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Joe Exotic schools Dan Crenshaw after he bizarrely tries to blame Biden for Titan sub disaster

‘Finally the voice of reason weighs in to say stop the madness!’

The Independent UK

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn wants the U.S. to train Mexican troops to fight drug cartels

The Republican from Texas introduced the legislation after meeting with Mexico’s president and calling for more cooperation between the two countries.

The Texas Tribune

Forget TikTok, AI is the latest obsession in Congress

WASHINGTON — Dire warnings about TikTok dominated conversations on Capitol Hill earlier this year, with both Republicans and Democrats describing the Chinese-owned app as one of the gravest national security threats to the U.S.

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U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw tapped to lead GOP response on Mexican drug cartels

The Houston Republican has alarmed Mexico and Democrats with previous calls for a military response to the criminal organizations.

The Texas Tribune

U.S. House passes border bill shaped by Texas Republicans as Title 42 ends

The Secure the Border Act would resume construction of the border wall, limit asylum eligibility and require asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico. It faces tough going in the Senate.

The Texas Tribune

Dan Crenshaw's Bud Light boycott fail

In the words of one Instagram commenter, the Texas congressman's social media post was a "tremendous self-own"

Salon

How the TikTok hearing went bad

Sure, TikTok is problematic — but social media delivers a withering verdict on GOP’s racist scare-mongering

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Is TikTok A Threat? Why Congress Is Freaking Out Over Alleged Data Collection

Elected officials from both sides of the aisle have grown concerned with social media app TikTok and the and user data it collects

Zenger

Editorial: Fentanyl crisis won’t be solved by indulging in violent fantasies of bombing Mexico

Many Americans nowadays know someone who died of a fentanyl overdose. The drug is highly potent and is slipped in with other illegal substances. From 2016 to 2021, the number of people in California who have died due to fentanyl-related causes increased from 239 to nearly 6,000.

The Orange County Register

GOP leaders’ threat of US intervention has Mexican president whipping up frenzy

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s economy is facing economic and political challenges with a weakening U.S. dollar and drop in demand for goods. Protesters recently filled the streets here, repudiating what they called the leader’s push to dismantle a pillar of democracy. And insecurity cuts deeper into the fabric of society,…

Tribune News Service

No, the U.S. Shouldn't Wage War Against Mexican Cartels

There's little reason to believe that any of the tactics Republican politicians are proposing would be effective in keeping fentanyl out of the country.

Reason

Commentary: Why the kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico turned into a political spectacle

When the truck with North Carolina plates crossed the border from Brownsville, Texas, to Matamoros, Mexico, on Friday, the so-called falcons in charge of monitoring the border area notified their bosses of the presence of four Americans.

Los Angeles Times

Mexico’s president slams calls for US military to target cartels

Lopez Obrador denounces Republican-led push for US military intervention after fatal drug cartel abduction of Americans.

Al Jazeera

Capitol Lens | Lone Star solidarity - Roll Call

From left, Texas Republican Reps. Monica De La Cruz, Wesley Hunt, Ronny Jackson, and Dan Crenshaw pose on the House steps on Wednesday.

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VIDEO FOR YOU: House Republicans defend chaos, look ahead

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‘Let’s fight now’ over debt ceiling, House GOP lawmaker says

WASHINGTON — A conservative Republican at the center of the tortured effort to elect House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he’d welcome a hard-fought battle over the U.S. debt ceiling, but said both parties should start negotiating terms for the increase now so it doesn’t go down to the wire.

Tribune News Service

‘Let’s fight now’ over debt ceiling, House GOP lawmaker says

The Texas Tribune

Texans help elect Kevin McCarthy speaker after dramatic late-night votes

Texas Republicans were key players in the intraparty fight over how its leaders would run the U.S. House of Representatives, with right-wing members ultimately securing major wins in the fight.

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The Independent UK

McCarthy foes relish the fight: 'A really beautiful thing'

What others see as dysfunction and chaos, many of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s opponents see as democracy at work

The Texas Tribune

Texas Republicans urge Chip Roy and other McCarthy opponents to let Congress get to work

Texans poised to assume committee leadership are growing frustrated by Republicans blocking Kevin McCarthy’s election for speaker because Congress can’t get to work until a leader is in place.

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene lashes out at ‘destructionists’ blocking Kevin McCarthy’s House speaker bid

GOP Rep Dan Crenshaw calls conservative dissidents ‘pretty f***ing stupid’

Tribune News Service

FTX political contributions flowed to Texans in both parties in 2022 midterm elections

WASHINGTON — Two super PACs associated with disgraced cryptocurrency tycoon Samuel Bankman-Fried pumped more than $2.7 million into a Dallas congressional race, helping Democrat Jasmine Crockett top a crowded primary field and coast to election last month.

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss jets to same US conference as anti-abortion Donald Trump backers

A spokesperson for Ms Truss said it was a gathering of “centre-right” politicians, but many on the bill would be considered on the hard-right - opposing gun controls, backing bans on abortion and same-sex marriage and supporting Donald Trump

The Texas Tribune

Visiting Texas border, Kevin McCarthy calls on DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign

The Republican leader in the U.S. House vowed to consider impeachment if the secretary, who oversees border protection, doesn’t step down.

The Texas Tribune

New Congress will feature few leadership roles for the many Texans in the U.S. House

Texans will chair some powerful committees in the House, but their roles in top leadership elections last week were more often as anti-establishment voices than contenders.

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