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The #Octobersuprise will be #Texas or #Florida going blue in an early night #election2024
#2024election.
Via Steve Vladeck:
Of course Twitter now has a Northern District of #Texas forum-selection clause in its terms of service.
NPR's Bobby Allyn:
Wow: Twitter's new ToS says all disputes will be heard in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas located in Tarrant County (#Tesla investor Reed O'Connor's court)
Truly remarkable, considering Twitter's new HQ is NOT in this district, but in western Texas.
“Quite frankly, we reviewed this case in detail, fully expected that this law would provide relief, and that has not happened.”
Just out: Robert Roberson is scheduled to be executed today, based on a conviction that hinges on faulty science, and despite widespread pleading for clemency from lawyers and legislators. https://www.texasobserver.org/robert-roberson-subpoena-execution/
#DeathPenalty #CriminalJustice #politics #USpol #TXlege #HiumanRights #news #science #Texas #prison
Legislators, Attorneys Urge State to Halt Execution of Potentially Innocent Man
If efforts fail, Robert Roberson would be the first man executed in America for a murder conviction based on the controversial “shaken baby syndrome” diagnosis.Michelle Pitcher (The Texas Observer)
6PM in #Texas, America, the execution of an innocent man #RobertRoberson is scheduled to take place, unless Gov. #GregAbbott or #SCOTUS intervene.
A bipartisan group of #TX law makers said in a written statement:
'...we believe it would be a stain on the conscience of the State of Texas for an execution to proceed while efforts are underway to remedy deficiencies in how the law was applied to this case.'
Colin Allred absolutely crushed Ted Cruz in the #Texas #USSenate debate last night!
Watch the #NFL veteran linebacker sack and completely flatten soon-to-be former #Senator Cruz on live TV!
Texas voters, make sure to vote for #ColinAllred, and help keep the #Senate blue!
https://colinallred.com/
https://x.com/ColinAllredTX
#Election2024 #VoteBlue #KeepTheSenate
Ted Cruz, Colin Allred clash on abortion, border, transgender rights in US Senate debate
Cruz, a staunch conservative, is locked in a tight race with Allred.Oren Oppenheim (ABC News)
“Paxton’s impeachment may have lit the match, but this fight is fueled by the far right’s years-long desire to incinerate what remains of bipartisan comity in the lower chamber and rebuild the House in the image of Patrick’s Senate, where authoritarian rule is put to proper use.” https://www.texasobserver.org/speaker-phelan-gop-lege-2025/
#TXlege #politics #USpol #news #Texas #Republicans
Speaker Boxing: Is Phelan Failin', or Will the Far Right Fall Short Again?
The Paxton impeachment may have lit the match, but this fight is fueled by a yearslong campaign to incinerate what remains of bipartisan comity in the lower chamber.Justin Miller (The Texas Observer)
Greg Abbott is preparing to execute an innocent man on October 17.
Robert Roberson loses one of his final appeals to stop Texas execution
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/11/robert-roberson-texas-execution-appeal/
#GregAbbott #Texas #RobertRobertson #Autism
Robert Roberson loses his appeal to stop Texas execution
The state’s highest criminal court’s refusal to stay the Oct. 17 execution leaves the Palestine man with few options amid widespread support for clemency.Kayla Guo (The Texas Tribune)
In Texas’ Third-Largest County, the Far Right’s Vision for Local Governing Has Come to Life
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From cutting social services to changing #election rules, Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare has pushed his agenda with an uncompromising approach. His term offers a rare look at what happens when hard-liners exert influence in a battleground county.
#News #Texas #Politics #Government #Election2024
Tim O’Hare’s Rise in Texas Shows the Far Right’s Vision for Local Government
From cutting social services to changing election rules, the Tarrant County judge has pushed his agenda with an uncompromising approach. His term offers a rare look at what happens when hard-liners exert influence in a battleground county.ProPublica
In Texas’ third-largest county, the far right’s vision for local governing has come to life.
@ProPublica and @texastribune report: "Tim O’Hare’s leadership in Tarrant County, Texas, gives a glimpse of far-right priorities: cutting programs for at-risk youth, targeting elections and stifling dissent. Home to 2.2 million people and the city of Fort Worth, [the county] is the most significant political battleground between Republicans and Democrats in Texas."
#Texas #USPolitics #FarRight #Politics #Conservatives #Election
Tim O’Hare’s Rise in Texas Shows the Far Right’s Vision for Local Government
From cutting social services to changing election rules, the Tarrant County judge has pushed his agenda with an uncompromising approach. His term offers a rare look at what happens when hard-liners exert influence in a battleground county.ProPublica
#Texas has stripped Medicaid coverage from 2 million people, most of them children.
ProPublica and @Texas_Tribune found that disenrollment mistakes were preventable and foreshadowed by warnings from the federal government, whistleblowers and advocates.
More: https://propub.li/3zIzjLk
Texas Ignored Medicaid Enrollment Guidance and Warnings, Records Show
The decision to buck federal government guidelines was one of many that led to serious repercussions for Texas residents who rely on Medicaid. Among them were children forced to forgo or postpone lifesaving operations, doctors say.ProPublica
#USpol #Legal #LawFedi #SCOTUS
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...issued decisions greenlighting every one of these eventualities. While some were put on ice by the #SupremeCourt, others remain in effect in #Texas, #Louisiana, and #Mississippi, the three states the circuit covers.
In those states, women have no right to end pregnancies that threaten their health, the enforcement powers of dozens of federal agencies are in doubt, and protest organizers are vulnerable to legal retribution. Other...
WASHINGTON (AP) —“ #SCOTUS on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in #Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest #abortion bans.
Without detailing their reasoning, the justices kept in place a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations that would violate Texas law” https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-emergency-abortion-texas-bf79fafceba4ab9df9df2489e5d43e72?taid=6703e77b7aa3400001ed4e75&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
Supreme Court lets a Texas emergency abortion ban stand
The Supreme Court has let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans.LINDSAY WHITEHURST (AP News)
"Texas has surpassed 18 million registered voters for the first time as an increasingly urban and diverse population reshapes the state’s political landscape and pushes the GOP to retool its decades-old playbook to keep a grip on the state.
The state’s voter registration rolls are expanding at a quicker pace than other fast-growing southern states like Florida, North Carolina and Georgia."
#CivicEngagement #VoterRegistration #elections #elections2024 #USpol #texas
Definitely not *#Christian*
How Two #Billionaire #Preachers Remade #Texas #Politics
They control #Republican politics in the state. Now they’re poised to take their theocratic agenda nationwide.
#radicalization #extremism #FarRight #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/magazine/texas-politics-billionaire-preachers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Carla Gates holding a picture of her husband Eugene Gates Jr., a 36 year veteran of the #USPS #USA #Postal Service, who died last year delivering mail when the heat index was 113 degrees Fahrenheit
The USPS disciplined Eugene weeks before he died for taking too long on his route in the heat wave. Carla found out later #Heat Illness Prevention training he should have received was falsified by postal management
#climatechange #climatecrisis #globalwarming #dallas #texas
Widow of North Texas postal worker who died of heat-related illness says not enough is done to keep workers safe
Eugene Gates Jr. collapsed last year while delivering mail on a day when the heat index reached 113 degrees. A year later, his widow worries that it will happen again if something doesn't change.Brooke Rogers (CBS Texas)
Ted Cruz's “#FetalPersonhood” measures could outlaw not just #IVF, but access to #BirthControl. He is too extreme for #Texas.
#TX can trust #ColinAllred to make #RoeVWade the law of the land.
Texans Abroad, have you requested your 2024 ballot? Go to https://voteabroad.org/SocMediaVFA!
Want to help? Volunteer with our TX State Team: https://www.democratsabroad.org/tx_usa
#YourVoteMatters #DemocratsAbroad #AmericansAbroad #USExpats #VoteFromAbroad #TexansAbroad #DemocraticParty #StopProject2025
Federal Judge Strikes Down Key Provision of Texas’ Omnibus Voter Suppression Law - Democracy Docket
A federal judge struck down a key provision of Texas’ 2021 omnibus voter suppression legislation.Democracy Docket
Despite Persistent Warnings, #Texas Rushed to Remove Millions From #Medicaid. That Move Cost Eligible Residents Care.
The decision to buck federal #government guidelines was one of many that led to serious repercussions for Texas residents who rely on Medicaid. Among them were #children forced to forgo or postpone lifesaving operations, #doctors say.
#News #Healthcare #Health #ACA #Covid #Pandemic #Insurance #PublicHealth
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-medicaid-unwinding-consequences
Texas Ignored Medicaid Enrollment Guidance and Warnings, Records Show
The decision to buck federal government guidelines was one of many that led to serious repercussions for Texas residents who rely on Medicaid. Among them were children forced to forgo or postpone lifesaving operations, doctors say.ProPublica
Jury clears most 'Trump Train’ drivers in civil trial
A federal jury in Texas has cleared a group of former President Donald Trump supporters and found one person liable in a civil trial over a so-called “Trump Train” that surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus in 2020.NADIA LATHAN (AP News)
“Sometimes they say it’s illegal [for prisoners to unionize], but it’s not. It’s just frowned upon. But it works.”
New today from Michelle Pitcher: Texans are organizing inside and outside of prisons to empower incarcerated workers, who labor in dangerous conditions without pay. https://www.texasobserver.org/solidarity-prison-labor-union/
#politics #prison #WorkersRights #labor #HumanRights #Texas #USpol #news
This week's top story: He’s one of Ken Paxton’s “best friends.” Angela Paxton served on his corporate board. And he stands accused of sprawling financial malfeasance. https://www.texasobserver.org/paxtons-lobbyist-ceo-alleged-fraud/
#KenPaxton #news #politics #USpol #corruption #TXlege #Texas #fraud
A Jet-Setting Lobbyist-Turned-CEO, the Paxtons, and an Alleged Massive Fraud
Ken and Angela Paxton have ties to a corporate honcho caught in a tangled web of alleged fraud involving a powerful business clan and a commercial shipping giant.Justin Miller (The Texas Observer)
