Oct 09, 2026

Four Republican Senate Candidates Wouldn't Say How They'd Stop Social Security's 22% Benefit Cut. Ashley Hinson Brought Up Millennials' Savings Habits.

States Newsroom asked Senate candidates in nine close races what they'd do about the automatic Social Security cut coming in 2032. Dan Sullivan, Roger Marshall, Michael Whatley and Jon Husted didn't respond. Ken Paxton, Mike Rogers and Ashley Hinson offered promises with no plan — weeks after Paxton was recorded telling lobbyists 'we have to suck it up' on spending cuts.

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Oct 08, 2026

15 Republicans Have Spent a Combined 118 Years in Congress and Introduced 993 Bills. Not One Became Law.

Jim Jordan has been in Congress since 2007 and every one of his 30 bills died in committee. Chuck Fleischmann's Cherokee land bill has passed the House five times and never once cleared the Senate. They are two of 15 Republicans on this site who have never had a bill they sponsored become law.

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Oct 08, 2026

Ken Paxton Told Washington Lobbyists Americans 'Have to Suck It Up' on Cuts to the Spending That Pays for Social Security and Medicare

In a leaked recording from a private Capitol Hill fundraiser, Ken Paxton said 'reasonable cuts to mandatory spending' are unavoidable. About three-quarters of that spending is Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. His campaign didn't answer when asked which programs he'd cut.

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Oct 07, 2026

The Crypto Industry Is Spending to Re-Elect 19 House Republicans. Every One of Them Voted for the Crypto Industry's Bill.

Fairshake, the super PAC funded mainly by Coinbase, a16z and Ripple, is backing 19 House Republicans — $1 million apiece for French Hill, Bryan Steil and Bill Huizenga, the sponsor and two cosponsors of the industry's top bill. All 19 voted for it.

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Oct 07, 2026

Brandon Herrera Won't Answer Questions About His Own Videos. When a Reporter Kept Asking, His Campaign Told the Reporter to Leave a Public Event.

Texas Public Radio has repeatedly asked Brandon Herrera for an interview about his past online comments. At a campaign event in a public shopping center, his campaign manager told the reporter to leave.

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Oct 06, 2026

Greg Abbott Signed the Law That Made Texas No. 1 in Book Bans: Over 8,100 in One School Year, Up From About 540

PEN America counted nearly 12,000 school book bans nationwide in 2025-2026, the most ever — and more than 8,100 were in Texas, driven by SB 13, the library law Abbott signed in June 2025. Some districts used AI to pick which books to pull.

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Oct 05, 2026

Ken Paxton Ran Against Washington's Money. Now He Tells Donors 'I Don't Control Message' Because Washington Runs His Campaign.

In the primary, Ken Paxton attacked John Cornyn for running on 'D.C. establishment' money. At a private Washington fundraiser, he admitted D.C. now controls his own message — after Republicans spent $122 million backing him in September, only $1.2 million of it from his own campaign.

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Oct 04, 2026

Brandon Herrera Said the Country 'Went to Sh*t' After Women Won the Right to Vote. Now He Wants Their Votes.

On a 2023 podcast, while discussing a UFC fighter's argument that women should lose the right to vote, Brandon Herrera said: 'I'm not saying that the 19th amendment was a mistake. I'm just saying the country went to shit after.' He is the Republican nominee in Texas's 23rd District, running against a woman, with Trump and Speaker Johnson behind him.

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Oct 04, 2026

Republicans Cut Medicaid by Nearly $1 Trillion. They Scheduled the Pain for After You Vote.

The Big Beautiful Bill cuts Medicaid by close to $1 trillion over 10 years, and the Congressional Budget Office says the law will leave 10 million more people uninsured. Republicans made sure the biggest cut doesn't start until 2027 — after the midterms. 198 Republicans on this site voted for it.

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