The gaslighting happening now in the Texas Senate is something else: Republicans arguing they need to correct accusations of racial discrimination in congressional district maps that the same Republicans have argued contain no racial discrimination #TxLege

ken paxton & angela paxton hold mortgages on 3 homes that are each listed as their primary residence (saving them thousands of dollars, collecting impermissible homestead tax breaks on 2 of them). my question is do any TX GOP primary voters even care apnews.com/article/paxton…

.Burt Solomons in The New York Times: I was the GOP chair of the House Redistricting Committee in #txlege. Mid-decade map drawing is "clear partisan manipulation ... that smacks of authoritarian overreach" nytimes.com/2025/07/25/opi… 👀

“The people in the community... they don’t want fights that are designed to get you on social media…” — County Attorney Christian Menefee, speaking on his proven record of challenging both Greg Abbott and Donald Trump and his vision for Texas’ 18th Congressional District #TX18

I’ve listened to the entire TX Senate redistricting hearing so far today and out of all the people who have testified I’ve counted only 3 who have been in favor. The overwhelming majority are vehemently against unconstitutional mid-decade redistricting.

We did this to him. This government. This country. We condemned him to this torture because he dared to follow our own laws and seek refuge here. Utterly sick.

This is our point and why Tx Democrats are sounding the alarm in other states. Trump’s mid-decade redistricting demand is not stopping with Texas—we’re only the beginning. Virtually stuffing the ballot box is his only path forward. And Tx does not like cheaters. Texas House Democrats #txlege

Kerr County sheriff just now: "What matters is not blame, it's commitment to improve." Amazing how the people who run things 'round here never take responsibility for anything. Mass shootings, electric grid collapsing, catastrophic disasters—no one's ever to blame!

Rs are proposing this year to add 5 seats to their total so that they get 79% of the seats. Yet, in 2024 Trump received only 56% of the vote in Texas. While rigging the outcome, Rs get 30 seats while Ds only get 8. mimi swartz Lisa Falkenberg ChrisTomlinson

I don't recall you expressing any concerns about bribery when Dan Patrick took $3 million from Ken Paxton supporters right before presiding as judge in the impeachment trial. This outrage seems selective, at best #TxLege

The Molly Ivins quip about a Pat Buchanan speech—"It probably sounded better in the original German"—is getting a workout these days.

Texas lawyer here. I read the brief. It’s astonishingly stupid. For many reasons. But start here: - Breaking quorum is a well-established political tool used by both parties. It’s not abandonment (no one is permanently giving up their duties). It’s a strategy within a voting

Leavitt confirms that monthly jobs reports may be suspended "until they can get the data and methodology in order"

Talarico owns Will Cain so hard that he has to tap out of their interview based on "time"

Peter Alexander: "What struck me was the looks on the faces of a lot of the American, delegation here. Caroline Leavitt, Steve Witkoff, who came into the room, then left quickly. Leavitt appeared to be a bit stressed out, anxious. Their eyes were wide, almost ashen at times."

On 14th & R this morning in DC, officers with vests that said only police detained a man who seemed to have been riding a moped, taking him down as passerby screamed. Officers refused to say what agency they’re with. Their unmarked cars had Maryland plates. The Washington Post

Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff The Washington Post That wasn’t a takedown, it was a self-inflicted concussion. But slap a badge on it, and suddenly it’s ‘law enforcement.’ What we’re really seeing are untrained meatheads cosplaying as cop clowns with guns who are more dangerous to themselves than to anyone else.

Another day, another potentially criminal act by Ken Paxton. The FEC sent a letter detailing 100 potentially illegal contributions from his 2025 2nd Quarter FEC report!

Let’s talk about what happened tonight on the Senate floor… #txlege

Moving story by @BekahMcNeel: Sixteen Hours, Two Flights, and a Pastor on Call: How One Texas Woman Found Abortion Care texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…