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Myrtis Dightman was the Jackie Robinson of Rodeo 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 1103

New Texas House Rules Set The Tone For A Combative Session 0 Shell_Seas Jan 2023 Jan 2023 4 1206

Texas universities propose two-year tuition freeze in exchange for nearly $1 billion in additional 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 1353

Texas has an unprecedented budget surplus. What can be done with the billions of dollars? 12 TexasTowelie Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 1838

We're only on day 2 of the txlege and the GOP has already reached peak absurdity 3 Shell_Seas Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 1691

Dade Phelan Re-Elected House Speaker And Congress In Chaos 0 Shell_Seas Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 1186

GOP Plans To Gerrymander Districts AGAIN This Session 6 Shell_Seas Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 1566

Texas mom was asked for $7,000 for district records on bullying - ABC News 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2023 Jan 2023 7 1485

Texas Supreme Court will decide whether ERCOT should be immune from lawsuits sparked by deadly 4 TexasTowelie Jan 2023 Jan 2023 8 1674

The Heavily Funded GOP Effort To Re-Implement School Segregation 0 Shell_Seas Jan 2023 Jan 2023 9 1293

Houston Texans blew first round draft pick 3 LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 Jan 2023 0 1394

Astros fan accused of throwing cans at Sen. Ted Cruz gets no-billed, documents show 10 TexasTowelie Jan 2023 Jan 2023 17 2743

Austin has a new mayor 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 1241

TX Congresscritter Troy Nehls was an asshole and called CNN the Clinton News Network 2 LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 Jan 2023 7 1966

UT fires head basketball coach Chris Beard after domestic violence arrest 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 1214

GOP candidate files election contest in Harris County Judge contest 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 836

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Biden administration over enforcement of "public charge" law for immigrants 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 1119

AOC vows to flip Texas with the help of newly elected Rep. Greg Casar 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 1347

Texas gerrymandering gave the GOP its narrow "majority" 4 LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 Jan 2023 16 1694

Millionaire Mayes Middleton Wants To Ban SNAP Recipients From Milk And Cookies 13 Shell_Seas Jan 2023 Jan 2023 11 2313

Ronny Jackson Hires Racist Beauty Queen After Stripped Of Crown 2 Shell_Seas Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 1534

Chip Roy Seeks To Sink His Own Party, Entertainment For The Rest Of Us 3 Shell_Seas Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 2120

Get Ready For The GOP-Controlled Congress And The New Texas Legislature 2 Shell_Seas Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 1236

What Did Texas Congressional Members Do In 2022? 2 Shell_Seas Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 1673

Maintenance worker killed at Grand Prairie apartment complex after resident believed he was ... 11 sl8 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 6 2498

Two Texas businessmen pitched Trump on plan to overturn 2020 election, Jan. 6 report reveals 3 douglas9 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 11 2456

More than 30 million people now call Texas home as state leads US population gains 4 TexasTowelie Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 3587

16-foot albino python caught after wandering Texas neighborhood for months, photos show 7 TexasTowelie Dec 2022 Dec 2022 10 1922

Criminal cases in South Texas are unraveling because of a Texas Ranger's suspension after the Uvalde 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2022 Dec 2022 6 1362

U.S. House Jan. 6 committee investigated four Texas conservative figures, transcripts reveal 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2022 Dec 2022 5 984

Texas Continued...

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Texas Republicans Request Congress To Investigate ACLU For Not Being A Bigot 0 Shell_Seas Dec 2022 Dec 2022 4 1041

Popcorn Ready: The Best Texas Republican Twitter Beef This Year 0 Shell_Seas Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 1366

A Texas superintendent ordered school librarians to remove LGBTQ books. Now the federal government 0 sl8 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 6 1212

Crypto miner Core Scientific files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 1 modrepub Dec 2022 Dec 2022 4 1069

Texas GOP lawmaker hires Christian nationalist who called for drag show attendees to be executed 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2022 Dec 2022 4 1412

Coal, Money, and Texas Politics 0 Shell_Seas Dec 2022 Dec 2022 5 1061

New Rep Carl Tepper Files Bill To Ban Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion 7 Shell_Seas Dec 2022 Dec 2022 13 2224

Elon Musk's SpaceX, Boring Company take over rural Texas area 8 douglas9 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 1681

Targeting trans Texans again, Ken Paxton investigating pharmaceuticals over puberty blockers 2 LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 Dec 2022 3 1438

After recount, Democrat remains winner of battleground South Texas Senate seat 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2022 Dec 2022 9 966

The Republican Party Of Texas' Open Embrace Of Authoritarianism 5 Shell_Seas Dec 2022 Dec 2022 6 1295

Texas GOP Senators Perform Political Theater While Shilling For Oil And Gas 0 Shell_Seas Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 929

Oil Billionaire testifies against so-called ESG in a Texas Senate Committee Hearing. 1 Shell_Seas Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 1309

The 88th Legislature's Plans To Further Disenfranchise Voters 2 Shell_Seas Dec 2022 Dec 2022 8 1265

National Guard member deployed for Operation Lone Star stabbed while off duty in Mexico 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2022 Dec 2022 4 1159

It's Time We Talk About The Texas Democratic Party 5 Shell_Seas Dec 2022 Dec 2022 10 1915

Kirk Watson will be the next leader of Austin, winning the Austin mayor runoff election 0 LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 996

Jewish Texans see surge in antisemitism as a precursor to fascism 0 LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2022 Dec 2022 5 1069

In defamation lawsuit against Beto O'Rourke, lawyers debate whether Kelcy Warren is a public figure 0 LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 974

North Texas Republican files bill to ban social media for Texans under 18 12 TexasTowelie Dec 2022 Dec 2022 5 2245

Check out the Virtual Silent Auction (fundraiser for Tarrant County Democratic Party) 0 yellowdogintexas Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 865

Texas state court throws out lawsuit against doctor who violated abortion law 0 In It to Win It Dec 2022 Dec 2022 8 1247

Texas Republicans Are Imploding (Again) 2 Shell_Seas Dec 2022 Dec 2022 4 1998

The Untold Story of the Insular Texas Family That Invaded the U.S. Capitol 5 TexasTowelie Dec 2022 Dec 2022 15 2474

Far-Right Lawyer Drops Neo-Nazi Lawsuit, Celebrates Fascist Thanksgiving 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2022 Dec 2022 5 1424

Cody Harris Is Fighting Big, Bad, Scary Liberals... In Palestine? 0 Shell_Seas Dec 2022 Dec 2022 5 1128

Federal lawsuit filed against city of Houston due to lack of Hispanic representation on city council 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 852

SAPD file DWI charge against District 10 Councilman Clayton Perry 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2022 Dec 2022 4 909

Feds arrest 12 accused of extorting $27 million out of transmigrantes 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 1247

Dade Phelan Re-Elected As Speaker - Tea-Party Faction Flips Out 1 Shell_Seas Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 1221

Texas Continued...

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5-year-old shot by 8-year-old in Houston - ABC News 6 TexasTowelie Dec 2022 Dec 2022 4 1873

House Rep Deep Dive: Who is Nate Schatzline? 1 Shell_Seas Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 1448

Former San Antonio police officer who shot unarmed teen in a McDonald's parking lot has been indicte 8 sl8 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 29 2492

FedEx driver accused of kidnapping, murdering 7-year-old Athena Strand in North Texas 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 1053

Timeline: Video, audio from fatal shooting of Raj Moonesinghe as it happened 1 sl8 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 1194

Texas grid still vulnerable to extreme winter weather, ERCOT estimate shows 6 LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2022 Dec 2022 4 1363

Texas lawmakers have a $27 billion surplus, but a spending cap complicates their goal of lowering 4 TexasTowelie Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 1169

Texas A&M fined for Competition Area Policy violation 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 985

The Second Bi-Annual Anti-Awards 0 Shell_Seas Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 829

Beto O'Rourke returned $1 million check from FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried 0 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 Nov 2022 5 1362

City of Houston boil water notice lifted 1 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 Nov 2022 2 822

Melissa Highsmith, missing for 51 years, found in Fort Worth 6 sl8 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 44 3586

HISD has announced schools and facilities will be CLOSED tomorrow due to the boil water notice 3 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 Nov 2022 4 1319

Rick Perry and Jerry Jones Lend Rare Republican Support to Legal Sports Betting in Texas 4 douglas9 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 1210

A boil water notice has been issued for the City of Houston 5 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 Nov 2022 5 1503

Tony Tinderholt Hires White Christian Nationalist As Legislative Director 3 Shell_Seas Nov 2022 Nov 2022 5 1303

On this day, November 24, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald was being transferred, 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 Nov 2022 6 1643

Twin infants rescued from Russia and united with Texas parents 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2022 Nov 2022 16 1772

Fans frustrated after Bills-Lions game interrupted by tornado coverage 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 1428

Mattress Mack claps back at Harris Co. Judge Lina Hidalgo for victory speech dig 2 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 1629

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