Scott Braddock
@scottbraddock.bsky.social
Editor at quorumreport.com, celebrating our 41st year of independent journalism in Texas and the host of the Great State's #1 politics podcast: Quorum Report Radio
Texas Tech Chancellor Creighton faces federal lawsuit over limitations on teaching of race, gender, and sexual orientation bit.ly/4h3fWzD
Quorum Report: Texas Tech Chancellor Creighton faces federal lawsuit over limitations on teaching of race, gender, and sexual orientation
Professors point to what they consider startling examples of censorship including banning Platos Republic in a philosophy course and the omission of race i
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Bobby Pulido raised $1.43 Million in the second quarter
Being anti-data center is just an ace in the hole in both party primaries these days. Suburban normies who vote for Democrats hate them AND rural folks who vote for Trump do too. BUT Republicans see this as good for the economy and labor loves them too. So Republican and Dem governors keep them.
Scott Braddock@scottbraddock.bsky.social · last mo.New episode: It's the women in the Texas Democratic Party addressing the issues voters are truly angry about, school closures and data centers. Plus Texas House Democrats under increased pressure to dump Burrows podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Best Texas politics podcast in the state, required listening to keep up with ALL the shenanigans. LLLLLET'S GO
Scott Braddock@scottbraddock.bsky.social · last mo.New episode: It's the women in the Texas Democratic Party addressing the issues voters are truly angry about, school closures and data centers. Plus Texas House Democrats under increased pressure to dump Burrows podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
New episode: It's the women in the Texas Democratic Party addressing the issues voters are truly angry about, school closures and data centers. Plus Texas House Democrats under increased pressure to dump Burrows podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Anger and Anxiety
Podcast Episode · Quorum Report Radio · July 3 · 1h 5m
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👀 In Texas Governor on verge of appointing an election denier to Secretary of State news… …some interesting developments:
Scott Braddock@scottbraddock.bsky.social · last mo.Second thoughts? Sources say Secretary of State Nelson is considering staying in office amid reported plan to install Schatzline as SOS bit.ly/4eTgkxQ
Former Sen Huffines campaign confirms he has been appointed Texas Comptroller, effective Aug 1
Second thoughts? Sources say Secretary of State Nelson is considering staying in office amid reported plan to install Schatzline as SOS bit.ly/4eTgkxQ
Quorum Report: Sources say Secretary of State Nelson is considering staying in office amid reported plan to install Schatzline as SOS
Second thoughts The Texas Constitution does not empower the governor to unilaterally fire a confirmed SOS Hancock is available at the end of the month by t
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With Texas GOP activists backing off speaker politics and Democratic activists just now starting to pressure Texas House Democrats about it, one GOP lawmaker said “We’ve dealt with that shit for years...guess it’s their turn.” bit.ly/4oXtIGb
Quorum Report: Just as Texas Republicans stop flogging House members about speaker politics, the Democrats seem to just be getting started
TDP Chair Scudder signed onto a grassroots effort calling on Democrats to dump Burrows Burrows most ardent Democratic supporters avoided Corpus Christi and
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Just as state Republicans stop flogging Texas House members about speaker politics, the Democrats seem to just be getting started - reporting from Houston and Corpus Christi bit.ly/4oXtIGb
Quorum Report: Just as Texas Republicans stop flogging House members about speaker politics, the Democrats seem to just be getting started
TDP Chair Scudder signed onto a grassroots effort calling on Democrats to dump Burrows Burrows most ardent Democratic supporters avoided Corpus Christi and
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New poll shows statistical tie in the race for Tarrant County Judge bit.ly/4arnqIM
Quorum Report: New poll shows statistical tie in the race for Tarrant County Judge
The numbers show Democrat Alisa Simmons leading GOP incumbent Tim OHare on an informed ballot
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"This is creating NIMBY on steroids." As data centers come under more scrutiny in Texas, lobby prepares for vigorous session and new clients bit.ly/4vjxsnA
Quorum Report: As data centers come under more scrutiny in Texas, lobby prepares for vigorous session and new clients
Modest but noticeable gains among lobbyists show companies are eager to capitalize on states open arms despite significant resistance at the local level
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"Going to Hell, Fer Sure" New episode of Quorum Report Radio takes you to South Texas and gives you a virtual simulation of the Texas GOP convention. Yes, really podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
"Going to Hell, Fer Sure"
Podcast Episode · Quorum Report Radio · June 19 · 1h 8m
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For a place celebrated by Republicans in recent years as their new frontier, there is perhaps no region of this vast state where the message of “party unity” has more urgency for the GOP than in South Texas bit.ly/44eO18i
Quorum Report: Facing national headwinds, South Texas Republicans gird for battle from The Valley to the Coastal Bend
Yes Paxton has done bad things Theres full acknowledgement that AG Paxton is a flawed candidate and bringing the GOP together will be harder than ever at a
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Dallas City Council takes another step toward vacating City Hall bit.ly/3S6AZHl
Quorum Report: Dallas City Council takes another step toward vacating City Hall
But the messy fight over the future of the historic building which has been marked by unprecedented litigation and confusion is far from over
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Guest column: Smith: Working the Clock, AI Data Centers' Game to Take Texas Water Before They Can Be Stopped bit.ly/4eysQTy
Quorum Report: Working the Clock, AI Data Centers Game to Take Texas Water Before They Can Be Stopped
In this guest column Glenn Smith argues that with growing water demands of data centers 2027 is the last session in which new rules can still be written to
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That is part of it and I covered that dynamic extensively over the last 15 years or so. But on the show I was mainly referring to how Speaker Straus was a collaborative leader and what Republicans now want is a leader who only enforces party doctrine. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
"Where The Hell is The Money?"
Podcast Episode · Quorum Report Radio · June 5 · 1h 17m
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Tana@tanalam.bsky.social · 2mo agoHi. I’m currently listening to the podcast. When talking about Joe Strauss can you please be transparent as to why the Texas R politicians “demanded that a different kind of Republican be in charge”. It was said publicly that it’s because Rep Strauss was Jewish and you should report this.
Data centers, failing farms, screwworm concerns, and more have set rural Texas "on fire" politically. The latest on that and more on this must-listen episode podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
"Where The Hell is The Money?"
Podcast Episode · Quorum Report Radio · June 5 · 1h 17m
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*Awkward* Republicans are furiously deleting vicious attacks on their nominees including Ken Paxton. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Internet is Forever
Podcast Episode · Quorum Report Radio · May 29 · 1h 10m
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"Paxton now represents the mainstream of the Texas Republican Party." I stopped by for a drink with @jasonwhitely.bsky.social and Jason Wheeler to break down the runoff results on @wfaach8.bsky.social in DFW youtu.be/Fg9NqC3vuKk?...
Y'all-itics: MAGA wins, Cornyn falls. Brace for November.
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MAGA Mayes Middleton is wallet whippin' Congressman Chip Roy in the race for Texas Attorney General. Covered that and the US Senate runoff on @kvue.bsky.social youtu.be/cNsL8oB5n_w?...
Election Day for the Texas primary runoff is May 26
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Listen: On runoff eve, Austin radio legend Jeff Ward and I break down the final showdown between Sen. Cornyn and AG Paxton podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Texas’ most important political race.
Podcast Episode · The Jeff Ward Show · May 25 · 29m
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There's *always* something else that comes out about Attorney General Paxton. On CNN, I talked about Republicans freaking out about him being their likely nominee for US Senate in Texas youtu.be/FFcavgkuSHw?...
Braddock on CNN: There is always something else that comes out about AG Paxton
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It's all over but the cryin' Let's wrap up this runoff and kick off the summer podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
It's All Over But the Cryin' Now
Podcast Episode · Quorum Report Radio · May 22 · 1h 14m
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In the race for Texas Attorney General: Middleton loaning himself another mountain of money while Roy gets a Panhandle windfall - and did y'all even notice a couple Texas House incumbents are in runoffs? bit.ly/4tV7aXu
Quorum Report: Campaign finance reports show huge cash flowing in GOP runoff for Texas Attorney General
The homestretch reports show Middleton loaning himself another mountain of money while Roy gets a Panhandle windfall some House races are still yet to be s
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You'll get a kick ass episode on Friday make sure you're following the show podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/q...
Quorum Report Radio
Politics Podcast · After 43 years in business, Quorum Report is rolling out its first-ever multimedia products: Quorum Report Radio and the Scott Braddock Show. This is where you'll find the inside sc...
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Nuclear Daddy@nucleardaddy.bsky.social · 3mo ago@scottbraddock.bsky.social are we going to get an emergency pod for the Paxton endorsement from trump?
Just never order potato & egg at Taco Deli and you’ll be fine. And @scottbraddock.bsky.social has the correct take on bean & cheese
The writers thinly disguised family court complaints@swolecialism.bsky.social · 3mo agoPotato egg and cheese is the canonical breakfast taco, everything else is a variation
In the GOP US Senate runoff, Texas House Judiciary Chairman Jeff Leach is on a warpath calling AG Paxton corrupt and “negligent” in the handling of a child molestation case while the AG appears to duck questions about it even on conservative talk radio bit.ly/4dxL2Mv
Quorum Report: In homestretch of US Senate runoff, Chairman Leach pushes all in against Attorney General Paxton
Leach is on the warpath calling Paxton corrupt and negligent in the handling of a child molestation case while the AG appears to duck questions about it ev
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"The Girls Are Fighting. Again" New Episode: Harvey has lots to say about Abbott threatening the lobby and others while Dan Patrick is the governor's real problem on property taxes. Meantime the AGs race is red hot and we take you to my graduation podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Girls Are Fighting. Again.
Podcast Episode · Quorum Report Radio · May 15 · 1h 11m
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