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Carl P. Leubsdorf: Now it's Democrats painting GOP as too extreme

In the 2020 election, Republicans enjoyed substantial success in their efforts to demonize Democrats by labeling many as socialists and assailing those seeking to revamp or defund local police departments.

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The families of trans kids in Texas consider their options amid crackdown on care

Cameron Wright, 16, has always seen himself as a “dude.” As a young child, Cameron didn’t have the words to explain the disconnect between how he saw himself and how the world saw him. But he knew that despite being born in a girl’s body, he was meant to be…

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Watchdog investigating whether Texas misspent Covid aid on border crackdown, report says

The Treasury Department announced on Tuesday that they were initiating a “review” into the state’s spending

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Democrats demand US Treasury probe on Texas shifting COVID funds to border security

WASHINGTON — Texas Democrats in Congress have asked the U.S. Treasury to investigate whether Gov. Greg Abbott has misused up to $1 billion in pandemic relief funds to pay for the state’s controversial border security effort.

Tribune News Service

Jane Crow

The South has risen again. Anything that involves privacy is gone.

Texas Observer

EXPLAINER: Schools may be Texas' next immigration fight

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants to challenge another decades-old U.S. Supreme Court precedent that requires public schools to educate students regardless of legal status

The Independent UK

Texas governor says the state may contest a Supreme Court ruling on migrant education

Gov. Greg Abbott says the court's ruling in 1982 has imposed an unfair burden on Texas.

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Texas Gov. Abbott sparks backlash with talk of rolling back free school for immigrant kids

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott has infuriated immigration advocates and educators by suggesting Texas may challenge a longstanding U.S. Supreme Court decision that says states and localities can’t bar unauthorized immigrant children from attending public schools.

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Louisiana Republicans advance bill to make abortion a crime of murder

Since supreme court draft ruling was published, Democrats have warned of a likely torrent of challenges to established rights

The Guardian - US

When Roe goes, so go public schools?

Following Alito's reasoning on Roe, public schools aren't in the Constitution — and Republicans are now salivating

Salon

New Mexico seeks opportunity in Texas border disruptions

New Mexico is highlighting its support for proposals to route an international rail line through its Santa Teresa border crossing, capitalizing on Mexico’s unease with disruptions along the Texas portion of the U.S. border

The Independent UK

Phoebe Bridgers shares her own abortion story as Supreme Court seems posed to overturn Roe v. Wade

Phoebe Bridgers wants everyone to be able to get an abortion as easily as she did.

Tribune News Service

Abbott's border stunt hurts Texas again

Backlash and frustrations over economic losses forced Abbott to announce the termination of the eight-day backlog

Salon

Mexico’s foreign minister accuses Texas governor of ‘extortion’

Texas upped inspections of commercial trucks entering the US in a bid to pressure Mexican states increase security.

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Texas governor ‘extorting’ Mexico over inspections: minister

Mexico Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Texas Governor Greg Abbott pressured Mexico’s governors to lift border inspections due to long lines, Milenio newspaper reported.

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In Texas, transgender official says science is being ‘politically perverted’ to attack LGBT people

FORT WORTH, Texas — The nation’s top transgender official came to Texas this weekend to call out what she called the political perversion of medicine and science and urge doctors to stand up against attacks on LGBT Americans’ access to health care.

Reuters

Mexican foreign minister slams 'extortion' by Texas in border dispute

The pressure Texas exerted on neighboring Mexican states last month to tighten border security was tantamount to "extortion", Mexico's foreign minister was quoted as saying on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Self-proclaimed ‘socialist’ to ‘red pill’ anti-lockdown crusader: What are Elon Musk’s politics?

The Tesla and SpaceX tycoon has donated to both parties and attacked everyone from Joe Biden through Donald Trump to trade unions and ‘pronouns’, but underneath it all there is a consistent ideology, writes Io Dodds

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Texas border effort gets $495 million boost after GOP leaders tap federal COVID-19 aid, shift funds

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is scrambling to come up with nearly a half-billion dollars to pay the growing tab for its decision to post National Guard soldiers at the southern border.

The Independent UK

Self-proclaimed ‘socialist’ to ‘red pill’ anti-lockdown crusader: What are Elon Musk’s politics?

Salon

Abbott asks for donation to bus migrants

The reversal comes after Abbott's stunt backfired badly among conservatives

The Independent UK

Guardsmen who drowned on Texas border had no float device

Texas officials say a National Guard member who drowned on the U.S.-Mexico border while on duty wasn't wearing a flotation device and had not been issued one

Texas Observer

Greg Abbott’s Wasteful Border War Is Draining the State’s Coffers

The cost, scope, cruelty, and failure of the governor’s immigration dragnet far exceed that of any of his predecessors.

The Independent UK

Texas governor’s plan to bus migrants to DC appears to backfire

Migrants are thanking governor for free bus ride north

Benzinga

Texas Governor Wants Elon Musk To Bring Twitter Near Tesla, SpaceX In His State

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday threw at Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk an idea to shift Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) headquarters to the second-largest U.S.

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