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The Latest Breaking News from Greg Abbott

It’s primary runoff election day in Texas. Here’s what we’re watching.

Texans are heading to the polls Tuesday to make their final selections for which Democrats and Republicans will run for various seats in the November election.

The Texas Tribune

Texas' Operation Lone Star 'racially profiles' Latino migrants at the border, ACLU report says

The document shows that Latinos comprised over 96% of arrests for alleged trespassing

Latin Times

At least 21 people dead as storms leave path of destruction across central US

Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas saw hundreds injured and homes obliterated as storms move into Georgia and South Carolina

The Guardian - US

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Deadly Tornadoes Devastate America's Heartland, Leaving Trail Of Destruction.

Deadly tornadoes wreak havoc across America's heartland, leaving devastation and tragedy in their wake. Governor Abbott pledges support as communities face...

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Proposed Texas GOP platform calls for the Bible in schools, electoral changes that would lock Democrats out of statewide office

The platform was voted on Saturday, with tallies expected next week. Other planks call abortion homicide and gender-transition care “child abuse.”

The Texas Tribune

Texas’s pardon of the killer of a Black Lives Matter protester sends a chilling message

Governor Greg Abbott would have us believe this was a case of self-defense. Would he say that if the situation were reversed?

The Guardian - US

Trump's assassin charge is projection

With Trump, every accusation is a confession

Salon

Fate of lawsuit filed by Black Texas student punished over hairstyle in hands of federal judge

A federal judge has not issued an immediate ruling after hearing legal arguments over whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Black high school student in Texas over his hairstyle

The Independent UK

Border Vigilantes Are Blurring the Lines of Law Enforcement

Armed groups in Arizona and Texas are collaborating with and courting police and immigration agents—with alarming results.

Texas Observer

“The house is on fire”: Texas GOP plots its next chapter amid civil war, depleted staff, funding drops

Under outgoing chair Matt Rinaldi, the party’s donor base has shrunk as it aligns with two far-right megadonors.

The Texas Tribune

Texas sues Biden administration over LGBTQ+ workplace protections

The guidance identifies as unlawful workplace harassment practices such as denying employee accommodations for their gender identity

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Texas Observer

Want to Build a Wall? Don’t Try It in Her Town.

Tricia Cortez and her scrappy Laredo environmental group have fought back against powerful interests in South Texas.

The Texas Tribune

Texas’ Republican old guard mobilizes to protect Dade Phelan from the far right

Phelan’s primary has emerged as a last stand for the Republican Party’s business-minded establishment against an insurgency primarily motivated by social and cultural issues.

The Texas Tribune

Donald Trump says he’d consider Ken Paxton for U.S. attorney general

Trump told a reporter in Texas this weekend that Paxton is “a very talented guy.”

The Texas Tribune

Trump, Abbott paint gun rights as imperiled at NRA convention

In their speeches, the former president and the Texas governor described the protection of Second Amendment rights as contingent on Trump’s presidential reelection.

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Reason

Daniel Perry's Pardon Makes a Mockery of Self-Defense

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott takes a tactic from the progressive prosecutors he says he opposes.

Texas Observer

Abbott Pardons Killing by Racist Who Explicitly Texted Apparent Minor

The governor’s pardon proclamation did not address Daniel Perry's racist comments, stated desire to kill protesters, or inappropriate messages to a self-identified 16-year-old.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Man who killed Black Lives Matter protester pardoned

Texas governor pardons Daniel Perry, who has been serving a 25-year sentence for murder. Plus, more David Copperfield accusations

France 24

Texas governor pardons man convicted of murdering Black Lives Matter protester

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a full pardon Thursday for a former US Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice.

Salon

Abbott pardons killer of BLM protestor

Texas Gov. pardoned Daniel Perry, who told a friend that he “might have to kill" demonstrators before shooting one

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Former US Army Sergeant Daniel Perry Pardoned For Murder

Former US Army Sergeant Daniel Perry, convicted of murdering U.S. Air Force veteran Garrett Foster at a Black Lives Matter rally, receives a full pardon fr...

The Texas Tribune

Muslim advocacy group sues Abbott, saying university executive order violates free speech

Abbott’s executive order directs Texas universities to “review and update free speech policies to address the sharp rise in antisemitic speech.”

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