Lege Lines: Empower Sues Representative Over House Press Creds

Charlie Geren claims group is a political action committee, not a news organization

"...Empower Texans' pseudo-media group, Texas Scorecard, is crying foul months..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Opinion: End the Witch Hunt, Let LGBTQIA+ Texans Thrive

The 88th Texas Legislature will be remembered for its baseless attacks on queer Texans

"...a new fight for existence for queer and trans Texans. Over and over, we witnessed our obsessed attackers hurl..."

June 2, 2023 Column by Garrett R. Chase

Opinion: House Bill 7 Will Not Only Endanger the Lives of Migrants, but of All Texans

HB 7 is dangerously far-reaching. But we should also be worried about what it doesn't say.

"...only endanger the lives of migrants, but of all Texans. The powers granted to the Border Protection Unit are..."

May 26, 2023 Column by Hortencia Rodríguez Sandoval

Empower Voters

"...Editor, I want to thank the more than 82,000 Texans that signed our petition this year to have Libertarian..."

Sept. 27, 2004 Postmarks

Lege Lines: Eric Johnson Prevails Over Racist Confederate Plaque

No more Confederate nonsense, Empower Texans gets a pass, and the first-ever LGBTQ Caucus

"...Patrick Gives Empower a Pass: At a dark time for news media,..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Popular People's Front of Texas

Empower Texans redefines 'conservative' to exclude conservatives

"...conservative tag, it's kinda lost all meaning. So now Empower Texans is the ultimate arbiter of real conservativosity, deriding..."

Dec. 27, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

'Snow Fun on Twitter

Political beef in 140 characters or less

"...Orange Report, @LonghornDerek from Ryan Data and @MQSullivan of Empower Texans were trading jibes. Then someone chimes in and..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Laubenberg the Low-Spender

Empower Texans release Fiscal Responsibility Index to put percentages on conservatism

"...the Texas Legislature. These honors were bestowed today by Empower Texans and (whisper, whisper, whisper.) Oh, sorry, that's not..."

June 10, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bonus Bill of the Week: My Favorite Waste of Time

Time-wasting legislation is in the eye of the beholder

"...slightly more rarefied breed. However, right wing think tank Empower Texans has called that foul on an attempt to..."

Feb. 4, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Conservative Kingmaker Compares TEC to Third Reich

Empower Texans boss under investigation for unregistered lobbying

"...of Nazi comparisons. Not Michael Quinn Sullivan, head of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, and accused unregistered lobbyist...."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Club Endorsements

Who's backing whom in the Nov. 6 election

"...International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers – Central Texas NO: Empower Texans, Travis County Republican Party Prop B..."

Oct. 25, 2018 News Post

The Right Confounded by Twitter

Empower Texans violates cyber rules, then claims conspiracy

"...July was a rough month for Empower Texans President Michael Quinn Sullivan. He survived a "social..."

Aug. 5, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ethics Commission: 'Mucus' Quacks Like a Lobbyist

TEC hits Michael Quinn Sullivan with maximum fine for acting as an unregistered lobbyist

"...files: Michael Quinn Sullivan, president of right-wing lobby group Empower Texans, is a lobbyist. And now he has a..."

July 25, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Deep Divisions in Texas' Powerful Anti-Choice Movement

Battle reflects Lege’s growing extremism

"...not a stretch to imagine Kyleen Wright's anti-choice organization Texans for Life Coalition relishing the Catholic rebuke: Wright says..."

April 6, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Conservatives vs. 9/11 Responders

Fringe right draws firefighter, cop wrath after Straus attack

"...picked up elsewhere within the conservative echo chamber, with Empower Texans' writer Greg Harrison repeating the charges...."

Sept. 15, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Hughes Drinks the Conservative Kool-Aid

Speaker hopeful threatens lege process in far right pandering

"...in a "teletownhall" held by right wing think tank Empower Texans PAC and hosted by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility..."

June 6, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bonnenghazi! Drama Reigns in the Texas House

Did the speaker give his hard-right enemy a political target list?

"...activist Michael Quinn Sullivan of asking his influential group Empower Texans to target 10 GOP incumbents in next year's..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Has Round Rock ISD Hit Rock Bottom?

Maybe not yet

"...and Senate. As amply demontrated on his Facebook page "Texans for Zimmerman," he's known for berating his opponents as..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Lege Lines

This week the Lege takes on wrongful convictions, medical marijuana, and dark money

"...even to pass a measure that would protect ill Texans who use medi-pot from being prosecuted and sent to..."

May 17, 2013 News Column

Ye Olde Witch Hunt Tactic Makes a Comeback in Right-Wing War on Public Education

Which course is witch?

"...Scorecard spun off from the tea party-aligned lobbying group Empower Texans. The Empower Texans PAC was, in turn, funded..."

June 30, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Texas Rangers Get Wrangled Into "Bonnenghazi" Drama

Scandal surrounding House Speaker Dennis Bonnen burns on

"...the "media" (that is, propaganda) arm of his group Empower Texans – press credentials, which allow access to the..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

News Ticker: June 28 - SB5 Edition

All the SB5 news that's fit to blog

"...Wendymania, some folks are getting a little bit testy. Empower Texans blamed both Republicans and Democrats for the chaos…but..."

June 28, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Secret Dennis Bonnen Recording Released, Confirms Quid Pro Quo

GOP House speaker put on blast by right-wing lobby group Empower Texans

"...Right-wing activist Michael Quinn Sullivan of influential lobby group Empower Texans accused Republican House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, of..."

Oct. 15, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

News Roundup: Arrests, Assaults, and Assholes

When city politics get dirty

"...• Sullivan's Woes: Empower Texans president and self-appointed capitol kingmaker Michael Quinn Sullivan..."

Nov. 9, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Texas Republicans, Defiant as Always

Why the GOP isn't listening to you: They don't have to

"...fact that she was called a Taxpayer Champion by Empower Texans into front page news...."

July 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

There They Go ... Here They Come Again

A no-drama session ends – will a high-drama special follow?

"...reports. Cue the fury of right-wing pressure groups like Empower Texans, whose executive director, Michael Quinn Sullivan, twisted so..."

May 31, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Big May Takeaway

Highlights of last night's GOP and Democratic primaries

"...Lousy Night for Texans For Lawsuit Reform: The big money free market PAC..."

May 30, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Film Incentive Program Funding Uncertain, Anti-Choice Buffoonery, and More

Lege considers film incentive program funding and anti-choice antics take hold

"...by @charliegeren." Enter longtime lobbyist Michael Quinn Sul­livan of Empower Texans, who declaimed the tyranny of Geren on Twitter..."

March 20, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Little Light in the Darkne$$?

A light could soon shine on "Dark Money" in Texas

"...The measure is opposed by groups like the right-wing Empower Texans, a staunch opponent of dark money disclosure rules..."

Aug. 29, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Top 10 Lege Stories

Wendy Davis' filibuster, redistricting, and the lottery fiasco

"...Michael Quinn Sullivan (aka "Mucus") of conservative think tank Empower Texans was accused of being an unregistered lobbyist. In..."

Jan. 3, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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