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Is "Beto" O'Rourke America's great brown hope?

Javier Manjarres
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February 20, 2019
During his historic 2018, senatorial campaign against Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R), somehow the nickname stuck among the voting electorate.
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Democrat Carlos Uresti turns himself after bribery plea

Democrat Carlos Uresti turns himself after bribery plea

Teddy Cruz
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February 20, 2019
Uresti is accused of making false statements and representations to solicit investors in FourWinds and allegedly used funds from more recent investors to pay earlier investors and for personal expenses.
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Republican senators on verge of boot ground war

Republican senators on verge of boot ground war

Javier Manjarres
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February 20, 2019
It’s true, everything in Texas is bigger, especially ego’s when it friendly competitions between amigos.
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Lawmakers say Trump’s not doing enough for Venezuela

Lawmakers say Trump’s not doing enough for Venezuela

Javier Manjarres
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February 20, 2019
The four also hoped, that in terms of humanitarian aid to Venezuela, Trump would not make this issue into some political show “just to win points in the elections,” but that is exactly what they just did by continuing to refer to the president as anti-immigrant.
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Crime survivors group pushes criminal justice (prison) reform

Crime survivors group pushes criminal justice (prison) reform

Javier Manjarres
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February 19, 2019
 But by scratching under the surface of the organization, the safety and justice group appears to be part of the bigger criminal justice reform, or less jail time for criminals movement.
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Is Texas going to be prepared for the 2020 census?

Is Texas going to be prepared for the 2020 census?

Teddy Cruz
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February 19, 2019
With the 2020 census right around the corner, it is necessary to analyze the growth in the cities as the demographics are constantly changing. Texas is expected to have gained around 4.5 million residents between 2010 and 2020, mainly due to the native-born Latino population along with the on-going migration from neighboring states. Some are […]
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Biden crushing field of Democratic prez candidates

Biden crushing field of Democratic prez candidates

Javier Manjarres
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February 18, 2019
Grassroots activists are all about 'Beto' O'Rourke, Kamala Harris and Julian Castro, but it's former Vice President Joe Biden who is crushing the current field of presidential hopefuls.
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MS 13 members found near Texas border deported by Mexican Govt.

MS 13 members found near Texas border deported by Mexican Govt.

Teddy Cruz
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February 18, 2019
During their stay at federal facility, a few dozen people brought chaos to the caravan as they proceeded to try and break out along with fighting the federal police.
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Castro says ICE needs to be reconstituted

Castro says ICE needs to be reconstituted

Javier Manjarres
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February 18, 2019
Castro has been playing it safe, taking measured shots at Trump at opportune times, and not letting those campaign barbs overshadow his overall efforts.
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Democrats Co-Opt Trump’s “Fake” National Emergency

Democrats Co-Opt Trump’s “Fake” National Emergency

Javier Manjarres
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February 17, 2019
"I will continue to honor my oaths and fight unconstitutional power grabs by President Trump."
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Congressional Democrats DREAMing about in-state college tuition

Congressional Democrats DREAMing about in-state college tuition

Staff Reports
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February 16, 2019
The bill would prohibit postsecondary institutions that receive federal funds from refusing to admit, enroll, or grant in-state tuition benefits to qualified students based on their immigration status and expand federal financial aid opportunities to DREAMers.
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Is radical Islam infiltrating American politics?

Is radical Islam infiltrating American politics?

Javier Manjarres
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February 16, 2019
But his acknowledgment that were words were hurtful, is Rep. Omar as naïve as he is playing herself off to be?
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Trump ally Brian Ballard denounces “phony” letter

Trump ally Brian Ballard denounces “phony” letter

Javier Manjarres
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February 15, 2019
Brian Ballard, considered one of the most ethical, respected and influential government affairs point men in Florida, took to social media to condemn the forged document, calling it “phony”
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Here's your U.S. Senator's gov't shutdown vote

Here's your U.S. Senator's gov't shutdown vote

Javier Manjarres
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February 14, 2019
The Senate voted 83-16, and the House voted 300-128.
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Trump accused of stealing funds with nat'l emergency edict

Trump accused of stealing funds with nat'l emergency edict

Javier Manjarres
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February 14, 2019
Democrats lost that battle, but will Trump get his entire wall funded?
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Gallego inches closer to running for U.S. Senate

Gallego inches closer to running for U.S. Senate

Javier Manjarres
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February 13, 2019
Gallego, a Iraq war veteran, is without question one of President Trump’s biggest detractors, and a leading voice of opposition to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D)
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Teachers assigning pornographic materials to minors

Teachers assigning pornographic materials to minors

Javier Manjarres
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February 13, 2019
Pornography is a multi-billion dollar a year business in the U.S. that is viewed by millions of Americans of all ages, including minors.
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Defiant Democrats refuse to give Trump a political victory

Defiant Democrats refuse to give Trump a political victory

Javier Manjarres
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February 10, 2019
Many Democrats believe if they fund even 1% of the border wall, Trump will signal that he kept his campaign promise, and his prospects for winning re-election in 2020 will most likely be assured.
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National Republicans announce 2020 congressional 'hit list'

National Republicans announce 2020 congressional 'hit list'

Javier Manjarres
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February 9, 2019
One of the most vulnerable seats for Democrats is New Mexico’s Republican-leaning 2nd congressional district, which is held by Rep. Xochitl Torres Small
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The forgotten Hispanic member of the U.S. Congress

The forgotten Hispanic member of the U.S. Congress

Javier Manjarres
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February 9, 2019
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which is chaired by Rep. Joaquin Castro and whose membership consists of only Democrats, lists 36 members, including Senators Robert Menendez and Catherine Cortez- Masto.
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Trump hits Warren (Pocahontas) over

Trump hits Warren (Pocahontas) over "dishonest campaign"

Javier Manjarres
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February 9, 2019
Warren said that she was “sorry” for extending “confusion” over “tribal citizenship” and “tribal sovereignty,” adding “I am not a tribal citizen.”
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"Green New Deal" may be part of a bigger enviro plan

Javier Manjarres
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February 8, 2019
"It will be one of several or maybe many suggestions that we receive. The green dream, or whatever they call it, nobody knows what it is, but they're for it, right?"-Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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Scott says Trump should use “emergency power” for border security

Scott says Trump should use “emergency power” for border security

Daniel Molina
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February 7, 2019
"Whatever it takes to secure our border, he ought to be doing it.”
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Biannual national budget legislation to be proposed

Biannual national budget legislation to be proposed

Javier Manjarres
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February 6, 2019
Florida Congressman Neal Dunn (R) told the Floridian that he was going to introduce legislation to change the budgetary process to “every two years,”
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Scott says Obama should have moved to oust Maduro

Scott says Obama should have moved to oust Maduro "years ago"

Javier Manjarres
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February 6, 2019
Scott said that unlike Trump, President Obama failed to press Maduro and didn’t “follow through on red lines,” adding that “we should have done this years ago.”
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National emergency to build wall not a

National emergency to build wall not a "practical solution"

Teddy Cruz
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February 6, 2019
"I just think, given the fact that he’s probably going to get sued and this will end up in litigation and balled up for months, if not years it’s really not a practical solution to the problem."
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Trump's decision to

Trump's decision to "unilaterally" build wall must be "grounded by law"

Javier Manjarres
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February 6, 2019
“BACK IN 2013, CHUCK SCHUMER AND EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT IN THE SENATE, VOTED IN FAVOR OF 350 MILES OF BORDER WALL.
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76% of SOTU watchers approve of Trump’s speech

76% of SOTU watchers approve of Trump’s speech

Javier Manjarres
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February 6, 2019
76% of SOTU watchers approve of Trump's speech
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Democratic Party seen as “radical-leaning” and “extreme”

Democratic Party seen as “radical-leaning” and “extreme”

Javier Manjarres
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February 6, 2019
"I think the Democratic Party has become so extreme. The party of 90% tax rates. Medicare for all, wiping out private insurance
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Venezuelan struggle

Venezuelan struggle "is not a U.S. issue," says Rubio

Javier Manjarres
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February 6, 2019
“This is not a U.S. issue. This is not a Colombian issue. This is a Venezuelan issue,” said Rubio.
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Texas AG Paxton looks to increase his influence this session

Texas AG Paxton looks to increase his influence this session

Teddy Cruz
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February 4, 2019
Despite no specific legislation being filled yet, there are some lawmakers that are very open to certain portions of Paxton’s request.
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Texas Senator says

Texas Senator says "even Obama" knew Russia cheated

Javier Manjarres
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February 3, 2019
For years, it was very clear that Russia had been cheating, including their testing of a ground-based cruise missile program.
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Trump, not Obama,

Trump, not Obama, "had the guts" to stand up to Maduro

Javier Manjarres
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February 1, 2019
Scott also affirmed what many Venezuelans have whispered among themselves-“Thank God for President Trump.”
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Maduro should either go to prison or die, says congressman

Maduro should either go to prison or die, says congressman

Javier Manjarres
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February 1, 2019
the time for negotiating with Maduro, there was only one up just one last acceptable negotiation with Maduro.
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Rubio, Bolton Call Out Theft of Venezuelan Assets

Rubio, Bolton Call Out Theft of Venezuelan Assets

Staff Reports
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February 1, 2019
On Thursday, Senator Marco Rubio issued a comment via his Twitter account that identified Noor Capital, a financial firm based in the United Arab Emirates as attempting to facilitate a gold transaction with Venezuelan authorities.
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Pelosi taunts Trump: “There’s not going to be any wall money

Pelosi taunts Trump: “There’s not going to be any wall money"

Javier Manjarres
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January 31, 2019
With that statement, it appears as if Pelosi will continue to stand her ground against the president’s request for funding of the southern border wall he campaigned on.
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