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Houston attorney (D) and former council member (D) face off in special election 1 RandySF Dec 7 Dec 8 1 459
Texas becomes the first state to buy bitcoin as more states eye cryptocurrencies 9 douglas9 Dec 5 Dec 8 5 793
Texas hospital fires staffer after viral video showing pregnant woman in distress - NBC News 1 TexasTowelie Dec 5 Dec 6 15 931
County adopts election boundary contingency plan 0 RandySF Dec 5 Dec 5 0 455
Supreme Court's map ruling sends Texas Democrats toward potential primaries, retirement or higher office bids 0 TexasTowelie Dec 5 Dec 5 2 438
Civil Rights Groups Poised to Take Texas' Voter Suppression Law to Supreme Court 0 RandySF Dec 5 Dec 5 2 393
Supreme Court allows Texas to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms 4 LetMyPeopleVote Dec 4 Dec 5 4 729
Trump pardons sports executive charged by his Justice Department 5 douglas9 Dec 4 Dec 4 9 850
Texas exodus underscores the state's fading relevance in the House GOP 3 douglas9 Dec 4 Dec 4 10 934
He's an Unapologetic Fascist Who 'Despises' Democracy. He Still Wants You to Vote for Him. 1 douglas9 Dec 3 Dec 3 15 859
Texas removes women and minorities from Historically Underutilized Business program for state contracts 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2 Dec 2 10 898
Hundreds of Texas voters flagged as potential noncitizens may have already proven their citizenship 0 douglas9 Dec 2 Dec 2 3 567
Petrochemical Expansion in Texas Will Fall Heavily on Communities of Color, Study Finds 3 douglas9 Dec 2 Dec 2 4 647
Tarrant board keeps chief appraiser after vote error that skewed 2024 election 0 RandySF Dec 2 Dec 2 3 527
Early voting begins for December runoff election. Everything you need to know 0 RandySF Dec 2 Dec 2 3 464
Man arrested, accused of posting video saying he was building bomb targeting Fort Worth 0 TexasTowelie Nov 30 Nov 30 9 1029
Efforts to save Monarch butterflies show progress as Trump administration moves to rollback rules - KXAN 0 TexasTowelie Nov 29 Nov 29 11 902
My asshole congresscritter, Troy Nehls, is not running for re-election 7 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 29 Nov 29 8 1183
Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat 1 douglas9 Nov 26 Nov 26 9 729
State investigates Harris County for allegedly registering P.O. boxes as voter addresses 0 RandySF Nov 26 Nov 26 1 390
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones asks City Council to move municipal elections to November 0 RandySF Nov 26 Nov 26 0 372
Governor Of Texas PANICS After Banks REJECT Thousands Of Mortgage Applications! 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 25 Nov 25 14 1486
Special Frisco City Council election draws former fire chief, insurance business owner 0 RandySF Nov 25 Nov 25 1 450
Bexar County secures $4 million to enhance election operations 0 RandySF Nov 25 Nov 25 0 347
A fifth North Texas city to consider election to pull out of DART 0 RandySF Nov 25 Nov 25 0 505
Webb County judge (D) disputes allegation that he violated federal law to dodge Texas' resign-to-run rule 0 RandySF Nov 24 Nov 24 2 401
Abbott's Moves to Restrict Muslims Leave Some Concerned and Puzzled 7 douglas9 Nov 22 Nov 22 10 891
U.S. Supreme Court temporarily restores Texas GOP's congressional map 4 douglas9 Nov 22 Nov 22 6 698
Texas rodeo events canceled due to equine virus outbreak, as PRCA monitors situation 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 21 Nov 22 7 968
Greg Abbott vows to spend mightily to turn Harris County red 2 RandySF Nov 21 Nov 21 6 723

Texas Continued...

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Texas Republicans in some counties are pushing to count ballots by hand in next year's primary 5 douglas9 Nov 19 Nov 20 1 586
Trump Judge Who Blocked Texas Redistricting Had Won GOP Praise 0 douglas9 Nov 20 Nov 20 10 731
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 RandySF Nov 20 Nov 20 0 217
Judge blocks Texas from using new congressional map for 2026 elections 5 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 18 Nov 19 6 612
The Texas redistricting ruling is going to affect a good number of upcoming Texas races. 0 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 18 Nov 18 4 575
Abbott sets Jan. 31 runoff for special election to replace U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner 0 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 17 Nov 17 2 371
Why Kamala Harris congratulated a Cy-Fair ISD school board winner for breaking a conservative majority 0 RandySF Nov 14 Nov 14 5 567
AG Paxton sues Texas higher education agency over work-study programs, alleging religious discrimination 1 TexasTowelie Nov 14 Nov 14 4 502
Tiny GOP Counties Get Big Litigation in Paxton's Texas 3 douglas9 Nov 14 Nov 14 2 623
Texas judge blocks Ken Paxton's request to muzzle Tylenol maker on drug's safety 0 TexasTowelie Nov 14 Nov 14 3 413
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 TexasTowelie Nov 14 Nov 14 0 191
TX-AG: Meet the candidates vying to be Texas attorney general in the post-Paxton era 1 RandySF Nov 14 Nov 14 1 379
Texas GOP regret 'their overconfidence' as Trump-led effort 'may end up backfiring' 4 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 13 Nov 14 14 744
Mike Collier to challenge Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick again -- as an independent 1 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 13 Nov 13 1 417
Texas gerrymandering may backfire 5 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 13 Nov 13 19 718
Former state Rep. Chris Paddie fined $105,500 for violating revolving door lobbying law 0 TexasTowelie Nov 13 Nov 13 2 330
Preliminary Injunction Hearing in Texas Redistricting Cases set for October 1-10 1 LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 Nov 13 4 682
Once a Rising Star, a Top Texas Democrat Won't Seek Re-election 4 RandySF Sep 2025 Nov 13 3 1422
Hawkins City Council Election Overturned 0 RandySF Nov 13 Nov 13 2 395
San Antonio U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales to make first media appearance since staffer's puzzling death 0 douglas9 Nov 13 Nov 13 3 642
Dallas to move city council elections to November 0 RandySF Nov 12 Nov 12 3 405
The number of whooping cough cases in Texas is the highest it's been in 11 years 4 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 12 Nov 12 7 529
Jolt Initiative hits back at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in fight over voter registration 1 RandySF Nov 12 Nov 12 4 470
More than a dozen families sue Camp Mystic - NBC News 0 TexasTowelie Nov 11 Nov 11 5 425
Teen sentenced in crash that killed Alpharetta GA family of 6 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 11 Nov 11 8 694
Texas AG sues group over claims of illegally registering voters 4 RandySF Nov 11 Nov 11 7 472
TX-SD09: Democrat Rehmet, Republican Wambsganss head to runoff in special election for North Texas Senate seat 1 RandySF Nov 5 Nov 9 3 369
Almost 3 million votes cast in constitutional amendments election, most in recent history 2 RandySF Nov 8 Nov 8 1 408
New councilman elected, local results mirror statewide in constitutional amendment election 0 RandySF Nov 8 Nov 8 4 463
Paxton makes "extraordinary request" to block Tylenol maker from paying shareholders 4 TexasTowelie Nov 6 Nov 7 9 689

Texas Continued...

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Texas Turns Its Sprawling State Police Force Into Immigration Agents for Trump 5 douglas9 Nov 6 Nov 6 6 694
Texas Congressman Al Green is changing districts due to the new Texas gerrymandered map 2 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 6 Nov 6 7 521
Well, shoot. Looks like all the texas constitutional amendments passed. 15 mwmisses4289 Nov 5 Nov 6 18 1569
I heard that Democrats/progressives had a good election night in Harris County. 1 RandySF Nov 6 Nov 6 3 542
Democratic-Backed Candidates Flip 3 Texas School Board Seats 2 RandySF Nov 6 Nov 6 10 571
Brad Heppner, founder of Dallas-based Beneficient, arrested on fraud charges 1 TexasTowelie Nov 6 Nov 6 5 615
Houston voters deal another political blow to HISD Superintendent Mike Miles 0 RandySF Nov 6 Nov 6 4 480
Results: Runoff likely for Houston City Council At-large Position 4 race with Boykins and Salinas leading 0 RandySF Nov 6 Nov 6 0 327
A near upset in North Texas Senate race jolts frayed Democratic hopes ahead of 2026 1 RandySF Nov 5 Nov 5 13 605
Plano leaders vote to hold DART withdrawal election next spring 0 RandySF Nov 5 Nov 5 1 282
North Texas community votes against forming a city to regulate a noisy Bitcoin mine 1 RandySF Nov 5 Nov 5 4 414
All 17 Texas Constitutional amendments pass 0 RandySF Nov 5 Nov 5 3 485
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 RandySF Nov 5 Nov 5 0 192
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson fights Republican lawsuit seeking closed primaries 1 RandySF Oct 31 Nov 5 2 303
'There's other options': Irving City Council to discuss potential DART pullout election 1 RandySF Nov 1 Nov 5 1 411
How did Austin's Proposition Q do? 2 TexasTowelie Nov 5 Nov 5 4 528
Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards appear headed for District 18 special election runoff 0 TexasTowelie Nov 5 Nov 5 4 335
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Election 0 cloudbase Nov 4 Nov 4 4 340
Trump administration plans to build border wall in Laredo, mayor says 1 TexasTowelie Nov 4 Nov 4 6 468
Two voters to decide $580 million bond election for Waco riverway subdivision development 1 RandySF Nov 4 Nov 4 2 535
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