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Trump trying to take down the constitution and a cabal of corrupt Senators backing his bid to overturn a legally decided election now veers perilously close to a tragedy for our democracy

By Beto O’Rourke | January 7, 2021

Cynical, lacking personal honor Ted Cruz is willing to sell our democracy for another shot at being President

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Seven million more voters chose Joe Biden over the biggest loser on November 3, 2020

By David Almaraz | January 5, 2021

Congressman Schiff: Trump’s Constitutional crimes, his crime against the American people and the nation, remain in progress 

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Dec. 12 runoff: Cigarroa, Perez, Gutierrez, & Elizondo prevail

By Maria Eugenia Guerra | December 12, 2020

Roberto Balli trounced; Gutierrez unseats incumbent Nelly Vielma

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Trump followers seek a “strong man,” adulate a puerile man’s insulting jabs at anyone disagreeing with him

By Carlos Valle Jr. | December 12, 2020

This is not leadership; it is blatant demagoguery,  and they follow lemming-like into the abyss of iniquity

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Austin immigration attorney Virginia Raymond reflects on her work with asylum seekers during the Trump years and shares her hopes and fears about what the next four years will bring

By Virginia Raymond | November 25, 2020

Will the majority of the U.S. voting public maintain its convenient ignorance of the anti-Black and anti-African racism that permeates both the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice (sic)?

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A win for District VIII: Alyssa Cigarroa’s grass roots write-in campaign took on the momentum of a movement that made the race one for the history books

By Maria Eugenia Guerra | November 11, 2020

In a field of 6 candidates, she drew 2,122 votes to the incumbent’s 1,102 votes

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Ms. Romani alleges there was something “nefarious” about this election and there is: their fearless leader is evil, immoral, rotten, sinful, unethical, unlawful, unrighteous, unsavory, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong

By David Almaraz | November 11, 2020

The president proclaimed himself God’s chosen one; it appears the Almighty has chosen someone else

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Sworn affidavit alleges Fire PAC members delivered federal CARES Act food to District VIII registered voters rather than to elderly, disabled

By Maria Eugenia Guerra | October 25, 2020

Council votes 5-3 to continue investigation into distribution of CARES-Act food for political gain

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NBW Coalition: New Border Wall contracts should be cancelled

By (From the NoBorderWall Coalition) | September 30, 2020

DC Politicians on $1 Billion spending spree to prop up flagging re-election campaign; Laredo residents will pay the price. 

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Labor Day’s violent history and its 2020 reality

By James C. Harrington | September 4, 2020

Reliance on undocumented workers continues unabated, all the while denying them any support during the pandemic

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