Category Archives: Republicans

LinkSwarm For March 1, 2024

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Lawrence Person

Congratulations on surviving the first 1/6th of 2024! The Big Guy is exactly who we knew he was all along, Houston police screw up, some big crime stories, Wayne LaPierre is found guilty, and the world’s saddest Oompa Loompa. It’s … Continue reading →

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Texas Election Roundup For February 28, 2024

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Lawrence Person

I hadn’t intended to use so much of this week talking about Texas elections, but a lot of news is dropping and the primary looms next week, so let’s tuck in: Vegas bets on Dade Phelan. After mainly remaining on … Continue reading →

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BattleSwarmBlog Endorses Christi Craddick For Railroad Commissioner

Posted on February 27, 2024 by Lawrence Person

I’m not one to vote for a Republican incumbent just because they’re a Republican incumbent. That, and the fact that the operations of the Texas Railroad Commission are seldom reported on and mostly opaque to me, have heretofore kept me … Continue reading →

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Gun Owners Of America Issue Texas Endorsements

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Lawrence Person

Gun Owners of America have issue their Texas election endorsements. Let’s do the Texas statehouse candidates first (all Republicans): Texas State House District 2: Brent Money Texas State House District 17: Tom Glass Texas State House District 21: David Covey … Continue reading →

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Texas State House Republican Primary Candidates

Posted on February 20, 2024 by Lawrence Person

Today marked the start of early primary voting, so here’s a roundup on Republican state house races. I’ve posted several times on the need to primary and defeat every one of the Dade Phelan toadies who voted to kill school … Continue reading →

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Speaker Mike Johnson: No Foreign Aid Until You Address The Border

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Lawrence Person

Looks like Republican Speaker Mike Johnson will not allow consideration of the foreign aid bill until border security is addressed. On Wednesday, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson shut down the $95 billion foreign aid package recently passed by the Senate. … Continue reading →

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Texas Statistics Roundup

Posted on February 5, 2024 by Lawrence Person

Longtime readers will remember that I used to do a regular Texas vs. California roundup of the respective directions of the two biggest states in the union, until that just became too big a pain to keep doing. We now … Continue reading →

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Trump Endorses Phelan Opponent David Covey

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Lawrence Person

A huuuuuge Texas Republican Primary endorsement just dropped. Former President Donald Trump has officially waded into the Texas House Republican primaries with his first endorsement, throwing his support behind House District (HD) 21 candidate David Covey, who is challenging incumbent … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm For January 26, 2024

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Lawrence Person

The biggest story right now is that Abbott isn’t backing down from securing the border, and a whole bunch of states are backing him in his high-profile fight with the federal government. Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott, normally a cautious, … Continue reading →

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