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Chad Bianco, dues-paying member of the Oath Keepers, seized over half a million ballots.
California sheriff unlawfully seized over 650,000 ballots and must return them, state Supreme Court rules cbsn.ws/4rt8u3Y
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A new map published Wednesday by a cybersecurity researcher reveals Flock’s nationwide reach is even bigger than previously known. Now, Flock is trying to get that map wiped from the internet.
buff.ly/GHM0pbp
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steven monacelli retweeted
Great reporting here from @bobsmietana on the rise of the white supremacist “theobro.”
religionnews.com/2026/09/24/…
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steven monacelli retweeted
Can @DallasExpress please credit @VotebeatUS for this reporting? This is verbatim my story. Come on!
I’ve been working on this for hours on end for 2 days and you just copy-paste?
You could just republish our work and give us credit. That’s free to do: votebeat.org/pages/republish…
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"We will defeat the communists,” Trump said. “That’s what they are. They’re not socialists, they’re not Democrats. They’re communists. We will reject these radical left lunatics. We will demolish the extremists, fanatics, lunatics, and criminals that want to destroy our country.”
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Just weeks before the elections, Texas officials have discovered that an unknown number of voter registration applications have not been processed due to "an error" at a state agency.
Story by @NataliaECG.
texastribune.org/2026/09/22/… #txlege
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Can he make the trains run on time?
Bo French regularly receives attention for his comments against Muslims, immigrants, etc. Can he translate that into work on the Texas Railroad Commission?
expressnews.com/politics/art…
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The guy who rebanned cannabis in Texas is getting paranoid
News: Lt. Gov. Patrick told supporters at an Austin fundraiser today that some of his GOP state senators are in trouble, he and Abbott have very tight races, and Paxton is tied with Talarico - sources tell @quorumreport bit.ly/3TqxGeO #TxLege
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Showing reverance in a way that is a bit different than what Ken Paxton approves of may or may not be blasphemy, but adultery is certainly a moral sin
This is blasphemy.
James Talarico is trying to convince Texans he is a moderate pastor, but this is what his church represents. They boast about hanging a trans flag on the cross and hand out “inclusive” Bibles.
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If people want to know how the religious right took over Texas I wrote about it here
State Rep @BrentMoney #txlege #hd2 posted this on FB, saying he will speak on “reclaiming our state into the Christian values we hold dear.” He did not say what Republicans have been doing in the 24 years the party has had total control of Texas.
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The Texas Tribune interviewed five Texas immigrants — from Mexico, China, Iran, Cuba and Venezuela — who shared their experiences of being arrested by ICE and living in detention centers across the state. bit.ly/3V6q7dZ
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Constitutionally speaking, we should be allowed to make prisoners suffer in 110+ degree concrete boxes
It is beyond incredible that a federal judge believes that there is a right to air conditioning in the Constitution.
Air conditioning was not even invented until over 100 years after the Bill of Rights was ratified. #txlege
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To my knowledge, the @TexasObserver has now gotten the first comments from both @bobbypulido425 and @monica4congress on the border wall being built through the Santa Ana wildlife refuge: texasobserver.org/santa-ana-…
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NEW: Activists built a reverse engineered flock network to monitor federal law enforcement vehicles. Documents I obtained show the feds are pissed! reason.com/2026/09/23/homela…
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Right-wing proponents of school vouchers are upset that Republican State Rep. VanDeaver, who opposed vouchers and recently resigned from the lege, is now executive director of the Texas Association of School Boards. Among them is Monty Bennett, who funds a TASB alternative.
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Some background on Bennett, his funding of the TASB alternative known as Texans for Excellence in Education, and the consultants that have helped politicize nonpartisan school board elections
texasobserver.org/school-boa…
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steven monacelli retweeted
Video analysis of the ICE shooting of a Venezuelan man on Sunday in Austin, from @devonjlum, @tiefenthaeler, @robinnyc7, @atmccann, and me.
🎁 Gift link:
nytimes.com/2026/09/22/us/ic…
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Rick Scarborough, a Christian nationalist and member of the Council on National Policy (CNP), a secretive group founded in 1981 that has worked to link wealthy right-wing donors and political operatives to plan and execute long-term strategies, will also be speaking. Neat!
State Rep @BrentMoney #txlege #hd2 posted this on FB, saying he will speak on “reclaiming our state into the Christian values we hold dear.” He did not say what Republicans have been doing in the 24 years the party has had total control of Texas.
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Some background on what Scarborough has been up to in recent years
texasobserver.org/christian-…
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There are no "sanctuary" cities in Texas because the Legislature passed a law in 2017 that effectively prohibits them. This came under a spotlight in the spring, when Democrat-run cities tried to respond to residents' calls to limit participation w/ ICE. They can't.
From April:
If sanctuary politicians like the Mayor of Austin had their priorities straight, they’d stop putting the needs of illegal aliens over the safety of the American people.
The men and women of @ICEgov have arrested some of the most heinous criminal illegal aliens in Texas, including terrorists, pedophiles, drug traffickers, and fugitives wanted for murder.
DHS will NEVER apologize for removing these criminals from our communities, because deporting illegal aliens saves lives.
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