An influential East Texas Tea Party group has taken back its endorsement of Mary Lou Bruner, the controversial Republican vying for the District 9 seat on the Texas State Board of Education. The group, Grassroots America-We the People, took issue with Bruner’s refusal to address the numerous inaccurate statements about public education she made at […]
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Woodfill and Adams, Along with Hotze’s Tactics, Defeated at Texas GOP Convention
This time the ol’ playbook didn’t work, and the extremists lost. We’re talking about the races for chair and vice chair of the Texas Republican party, which in the end weren’t even close by the time Jared Woodfill and Cathie Adams conceded to current chair Tom Mechler and current vice chair Amy Clark at the […]
Bruner: ‘We’re About to Win That (Global Warming) Battle’
No matter how wrong she is on a host of issues, Texas State Board of Education candidate Mary Lou Bruner probably thinks she really would help Texas children get the best education possible and go on to succeed in life. Here’s the problem: She cares more about pushing her own bizarre political agenda. She’s a partisan ideologue. […]
The Week in Quotes (May 8 – 14)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
Patrick Calls Transgender Student Rights Debate a ‘Come and Take It Moment’
This morning the U.S. Department of Education issued a letter to public school districts across the country advising them that federal law requires them to protect transgender students from discrimination and allow them to use bathrooms and locker rooms “consistent with their gender identity.” Naturally, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who has been on potty patrol every […]
