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Picture Credit: A photographic illustration with the U.S. flag in the U.S. capitol building with, from left to right, Bill Maher, Donald Trump, Brandon Herrera, Ken Paxton, Anna Paulina Luna, Mike Johnson.

Brandon Herrera Exposes the GOP’s Antisemitism Problem

Ultimately, if Bill Maher and the Republicans expect their condemnations of antisemitism to have any credibility, they must confront the rampant antisemitism in the Republican Party, starting with the candidacy of Brandon Herrera.
A picture of the Gran Candela, El Paso, Texas

Let’s Never Forget the Anti-Mexican Rhetoric that Inspired the El Paso Walmart Shooting

It’s important to remember that the El Paso Walmart Shooting was not just a random act of violence or just another mass shooting. It was a targeted attack on people of Mexican descent, carried out by a man who had been inspired by the anti-Mexican rhetoric of Trump, Abbott, and other Republicans.
A picture of Brandon Herrera on a brown textured background.

It Would Be a Mistake to Dismiss Brandon Herrera

The Democrats are right to sense an opportunity in Congressional District 23, but the forces that have elevated and continue to sustain figures like Brandon Herrera are real, especially in Texas.
A picture of Zohran Mamdani, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib.

The Rise of the Social Democrats in the United States

New Gallup polling shows that Americans have been slowly souring on capitalism over the last 15 years.
A picture of a father and son fighting.

How Federal Shutdown Intensified and Exposed the Generational Democratic Party Battle

A generational battle between the progressive wing of the Democratic Party versus the older establishment is exposing weaknesses within one of the two political parties in America ahead of the pivotal 2026 elections.
El Paso’s Mexican American community, both now and in the future, deserves to know the larger context of the attack including the catalytic role that anti-Mexican rhetoric employed by Trump and Abbott and other Republicans played in inciting the attack.

Trump’s Anti-Mexican Rhetoric Inspired the El Paso Walmart Shooting

El Paso’s Mexican American community, both now and in the future, deserves to know the larger context of the attack including the catalytic role that anti-Mexican rhetoric employed by Trump and Abbott and other Republicans played in inciting the attack.
Cover photo: President Donald Trump. Huntington Beach, CA - March 25 2017: Make America Great Again March. Supporters and protesters of republican president Donald Trump, cheer and jeer at a MAGA March in Huntington Beach. President Trump Supporters. — Photo by mikeledray

¡Vayan Con Dios, Amigos!

All I can really think to say to those unfortunate Latinos and Latinas for Trump who now find themselves in Trump’s crosshairs is, “Be careful what you wish for.”
In San Antonio, Democrats closed rank and defeated the Republican mayoral candidate. In El Paso, local Democrats endorsed him.

San Antonio Rejects Abbott-aligned Mayoral Candidate

In San Antonio, Democrats closed rank and defeated the Republican mayoral candidate. In El Paso, local Democrats endorsed him.
It Tolls For Thee

It Tolls For Thee

It isn’t difficult, especially in some of the darker corners of the internet, to find calls to deport Mexican Americans regardless of their political affiliation.
Mexico did intensify its interdiction efforts, but it did so about a year ago in January of 2024 following a high-level meeting in Mexico City between U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas and former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Hail To The Thief

Mexico did intensify its interdiction efforts, but it did so about a year ago in January of 2024 following a high-level meeting in Mexico City between U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas and former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.