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Here's our story.
As has been reported, a dead person was found Wednesday stuck to the buoys Texas officials installed at the Mexican border, per Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Alicia Bárcena
The DOJ is suing Texas to have the buoys removed.
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This isn't even a photo of an international bridge between Texas-Mexico. It's from 2018 and is a photo of the international border bridge in Ciudad Hidalgo, México, the border with Guatemala.
Link to original photo on Getty images:
TEXAS IS FULL.
SEND THEM BACK AND REPEL THE INVASION.
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Here is a better look at Rep.
@RepWalle
confronting Rep.
@CodyforTexas
on the floor.
House is still at ease and will return to take up HB 4.
“It hurts us,” Walle says.
(Got this from a source as I was not this close to the lawmakers)
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#BREAKING
: 3 migrants, including 2 children, drowned in the Rio Grande after Texas denied Border Patrol access to the migrants, according to U.S. Rep.
@RepCuellar
, D-Laredo,
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Here is our breaking story:
Federal judge David Ezra rules Texas must remove the border buoys by Friday, Sept. 15.
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Story w/
@toddgillman
:
The 5th Circuit CoA — one of the most conservative appellate courts in the US — denied Texas’ appeal to keep the border buoys in the Rio Grande.
The court affirmed the lower court ruling on a preliminary injunction
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Scoop by
@toddgillman
:
Texas Congressman
@RonnyJacksonTX
threatened to beat a state trooper and “bury” a West Texas sheriff in the next election after deputies pushed him to the ground and handcuffed him at a rodeo last month, per the incident report.
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New w/
@toddgillman
:
Texas has denied that the border buoys it installed on the Rio Grande crosses into Mexican territory.
But a new survey conducted by a federal agency shows that 80% of the buoys are on Mexican territory.
#txlege
#OperationLoneStar
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Exclusive: Over 7 months, the
@usibwc
warned multiple Texas officials the structures Texas was installing at the U.S.-Mexico border — including the buoys — violated federal law and an international treaty.
Texas ignored the warnings.
W/
@toddgillman
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Texas lawmaker who voted on bill banning transgender women from competing in women’s athletics to “protect women’s sports” makes fun of marquee women’s professional basketball league in U.S.
The tweet he’s responding to is about Houston native & WNBA superstar Brittney Griner
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#BREAKING
: The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Texas' appeal in the border buoy lawsuit for the buoys in the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass.
The COA affirms the lower courts ruling.
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Mexico says they will not accept any deportations from Texas
México externa su rechazo a la decisión de la Suprema Corte de 🇺🇸 por la entrada en vigor de la ley SB4. Nuestro país no aceptará repatriaciones por parte del estado de Texas. El diálogo en materia migratoria continuará entre los gobiernos federales de 🇲🇽 y 🇺🇸.
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BREAKING: Rep.
@BryanforHD2
has resigned effective immediately following a House investigative report accusing him of "inappropriate sexual conduct" with a 19-year-old staffer, per a letter he sent today.
#txlege
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Here is the current scene at UT.
Line of DPS troopers are physically pushing a group of protestes back (North on Speedway)
The crowd is chanting “Let him go! Let him go!”
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New: The Department of Homeland Security has sent a cease-and-desist letter Sunday to Texas AG
@KenPaxtonTX
that the state stop denying access to Border Patrol agents at Shelby Park.
@priscialva
with
@CNN
broke the story first
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New: Texas is violating international law and has ignored requests by the federal government to get info on the razor wire fence and floating border buoys
@GregAbbott_TX
has previously said Texas is not asking for permission
#txlege
#border
#Immigration
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly places the first bet in the state at Hollywood Casinos in KCK.
She placed a $15 on the Kansas City Chiefs to win Super Bowl 57. ($15 was in honor of QB Patrick Mahomes)
Odds were 10-1
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New: In México City, President
@lopezobrador_
says his government is going to challenge
#SB4
that was signed by Gov.
@GregAbbott_TX
He also accused Abbott of vying to become a vice presidential candidate for the 2024 Republican ticket
#txlege
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#Breaking
: Mexico Affairs Secretary Alicia Bárcena says a 2nd body was found Wednesday, about 3 miles north of where a body was found stuck to the border buoys at ~ 2:35 p.m.
Bárcena said it’s not clear if the second body is connected to the first body.
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Personal news: Today is my last day with the
@KCStar
. I'm joining the
@dallasnews
Austin bureau on Oct. 10 as a politics reporter covering the Texas statehouse. Gracias to The Star's editors for helping me grow. A special thanks to my friends who made my time here a blast.
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Hi
@GovAbbott
,
1) Why did you and other Texas officials ignore the warnings and letters from the
@usibwc
, as our story says?
2) The story by
@toddgillman
& I doesn't say the buoys caused the drownings.
What this story doesn’t tell you is that I informed Biden almost a year ago about Texas’s constitutional authority to secure the border.
It also ignores the fact that the bouys used by Texas did not cause the drowning of the 2 bodies.
Facts matter.
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New: Texas AG
@KenPaxtonTX
has sued the Biden administration and DHS over border patrol officers cutting razor wire fencing Texas has installed along the riverbanks of the Rio Grande
Lawsuit filed in Western District of Texas. Will have story up soon
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Nugget from Elon Musk's suit against Media Matters.
Ex-AG employees Chris Hilton and Judd Stone among those who filed it
Both resigned in Oct after defending AG
@KenPaxtonTX
in his impeachment trial. Hilton served as chief of litigation division. Stone was solicitor general
Media Matters suit filed by Musk’s X Corp here. He single out a staffer,
@ehananoki
, when filing it.
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Quick fact check:
This comes from a
@UTAustin
webpage called "Language Matters: Glossary of Terms."
It has definitions of acronyms like "LGBTQIA" "HBCU," & terms "Ally," "Biracial" "Gaslighting."
Saying a glossary is "promoting" something is highly misleading.
#txlege
#txed
The University of Texas is now promoting the word "wimmin," so that students and faculty can "avoid the word ending in '-men.'"
According to UT, this is "empowering."
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Rep. Bryan Slaton sits at his desk as House staff distributes the House General Investigating Committee report.
Chair Andrew Murr said evidence supports Slaton engaged in “inappropriate sexual conduct” with a 19y/o “subordinate.”
He recommended Slaton be expelled.
#txlege
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NEW: In Aug. 2021, the
@TXAG
office produced a 300-page report clearing now-impeached Ken Paxton of any wrongdoing.
But new emails made public in a massive filing appears to show that Paxton personally approved of the report before it was published
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JR Smith, to his caddie, when he found out Chris Paul got traded to the Rockets: "This league is crazy."
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NEW:
Almost 5 months after the deadliest mass shooting in TX history, Uvalde County voted to reelected Gov. Greg Abbott, picking him over Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke.
Abbott won Uvalde 60%-38 with all votes in (about 7,900)
Story coming soon
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2 days since the 8th mass shooting in his tenure, Gov.
@GregAbbott_TX
has answered 1 question from local reporters about Allen. Took Qs from Fox News Sun
DPS Director Steve McCraw didn’t take questions here. DPS is leading the Allen shooting investigation & hasn’t held a presser
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Texas Gov.
@GregAbbott_TX
issues a statement as a standoff between the state & federal government continues in Eagle Pass
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Rep.
@GinaForAustin
, D-Austin, speaks after ESAs/Vouchers were stripped from
#HB1
after Democrats and 21 Republicans voted to take it out
“Before we are Democrats, before we are Democrats, we are mothers, we are fathers, we are Texans,” she said.
#txlege
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Today is
@RobertTGarrett
’s last day with The Dallas Morning News.
It’s a sad day in the Austin bureau and for readers across Texas as we won’t have Bob writing about the state budget, the foster care system and the latest developments in
#txlege
We’re all gonna miss him
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New: A witness said a woman had her hands up moments before she was shot multiple times by Kansas City police officers Friday night in a store parking lot.
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The Austin bureau has two additional helpers at the office today to assist with Day 8 of Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial
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In Uvalde County with now almost 2/3 reporting:
Gov. Greg Abbott leads Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke 58%-41. There is now about 6,500 votes in
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BREAKING:
#SB4
is again, blocked, per a new order by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that dissolves the March 2 administrative stay
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From
@LukeNozicka
and
@GRicekcstar
:
Federal indictment accuses former Kansas City, Kansas police detective Roger Golubski of sexual abuse, assault and kidnapping.
If convicted, Golubski faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
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Just a friendly reminder to read your local newspaper, national newspaper or nonprofit news site rather than watch cable tv news programs (which are largely just talking about what’s in the newspaper anyway)
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“Mexico will not accept, under any circumstances, any repatriations from Texas,” says Mexicos Foreign Affairs agency.
In Dec, when Gov.
@GregAbbott_TX
was asked what TX would do if Mexico refused to accept migrants Texas tried to deport, he said they would try again
📄 El Gobierno de México, a través de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, reprueba la entrada en vigor de la ley
#SB4
en Texas, que pretende detener el flujo de personas migrantes mediante su criminalización, fomentando la separación de familias, discriminación y…
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pretty sure you can't call it a press conference if you don't let the press ask questions
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Rep.
@RepWalle
, D-Houston, confronting Rep. Cody Harris on the House floor after Harris filed a motion asking for lawmakers to only debate the 46 amendments that have been filed.
“Y’all don’t understand the s— y’all do to our community,” Walle said at one point.
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NEW: Two people were found dead Wednesday near the border buoys along Rio Grande in Texas.
The 2nd body is reportedly a Honduran child, per the Mexican consulate and an official at a migrant shelter in Piedras Negras.
W/
@ajcorchado
&
@toddgillman
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Rep.
@BryanforHD2
walks out of what appears to be the room where House General Investigating Committee without giving comment
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Here is the latest in the 35 House races where Ken Paxton sought to oust the GOP incumbents. Things could still change obviously.
23 incumbents ahead
6 likely headed to runoff (including Speaker
@DadePhelan
)
5 trailing their opponents
1 race still no votes reported
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Regarding Kansas City, please make sure to read the local news outlets there, particularly my friends and former coworkers at the
@KCStar
.
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Wow.
From a
#txlege
perspective, Miriam Adelson, is the widow of Sheldon Adelson, who served as chairman and CEO of the Las Vegas Sands.
Las Vegas Sands has been pushing & lobbying for expanded gambling in Texas. Cuban has also been advocating for expanded gambling
Sources: Mark Cuban is selling a majority stake of the Dallas Mavericks to Miriam Adelson and casino tycoon Adelson family for valuation in range of $3.5 billion. In one of most unique setups in NBA history, Cuban keeps shares in team and full control of basketball operations.
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Incredible story by
@jsmccullou
:
A prison guard delivered a stillborn baby after she experienced labor pains and said she wasn’t allowed to leave work. She has sued TX.
TX argues it’s not responsible cuz it’s not clear her fetus had rights as a person.
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has called for KS Rep. Aaron Coleman to resign as a result of his second arrest in less than a month.
Breaking: KS Rep. Aaron Coleman was arrested on suspicion of DUI on Saturday morning
This arrested appears to be the latest in a pattern of alleged erratic and abusive behavior by the 21-year-old lawmaker.
Articulo con
@KatieJ_Bernard
:
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.
@KUPresident
: “The Chancellor can talk about being disappointed by my statement all day, but I’m disappointed in the fact that I’m still being called a n---er.”
Articulo escrito por
@KatieJ_Bernard
y yo.
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Mexico Foreign Affairs Secretary
@aliciabarcena
says that Mexico will file an amicus brief in the 5th Circuit regarding
#SB4
Bárcena also said they country will not accept deportations of even Mexican natives from Texas under
#SB4
🎙️ La canciller, en entrevista con
@AlexDominguezB
para
@Milenio
, destacó que el Gobierno de México presentará un amicus curiae para que la voz del pueblo mexicano sea escuchada en la corte de apelaciones que resolverá el litigio actual de la ley antiinmigrante
#SB4
de Texas,…
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JR Smith to
@washingtonpost
on Chris Paul: "It's just the way the league is going. The league is in a frenzy because of the Warriors."
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New: The FBI arrested a Tennessee man, saying he threatened to shoot migrants at the U.S-Mexico border & told an undercover agent "we are being invaded"
His arrest came as Texas is clashing with the U.S. over state policies designed to deter illegal entry
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Breaking: The Senate will not take up HB 4 today when it gavels in at 4 p.m., two senators tell
@PhilJankowski
& I.
They will gavel in and out and not take up any legislation, according to Sens. Sarah Eckhardt & Carol Alvarado.
Special session ends Tuesday.
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The three no votes on the resolution of the rules for the impeachment trial of AG Ken Paxton:
@AngelaPaxtonTX
@sarah_eckhardt
Bob Hall
Vote was 25-3
#txlege
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New: U.S. Department of Homeland Security has given Texas until Wednesday to allow Border Patrol agents access to the Rio Grande through Shelby Park Eagle Pass.
3 migrants drowned in the Rio Grande on Friday.
It’s unclear how Texas will respond.
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BREAKING: Former KCK police detective Roger Golubski, who has long been accused of corruption and raping vulnerable Black women, was arrested Thursday morning at his home by the FBI, multiple sources have confirmed.
w/
@LukeNozicka
and
@GRicekcstar
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Texas has said in court that state police wouldn’t be deporting migrants under
#SB4
. TX says state police would take migrants to a point of entry and let the fed govt decide if they would deport them
But DHS said they won’t help TX
🇲🇽 said they won’t accept TX’s deportations
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Protesters have gathered in the Texas House gallery chanting “No More Drug War”
And saying to vote No to HB 6 (bill up today increasing the penalty for delivering or manufacturing less than 1 gram of fentanyl)
#txlege
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New: In a statement regarding Texas' SB 4, Mexico's Foreign Affairs Secretary says that the country "sharply rejects" any policy that allows for state and local authorities in Texas to arrest or attempt to return migrants to Mexico.
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The timeline:
5 p.m.: Dan Patrick says Laura Olson won't testify; House managers continue w/ Brickman
5:25 p.m.: House rests case by accident
5:30 p.m.: Paxton team files motions to dismiss case
5:40 p.m.: Senate at ease
6:25 p.m.: Paxton's motion withdrawn, call first witness
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Chris Russo, president of
@StrongBordersTX
, was seen driving white supremacist Nick Fuentes to a gathering Friday, per
@RobertDownen_
of
@TexasTribune
Russo, who drove Fuentes to the meeting, has testified in front of
#txlege
committees about immigration
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Several years ago, a family friend who lived in Mexico for 30 years was told that Mexico is such a dangerous and unsafe country.
The friend replied: The first time I heard a gun shot was in the United States.
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PSA: All racist emails addressed to me will be printed out and handed to Buddy to use as a chew toy
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Hey all, please think twice before retweeting & circulating the graphic videos of what happened in Brownsville earlier today
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New: Mexico's Foreign Affairs Secretary
@aliciabarcena
pens an op-ed in the
@dallasnews
saying that
#SB4
"threatens to jeopardize the entirety of Mexico’s cooperative relationship with Texas."
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“People really showed that they’re ready for change,” Mihaela Plesa said.
The Plano-native becomes the first Democrat to represent Collin County in almost 30 years after defeated Republican Jamee Jolly in House District 70.
#txlege
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From
@erinmdouglas23
:
"At least nine people have died from the heat in one South Texas county."
Such heat waves and the record-breaking temperatures they bring are becoming more common and severe due to climate change, scientists told The Texas Tribune.
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In Uvalde County with the 5,100 early votes in:
Gov. Greg Abbott leads Beto O'Rourke 56%-43
A Republican governor candidate in TX has carried Uvalde since at least 1992
#TxGov
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BREAKING: The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reverse the district court's ruling and grants an injunction in
@KenPaxtonTX
's lawsuit against
@DHSgov
, forbidding border patrol from cutting the razor wire TX has installed at the border.
2-1 vote.
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Here is the current scene at the south lawn in front of the UT Tower.
Palestine Solidarity Committee has gathered on the lawn.
UTPD standing on the edge of the lawn
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The
@TexasGOP
Executive Committee votes to censure House Speaker
@DadePhelan
, R-Beaumont, by a vote of 55-4-4
4 no and 4 abstained
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Car chases by Texas police near the U.S-Mexico border have led to at least 74 deaths in more-than 2 years
The chases have occurred during a border security initiative implemented by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, according to
@hrw
#txlege
#Immigration
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Sir…
@KelliSmithNews
wrote about it literally a month ago (and, spoiler, you provided a statement for the story)
Our local media have no interest in reporting on this data, which is why you haven’t heard about it. But you better believe if Dallas was leading the nation in violent crime INCREASES you’d be hearing about it daily. It’s sad, really. Kudos to
@DallasPD
and our residents!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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A verdict in Ken Paxton's impeachment trial will take place at 10:30 a.m.
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Here's our story on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granting a hearing in front of the entire court -- known as an en banc hearing -- in Texas border buoys case:
Means the buoys will stay in the Rio Grande until at least May
#txlege
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Women and journalists of color get doxxed ALL THE TIME on here for simply doing their jobs and I still haven't seen any hearings on Capitol Hill about that but go off
If anyone posted real-time locations & addresses of NYT reporters, FBI would be investigating, there’d be hearings on Capitol Hill & Biden would give speeches about end of democracy!
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Texas DPS have arrested another individual. I did not see what led up to it
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Buenos días from day 1 of
@KenPaxtonTX
impeachment trial. Myself and about a dozen reporters are waiting for the Capitol grounds to open.
The trial is set to start at about 9 a.m.
#txlege
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Personal news: I’ve accepted the job to be the
@prepxtra
high school sports editor for the
@knoxnews
. I start on Oct. 29. Thank you to everyone who has helped me. A special thanks to my friends and to
@kdrobbins
for teaching me how to write a sentence — and for everything else.
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Unofficial final results in Wyandotte County:
ADA Candice Alcaraz defeats Division 16 judge Wes Griffin to become first Black woman elected to the bench in Wyandotte County District Court.
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New w/
@toddgillman
:
A federal judge rejected TX’s migrant “invasion” defense Tuesday in the lawsuit over the buoys
The judge’s comment seemed to suggest he’ll rule narrowly and won't wade into how far states can go on enforcing federal immigration law.
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New: ‘It’s inhumane.’ Mexican president
@lopezobrador_
on Wednesday blasted the reported treatment of migrants by Texas
He said he would not meet with Gov.
@GregAbbott_TX
in the future.
#txlege
#immigration
#OperationLoneStar
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