Whole Hog Politics: A cringeworthy opening for Texas Senate generalĀ 

James Talarico seems to know what he needs to do in order to keep the Senate race in Texas competitive in the long, hot summer. The question is whether Ken Paxton does. The same woke sensibilities that made Talarico, an Austin lawmaker, a darling to the progressives in the state Democratic Party are now a serious… Ā