Texas
Here's to the beginning of this community. I'll be posting news articles and such that I come across pertaining to Texas. Please read the rules in the sidebar and be kind to your neighbors!
Note: The Texas election site is confusing and can make it seem like you can register to vote online, but you cannot
electrek.co
Part of the larger federal grid infrastructure updates announced today.
theweek.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20923017 > [Volunteer for texas democrats](https://www.mobilize.us/texasdemocrats/)
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/13880275
www.texastribune.org
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20406912 > Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and his progressive allies sought to mobilize their young supporters Tuesday at a rally on the campus of Texas State University, where they urged a crowd of several hundred to set aside their reservations about Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. > > **Sanders, acknowledging that some of his followers were dismayed by Harris’ support for Israel in the war in Gaza, framed the idea of voting for Harris as an ad hoc solution to keep Republican Donald Trump out of the White House and “retain the foundations of American democracy.”** > > “Short term, let us elect Kamala Harris as president,” Sanders said. “Long term, let us work together to transform this country and create a nation that works for all, not just the few.” > > Sanders visited the Texas State campus in San Marcos as part of a three-day swing through the state, bookended by rallies in San Antonio and Austin. He was joined Tuesday by New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Greg Casar of San Antonio and former El Paso congressman Beto O’Rourke. > > --- > > 🗳️ **Register to vote:** https://vote.gov/
www.keranews.org
Some excerpts: >In a 78 page ruling, U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez found that a key part of the Texas 2021 omnibus voter legislation is confusing, vague, overly broad, violates freedom of speech along with the 14th Amendment and there is no actual problem of illegal vote harvesting. >"Witnesses were particularly uncertain about how to interpret the terms “physical presence” and “compensation” — neither of which is defined in the statute — and how the Canvassing Restriction impacts organizers’ ability to provide voting assistance during their in-person interactions with voters," Rodriguez wrote. >Under the ruling, the Texas Attorney General’s office can no longer conduct investigations based on the provision. The AG’s office cited it when it recently conducted a series of raids on the homes of Latino voting rights activists and a Democratic candidate for the Texas House. The lawsuit brought by multiple Texas voting rights organizations asked for relief from several parts of SB1. But Saturday’s ruling only concerned the state’s attempt to block assistance with absentee ballots.
www.texastribune.org
"As midnight nears, the lights of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, fill the sky on the silent banks of the Rio Grande. A few months ago, hundreds of asylum-seeking families, including crying toddlers, waited for an opening to crawl through razor wire from Juarez into El Paso. No one is waiting there now. Nearly 500 miles away, in the border city of Eagle Pass, large groups of migrants that were once commonplace are rarely seen on the riverbanks these days. In McAllen, at the other end of the Texas border, two Border Patrol agents scan fields for five hours without encountering a single migrant. It’s a return to relative calm after an unprecedented surge of immigrants through the southern border in recent years. But no one would know that listening to Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump talking about border enforcement at dueling presidential campaign events. And no one would know from the rate at which Texas is spending on a border crackdown called Operation Lone Star — $11 billion since 2021."
www.cbsnews.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20280658 > Texas Attorney General **Ken Paxton** has vowed to continue defending what he considers Texans' right to carry firearms on land owned or leased by governmental entities. > > **The Texas Supreme Court ruled Thursday night that it would not block a firearms ban at the State Fair of Texas**. Paxton's office had sued claiming the city and the fair are violating state law by prohibiting most people from bringing firearms onto public property. > > A Dallas County judge [declined to issue](https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-state-fair-gun-ban-lawsuit-hearing/) an injunction preventing the ban's enforcement. Neither the [Fifteenth Court of Appeals](https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/appeals-court-denies-attorney-general-ken-paxtons-appeal-on-state-fair-gun-ban/) or the Supreme Court intervened.
I don't like beer and I don't generally eat the food at the state fair, but I might make a trip for this. Thanks to [@RVLara23@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/users/RVLara23) for the original post on Mastodon
www.fox4news.com
Even other Republicans think Ken Paxton is bad at his job. This is some nice judicial snark: >Remarkably, the State’s presentation to this Court takes no position on whether the State Fair of Texas, a private entity, has the legal authority to exclude patrons carrying handguns from the Fair. This may surprise many observers, given that the ostensible purpose of this litigation is to determine whether Texas law entitles law-abiding Texans to carry handguns at the State Fair despite the Fair’s recently enacted policy to the contrary. Go ahead and read the whole thing, though, including the footnote. It's only 4 pages of double-spaced text with huge margins. They are not even disagreeing -- although they should -- but rather just laying into Paxton for how sloppy the filings were.
"Judge shopping for me, not for thee"
www.nbcnews.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20021549
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20368025 > Vote, get active, get involved > > [Find how to register to vote for where you are](https://vote.gov/) > > [Find opportunities to volunteer for dems around you](https://events.democrats.org/)
www.nbcnews.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19637526 > https://ghostarchive.org/archive/iHXDz > > https://archive.ph/WxdTL
www.theguardian.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19575830 > **_Plaintiffs in lawsuit allege they were terrorized for more than 90 minutes as at least 40 vehicles encircled the bus_** > > A jury trial opening in Austin, Texas, on Monday will seek to hold Trump supporters accountable for [allegedly ambushing a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris campaign bus](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/31/biden-harris-bus-texas-trump-supporters-highway) on the state’s main highway in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election. > > Plaintiffs in the lawsuit allege they were terrorised and intimidated for more than 90 minutes as they took a bus tour canvassing for the Democratic ticket in the final days of the election. > > At least 40 vehicles flying Make America great again flags formed themselves into a so-called “Trump Train” and encircled the bus, trying to run it off the road and playing what the suit claims was a “madcap game of highway ‘chicken’”. > > The plaintiffs, who include the bus driver, a Biden campaign staffer and Wendy Davis, the former Texas senator and Democratic gubernatorial candidate, say they were forced to cancel campaign events for fear that the intimidation would be repeated. **They are pursuing punitive damages under both Texas law and the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, a federal statute from the Reconstruction period designed to end political violence and voter intimidation**.
But that’s ok because Nestle will upsell it back to you in a bottle labeled Ozarka after they’ve finished pumping it all from Canton.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/28425809 > Texas sued the Biden administration in an effort to block a new rule that seeks to protect the privacy of women living in states that ban abortion who travel out of state for the procedure. > > In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, opens new tab in Lubbock, Texas, the state is asking a federal judge to strike down the rule, which prohibits healthcare providers and insurers from giving state law enforcement authorities information about reproductive healthcare that is legal where it was provided. > > President Joe Biden, a Democrat, said in announcing the rule in April that no one should have their medical records "used against them, their doctor, or their loved one just because they sought or received lawful reproductive health care."
www.commondreams.org
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19456280 > Texas Gov. Spent $221 Million on Migrant Busing 'Political Stunt'
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/28269337
www.commondreams.org
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19412621
Paxton said he'd sue Harris and Bexar counties if they sent voter registration forms to "unverified recipients". I wonder why Paxton doesn't want Harris county to vote.
abcnews.go.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19340554 > The shooter is a sovereign citizen.
arstechnica.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/21655258 > Attack on free speech by the free speech guy.
www.texastribune.org
>Allred’s sharp divergence from Beto O’Rourke’s more active campaign style has stirred dissent among some Democrats. His allies say it’s working. >Six years after Beto O'Rourke’s electrifying Senate campaign set the standard for Texas Democrats seeking statewide office, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred is taking a completely different approach in his own bid to oust U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. >Allred, a third-term Dallas congressman, has been far less visible on the campaign trail, opting for events with smaller and more curated audiences in the major cities and select suburbs, rather than the casual town hall-style rallies O'Rourke held in every corner of the state. And instead of O’Rourke’s unapologetic liberal stands which activated legions of young voters, Allred has adopted a more calibrated message aimed at winning over moderates. He’s running ads that portray him as "tough" on the border and willing to work across the aisle, while keeping his distance from his party's standard-bearers, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. >Allred's sharp divergence from O'Rourke's more active and freewheeling style has stirred dissent and even signs of panic among a segment of Texas Democratic activists who say Allred should be holding more rallies, small-dollar fundraisers and other publicly accessible events. The more buttoned-up approach, they argue, is unlikely to inspire the sort of grassroots energy that helped O'Rourke build a juggernaut volunteer turnout operation and come within three points of ending Texas Democrats’ statewide drought
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/27939300 > A Texas man who spent 34 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of aggravated assault was exonerated Thursday by a Dallas County judge who ruled that he is actually innocent. > > The judge approved a motion by the Dallas County District Attorney’s office to dismiss the case against Benjamin Spencer, 59, who was initially convicted in 1987 of murder in the carjacking and death of Jeffrey Young. > > “This day has been a long time coming. I am relieved and humbled to help correct this injustice,” said Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot. > > Spencer, who has maintained his innocence, saw his 1987 conviction later overturned. He was then tried again and convicted and sentenced to life in prison for aggravated robbery of Young.
www.cnn.com
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/40984682 > Robert Morris, who founded and led Gateway Church for nearly 25 years in the affluent Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Southlake, Texas, resigned after the scandal came to light in June. His exit sent thousands of evangelicals into a season of struggle that has lasted months. > > Last week, a pastor who oversaw all of Gateway’s campuses departed amid an undisclosed “moral issue,” becoming the latest in a series of changes for the church: The cancellation of its annual conference. The departure of Morris’ successor. The renaming of its Houston campus and an exodus of worshippers. > > At each weekend service, worshippers continue to face reminders of the scandal, with interim or guest pastors kicking off their sermons saying “I’m sorry,” talking about grief or finding hope in difficult times. They’ve noticed people who have sat and prayed around them for years are once again not showing up for service. > > The church has seen a decrease of 17% to 19% in weekend services attendance, a church spokesperson told CNN.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/40733977
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