Tag: Texas
Ocasio-Cortez Raises $4 Million for Texas Relief
$4 million
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said her fundraiser for relief efforts in Texas doubled to $4 million on Saturday.
O’Rourke Might Run for Texas Governor
“It’s something I’m gonna think about.”
— Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) said he is considering a 2022 gubernatorial run, setting up a potential challenge against incumbent Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), The Hill reports.
Texas Can’t Let Go of ‘Negro’

NPR has dug up a story that contains these elements: ingrained Texas racism, racially pejorative names assigned to geographical features, a weird twist in federal beaurocracy and a clear lack of desire to rectify an ongoing racist practice.
In 1991 when then-Gov. Ann Richards signed a bill authorizing changing the names of 19 sites across Texas that were considered racially insulting to Blacks, everyone thought that was the end of it. They even submitted substitute names that celebrated African Americans who had made significant contributions to the state.
But in the 30 years since, only one of the 19 cliffs, rivers, creeks and valleys with the word “negro” in its name was changed. The other geographical features were not renamed due to local resistance and the limits of federal jurisdiction.
Beto O’Rourke Calls out the Texas GOP As a Death Cult
O’ROURKE: This is a death cult, the Texas GOP. Only they want
‘Somone Else’ Would Beat Trump in Texas
45%
A new University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll finds a slight majority of Texas voters would choose someone other than Donald Trump in a presidential race held right now. “While 45% said they would ‘definitely vote for someone else,’ 39% said they would ‘definitely vote to re-elect Donald Trump.’ But the president got 10% who said they would ‘probably vote to re-elect Donald Trump,’ and only 6% said they would ‘probably vote for someone else.’ … If you count the leaners on both sides, that would be a virtual tie between Trump and an unnamed opponent.”
Fox News: Trump May Take Current Disaster Funds from Florida, Texas to Build Wall
But now even Fox News is reporting that Trump will also strip disaster recovery funds from two big states he won: Florida and Texas.
Ted Cruz Loves White Castle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=zAvKZAPhOUU
Video: Is Ted Cruz ‘Tough as Texas?’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYYqEgT9uI&feature=youtu.be
Seize the Clay
The way Donald Trump sees it,
He’s building the Wall ’cause we need it.
To protect the nation,
He’ll use condemnation,
And if he needs your land, he’ll just seize it.