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Ken Paxton
September 14, 2023
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Morgan O'Hanlon
Ken Paxton’s Impeachment Is a Battle for the Soul of the Texas GOP
Establishment Republicans in the state Senate are making a risky bet against the disenfranchised and conspiratorial wing of their party.
May 31, 2023
Tori Otten
Greg Abbott Appoints Election Skeptic as Interim Texas Attorney General
John Scott once agreed to represent Donald Trump in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
May 26, 2022
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Grace Segers
Republicans Return to “Hardening” Schools as Their Solution to Shootings
What’s the answer to gun violence? More guns, naturally.
April 6, 2022
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Melissa Gira Grant
The Law Alone Can’t Halt the Christian Right’s Crusade Against Abortion and LGBTQ Rights
Liberals can’t count on the courts to protect against Republican ambitions to roll back civil rights.
March 17, 2022
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Melissa Gira Grant
“Grooming” Is Republicans’ Cruel New Buzzword for Targeting Trans Kids
On the right, “grooming” is being teed up as the next CRT.
March 15, 2022
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Matt Ford
Republicans Keep Turning to the Same Texas Judges to Block Biden’s Policies
The party has made a habit of “judge-shopping” in the Northern District of Texas, and there’s no mystery why.
March 11, 2022
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Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s Crown Is Starting to Slip
The former president’s vaunted kingmaking abilities have been called into question as many of his endorsed candidates are struggling in key races.
February 23, 2022
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Melissa Gira Grant
Texas’s Attorney General Is Laying the Groundwork to Separate Trans Kids From Their Families
Ken Paxton says his “formal attorney general opinion” is that gender-affirming health care for trans kids is “child abuse.”
July 13, 2021
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Matt Ford
Hervis Rogers May Spend Life in Prison Because of Trump’s Big Lie
The Republican Party’s fraudulent effort to stoke fears of rampant voter fraud could claim the freedom of a man who made an honest mistake.
August 3, 2020
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Matthew Phelan
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Jesse Hicks
Inside the Project Veritas Plan to Steal the Election
James O’Keefe’s group is part of a sprawling campaign to delegitimize mail-in balloting in the fall—a campaign being led by the White House.
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