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"The broader lesson here, learned in 2018 and then forgotten, is that elected officials should try to do things that voters want, not things they donāt." @cd_hooks on why the blue tsunami crested in Texas last week: texasmonthly.com/news-politiā¦
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Happy Friday! If you loved the @TexasMonthly election night liveblog, and the stats tell me you did, imagine what these folks can do when theyāre not four Celsius deep at 1 a.m. running on pizza and cheesecake. For your end-of-week reading pleasure, a post-election thread. š§µ
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Gina Hinojosa wants to end all the school takeovers in Texas, and she can--but the process is a bit complicated. texasmonthly.com/news-politiā¦
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These and so, so much more from an incredible team, at @TexasMonthly over at texasmonthly.com/
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Speaking of deadāanother @dansolomon joint, as a treat.
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From trying to end church-state separation to infusing public school curriculum with Bible lessons to attempting to classify Islam as a political ideology, state leaders worked overtime on a Christian nationalist agenda. @RobertDownen_, on what comes next
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One of the most pressing issues: the several independent school districts currently under state takeover. From @mkerrhardy, hereās what Gina Hinojosa could do:
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And what will Dems do with their new power? @dansolomon writes about what they could do on some of the issues that got them voted in.
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In Rās last couple of Lege sessions in power, writes @cd_hooks, āthere was no attempt to moderate in any meaningful senseāor any attempt to do anything, really, that would be popular with Texas voters. In hindsight, they took their eyes off the ball.ā
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Texas Republicans should have known that Trumpās second midterm posed a big risk to the party, but they spent the 2025 legislative session on two unpopular, expensive, and ultimately pointless projects texasmonthly.com/news-politiā¦
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This Sunday 6:30 Central I'll be on "@TexasMonthly Presents" on @PBS for an update/recap on a 2024 article about my prison listeners to my radio show on @MarfaRadio . Also avail on the PBS app. The original article by Sterry Butcher can be found here- texasmonthly.com/being-texanā¦
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Dan Patrick and his allies had big plans for 2027, including creating a state version of Trumpās religious liberty commission, and, apparently, an executive faith office spearheaded by a man who calls all Islam radical. Then Tuesday happened.
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Just a few months ago, Dan Patrick was celebrating his stint on the DOJ religious liberty commission + its Texas-policy-inspired work to end church-state separation. On Tuesday, he was swept out of office, along w virtually all his allies. @RobertDownen_
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āChristian nationalism was defeated by an interfaith coalition and interfaith cooperation, and now it is going to become much more muted. Democrats proved that they can deploy faith just like Republicans do. They just deploy it differently.ā
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Join #TheWittliff at @texasbookfest for this session: Stories from Texas with W.F. Strong, Moderated by @BrimbleRay
Sunday, November 15
3:00PM-3:45PM
At the Texas Tent (Presented by @TexasMonthly)
Learn more: texasbookfestival.org/scheduā¦
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Exclusive: Say hello to the San Antonion Breakfast Tacos Baseball Team. texasmonthly.com/food/san-anā¦
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Bo French had one job: Stay quiet, and hope voters wouldnāt realize how racist he is. He couldnāt do it. And on Tuesday, voters punished him.
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I profiled James Talarico last year, just as he was launching his candidacy. It was the first profile of him this cycle and the last before he became nationally famous. We talked a lot about the tension between his path in politics and calling to ministry. texasmonthly.com/news-politiā¦
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Itās been a hell of a night. More to come in the AM from the best team in Texas politics. Hereās @Forrest4Trees's look at the seismic shift we all just witnessed.
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Follow the Texas politics dream/sleep paralysis demon teamā @ben_c_rowen, @cd_hooks, @Forrest4Trees, @RobertDownen_, @AllegraEHobbs, @dansolomon, @mkerrhardy, @mimiswartz, Eric Benson, and meāfor news & analysis through election night here:
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"One is tempted to say one-party rule is over. Yet, somehow weāve entered a new era of one-party rule." @Forrest4Trees brings two decades of covering Texas elections to bear in this excellent piece on tonight's head spinning results: texasmonthly.com/news-politiā¦
