"In 2016, Trump appointed Morris to his Evangelical Executive Advisory Board. And in 2017, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott touted Morris and other preachers for supporting the state’s so-called 'bathroom bill,' which sought to ban transgender people from using bathrooms consistent with their gender identities."
#Trump #RobertMorris #televangelist #evangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #Republicans #ChildAbuse #SexualAbuse #Oklahoma #Texas #GregAbbott
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Out today at Austin Free Press: Respected UT professor Richard Heyman was arrested and lost his job after an altercation with police at a protest for #Palestine last year. Newly released video shows the Texas state trooper deliberately shoving Heyman multiple times. https://austinfreepress.org/days-of-rage/
Our top story: “One thing that is abundantly clear is that #border enforcement, and in particular the construction of detention facilities ... is big business. It’s a huge business. It’s incredibly lucrative for a very small number of people who have every incentive to make this system as big and as bloated as possible.” https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-operation-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/
Boycott Texas.
Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a felony punishable by jail
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna195642
Texas lawmakers are in the midst of their 89th legislative session, and lowering property taxes is one of the main goals Gov. Greg Abbott has directed them to address.
“Rank favoritism, such as a sole-source award to a contractor who is a major donor to the governor, leads past waste to outright #corruption, for the motivation of the award is not the bid’s economy but the governor’s campaign treasury.”
Our top story: Abbott's Operation Lone Star boondoggle has been lining donors pockets for four years now, with no sign of stopping. https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-operation-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/
Our top story: The list of purchased matériel seems fit for a nation at war. Drones, helicopters, and airplanes. All-terrain vehicles, tactical marine vessels, and bulldozers. AI surveillance software and mobile surveillance units. Fuel and generators, food and water, zip-ties and razor wire. https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-operation-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “declaration of disaster,” on the border crisis, signed in 2021, allows him to ignore the usual protocol when handing out valuable contracts to private contractors and vendors. And it’s an expensive business: State agencies are paying for everything from zip ties and razor wire to helicopters and planes. Here’s @TexasObserver’s story on who have been the big winners, including some who have become Abbott’s campaign “patrons.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-operation-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/
Elon Musk and Texas governor celebrate firing of worker over pronouns in email signature https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/musk-greg-abbott-fired-worker-pronouns #Trumpadministration #Transgender #GregAbbott #USpolitics #ElonMusk #Society #USnews #Gender #Texas
Our top story: The governor's “border emergency” has lasted even longer than the governor’s COVID-19 declaration, which he let expire in June 2023. In this time, the #Texas Legislature has allocated more than $11 billion to fund the sprawling tentacles of the Operation Lone Star. https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-operation-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/
Our top story: “Texas has become a pay-to-play [state] if you want these big government contracts because we don’t have fair bidding requirements. Now we see these political donors getting rich off taxpayer money with no accountability. Abbott acts as if he’s king, and he’s rewarding his patrons.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-operation-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/
“Rank favoritism, such as a sole-source award to a contractor who is a major donor to the governor, leads past waste to outright #corruption, for the motivation of the award is not the bid’s economy but the governor’s campaign treasury.” https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-operation-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/
#politics #USpol #border #immigration #GregAbbott #Texas #TXlege police #HumanRights #news
This latest of pet issues advanced by the #crypto crew has somehow won priority status on Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick’s biennial honey-do list. Governor Greg Abbott even suggested interest. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-bitcoin-strategic-reserve-senate-bill-21/
Governor Abbott and state lawmakers are pushing for these bills under the guise of public safety, but the reality is that these bills will make Texans less safe. A 2017 study in Harris County found that “those detained pretrial are more likely to commit future crime.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-bail-bills-pretrial-jail-courts/
Seriously, fuck #Apple and #TimCook.
#Abortion #ReproRights #Immigration #Immigrants #LGBTQIA+ #DEI #GregAbbott #KenPaxton #racism #misogyny #transphobia #homophobia #fascism #water #TX #Texas #TXpol #TXGOP #USPol #Boycott
Apple on Monday said the company will build a 250,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Houston by 2026.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43114990
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepsis
* sepsis: potentially life-threatening condition
* arises when body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs
* this initial stage of sepsis is followed by suppression of the immune system
@GramrgednAngel
Color me jealous.
Oh how I wish i could someday be proud to say the same of mine but no, instead #GregAbbott does stupid shit like put undocumented immigrants on a plane to Maryland and DC. He pushes for a school voucher program that will transfer public school funds to private schools and continues to sentence women to death by removing vital healthcare.
In Dustin Burrow’s new House, #Republicans, who hold an 88-seat majority, now constitute a majority of ever committee and subcommittee. But Burrows has found ways to keep his promises to #Democrats too. https://www.texasobserver.org/speaker-burrows-new-gop-chairs-texas-house/
