Election - Texas Outlaw Writers (Page 2)

My Debate Prep Involves Whisky

"We are sure to hear the buzzwords that have made our national eyes roll every time some self-described pundit uses them. I'm not by nature a violent man, but I find my grandfather's antique Smith & Wesson mighty tempting when one of them talks about the "Weaponization" of anything."

Trump

The Old Man with a Spray Tan

The notion that anyone can accept the idea that the former president is the last, best hope to save American democracy is repulsive in the extreme. The opposite, in fact, is true.

Trump

Man up, Pilgrim

God-damn, I'm the stuff men are made of! -John Wayne

Trump

A Sham, A Scam and a Witchhunt

Lining up behind a candidate in a show of party loyalty is one thing, but slavish devotion in the face of so much slime is quite another. I make this observation as someone who has actually worked in two political campaigns in my life, one Democratic and one Republican.

national politics

Cracks in the American Mosaic

I brought the contradictions up with Geiorge W. Bush during an off-camera interview in 2004 and asked him how he could reconcile the inherent meanness of the strategy with who he was as a person, and all he said was, “It’s just politics, Jimmy.”

Economy

A Broken Land

We are convinced the only two kinds of people in this nation are millionaires and those who will very soon be millionaires. There is little accommodation for failure. You are expected to pull yourself up by your bootstraps even if you were born into a family that cannot afford boots.

Trump

The Borderlord: Chapter Two

Abbott is brazen about using state resources to promote his political agenda, and nothing is more important to him than the border. He has no desire to solve the immigration problem. Instead, he has created a multi-billion $ issues platform to raise his profile, and Texans are paying for it.

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When Life is Like a Story in the Onion

"The party that once called the President a fascist and dictator, now wants him to solve the border crisis by Presidential decree. The folks who were adamant they needed a border bill, now say, Joe could have solved this all by himself."

Election

Let’s Not Forget About the Other Threat to Democracy: The Gerrymander

Ninety-five percent of the 4 million newcomers to Texas are people of color, half of whom identify as Latino. Yet, the growing number of people of color in Texas is not growing in their ability to choose who represents them.

Biden

Scratchings in the Dirt

"The person who is making America great again is Joe Biden even as the opposition tries to portray him as a lost old soul, bent in the back, scratching pictures in the dirt with a short stick, alone and mumbling."

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Boeing! Boeing!

"You might be surprised to hear what one portion of the population thinks is the real problem behind the 737 Max mishaps. It's the black guys."

national politics

Hope is Not a Strategy

The apparent inevitability that Trump will become the GOP’s nominee for the third straight time ought to force Democrats into extreme introspection on their armaments in the coming battle for the republic, instead of making unsafe assumptions about its outcome.

US History

History Does Rhyme After All

"Though most of the South had already seceded, when it came time to count electoral votes on February 21st, a crowd formed outside the Capitol with the intent of breaking in and with or without a buffalo horn headdress, disrupting the counting of the electoral votes to confirm Lincoln's victory."

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Independent State Legislature Theory and the Threat to Democracy

The Supreme Court is hearing a case that could forever change the way we conduct elections in this country – almost certainly for the worse.

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Still Waters Run Deep - Democracy is Still Afloat After Election Day

No “Red” Wave, no “Blue” Wave, but clear signs beneath the surface of the midterm elections-- polls were debunked, history was made, and we learned lessons.

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