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Sandi Villarreal retweeted
In May, I asked a Texas House Republican about liberals’ optimism. “Dems are killing us now,” he said, “but—and I’m going to use a naughty word here, don’t hold it against me—Democrats can fuck up a one-car parade.”
I reached back out this weekend: texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
Sandi Villarreal retweeted
Democrats have finally accepted Texas is a red state. It's why they actually have a chance to win this year.
My final thoughts on the election, featuring two years of reporting from Amarillo to San Juan: texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
NEW this AM: Catch news & politics senior editor @ben_c_rowen’s breakdown of the latest numbers and analysis of where we’re at on the longstanding: Can-Texas-actually-go-blue question—
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Sandi Villarreal retweeted
“The greatest threat to our Western society right now is the rise in Islam in the state of Texas. I want you to notice something, because the governor agrees on this: I didn’t say ‘radical Islam.’ I said ‘Islam,’ because all Islam is radical.” (Gift link).
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Sandi Villarreal retweeted
In audio we obtained, Nate Schatzline described how he plans to use his new job to fight "demonic forces and "globalists" - and to "crack down" on Islam, including by classifying it as a political ideology so that lawmakers can more overtly discriminate.
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Sandi Villarreal retweeted
I’m a nun at the Texas border. My vote reflects my Catholic values. | Opinion houstonchronicle.com/opinion… via @houstonchron
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NEW: Members of UT-Austin's student government wanted to condemn Bo French's racist attacks, but say a school official stepped in to dissuade them. They say its part of broader, concerning pattern regarding the school's handling of political issues. texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
Sandi Villarreal retweeted
During Houston’s early voting period, Ronaldo Salgado left an “I Voted” sticker at the roadside memorial for his father, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was killed by an ICE agent in Houston. The memorial has become a gathering place for community members honoring his memory, with hundreds of voters adding their own “I Voted” stickers. Together, the tributes link civic participation with remembrance and calls for justice. bit.ly/4Bv0EeP
Sandi Villarreal retweeted
Small scooplet in this story:
Jim Wright, the outgoing Republican chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, said he did not vote for @bofrench
Wright lost to French in May's GOP runoff. He didn't say if he voted for @Jon_RosenthalTX
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Sandi Villarreal retweeted
The @nytimes rates Texas as the no. 1 most gerrymandered state in the country. nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
Starting now, GOP strategists should know, “if we’re on hurricane watch or hurricane warning.” @cd_hooks breaks down what we can *actually* glean from surge of early voting in Texas.
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Sandi Villarreal retweeted
Here's my dispatch from a Paxton rally back in July texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
Sandi Villarreal retweeted
NEW from me: Dallas billionaire and GOP donor Kelcy Warren’s ranch was facing the prospect of enormous high-voltage transmission lines. Then the proposed route changed. Few other landowners have seen such relief.
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NEW from @Forrest4Trees: Revised maps show Kelcy Warren, a major donor to President Trump and Governor Greg Abbott, no longer faces the prospect of transmission lines severing his property even as hundreds of other landowners beg for relief.
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Sandi Villarreal retweeted
"When I asked Pulido if he would join the Blue Dog Coalition if he won his race, he responded, “Oh, hell yes. Are you kidding me? Yeah. Yes, absolutely.” No one has ever sounded more enthusiastic about joining a small centrist congressional group." texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
If she is elected, Hinojosa is vowing to appoint both Republicans and Democrats and build a “postpartisan” administration—beginning with the Texas Education Agency. “I’m going to fire Mike Morath on day one and hire an educator,” she says.
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NEW: Can tejano musician Bobby Pulido help win back South Texas for the Dems? @TexasMonthly's Eric Benson followed him across the state—from campaign events-turned-concerts, to weddings, and more—to find out how Texans are responding.
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Sandi Villarreal retweeted
.@Forrest4Trees spent a year reporting this story on UT-interviewing professors, students, & staff: "I was struck by the degree of fear on campus and the sense that a freewheeling intellectual culture was dead or dying." Hook 'em, Forrest @TexasMonthly texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
Sandi Villarreal retweeted
Texas Republicans used to debate. This cycle, they won't. (Gift link).
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