quorumreport

Reporting Texas Politics Since 1983. Observations by Publisher Harvey Kronberg are signed HK. Those from Editor Scott Braddock are signed SB.

[quorumreport @quorumreport]

For a place celebrated by Republicans in recent years as their new frontier, there is perhaps no region of this vast state where the message of “party unity” has more urgency for the GOP than in South Texas
https://t.co/HF8tLOjeio

[Scott Braddock @scottbraddock]

Rep @GinaHinojosaTX says all Texans are paying a tax based on Abbott's corruption

[Scott Braddock @scottbraddock]

Rep @GinaHinojosaTX says Gov @GregAbbott_TX built the biggest data centers giveaway in America

[Rep. John Bucy III @BucyForTexas]

If your vote didn't matter, Republicans wouldn't spend so much damn time trying to take it away.

If your vote didn’t matter, they wouldn’t have pushed through another shameless, mid-decade redistricting scheme.

Your vote matters. Use it.

[Hannah Norton @hannahdnorton]

Just now: With a 9-5 vote (1 absent), @TXSBOE approves a mandatory reading list that includes dozens of books public school students will be required to read, including Bible excerpts in some grades. It'll roll out to classrooms beginning in the 2030-31 school year. #txed (1/2)

[Daniel Denvir @DanielDenvir]

This constant misunderstanding of Jasmine Crockett as somehow to Talarico’s left is mindblowing.

[James Barragán 🌟 @James_Barragan]

.@KenPaxtonTX campaign out with first attack ad on @jamestalarico. They go after Talarico's positions on transgender Texans and oil and gas. https://t.co/gA4Fq59RqX

[Jon Rosenthal @Jon_RosenthalTX]

"I ran for the Railroad Commission as a Republican. I'm voting Democratic."

I am honored to earn the endorsement of oilfield expert Hawk Dunlap. This race isn't about partisan games; it's a choice between Chaos vs. Competence.

While Bo French auditions for national cable news by spreading toxic internet outrage, industry professionals are crossing the aisle to back real solutions. Texas infrastructure requires mathematical rigor and technical oversight, not an online troll. Let's fix the machine.

[quorumreport @quorumreport]

Kronberg on @TXCapTonight says engagement from Crockett would energize key constituency among Texas Democrats
https://t.co/SYmgyXYNi5

[Bud Kennedy / #ReadLocal @BudKennedy]

6% of Black voters told the @TxPolProject poll they will vote for Libertarian @TedBrownLiberty for Senate, indicating the resentment for @JamesTalarico’s undermining Black candidates is real and not an X rumor #txsen https://t.co/zUhCq0khPX

[Josh Schroeder @jschroed7]

I’m still waiting for the state to ban itself from hiring tax-payer funded lobbyists to lobby the federal and foreign governments, often for things the average conservative Texas voter disagrees with, and all done under the protection of attorney-client privilege to prevent Texas voters from knowing what’s happening.

Seems like if it’s so horrible for cities, counties, and school districts to do, the state would be stopping itself from doing it too…

[quorumreport @quorumreport]

Rumor mill: Gov Abbott considering telling TCEQ to reject all permits for data centers for 6 months #txlege

[quorumreport @quorumreport]

UT Poll shows a statistically tied US Senate race and reflects bipartisan backlash against data centers https://t.co/W6my2ZErrV #txlege

[quorumreport @quorumreport]

Lt Gov Patrick set to launch a podcast of his own
https://t.co/VnS3vq0wvI #txlege

[Scott Braddock @scottbraddock]

"This is creating NIMBY on steroids."
As data centers come under more scrutiny in Texas, lobby prepares for vigorous session and new clients, by @jamesfortexas in @quorumreport
https://t.co/tPJuXDdH9O #TxLege

[Burgess Everett @burgessev]

New - John Cornyn, unplugged and unleashed in interview w Semafor

- - Says Trump "seems to revel in chaos": Conversations with Trump aren’t “particularly useful because he can and will change his mind depending on the next person he talks to on the phone

- Is hosting a September joint fundraiser for five GOP candidates ... and Ken Paxton isn't one of them: “The president picked Paxton, and he’s got $350 million dollars. I think he can spend his money"

- Threatened to vote against immigration spending bill unless admin released money for border states: “Basically, I told Senator Barrasso and Senator Thune: ‘There’s a price for my vote"

- Is worried about Senate control, questions whether Paxton can win: “I don’t know how Paxton raises the money he’s going to need to run against Talarico ... and while Talarico is definitely a weirdo, you know, take your pick"

- Says Texas GOP leaders are “basically continuing to alienate what I would call traditional conservative Republicans like me, and the people who voted for me. Makes no sense whatsoever"

- Undecided on Blanche and discussed what he would do if Trump asked him directly to break the law. Blanche said that “I hesitate to answer the question, because I don’t want to suggest the president would ever ask me to do anything inappropriate,’” Cornyn recalled. “But he said if [Trump] did, and it was something that he felt like he could not in good conscience do, that he would resign"

[quorumreport @quorumreport]

Talarico launches first large TV ad buy of the general election
https://t.co/PGxU2NYp0G

[quorumreport @quorumreport]

How Crockett's last stand in Texas could bring down Talarico, via @FoxNews
https://t.co/qOuppOKJxg

[Scott Braddock @scottbraddock]

For a place celebrated by Republicans in recent years as their new frontier, there is perhaps no region of this vast state where the message of “party unity” has more urgency for the GOP than in South Texas
https://t.co/jkniZ1eMvF

[Scott Braddock @scottbraddock]

"Going to Hell, Fer Sure"
New episode of Quorum Report Radio takes you to South Texas and gives you a virtual simulation of the Texas GOP convention with @CurrentRevolt . Yes, really
https://t.co/hVji77JInd

[James M. Russell @jamesfortexas]

do not miss one of the best dispatches of this year. please read. #txlege