Julian Castro Found To Have Violated Hatch Act In Katie Couric Interview

Julian Castro Found To Have Violated Hatch Act In Katie Couric Interview

NewsTaco July 18, 2016

*You have to be careful when it’s political hunting season and there’s an opposition target on your back. Although, the OSC is non-partisan. VL By Adrian Carrasquillo, BuzzFeed A report […]

Warren, Kaine, Castro on shortlist as Clinton’s VP search intensifies

NewsTaco June 21, 2016

*The Democratic convention is a mere 5 weeks away, and Julián Castro is still on the Veep shortlist. What do you think, is  it real, for show, does Castro have […]

Julian Castro on VP role: ‘That’s not going to happen’

NewsTaco May 11, 2016

*From what I’ve been able to gather the Castro-as-VP-Candidate talk was just that, talk. There’s also talk of Labor Secretary Thomas Perez and California Congressman Xavier Becerra as  potential Veep […]

Julián Castro pushes back against liberal critics

NewsTaco April 25, 2016

*Castro on criticism of his handling of HUD’s Distressed Asset Stabilization Program: “Just shouting ‘Wall Street,’ sloganeering in a way, does not go to the merits of the program and how […]

Is email a cause to question the attack on Julián Castro?

NewsTaco April 19, 2016

Victor Landa, NewsTaco I get that there are some people who don’t like the way Julián Castro is running specific parts of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. I understand that they […]

Progressive’s attack on Julián Castro is really about big-tent muck

NewsTaco April 14, 2016

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (4 minute read) Before it became a headline Joe Velazquez’s resignation letter from the Board of Directors of the American Family Voices organization circulated widely among […]

Clinton names rising Dem standout Julian Castro as prospective VP pick

NewsTaco March 3, 2016

*This is the rumor that doesn’t die, fueled now by Clinton herself. So does that mean it’s no longer a rumor? Hillary is quoted as saying  she would “seriously consider” […]

The Winner of Last Night’s Iowa Caucus was Julián Castro

NewsTaco February 2, 2016

*Really? You think so? I understand the premise, but doesn’t imagining a Castro VP slot reduce him to a piece on a political chess board? The narrative becomes an “if-then” […]

Amid Intense VP Buzz, Julián Castro Tours Iowa for Clinton

NewsTaco January 25, 2016

*This past weekend U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce CEO Javier Palomarez endorsed Julián Castro for Vice President. Castro wasn’t there for the endorsement, he was traveling through Iowa, stumping for […]

The Interview: Rosie Castro

NewsTaco December 29, 2015

*What I like about this interview is that it reminds us that Latino politics didn’t pop-up recently on Twitter. The place Latinos have achieved is a work in progress that […]