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Speakers pull out of prominent activist group’s pro-Christian nationalist conference
Read full article: Speakers pull out of prominent activist group’s pro-Christian nationalist conferenceThe venue also canceled, but Fort Worth city officials demanded it still host the event. True Texas Project blamed public backlash on “woke attacks.”
North Texas Senate runoff creates strange bedfellows, divides usual allies within GOP
Read full article: North Texas Senate runoff creates strange bedfellows, divides usual allies within GOPThe battle to succeed retiring state Sen. Drew Springer has come down to a May 28 runoff between Brent Hagenbuch and Jace Yarbrough.
Here’s who gets money from Defend Texas Liberty, the PAC whose leader met with white supremacist Nick Fuentes
Read full article: Here’s who gets money from Defend Texas Liberty, the PAC whose leader met with white supremacist Nick FuentesThe group has funded candidates and groups like the Texas GOP who have pushed fellow Republicans to take a harder line against things like illegal immigration and transgender people.
His public custody battle helped ignite a movement against transgender health care for kids. Will it carry him to the Texas House?
Read full article: His public custody battle helped ignite a movement against transgender health care for kids. Will it carry him to the Texas House?Jeff Younger sees himself as the “tip of the spear” in an effort that led the state to investigate parents of transgender children for child abuse.
Texas far-right conservatives spent millions to oust House GOP leaders, to little avail
Read full article: Texas far-right conservatives spent millions to oust House GOP leaders, to little availIn the Texas House, the biggest intraparty attack on Republican leadership came from the Defend Texas Liberty PAC, led by former state Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford. Backed by hard-right donors like Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, West Texas oil tycoons, the group spent at least $5.2 million from January onward.
Gov. Greg Abbott’s two most vocal GOP challengers have long sought to push their party to the right
Read full article: Gov. Greg Abbott’s two most vocal GOP challengers have long sought to push their party to the rightFormer state Sen. Don Huffines and ex-Republican Party of Texas Chair Allen West have each made careers out of championing conservative values.
Texas GOP gubernatorial candidate says he won’t fire staffer tied to white nationalist movement
Read full article: Texas GOP gubernatorial candidate says he won’t fire staffer tied to white nationalist movementDon Huffines said he wouldn’t take any action against the campaign staffer, who once said “we’re nearing the demographic cliff."
State agency removed online resources for LGBTQ youth after complaints from a Republican challenging Gov. Greg Abbott, emails show
Read full article: State agency removed online resources for LGBTQ youth after complaints from a Republican challenging Gov. Greg Abbott, emails showDemocratic state senators want the webpage reinstated. The resources were removed after Don Huffines, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, criticized their inclusion on a state website.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has colossal $55 million war chest for 2022 reelection bid
Read full article: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has colossal $55 million war chest for 2022 reelection bidAbbott’s campaign coffers hit the balance after he raised over $18.7 million during the last 10 days of June, his campaign announced Thursday. The campaign said the cash-on-hand total was larger “than any other statewide candidate in Texas history.”
Gov. Greg Abbott wants to build a border wall, but does Texas have the ability — or money — to do so?
Read full article: Gov. Greg Abbott wants to build a border wall, but does Texas have the ability — or money — to do so?Critics have denounced Abbott's proposal as "political theater" that won't pass legal muster. But the two-term Republican governor says it's time to secure the border.
Republican former state Sen. Don Huffines launches primary challenge to Gov. Greg Abbott
Read full article: Republican former state Sen. Don Huffines launches primary challenge to Gov. Greg AbbottFormer state Sen. Don Huffines, R-Dallas, announced Monday that he is challenging Gov. Greg Abbott in the 2022 primary.