Major Donor Event to Highlight Attack Group Network
A meeting of wealthy political donors and prospective donors to highlight a network of political attack groups will be occurring today and tomorrow, The Texas Voice has learned. The event is hosted by the Founders Network, which describes itself as “an invite-only group of business leaders dedicated to preserving the values that make Texas great. Preserving our […]
Questions Surround Rinaldi’s Involvement With Political Attack Groups
Republican Party of Texas State Chairman Matt Rinaldi serves or has recently served on the boards of two organizations that routinely attack Republican elected officials and their work, official government records show. On February 22, 2023, a Certificate of Formation for Texas Gun Rights, Inc. was filed with the Texas Secretary of State. The Certificate of Formation […]
Grassroots Conservatives Defend Fair Primary Elections
Last Thursday, the Texas House Elections Committee heard public testimony regarding HB 1635 by Republican State Representative Dustin Burrows. Among other provisions, HB 1635 would ensure that a candidate’s application for a place on a primary ballot cannot be rejected for any reason other than those specified in the Texas Election Code. In laying out his bill, […]
Phelan Prioritizes Border Security, Democrat Histrionics Ensue
Keeping promises made earlier in the legislative session to further prioritize border security, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan unveiled a package of priority border security bills last week. Among the bills announced as priorities by Speaker Phelan are HB 7 by State Representative Ryan Guillen, HB 20 by State Representative Matt Schaefer, and HB 1600 by State Representative Cole Hefner. HB […]
Harris County Attorney Refuses to Release Records About Rep. Thompson’s $391k Payday
Several weeks ago, I discovered that a Court overseeing opioid litigation brought by numerous governmental entities across Texas had approved a recommendation to award State Representative Senfronia Thompson $391,061.34 in attorneys’ fees for her purported work representing Harris County in the opioid litigation. I’ve been following the opioid litigation for several years now, which struck me as […]
Lawmaker, Groups Tied to Major Donors Promoting Secessionist Agenda
A network of self-styled “grassroots” organizations and a state lawmaker who have received financial backing either directly or indirectly from a small group of wealthy political donors have made it their mission to promote the unconstitutional idea that Texas should secede from the United States of America. The issue of Texas secession, often referred to […]
Houston Journalist Accuses Texas Scorecard of Ripping Off Her Work
In a thread posted to Twitter this past weekend, independent journalist Merissa Hansen accused Texas Scorecard and its reporter, Robert Montoya, of publishing an article based almost entirely on her original research without any form of credit or attribution. Hansen publishes a website (http://merissa.substack.com) that focuses on questionable dealings and potential corruption in the Harris County government […]
FULL CONTEXT: Texas GOP Ignores Work on Border Security, Protecting Elections
In a legislative priorities update disseminated by e-mail and posted to their website earlier this week, the Republican Party of Texas pushed a narrative that Republican lawmakers and leaders were doing little on the issues of border security and protecting elections. However, a review of legislation filed so far during the legislative session as well as public […]
Democrat Judge Juan Magallanes Disciplined by State Commission on Judicial Conduct
Judge Juan Magallanes of the 357th District Court in Cameron County was recently disciplined by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for his endorsement of Democratic Congressional Candidate Dan Sanchez in the special election for Congressional District 34 that occurred on June 14, 2022. In addition to receiving a private admonition, Magallanes was also ordered to undergo additional […]
“Boss” Rinaldi? Texas GOP Chair Opens the Door to Disenfranchising Grassroots Primary Voters, Nominating by Convention
Texas Republicans have nominated candidates for public office in primaries since the GOP became a relevant force in Texas politics. However, Republican Party of Texas State Chairman Matt Rinaldi has signaled his willingness to support changes to the way Republican Party nominees are chosen in Texas that would disenfranchise grassroots primary voters and transfer the […]