Constitutional Elections Aren’t The Problem, The Legislature Is

Meet The Candidates: Kevin Burge For Texas Congressional District 24

Democrats Outperform In Tarrant County Plus Local Races Shift Across The State

I Accidently Bullied Andrew White

The 2025 Mothers Against Greg Abbott Report Card Is Out

Will The Real Chip Roy Please Stand Up, Please Stand Up

Meet The Candidates: Ernest Lineberger For Texas Congressional District 26

Texas House Democrats Form Committee On Hunger Crisis

The Latest Lone Star Election Chatter: Part Three

Meet The Candidates: Dr. Regina Vanburg For Texas Congressional District 21

The Latest Lone Star Election Chatter: Part Two

The Latest Lone Star Election Chatter: Part One

The Oligarchs Eat First

Left In Texas Podcast - Ft. Nathan Johnson, Democratic Candidate for Texas Attorney General

Video Roundup: Some Of The No Kings Rally Speeches You May Have Missed

It's Election Season, So Suddenly Everyone Is A F*cking Expert In Texas Politics

Lone Star Left Endorses Gina Hinojosa For Texas Governor

Abbott’s Fluffy Soldiers And The New Texas Invasion

Left In Texas Podcast - Ft. Joe Jaworski, Democratic Candidate for Texas Attorney General

Texas Republicans In TOTAL Chaos, Censure FIVE Of Their Own

Texas Tidbits: Geology, Abbott's Invasion, And Fighting Back

Meet The Candidates: Evan Hunt For Texas Congressional District 3

BOLO: Be On The Lookout For Fake Antifa

Greg Abbott Declares Civil War On Blue States At The Behest Of Trump

Why Progressives Need To Become Precinct Chairs (Now More Than Ever)

Texas 2026 Ballot Watch

Pay-To-Play: How Abbott’s Donors Cashed In On Disaster

Texas At The Edge Of The Empire

Meet The Candidates: Kyle Rable For Texas Congressional District 19

Taylor Rehmet, Senator Roland Gutierrez, And Heli Rodriguez Prilliman In Ft Worth

The Case Texas Democrats Should Make On Property Taxes

The Texas Democratic Party Needs To Live Beyond Austin

When The Robber Barons Come Back Wearing Red Hats

How To Radicalize The Democratic Party

Meet The Candidates: Sara McGee For Texas House District 132

The Democratic Party Should Be A Little Less Washington And A Little More Texas

Texas Tidbits: And The Tumbleweeds Drift On

The Chill On Constitution Day

James Talarico Is The Real Deal

The 2026 Path Runs Through Populism

Texas Democratic Party To Decentralize To Win Texas

A Memo To 2026 Democrats: Make Universal Healthcare The North Star

Nutmeg And The Weight Of Ordinary Things

Dark Days, Old Wounds

The Liberals Are After Me And Other Tuesday Musings

Is Abbott Turning The Texas National Guard Into Trump’s Private Army?

Should The Texas Democratic Party Put Resolutions On The Primary Ballot?

Sine Death To Democracy

Abbott's State Of The State: Lie, Lie, Lie, Spin

In Texas, Democratic Socialists Are Our Friends

Lone Star Left Endorses Christian Menefee For Congressional District 18

Doom, Gloom, And Fascism

Democracy Rebounds In The Hands Of The People

Some El Paso House Democrats Lose Local Support

Texas 2025 Constitutional Amendments Ballot Guide And Vote Recommendations

Still Waiting For Republicans To Lower Your Taxes After Three Decades?

We Win If We Don’t Give Up

Republicans Shut Down Democracy In Texas

Which Texas State House Districts Should Democrats Target In 2026?

Richard Raymond, Don McLaughlin, And The Cuellar Family

The Racist Maps Passed The House

The Purpose Of Primary Elections

Everyone Is Looking At This Map Situation Wrong

A Million Votes In A Row Can Still Be The Wrong Ones

F*ck Your Friendships

Keep Calm And Nuance On

Don’t Give In To Nihilism

Abbott’s First Corrupt Special Session Is Going Down in Flames

Why Texans Should Should Support DC Statehood

Texas Democrats Face The Final Week Of The Special Session

Texas Democrats Hold The Line In America’s Cold Civil War

Texas Is The Frontline Of Democracy

What Conservatives Are Really Trying To Conserve

The Fascist State Of Texas

We Will Not Be Complicit In The Destruction Of Our Own Communities

Texas Democrats Break Quorum To Save America

Walk Or Fold

Texas Is Watching And Texas Is Furious

Kerr County Failed And Everyone Knows It

Senate Democrats Are Not Off The Hook

The Maps Are Worse Than You Think

The Math Ain’t Mathing And The Maps Ain’t Mapping

Crooked Lines, Clear Intentions

They Can’t Rig What They Can’t Control

Everything Is Bigger In Texas, Including Spineless MAGA

They Let Texas Drown

🚨🚨 Calls To Action 🚨 Stop Trump' Texas Takeover🚨

Conservatism Is The Crisis

They Prioritized Power Over Flood Relief And The Hearings Are Set

James Talarico Is The Moment

The Jonas Brothers Could Never Flip Texas

This Race Could Turn The Attorney General’s Office Into A Force For Good

Five Seats That Could Break The Country

Who Will Be On The 2026 Federal Ballot?

Redistricting: What To Know, What To Expect, And The GOP's Coup

The VERY Crowded Congressional District 18 Special Election

The New Texas Democratic Party Is Done Playing Defense

Texans Love Football, Not Accountability

Are The Democrats In A Civil War?

A Democrat’s Guide To Discussing Climate Change

F*ck You, Ron Filipkowski!

They Said No One Could Have Known

An Open Letter To James Talarico And Joaquin Castro

The Movement Is Coming And The Machine Knows It

Who Will Be On The 2026 State Ballot?

Lone Star Left Endorses Taylor Rehmet For Texas Senate District 09

Texas Dems To DC: We’re Not You

Y’all Can’t All Be The Headliner

What Texas Democrats Need to Learn from Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign

Texas Democrat Leads Charge to Impeach Trump. Five Others Betrayed the Moment.

The Most Progressive Democratic Party in America Is in Texas

Abbott Vetoes THC Ban, Food For Hungry Kids, Pledges Special Session

Latest 2026 Election Chatter

Republican Policy Is The Reason Property Taxes Are So High In Texas

All Hands On Deck For The Blowback Election

Texas Tidbits: Big Money, Red Paint, And Border Theater

Only 27% Of Eligible Voters In Texas Voted For Trump

No Kings, No Lies: How To Protest Safely In A State At War With Its People

Reader Poll: Forget The Consultants. What Do You Want Democrats To Run On?

This Is Fascism. You Don’t Get to Look Away.

Texas Runoff Results Prove The Tide Is Turning

Texas Tidbits: Republicans Can’t Spell But Can Still Oppress

Did The 89th Legislature Address Texas' Water Problems?

An Early Look At The 2026 Elections

The Conservation Of White Supremacy In Tarrant County

Sine Die, Die, Die, DIE!

Monsters Write The Laws In Texas

You’re More Powerful Than You Think In Texas

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Lone Star Left Endorses Gina Ortiz Jones For San Antonio Mayor

Who Needs Democracy When You Have A Culture War

Texas Values™ And Other Tall Tales

Eight Days Left Of Legislative Hell

The Immorality Of Texas Republicans

Fascism For Kids, Weed For No One

They Don’t Love Texas They Love The Sound Of Their Own Voices

Republican Bail Reform Is A Lie

The White Overlord Playbook: A Modern Racist Agenda In Tarrant County

The Texas Legislature: Gutting Schools, Hating Gays, And Cooking Prisoners

The Real Threat To Texas Kids Isn’t ‘Woke Ideology.’ It’s GOP Legislation

The Children Of The Texas House

Gene Wu vs. GOP: Democrats Turn Chaos Into Opportunity

Why Are Texas Lawmakers Obsessed With What’s In Your Pants?

Legislative Tidbits: The End Of Session Chaos Has Begun

Republicans Just Made It Legal to Take Homes from Legal Immigrants in Texas

SB26: A Smokescreen For Privatization And Union Busting

Eight Texas Democrats Voted To Ban Carbon Taxes

This Is How You Kill A Public School System

Maga's Very Bad Night In Texas

Left In Texas Podcast - Featuring Representative John Bryant

Confederate Stan’s Monument Protection Bill Is A White Supremacy Power Grab

The Real Housewives Of The Texas Legislature

The Nepo Baby Relief Act (Now with Bipartisan Support!)

🚨🚨 Time To Put Pressure On The Democrats Folding For Republicans

Republicans Torched Their Own Agenda And Blamed Democrats For It

Left In Texas Podcast - Featuring Representative John Bucy

Democrats Show Their Teeth. Republicans Lose Their Minds.

Day 100: The GOP’s Supermajority Fantasy Meets Reality

Mike Olcott Doesn’t Know Why Hospitals Are Closing. That’s The Problem.

Local Election Recommendations For Texas’ 10 Largest Counties

David Hogg Is Right: Fascism Is Here. Stop Pretending Otherwise.

You Don’t Speak Ill Of The Dead In Texas

Fiscal Conservatism Is Dead And Texas Republicans Voted To Loot The Coffin

The Democrats Helping The GOP Burn Texas Down

Let Them Eat Steak

Texas Democrats Are Waking Up

Texas Tidbits: Democracy At Street Level

A Budget Is A Moral Document. This One Failed.

The Crook, The Clown, And The Cowards

393 Amendments And A Whole Lot Of BS

Texas Tidbits: Your Vote Is Their Worst Nightmare

It’s the Cost of Living, Stupid: How Texas Democrats Can Win Again

Left In Texas Podcast - Featuring Texas Democratic Party Chair Kendall Scudder

Transparency Takes A Hit In the House

Keith Self Quotes Joseph Goebbels & Tim O'Hare Moves To Erase Minority Districts

This Is How Plutocracy Gets Codified

White Supremacy In Collin County—And The Fight Coming To Tarrant

Kendall Scudder Is the New Texas Democratic Party Chair—Now What?

Left In Texas Podcast - Featuring Lauren Ashley Simmons

Chaos In The Texas House As Budget Fight Heats Up

A Candid Conversation About Democratic Politics In Texas

Brent Money "Both-Sided" WHAT? Plus, Senate Passes Budget

The Texas Fossil Fuel Fan Club Meets Again

Texas Tidbits: Steaks, Tantrums, And Highway Trolls

Left In Texas Podcast - Featuring Representative Chris Turner

Degrees Of Value, Degrees Of Control

A Late Night Of Bad Bills And Worse Ideas

The Party That Governs Versus The Party That Controls

Day 63: Texas Is Burning, And Republicans Are Pouring Gasoline

Texas Tidbits: Brandon Gill Learns Nothing, Dan Patrick Does Less

Who Controls The TDP? Progressives And Establishment Clash Over Chair Race

Left In Texas Podcast - Featuring Senator Roland Gutierrez

Day 59: Sawed-Off Shotguns, Soviet Ghost Stories, And Other Legislative Nonsense

Day 58: Austin Is A Circus And The Clowns Are In Charge

Day 57: Vouchers, Because Millionaires Deserve Your Tax Dollars, Too

Day 56: The Most Corrupt Legislative Session Yet?

Texas Tidbits: Vouchers, Populism, And Political Meltdowns In Texas

Left In Texas Podcast - Featuring Nancy Thompson Of Mothers Against Greg Abbott

Day 52: Dan Patrick Skips Work While Senate Gambles On Bitcoin

Day 51: The Myth Of Fiscal Conservatism in Texas

When Standing Up Is The Only Option: Lessons From Al Green

Day 49: Earthquakes, Tax Cuts, And Culture Wars

Rural This, Rural That: The Texas Democratic Party’s Broken Record

Texas Tidbits: As Greg Casar Charts A New Path, Greg Abbott Loses The Plot

Left In Texas Podcast - Featuring Representative Ron Reynolds

Day 45: Brian Harrison's Overt Racism Is Scolded By GOP Leaders

Day 44: Big Raises for Judges, Fake Fixes For Healthcare—The Texas GOP At Work

Day 43: Food Fascism And The GOP’s War On Poor People’s Plates

Day 42: Texas Republicans Are Failing Texans—And They Don’t Care

Latest TDP Chair Forum Recap: Who Stood Out And Who Stumbled?

Texas Tidbits: Politics, Power, And The Fight For Justice In The Lone Star State

Left In Texas Podcast - Featuring Representative Trey Martinez Fischer

Day 37: The Texas Senate’s War On Teachers, Justice, And Common Sense

Day 36: How the Texas GOP Is Rigging Bail, Schools, And Everything In Between

Day 35: Cutting Services, Criminalizing Poverty, And Praising Paul Wall

Who Can Fix the Texas Democratic Party?

The Republican Party Runs On Lies, And Brian Harrison Proves It

Left In Texas Podcast - Featuring Representative Ana-Maria Ramos

The House Has Committee Assignments

Day 29: Clowns In The Spotlight And Wolves In The Shadows

How Mitt Romney’s Disciples Took Over The Texas Democratic Party

Day 28: The Wealthy Cash In, Texans Get The Fallout—Literally

Day 27: Everything’s Bigger In Texas, Including The Problems

How Texas Democrats Are Leading The Resistance (While Some Are Selling Out)

Research, Education, And Corporate Profits: Who Truly Benefits In Texas?

Left In Texas Podcast - Featuring Representative Vikki Goodwin

Why Texas Hasn't Flipped Blue

Day 22: Voucher Victory For Senate Republicans, But House Showdown Awaits

Day 21: From The Alamo To The Plantation, A Lesson In Bad Theater

Day 20: Services Under Siege And Democrats On The Frontline

The State of the State Is On Fire: Abbott Won't Admit Texans Are In Crisis

Chair Chat: The Race To Lead Texas Democrats

Left In Texas Podcast - Featuring Representative Christina Morales

Day 16: Paper Files, Border Lies, And The Ethics Commission On Life Support

Day 15: Budget Hearings Expose GOP's Fiscal Failures In Texas

BREAKING: Brent Money Bill To Criminalize Birth Control, Classify Abortion As Homicide

Day 14 - Funding the Grift: How Texas Bleeds Public Services Dry

Day 13: Texas Budget Hearings Reveal A Justice System On Life Support

SB2: The Senate Voucher Scheme That Threatens Texas Public Schools

SB2, TDP Chair Debate, And The Fight For Texas’ Future

The Great Texas Budget Battle: Your Money, Their Priorities

Civil Unrest In The Making: Billionaires, Extremists, And The People’s Resistance

The Far-Right Freak Show: Day 10 Of The Texas Lege

TX Republicans Plan To Drain $6.5 Billion More On Border Hysteria Despite Trump

Blizzards In Beaumont And La Migra In San Antonio

Darkness, Hate, And The GOP’s Assault On MLK’s Dream

TikTok’s Farewell, RedNote’s Hello: How America Pushed Its Youth To China

Left In Texas Podcast - Featuring Representative Mihaela Plesa

Democrats Trolled The GOP, But Can They Deliver Reform?

Day Two: The Calm Before The Chaos

Day One Recap: Power Struggles At The Texas Capitol

SDEC Threatens Censure Over Speaker Vote & Dan Patrick Calls Kettle Black

The First Betrayal Of The 89th Texas Legislative Session

Bill Roundup: Gun Policy In Texas - Part TWO

Left In Texas Podcast - Featuring Representative Gene Wu

Republican House Member Files Felony Complaint Against Texas GOP Chair

Christian Nationalism’s Assault On Art And Free Thought In Fort Worth

The Endless Loop Of Bad Faith: The Texas GOP’s Broken Playbook

Democracy Doesn’t Negotiate With Fascists

Bill Roundup: Gun Policy In Texas

Insurrection Barbie: Katrina Pierson’s Political Comeback No One Asked For

New Year, Same Old Circus: What to Expect in 2025