Greg Abbott

No, Texas can’t invoke the invasion clause

By Mia Brett / November 23, 2022 /

It’s politics, not a legal theory.

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What are Uvalde police hiding?

By John Stoehr / June 1, 2022 / Comments Off on What are Uvalde police hiding?

It’s not their incompetence and cowardice.

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Melissa Lucio, mother of 14 deemed unfit ‘good mother,’ faces punishment by death years after daughter’s deadly accident

By Mia Brett / April 23, 2022 / Comments Off on Melissa Lucio, mother of 14 deemed unfit ‘good mother,’ faces punishment by death years after daughter’s deadly accident

Jurors at her trial now doubt her guilty verdict. Her execution is scheduled for April 27. All eyes are on Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

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The Republican Party’s war against LGBT-plus Americans

By Victoria Brownworth / April 11, 2022 / Comments Off on The Republican Party’s war against LGBT-plus Americans

If you think that’s hyperbole, think again. 

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Texas says gender-affirming care is child abuse. It’s the latest in a history of states weaponizing child protective services

By Mia Brett / March 17, 2022 / Comments Off on Texas says gender-affirming care is child abuse. It’s the latest in a history of states weaponizing child protective services

If it isn’t gender-affirming care, it’s something else.a

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We suspected that rightwing politics caused mass injury and death. A new book proves it

By John Stoehr / January 12, 2022 / Comments Off on We suspected that rightwing politics caused mass injury and death. A new book proves it

When partisanship subsumes everything, people die. Period. 

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The president’s low approval is democracy working. Voters are holding him accountable

By Noah Berlatsky / December 14, 2021 / Comments Off on The president’s low approval is democracy working. Voters are holding him accountable

The problem is a Republican Party that’s not promising to do more to fight the covid pandemic. It’s promising to do less.

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