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I find a good bench mark in life is how people treat animals. This is Russell Brand recounting his cruelty to the family dog as a child in his 2009 biography
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Gina Hinojosa met with Beto O’Rourke before running. "Not one person can win Texas," he told her. "It has to be two." She and Talarico ran as a ticket, each appealing to different areas and demographics. Together, they changed what’s possible in Texas. theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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Semafor: Annie Andrews knew she was winning in October — but kept the poll secret
On Oct. 5, the Andrews campaign received a poll showing her with a 3-point lead over Graham. But the Democrat’s campaign decided against publicly releasing the poll — or any subsequent internal poll — showing Andrews with a lead over Graham, wary of drawing too much attention from national Republicans and jeopardizing a peak at the right time, according to Chas Goldman, a strategist for Andrews.
semafor.com/article/11/04/20…
Gina Hinojosa had many golden soundbites in her victory speech — but what she said about immediately firing Mike Morath and shutting vouchers down might be top.
Texas rejected the entire R statewide slate — despite no Dems elected since 1994 — after vouchers went into effect.
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Gina Hinojosa delivers the agenda for Public Education Texas: “On Day One, I will fire Mike Morath and we will work tirelessly to repair the damage of the Texas voucher scam - And end an era in which our schools are sold for parts:”
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Here at Ken Paxton HQ, man in crowd yells “no!” as race called called for James Talarico. Then “Gloria” begins playing loudly on speakers.
Dallas County, you can vote at ANY of the 444 polling places in the county — even in different cities — until 7 PM today! 🗳️
Check @DallasElections for an interactive map of all 444 places you can vote — plus answering any of your questions, including what’s on your ballot. 📝
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Tick Tock --> How Trump put the Senate in play
- Picked JD Vance as his running mate, opening up tough expensive special election that GOP could lose. DeWine appointed Husted, who originally wanted to run for governor. Close race that wouldn't have been up til '28 otherwise
- Tangled with Tillis over healthcare cuts in 2025, prompting his retirement. Thune said then Tillis "knew how to run and win in North Carolina." Trump cleared field for Whatley, who is down by large margin.
- Cold-shouldered Cornyn then backed Paxton. Cornyn: “Texas was an unforced error, I think, on the part of the president... if I won the nomination, then that would be a layup in November. That’s all off the table.”
- Backed Sen. Darline Graham in crowded SC race, most senators thought she'd be an interim senator. Now in toss-up race against Annie Andrews with state GOP divided. Andrews: "Darline was going to be easier for me.”
- Tried to oust Kemp in '22; when Georgia race came up this cycle, Kemp passed on the race. Trump backed Rep. Mike Collins over Kemp's pick Dooley, now huge underdog to Sen. Ossoff
- Tariffs, filibuster pressure and of course, the Iran War: “Every negative for the GOP this cycle is a downstream effect of Iran"
w/ @ShelbyTalcott
semafor.com/article/11/02/20…
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Darline Graham admits she doesn’t want to be a US Senator and blames her dead brother for putting her in the position of having to run: “When I get to heaven one day, I am just going to choke Lindsey.” nytimes.com/2026/10/30/us/da…
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Amy Acton's stepfather's surviving biological daughter spoke to The Daily Mail when they knocked on her door in Ohio, while sobbing.
She said: She believed Amy's story, because her father raped her sister more than once (the victim in this 1974 indictment); she remembered Amy lived in a tent with Donna and Cledith; it's been terrible for her family to see Vivek's ad run in Ohio; and she heard rumors her father had victimized even more young girls.
NEW: I obtained the full Trumbull County file for Amy Acton's stepfather's 1974 charge which shows that he was indicted for incest involving his 16-year-old biological daughter in 1973. The sheriff was then unable to locate him to serve him a summons in the county and nothing further happened in the case.
Donna Arthur, featured in Vivek Ramaswamy's still-running campaign ad, married Cledith the next year in a neighboring county.
Dolores Huerta was still appearing in public this month — seen at the California Museum, for the historical exhibit she helped create on mass deportations, below.
She showed up through the very end of her 96 years. 🕊️ RIP!
The "Help Wanted/Leave Now: ‘Operation Wetback’ and the Revolving Door of Mass Deportation" exhibit created by labor leader and feminist activist Dolores Huerta is on view now at the California Museum in Sacramento.
Full story: latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
ALT Dolores Huerta in a blue suit and tan hat stands in front of the exhibit. her hands on her hips, she looks into the camera lens. On top of the photo is a screenshot of a Los Angeles Times article that reads "An exhibition created with Dolores Huerta traces U.S. deportation history"
ALT Nearly six months after Dolores Huerta went public with sexual abuse allegations against former labor leader Cesar Chavez, with whom she co-founded United Farmworkers, the 96-year-old activist said she’s prioritized involving herself in labor and women’s rights. Part of that work is now on view at the California Museum in Sacramento in an exhibition called “Help Wanted/Leave Now: ‘Operation Wetback’ and the Revolving Door of Mass Deportation.
ALT On top of the photo is a quote from Huerta: “It’s devastating, the amount of cruelty that we’re seeing ... and a lot of the people that are in detention centers are workers. Whether they’re farmworkers or construction workers, hotel workers, restaurant workers, nannies who take care of children, these are working people, and yet they are being treated as if they were some sort of horrible criminals.”
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'Absolutely ridiculous': Dallas still hasn’t received Republican midterm convention reimbursement | KERA kera.org/2026/10/27/dallas-p…
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NEW: For @texasobserver, I dug into the ginned up “October surprises” in the Senate race in Texas. Most notably, the bogus transgender mailers, which trace back to a printing shop whose owners are major Republican donors with ties to Dallas megadonors.
texasobserver.org/ken-paxton…
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Gina Hinojosa tried to recruit someone to run against Greg Abbott in the Texas gubernatorial race. “I couldn’t find a taker, because Abbott had a hundred million dollars,” she said. “Then I just realized, ‘Look, I’ve been fighting this man for years. I can do this.’ ” newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…
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WaPo reports that a woman featured in a $1 million Republican ad warning that an Iowa Democrat running for congress is “dangerous” for children previously pleaded guilty to child endangerment after driving drunk with her two young kids in the car. washingtonpost.com/politics/…
