Ken Paxton Archives

Trump Gives Paxton a Full-Throated Endorsement

September 3, 2026 Buck Banks

“Ken Paxton, you might not like the way he dresses, and I say this, it’s so insulting to him, but I might as well say it. You might not like the way he looks. You might not love his television interviews. But he was the best attorney general and that speaks a lot louder than the suit he’s wearing that doesn’t look so great or than anything, frankly.”

— President Trump, speaking about Ken Paxton.

Our Fascist Idiocracy: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Crimes and Scandals

June 17, 2026June 18, 2026 Jon Ponder

With his rise to the presidency, criminal conman Donald Trump inaugurated a nrew era of right-wing corruption. It would appear to be an ideal environment for elevating another corrupt politician, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, to the U.S. Senate. He’ll be facing Democrat James Talarico in November, and the rest of teh country will find out just how much criminality and corruption Texas voters can tolerate from their leaders.

Here’s his (alleged) rap sheet:

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Tillis Tells It on Paxton

May 28, 2026 Buck Banks

Tag: Ken Paxton

Trump Gives Paxton a Full-Throated Endorsement

— President Trump, speaking about Ken Paxton.

Our Fascist Idiocracy: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Crimes and Scandals

Tillis Tells It on Paxton

“To call Ken Paxton ethically challenged is to call Jeffrey Dahmer suffering from an eating disorder.”

— Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), quoted by the New York Times, on the new Republican nominee for Senate in Texas.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”