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Texas AG Ken Paxton refuses to call transgender official Rachel Levine a woman — again

AUSTIN, Texas — After Twitter flagged him for “hateful conduct,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton dug in on his decision to deny the gender identity of the nation’s highest-ranking transgender official.

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Twitter flags Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's tweet about US assistant health secretary, who is transgender

FORT WORTH, Texas — Twitter has decided it would be in the public's best interest to keep a tweet from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on its website after he called U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine a man.

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Trump’s spokeswoman attacks Jeb Bush’s son ahead of Texas attorney general runoff

George P Bush will face Ken Paxton in a runoff for Texas’s attorney general’s race

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Texas governor’s order to treat transgender children’s care as child abuse is blocked by judge

Policy has caused ‘terror and anxiety’ among transgender youth and their families, lawsuit says

The Independent UK

‘I Don’t Know Where It’s Safe’: Family of Trans Child Who Dined With Ken Paxton Is Facing Child Abuse Investigation

The Dallas-area family says it is under investigation by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services and at risk of losing their kids.

Texas Observer

Does Texas think transgender care is abuse? Ken Paxton’s comments contradict state's legal stance

AUSTIN, Texas — Fighting to keep his job in a heated GOP primary this year, Attorney General Ken Paxton repeatedly insisted that certain medical treatments for transgender youth abusive and illegal.

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The State of Paxton v. Bush

What’s worse for a Republican in 2022: To be an alleged felon, or to bear the same last name as Jeb and the Georges?

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State Bar of Texas seeks sanctions against Dallas lawyer Sidney Powell over Trump 2020 vote disputes

AUSTIN, Texas — The State Bar of Texas is seeking sanctions against Dallas lawyer Sidney Powell over her failed efforts to contest the 2020 election results on behalf of the Donald Trump campaign.

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Texas appeals court sides with parent of transgender teen in case of alleged child abuse

DALLAS — A judge will consider whether to block Texas’ new directive defining certain care for transgender youth as child abuse, after an appeals court sided with the family of a trans teen who sued over the policy.

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They hosted him for dinner. Now he’s accusing them of child abuse

‘Raising a transgender child in Texas has been one long political emergency’

The Independent UK

Trans teen caught up in Paxton's game

Parents of a trans child who reached out to Paxton over dinner are now under investigation for child abuse

Salon

Editorial: Gender-affirming care needs more research, not more politics

It is hard for most of us to imagine what it is like to have a child who is experiencing gender dysphoria. Even as the number of children expressing such feelings has been rising at a concerning rate across the country, such cases remain a tiny fraction of the total…

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Trump boasts he went 33-0 in Texas primary, though AG Ken Paxton and 4 others face runoffs

WASHINGTON – Two days after the Texas primary, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey disappointed many Republicans by announcing he wouldn’t run for U.S. Senate. Donald Trump, who despises Ducey for rejecting his lies about the 2020 election, was not among them.

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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 12

Welcome to The Heart of the Primaries, Republican Edition

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Paxton, Bush advance to runoff in Texas Attorney General Republican primary

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and George P. Bush advanced to a May 24 primary runoff, after neither candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the March 1 primary election.

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Voters in three states to decide on changes to the ballot initiative process this year

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As judge halts directive regarding transgender child, Biden tells Texans to file federal complaints

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a new state directive defining gender-affirming care for transgender children as “child abuse” in the case of a 16-year-old teenager.

Reason

Texas Sued As State Starts Investigating Parents of Trans Children for 'Child Abuse'

ACLU: “The agency’s new rule substitutes parents’ judgment as to what medical care is in the best interests of their children for the judgment of the government.”

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The Guardian - US

Success for progressives in Texas while Trump ally suffers major blow

Attorney general Ken Paxton heads to nomination runoff against Jeb Bush’s son while progressive Jessica Cisneros celebrates runoff

The Guardian - US

White House unveils new Covid strategy including ‘test to treat’ plan – as it happened

White House Covid team unveils plan for next phase of pandemic including model where people who test positive can easily get treatment

The Guardian - US

Texas primaries: Greg Abbott to face Beto O’Rourke in governor’s race

Trump’s endorsement wasn’t enough to prevent incumbent Ken Paxton from being forced into runoff for state attorney general

Tribune News Service

Paxton legal opinion on transgender youth uses misleading citations, 'shocking' parallels

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Texas attorney general's recent legal opinion that called transgender health care for minors "child abuse" cited sources in a misleading way and drew parallels that researchers say simply do not exist, according to an analysis by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

The Guardian - US

‘When a child tells you who they are, believe them’: the psychologist taking on Texas’ anti-trans policies

Dr Megan Mooney is suing Texas governor Greg Abbott to stop his classification of gender-affirming care as ‘child abuse’

Roll Call

Gohmert comes up short in bid for Texas attorney general - Roll Call

Nine-term Rep. Louie Gohmert took on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a four-person primary but did not advance to the runoff Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

In Texas primaries, candidates far from middle flourish as moderates disappear from landscape

DALLAS — Republicans on Tuesday — and to a lesser degree Democrats — were on the path to nominating candidates on the edges of the Texas electorate, which could lead to more ultra-conservative policy decisions and voters in the political middle without clout.

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