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  Kevin Felder, King Cuckoo of the Dallas City Council, Strikes with Vengeance

  October 19 at 4 a.m.

  Last week I told you a story about Dallas City Hall that made no sense whatsoever — nothing new there — but this week I have it sort of figured out, and I want to share. Last week I said the city had formed a special taxing district to raise...

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  Texas Gubernatorial Race Stands Out as Missed Opportunity Amid Democratic Successes

  October 18 at 4 a.m.

  There's probably a more delicate way to put it, but former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez is getting molly-whopped by incumbent Greg Abbott in their race to be Texas' governor. That's the only takeaway one can draw from the new gubernatorial forecasts published by polling guru Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight on Wednesday...

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  Dallas County GOP Tries, and Fails, to Take Advantage of JWP Hitler Mailer

  October 18 at 4 a.m.

  Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price gave local Republicans a gift earlier this month when he sent out a mailer encouraging his constituents to vote a straight Democratic ticket in the mid-term elections by comparing President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler.  Predictably and rightfully, much of the local media, led...

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  Beto vs. Ted II: Not as Good as Godfather II, Not as Bad as Speed 2

  October 17 at 10:58 a.m.

  After two debates in their race to the U.S. Senate, it's hard to imagine what Texas voters might've learned about U.S. Senator Ted Cruz or U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke that they didn't know going in. Tuesday night in San Antonio, as they did in Dallas a couple of weeks ago,...

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  Some Democrats Want to Knock Down Beto, Roll Him for His Wallet

  October 17 at 4 a.m.

  I may join the Republican Party and start pinching women on elevators. I swear I’ll do it. The one thing that could drive me to it, the only thing that might actually push me out of the Texas Democratic Party for good is the Texas Democratic Party. It’s the party...

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  The Best Ads in Cruz-O'Rouke Race Haven't Come From Either Campaign

  October 16 at 4 a.m.

  Throughout his campaign to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, El Paso U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke has remained unrelentingly positive. Cruz and his campaign have, in ads or in person, called him a socialist, insinuated that he supports flag-burning and painted him as an enemy of law enforcement, but O'Rourke has...