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DAN PATRICK is reportedly entertaining a curtailed 2021 session, a possibility that's generated open discussion of the matter on social media by other lawmakers.
Signals of this desire have been noted by PushJunction for over a month (1 | 2 | 3).
The 2019 session, managed by consultants who successfully lobbied their clients to shut down meaningful legislation, is aiming for a repeat in 2021.
Lawmakers concerned about actually representing their constituents will have to get creative to overcome Abbott and his ambitions.
KEN PAXTON has a challenger for the 2022 election. Currently, Paxton is busy combatting attempts to upend elections by Democrats.
Speaking of, it's's been reported that Harris County is going to pay for 1.5 million mail-in ballots to be printed for the election, a number that's more than half of the total number of voters registered to vote in the county.
For comparison, in 2016, only 4.24% of the total 977,279 ballots cast were submitted by mail. Chris Hollins is a bad actor.
Related: Chick-Fil-A will not be pursuing space at the San Antonio airport after all.
GREG ABBOTT will hold a press event today to discuss coronavirus restrictions.
Yesterday, a report out of Tennessee revealed that local officials there were hiding case counts linked to bars and restaurant patronage because they were low.
Texans and Americans have been lied to for political reasons. Democrat lockdowns are a perverted attempt to take out Trump by depressing the economy. Republican lockdowns are driven by fear of negative media backlash for reopening.
POLLING from the Hill shows the media's Trump hyperbole hasn't tanked his approval rating. This suggests a deep and deserved skepticism of the media crying wolf.
It's's easy to see that the dark and untrue projections of intermittent camps and mass deportations by an authoritarian orange man haven't materialized.
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Lawmakers call for Russia to release jailed ex-US Marine
''Remote learning'' is a disaster, and terrible for children
Dead registered voters will get ballots
Frustration, heartache continue as most nursing homes remain closed to visitors
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