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On Jan 8, 1964, one of my favorite Texans, Lyndon Baines Johnson stepped into the halls of Congress to make his first annual address to the House & Congress as President, 100 days from being sworn in after the assassination of Pres Kennedy.
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NEW from me: Dallas billionaire and GOP donor Kelcy Warren’s ranch was facing the prospect of enormous high-voltage transmission lines. Then the proposed route changed. Few other landowners have seen such relief.
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After my story last week about TX Comptroller @DonHuffines withholding data on the school voucher program, he announced a new "transparency tool."
It will release more data than previously, but apparently won't include school-by-school or vendor-by-vendor spending info.
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Pat McAfee after a group of college kids jokingly tell him to keep his shirt on …
ESPN, University of Utah issue statements after Pat McAfee voices frustration with ‘GameDay’ experience awfulannouncing.com/college-…
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New Elon Musk donations in Texas, per the latest campaign finance filings there:
- $5 million to Gov. Greg Abbott's reelection campaign
- $500,000 to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's reelection campaign
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There's only one way to make illegal immigrants seem fiscally negative to the federal government: lie about them. That's the approach of the White House's Council of Economic Advisers cato.org/blog/white-house-co…
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Hate to break this to you but being a kindergarten teacher is the definition of being a leader and public servant
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With an estimated $3.2 billion in sales tax revenue over the next two years, "Ending the exemption seems to be developing into a consensus position." - ET's @shannonhalbrook
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It shows how quickly those anonymous strangers become our friends and family. Mass deportation isn't "us versus them." It's us versus us, and it's divisive and unnecessary. We can have a lawful, orderly immigration system without the chaos in the interior OR at the border
“Communities along the southern border turned against Joe Biden as crossings surged. Now they’re sour on Trump immigration round up neighbors.”
Weird and interesado: We hate open borders because anonymous strangers bad but don’t you dare deport them
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the relief isn’t coming before election day. gas holding at $4.24/gal, diesel at $6.34/gal — Great Lakes spiking on a refinery issue, Hormuz at a fraction of normal traffic, and every policy lever has been pulled. weekly update is live!
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It cannot be overstated how much red tape Republicans added to the process of getting Medicaid and SNAP.
Millions of people who literally qualify for these programs are being kicked off them, despite qualifying, because of all the red tape Grassley voted to add to them.
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We are well aware of how a break action shotgun works.
Firearms safety still still says you never point a firearm, loaded or unloaded, at a target unless you intend to shoot/kill it.
Have a great day and rest of hunting season, Congressman!
Since some folks are confused, here’s a quick firearm PSA! As a combat veteran and lifelong outdoorsman, let me educate some of my friends on how a break-action shotgun actually works.
#SafetyFirst
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Huffines' office seems almost excited about letting vouchers become an unaccountable, out-of-control welfare program, writes the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board.
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ELECTION DAY RECORD: with a week to go, U.S. gas prices are 42.3c/gal above 2022’s election day avg, the priciest election day at the pump ever. diesel is nearly $1/gal above 2022’s $5.33/gal. both are on track for the highest election day prices on record (not all-time highs).
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Texas SNAP participation drops to a 17-year low as the feds tighten eligibility | via @TexasTribune
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NEW: After a Longhorns win 9/12, @UTAustin celebrated, posting an “apply now!” link & tracking who posted a photo with PJD (UT’s Jim Davis)
But 9/13, when Bo French posted a racist tweet about its student, UT was quiet. What happened behind the scenes⬇️
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What's it like to be on an HISD advisory council when no administrators want to hear your advice?
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About 84,000 of Harris County’s single-family homes have no central air conditioning. See our map of areas where hospitals report the most cases of heat-related illness. houstonchronicle.com/project…
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wins fourth term, according to electoral court.
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A Texas father who had lived in the U.S. for 25 years with no criminal record was finishing his night shift as an Uber driver when immigration agents detained him.
Without being able to speak to his lawyer or a judge, he was put on a plane and sent first to Ghana, a country where he had no ties. He was then sent to his home country, despite a determination by a U.S. immigration court judge that he could not be deported there due to likely persecution. cbsn.ws/3Ude66r
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Like Hungary's Orban before him, Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic falls, conceding defeat in a general election held after his once-tight grip on power was weakened by nearly two years of student-led street protests. @ATHigginsNYT @dalisa37 nytimes.com/2026/10/25/world…
