Culture
Kid Rock for Senate?
Many have heard by now that Robert James Ritchie (aka Kid Rock) has announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate. He would represent his home state of Michigan. Is this a publicity stunt? Is he serious? […]
Politics
Federal
AG Sessions Restores Texas Voter ID Law, But Not Our Integrity
Predictably, media outlets across the fruited plain exploded in feigned outrage when Attorney General Sessions abandoned the Justice Department’s previous position that Texas’s voter identification requirements were discriminatory toward minority voters. The reversal was characterized […]
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Abbott Tosses Hat Back in the Ring
At the historic Sunset Station in San Antonio, the Texas Governor, Gregg Abbott, in a move that surprised no one, announced that he was seeking a second term. The event was a smaller venue, invitation only, […]
Politics
To Kill a King: the Unmaking of Speaker Straus
(Updated below!) Regular readers of Texian Partisan will recall last week when we reported that Governor Abbott had cut Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus out of the planning for the special legislative session. […]
Politics
Democrats Attempt Impeachment of Trump
Breaking today, U.S. Representatives Brad Sherman (D) from California and Al Green (D) of Texas announced their intention to introduce “an Article for Impeachment (H. Res. 438) against Donald Trump for High Crimes and misdemeanors.” Reported […]
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Why Texas Can’t Have Nice Things
In going through my news round-up, as per usual, I came across an article from our “friends” at The Texas Observer. In an article entitled “Five New Laws that Will Likely Get Texas Sued (or […]
Politics
Joe Straus Shunned by Greg Abbott
Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus may have just had his chair at the table yanked away by Governor Abbott. Reported this past week in Empower Texans, instead of making all his House-side preparations […]
Perspective
The Greg Abbott Vetoes
Texas news is abuzz over the vetoes executed by Gov. Greg Abbott. While there is much debate over whether the bills that were killed were good or not, why did the governor veto these bills? […]
Politics
No More Illegal Knives! TNM Legislative Update
Good news! Governor Abbott, on 6/15/17, signed into law a bill that the Texas legislature passed back in May, removing the designation of certain knives as “illegal.” This new law, effective September first, will make it […]
Perspective
Does Texas Love Trump?
Roughly a year ago if you told conservatives that the next president would appoint a staunch conservative to the SCOTUS, Dept of Education and EPA, pass the Keystone Pipeline, cancel the Trans Pacific Partnership and […]