In Houston, Lauren Ashley Simmons and Molly Cook for Texas each pulled off upset runoff wins against Democratic legislators. Josephine Lee has the details. #txlege texasobserver.org/houston-progre…

Congress must act now to ban bump stocks. We don’t need machine guns in our communities. We cannot have another tragedy like the massacre in Las Vegas that saw 60 killed and more than 400 wounded because an activist court chose private profit over people.

Today's episode of The Daily (The New York Times) says the Supreme Court "effectively enhanced the availably of abortion" this term, which, no they didn't. Instead, read These Are Not Abortion Victories by Susan Rinkunas who explains it way better than Adam Liptak jezebel.com/these-are-not-…

ICYMI: Texas Attorney General owes $11K in ethics fines to the state. But Paxton hasn't paid and the bill has now gone to collections — to the very agency he leads. Will Paxton pay? Signs point to no. Great reporting by Taylor Goldenstein. houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas… #txlege

NEW: A judge representing a coalition of media outlets, including Austin Statesman and KVUE News, has ruled that the Uvalde County school district and sheriff’s office must release records within 20 days of an order pertaining to the shooting at Robb Elementary — a win for transparency.

.Donald J. Trump is a scab and a billionaire and that's who he represents. We know which side we're on. Not his.

Editorial: Attorney general should stop harassing migrant aid services with no evidence of wrongdoing | #RGV myrgv.com/opinion/editor…

In NYT, Jon Meacham: "Joe Biden, My Friend and an American Hero ... I know him to be a good man, a patriot and a president who has met challenges all too similar to those Abraham Lincoln faced." nytimes.com/2024/07/22/opi…

Kamala Harris talks about losing her mother.

Frankly, being anti-abortion is weird. It is weird to stand outside of a clinic and yell at patients and providers. It’s weird to think you should be the one to decide if someone has an abortion. It’s weird to make up lies about a simple medical procedure. It’s. Weird.

VP: Donald. I do hope you'll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage. Because as the saying goes, if you got something to say, say it to my face

New Equis poll out today, with further signs that the Kamala Harris entrance reset the Latino vote. Where Biden was only +5 among Latinos in the 7 most critical states, Harris is +19 after two weeks as the candidate. Memo from me/Maria Di Frsnco Quiñonez & toplines: weareequis.us/research/xssau…

Biden on Kishida declining to seek another term leading his party: "He unveiled a momentous new national security strategy … and, together with President Yoon of the Republic of Korea, has taken historic steps to usher in a new era of U.S.-ROK-Japan trilateral cooperation."

The inflation rate is cooling. Good news. But prices for many items are still high. How can this be? Companies have enough market power that they can keep them high even as their costs are dropping. Watch.

Kimberly Mata-Rubio is expected to speak at the Democratic National Convention around 8 p.m. today, Thursday, Aug. 22. She is the mother of Lexi Rubio, one of the 19 students who died on May 24, 2022, in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. uvaldeleadernews.com/articles/mata-…

New from the premier independent research institute in 🇨🇦 Kamala Harris 5-point lead over Trump driven by 24-point lead among Latino voters (57-33)

🚨BREAKING: 11 individuals and CHIRLA represented by Justice Action Center (JAC) @maketheroadny just filed a motion to intervene in Texas v. DHS, to defend the #KeepingFamiliesTogether parole process from states who don't care whether families and communities are ripped apart.🧵

New poll dropped today from Economist/YouGov that has Harris leading Latinos +22 (56-34) and on follow-up Q gets upwards of 62% of Latino support. On the VP nominees JD Vance is -19 among Latinos and Coach Walz is +8.

Thrilled to join the Patman Center team today!