"The Texas governor’s pardon of a former Army sergeant who fatally shot a #BlackLivesMatter demonstrator undermines the state’s legal system and constitution and should be reversed, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
And yet the Dallas Morning News saw fit to endorse Gov. Abbott for reelection
The real cost of Texas Republicans’ absolutism
"The state party’s proposed platform, presented at a convention last week, includes language that declares abortion is “homicide,” that calls for military bases to restore the names of Confederate “heroes” and that demands the right to use gold and silver as legal tender."
"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed an executive order Wednesday to combat antisemitism at universities in the state amid a surge in the problem across the nation and the world."
#Democracy in the UK has been in trouble for some time. Things sank to an all time low today.
The archaic mechanisms of #PMQs were shown again to be a pointless male parlour game today, when the woman who has been the victim of headlines and threats to her life for the past 48hrs, Dianne #Abbott, was denied the chance to speak.
👏🏻”A federal judge on Thursday blocked a new #Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S., dealing a victory to the #Biden administration in its feud with Republican Gov. Greg #Abbott over immigration enforcement.” #legal
Concerned #Richardson ISD parents ask why their schools have to close
Rep. Ramos correctly calls out #Abbott here. He appears to be on a mission to destroy public education in the name of “choice.” However, demographics don’t help. Cannot have schools operating at 60% capacity.
A century & a half ago, Confederate Gen Joseph Orville Shelby splashed into the wild waters of the Rio Grande off this border city & fled to Mexico, refusing to surrender to Union soldiers.
Now the park named in his honor (?) has become a front line in a feud between the #state & the #federal govt — a power struggle over who ultimately has the right to control the border….
President Biden must act decisively in this moment against the accumulation of bad faith and extremism that has accumulated without response under the political, moral and un-American corruption of men like Greg #Abbott and Ken Paxton. This issue cannot be ignored or neglected. It should be perfectly clear by now that Donald Trump is cheering for the chaos because it is an element of his demagoguery. He is running to restore order out of the madness he has created — just like Adolf Hitler succeeded in doing between 1928 and 1932 Germany — Steve Schmidt #quotes#quote#Texas
Where does this loser get off? We need laws to stop this kind of veiled insurrection. Trump lost all POTUS power by the will of the American people. Biden needs to remind him, and media need to ignore him or bring these shenanigans to the light.
"Trump calls for states to deploy National Guard to Texas amid border feud"
"By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that the Biden administration could take down Gov. Greg Abbott’s floating razor-wire migrant death traps along the border."
“Yet again, Governor Abbott is showing how little regard or respect he has for human beings,” White House spokesperson Angelo Fernández Hernández said in a statement. “This latest political stunt just adds to his tally of extreme policies which seek to demonize and dehumanize people.”
“Civil rights organizations on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a new #Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and permit local judges to order them to leave the country.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Austin, came less than 24 hours after Republican Gov. Greg #Abbott signed the measure during a ceremony on the U.S. border in Brownsville. The law takes effect in March.” #legal