NEW: This Is A Pretty Stunning Endorsement.
Dan Cogdell didn't just work with Ken Paxton.
He defended him.
Cogdell served on Paxton's impeachment defense team and was also involved in his criminal case.
Now he's backing Paxton's opponent.
And his explanation was blunt.
According to Cogdell, Texas faces major challenges in education, healthcare, maternal health, and public safety.
His criticism is that Paxton has become too focused on national politics and Donald Trump rather than the people of Texas.
Political opponents criticizing Ken Paxton isn't news.
One of the lawyers who spent years defending him doing it is.
A Trump quote without his voice or face - Trump without Trump. This quote is from a rally Trump held in Suffern, NY from May 22, 2026. It is unedited and 100% accurate. Dumb with a b!
For anyone keeping track, Trump's pardon of former-Congressman Stephen Buyer convicted of insider trading brings the count of corrupt politicians to whom Trump has granted clemency to 22.
https://t.co/sJNUFp2Rzr
Governor hopeful @MarshaBlackburn says the unpopular @DCBLOXinc data center next to the zoo should be “revisited” — as she says data centers are “good & important”
Trying to have her cake and eat it too, playing nice with tech billionaires. Fence-sitting is not leadership.
@atrupar So this asinine black token has the nerve to talk about the idiot in chief being an upgrade over President Biden, the idiot in chief cannot even stay awake in cabinet meetings and other meetings
HEGSETH: “The document says Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.”
BRENNAN: “(Obama’s Iran Deal) said that too.” 🎯
HEGSETH: “The difference is we did this from a position of strength.” 🤡
(TRANSLATION: this was an unnecessary, costly war that accomplished nothing)
NEW: A Leaked Riley Gaines Video Is Raising Some Awkward Questions.
Gaines has spent years building a national profile as a conservative activist, speaking passionately about issues like abortion, religious liberty, free speech, and women’s rights.
She presents those positions as deeply held convictions.
But in newly surfaced footage, Gaines appears to stop before a promotional recording and ask Patriot Mobile representatives:
“Wait, tell me the pillars again.”
The representatives then walk her through the organization’s core political priorities, including pro-life advocacy, the First Amendment, and the Second Amendment.
Moments later, she launches into a polished endorsement.
How much of political influencer culture is conviction and how much is branding?
@atrupar We are worried about 25 illegal votes out of 174,000,000 registered voters? Instead, let's ask serious questions like how much of our money is trump and his Oligarch Cabinet stealing from Americans?
@atrupar Not just the voter-fraud lies.
Why doesn't anyone in the media challenge GOP on the fact that Americans, especially women and children, are FAR more at risk from domestic violence than from immigrants?
https://t.co/t4Afkm4Oeg
@atrupar Mail in votes require a signature. If the signature doesn't match the one on record, that vote won't be allowed. Simple & efficient stuff.