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Efforts by Texas Republicans to pass voting restrictions tests the enduring relationship between the party and big business in the state. There’s always a danger in drawing too many inferences from a single election — especially one held on a weekend in May 2021. But the outcome serves as a reminder of one of Democrats’ biggest worries in November 2022: that Republicans will turn out in huge numbers and Democrats won’t, costing the latter their control of the House. Democrats had reason...

Leather Life: “Your rights. Your privacy. Your freedom.” “Your rights. Your privacy. Your freedom.” That’s what the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) has been working for since 1997. NCSF’s mission statement declares that the coalition is “committed to creating a political, legal and social environment in the U.S. that advances equal rights for consenting adults who engage in alternative sexual and relationship expressions.” NCSF’s successful efforts, for so many ye...

Updated May 06, 2021 Texas Republican Slams GOP For Hating A Good Hunk Of America "I dont know what we stand for. We stand for owning the libs," former congressional candidate Michael Wood told MSNBCs Nicolle Wallace. A Texas Republican congressional candidate who lost a U.S. House runoff earlier this week after campaigning as a “Never Trumper” and getting only 3% of the vote, is now condemning the party’s current focus ― or lack thereof. Michael Wood ran in Texas’s 6th Congressional...

April 26, 2021 GMT ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday gave his endorsement in a Texas special congressional election to Republican Susan Wright, the widow of former U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, who died after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Wright had already racked up a number of prominent GOP endorsements heading into Saturday’s election in Texas’ 6th congressional district, where 23 candidates are on the ballot. The race includes at least two Republicans who work...

At the Races: It’s (still) Trump’s party Bridget Bowman, Stephanie Akin, and Kate Ackley © Provided by Roll Call Welcome to At the Races! Each week we’ll bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Bridget Bowman, Stephanie Akin and Kate Ackley If you still need proof of former President Donald Trump’s stranglehold on the Republican Party, look no further than the latest ...

Trump seems to have put up a rudimentary communications platform May 4, 2021 It looks like Donald Trump has published a communications platform in a rudimentary state. It’s on his personal Save America site. Only Donald Trump can post but people can share his comments on Twitter, Facebook, and so on. We think it won’t be long before social media platforms ban sharing. They’ll say he isn’t allowed to get around their ban. Some of his comments: Heartwarming to read new polls on big-shot...

The new Republican Party split is America First vs. Country First, and it’s playing out in the House GOP leadership

Jana Lynne Sanchez, who ran to replace the late GOP Rep. Ron Wright in Texas’ 6th congressional district, says her narrow loss is “not a good omen” for Democrats seeking to cling to their narrow majority in both houses of Congress.

Cheney’s Grip on GOP Job Weakens as Trump Backs Replacement Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Daniel Flatley and Derek Wallbank (Bloomberg) -- Representative Liz Cheney’s grip on her No. 3 House Republican job all but vanished as former President Donald Trump endorsed replacing her with New York Representative Elise Stefanik, who also has the backing of the chamber’s second-ranking GOP leader. The former president’s intervention shows how he is determined to keep his hold on the par...

The new Republican Party split is America First vs. Country First, and it’s playing out in the House and across the country