Donald Trump's mugshot hits beer labels "Outrage capitalism" has thrown the beer industry into flux and the hypocritical are trying to cash in Salon · Sep 18, 2023
Depressed by the War on Drugs? Magic Mushrooms May Help. Research is promising, but drug warriors stand in the way. Reason · Sep 11, 2023
‘A really wild coalition’: Republican Dan Crenshaw teams up with AOC on psychedelics in military treatment Crenshaw says he has met veterans who benefited from ibogaine The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023
Can Threads replace Twitter as Washington’s political watercooler? WASHINGTON -- A week after Meta launched Threads, a Twitter doppelgänger disguised as Instagram-but-for-text, Washington’s professional posters are watching it closely, curious to see whether it will knit together a viable online community or soon unravel like so many other hopes to replace the original microblogging platform. Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2023
Can Threads replace Twitter as Washington’s political watercooler? - Roll Call Communications staffers weigh the risks of scaling back on Twitter in favor of Mark Zuckerberg's latest social media venture. Roll Call · Jul 14, 2023
Military veterans would get access to psychedelics under bill from Reps. AOC, Dan Crenshaw WASHINGTON — Liberal New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Texas conservative Rep. Dan Crenshaw are teaming up in hopes of letting troops take psychedelic drugs to recover from war. Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2023
Joe Exotic schools Dan Crenshaw after he bizarrely tries to blame Biden for Titan sub disaster ‘Finally the voice of reason weighs in to say stop the madness!’ The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn wants the U.S. to train Mexican troops to fight drug cartels The Republican from Texas introduced the legislation after meeting with Mexico’s president and calling for more cooperation between the two countries. The Texas Tribune · Jun 22, 2023
Forget TikTok, AI is the latest obsession in Congress WASHINGTON — Dire warnings about TikTok dominated conversations on Capitol Hill earlier this year, with both Republicans and Democrats describing the Chinese-owned app as one of the gravest national security threats to the U.S. Tribune News Service · Jun 17, 2023
U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw tapped to lead GOP response on Mexican drug cartels The Houston Republican has alarmed Mexico and Democrats with previous calls for a military response to the criminal organizations. The Texas Tribune · May 12, 2023
U.S. House passes border bill shaped by Texas Republicans as Title 42 ends The Secure the Border Act would resume construction of the border wall, limit asylum eligibility and require asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico. It faces tough going in the Senate. The Texas Tribune · May 11, 2023
Dan Crenshaw's Bud Light boycott fail In the words of one Instagram commenter, the Texas congressman's social media post was a "tremendous self-own" Salon · Apr 12, 2023
How the TikTok hearing went bad Sure, TikTok is problematic — but social media delivers a withering verdict on GOP’s racist scare-mongering Salon · Mar 26, 2023
Is TikTok A Threat? Why Congress Is Freaking Out Over Alleged Data Collection Elected officials from both sides of the aisle have grown concerned with social media app TikTok and the and user data it collects Zenger · Mar 25, 2023
The Orange County Register · Mar 22, 2023 Editorial: Fentanyl crisis won’t be solved by indulging in violent fantasies of bombing Mexico Many Americans nowadays know someone who died of a fentanyl overdose. The drug is highly potent and is slipped in with other illegal substances. From 2016 to 2021, the number of people in California who have died due to fentanyl-related causes increased from 239 to nearly 6,000.
Tribune News Service · Mar 17, 2023 GOP leaders’ threat of US intervention has Mexican president whipping up frenzy MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s economy is facing economic and political challenges with a weakening U.S. dollar and drop in demand for goods. Protesters recently filled the streets here, repudiating what they called the leader’s push to dismantle a pillar of democracy. And insecurity cuts deeper into the fabric of society,…
Reason · Mar 14, 2023 No, the U.S. Shouldn't Wage War Against Mexican Cartels There's little reason to believe that any of the tactics Republican politicians are proposing would be effective in keeping fentanyl out of the country.
Los Angeles Times · Mar 10, 2023 Commentary: Why the kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico turned into a political spectacle When the truck with North Carolina plates crossed the border from Brownsville, Texas, to Matamoros, Mexico, on Friday, the so-called falcons in charge of monitoring the border area notified their bosses of the presence of four Americans.
Al Jazeera · Mar 9, 2023 Mexico’s president slams calls for US military to target cartels Lopez Obrador denounces Republican-led push for US military intervention after fatal drug cartel abduction of Americans.
Roll Call · Mar 1, 2023 Capitol Lens | Lone Star solidarity - Roll Call From left, Texas Republican Reps. Monica De La Cruz, Wesley Hunt, Ronny Jackson, and Dan Crenshaw pose on the House steps on Wednesday.
The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023 VIDEO FOR YOU: House Republicans defend chaos, look ahead EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS:
Tribune News Service · Jan 8, 2023 ‘Let’s fight now’ over debt ceiling, House GOP lawmaker says WASHINGTON — A conservative Republican at the center of the tortured effort to elect House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he’d welcome a hard-fought battle over the U.S. debt ceiling, but said both parties should start negotiating terms for the increase now so it doesn’t go down to the wire.
Tribune News Service · Jan 8, 2023 ‘Let’s fight now’ over debt ceiling, House GOP lawmaker says WASHINGTON — A conservative Republican at the center of the tortured effort to elect House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he’d welcome a hard-fought battle over the U.S. debt ceiling, but said both parties should start negotiating terms for the increase now so it doesn’t go down to the wire.
The Texas Tribune · Jan 7, 2023 Texans help elect Kevin McCarthy speaker after dramatic late-night votes Texas Republicans were key players in the intraparty fight over how its leaders would run the U.S. House of Representatives, with right-wing members ultimately securing major wins in the fight.
The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2023 McCarthy foes relish the fight: 'A really beautiful thing' What others see as dysfunction and chaos, many of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s opponents see as democracy at work