Friendly forums for passionate Dems!
More than 93 million posts since 2001
Home Latest Greatest Videos Forums Hide ads Join up!
Home Latest Greatest
Videos Forums Help
Hide ads Join up!
Latest Discussions»Region Forums»Texas
Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Texas

Related: About this forum
Start a new discussionStart discussion Subscribe to this forum (see My DU » Subscriptions)Subscribe Mark this forum as read (yellow icons will turn white)Mark as read Search this forum using Advanced SearchSearch forum You will no longer see this forum (see My DU > Trash Can)Trash forum Get forum information and statisticsAbout forum
This is a group, not a forum. Groups often serve as safe havens for members who share similar interests and viewpoints. Individuals who post messages contrary to a particular group's stated purpose can be excluded from posting in that group. For detailed information about this group and its purpose, click here.
Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Ken Paxton moves one step closer to trial on long-delayed securities fraud charges 1 LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 2351
Sycophants To The Very End 2 Shell_Seas Aug 2023 Aug 2023 38 2176
U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson "briefly detained" by officers at rodeo near Amarillo 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 2652
Astros Land Justin Verlander in Trade with Mets 2 LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1130
The One-Mile Rule: Texas' Unwritten and Arbitrary Policy Protects Big Polluters from Citizen Complai 0 douglas9 Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 2079
When Fiction Becomes Reality: Texas GOP Desperate To Save Fossil Fuels 2 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 11 1843
Small wasp 6x lifesize 8 AndyS Jul 2023 Jul 2023 14 1988
Buc-ee's responds to unofficial 'Buk-ii's' store in Matamoros, MX 7 LeftInTX Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 3473
Gentrification's Grip In Cameron County And The Role of SpaceX 1 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 984
Texas A&M suspends professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture 7 douglas9 Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 2481
Paxton lawyers seek to disqualify 3 Democratic senators as impeachment jurors (and fail) 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 2537
Greg Abbott's Very Bad Month 3 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 17 1917
Oil Oligarchs' Grip on Texas: How Their Influence Blocked Energy Reform 3 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 1814
Court OK'd delay in election ethics case against AG Ken Paxton until after his impeachment trial 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1648
Ken Paxton's impeachment trial is getting fun. Gag order issued and now a lawsuit on gag order 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2377
Texas Spent Billions on Border Security. It's Not Working 4 douglas9 Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 1114
DOJ says it will sue Texas over buoy wall barrier in Rio Grande 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 2480
Combatting Cameron County's False Narrative on Elon Musk 0 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1021
Why Are West Texas Billionaires Trying To Buy Paxton's Acquittal? 1 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 11 3082
Who Owns Texas? Top 10 Most Influential Oligarchs. 4 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 13 1849
Texas heat wave has inmates' families worried about lack of air conditioning in state's prisons 6 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2408
Women denied abortions in Texas ask court for clarity over state's exceptions to ban 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 4149
Hearing at Travis County Court on Tx abortion lawsuit 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 790
Austin-area homeowners among thousands across country having issues with bankrupt solar energy firm 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 4618
Justice Harriet O'Neill, a Republican, joined the "team of prosecutors" pursuing Paxton impeachment 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1503
Mexico files border boundaries complaint over Texas' floating barrier plan on Rio Grande 2 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 1446
True Texas Project: The New Red Scare 2 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 1587
Christian Nationalist Billionaires Want to Take Over Houston 8 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 14 2551
GOP Pac To Target Conservative Hispanic Democrats In The Texas House 3 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 2503
Texas Republicans Plot Path Toward Segregation 3 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 10 2358

Texas Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Houston has a new holiday-713 Day 2 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 962
Texas tumbles out of CNBC's top five states for business for first time in ranking history 6 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 16 3768
Abbott's Plan To Drown Refugees As A Deterrent For Seeking Asylum 7 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 13 1848
Inmates are dying in stifling Texas prisons, but the state seldom acknowledges heat as a cause of de 7 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 3236
Texas Republicans divide over impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton 3 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 1822
Why Texas Democrats Must Focus On An Urban First Strategy And Embrace Progressivism 0 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 2414
Has North Texas Forgotten About The Monstrous Acts Of Beth Van Duyne? 3 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 2479
Abbott Touts Texas' Economic Success Amidst 13.7% Food Insecurity Rate 1 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 1095
Ken Paxton will not testify at impeachment trial, defense attorney says 2 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2282
Texas Democrat (Castro) on rare cancer diagnosis: 'Wondered how much longer' 2 question everything Jul 2023 Jul 2023 12 5812
The GOP's Regressive Plans To Push Whiteness In Texas Colleges And Universities 1 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 9 2043
Teen who went missing in 2015 while walking dogs in north Houston found alive 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 13 2782
'Outside' report? Law firm that wrote it to defend Ken Paxton was paid $500K by Texas AG 1 white cloud Jul 2023 Jul 2023 9 6283
Texas Supreme Court says Gov. Greg Abbott's COVID ban on local mask rules was lawful 9 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 2908
ERCOT voted to give themselves substantial raises 8 Mersky Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1669
Impeachment Investigators Look Into Texas Attorney General's Real-Estate Sp 1 douglas9 Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 2817
Republicans' Complicity In Cooking Prisoners To Death In TDCJ 2 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 12 1159
Texas Tango Recap: The Absurd 88th Legislature's Special Session 2 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 1878
Nurses walk out of Austin's Ascension Seton in historic strike 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 2010
As demand for skilled workers rises in Texas, work-based educational ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 2651
Mitchell Jordan Makes History: Palestine, Texas Elects First-Ever Black Mayor 4 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 1275
Texas Senate does the right thing sidelining Paxton's wife in his impeachment (Editorial) 2 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 2080
Rescued tower tech is showing some improvement but needs industry's prayers and financial support 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 3821
New polling shows impeachment drama points to a summer of sweating for Ken Paxton 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1451
Three SAPD officers charged with murder after gunning down woman in apartment, Chief McManus says 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 3073
Pervez Agwan: A Progressive Voice For Texas' Future 0 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1773
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will not receive his $153,750 salary during suspension 3 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 2611
Southwestern's Class of 2023 Achieves 100 Percent Medical School Acceptance 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1529
Texas Senate bars Angela Paxton from voting in husband AG Ken Paxton's impeachment trial 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 2570
Rules for Ken Paxton impeachment trial were announced tonight 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1745

Texas Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
The Impeachment Games 0 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 918
Half of Texas voters believe the impeachment of Ken Paxton was justified, poll finds 1 Wonder Why Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1981
Elon Musk, Joe Rogan and RFK, Jr are going after Nobel Prize nominated physician Dr. Peter Hotez 7 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 5842
Texas calls for energy conservation as extreme heat spikes electricity demand 9 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 2421
Angela Paxton Refuses To Recuse After Singing Husband's Praises 2 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 1726
Bob Lemmons in Carrizo Springs, 1936, as taken by Dorothea Lange. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 1697
Texas Democrats aim for unity ahead of expected primary to take on U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 2205
As Texas swelters, local rules requiring water breaks for construction workers will soon be nullifie 15 douglas9 Jun 2023 Jun 2023 16 2874
Tarrant County picks deputy county clerk to run elections, eschewing GOP activist 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1117
Where Texas redistricting lawsuits stand after U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Alabama case 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 2414
Corrupt Texas Republicans Are Nothing New 1 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 1045
The Houston Democracy Project - Its Time To Fight Back 0 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1798
Ken Paxton's securities fraud trial will remain in Houston, court rules 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 2454
Revisiting the Anchor Holding Texas Down: Texas Democratic Party's Ineffectiveness 9 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 2561
Tarrant County And The Future Of America 2 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1423
Impeached AG Ken Paxton has a star defense team, but who's paying for it? 2 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 2975
Appeals court dismisses GOP megadonor's lawsuit against Beto O'Rourke 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2023 Jun 2023 10 2325
2023: The Year Of Accountability 0 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1096
Nate Paul, accused of bribing Texas AG Ken Paxton, is jailed on an FBI warrant 3 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 2702
While Canada burns, dry West Texas is drowning 2 blogslug Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 1652
Latest Discussions»Region Forums»Texas
Home | Latest Discussions | Greatest Discussions | Latest Videos | All Forums

About | Copyright | Privacy | Terms of service | Contact

In Memoriam

© 2001 - 2025 Democratic Underground, LLC. Thank you for visiting.