Texas

African migrants began illegally crossing the South Texas border at the end of May and by June 5, more than 500 African migrants had crossed illegally in this single port at the Del Rio Sector in less than a week.

Aside from being Republicans serving in Congress, what do these 8 men and women have in common: Susan Brooks (R-IN), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Brain Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Will Hurd (R-TX), John Katko (R-NY), Tom Reed (R-NY), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Greg Walden (R-OR)?

Ro & Beto, 2 charismatic Democrats-- both refuse to give blanket endorsements to just anyone in a blue uniform... but for very different reasonsAccording to a CNN report last night, a Democratic Party robot in New Hampshire, Deb Nelson, the chair of the Hanover/Lyme Town Democrats, asked Beto to take the "Any Blue Will Do" pledge.

At the state level in California, Texas, and Florida Republicans have pushed new laws to prohibit censorship on political grounds or even just based on content as a whole.

The headline is idiotic. The Texas Monthly asked, trying to be provocative, I suppose: Can Out-of-State Liberals Oust a Texas Democrat? The answer, of course, is NO. Only a solid home-grown progressive Democrat from Webb or Bexar County is going to oust Henry Cuellar.

As the lady says, Texans don't give up easy. Yesterday MJ Hegar, the former Air Force helicopter pilot who ran a strong race against John Carter in 2018, is taking on bigger game in 2020-- Texas senior Senator John Cornyn. The was the seat everyone wanted Beto to run for before launching is ill-advised presidential run.

by NoahLadies and Gentlemen! Texas state legislator Tony Tinderholt. When I happen upon clowns like this guy, I just have to share them with you. He's a real winner even if his bill (see the meme) is, for now, on hold.OK. This one is almost too easy.

Trump's former top economic adviser, Gary Cohen, was interviewed in yesterday's Washington Post and he mentioned the harsh $26 billion cuts to Social Security would be "political suicide...

Ramon Romero (D) vs Marc Veasey (New Dem)In 2014 Ramón Romero, Jr. (born 1975) primaried Lon Burnam, the 9-term Texas state Rep for downtown Fort Worth (HD 90). In a relatively high-turnout race, Romero won with 2,594 (51.1%) to 2,483 (48.9%).In the last few weeks there have been increasingly loud rumors that Romero is about to launch a primary against Congressman Marc Veasey, who represents TX-33.

Last cycle, just as election fever started revving up, the DCCC's regional vice chair for Texas, quit. Ben Ray Lujan and his lame reactionary staffers were overjoyed that they weren't going to have a disrupter sticking his nose into "their business." He promised to fill the empty seat quickly. But never even tried. The regional vice chair for the West Coast, Ted Lieu, flipped 7 seats.