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- Migrants Overpower Texas National Guard, Tear Down Border Fence https://www.newsweek.com/migrants-breach-texas-barbed-wire-hours-after-national-guard-confrontation-1882034 3 comments
- Two Democrats propose bill to connect Texas to national grids https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texas-ercot-bill-grids-18666987.php 42 comments politics
- Texas National Guard disbanded intelligence wing after members used WhatsApp to spy on migrants https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/29/texas-national-guard-migrants-whatsapp-intelligence/ 26 comments politics
- Texas will bus migrants to the nation’s capital, Abbott says https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/04/06/texas-migrants-bus-dc/ 24 comments politics
- Texas woman claimed COVID-19 is a media hoax & can be stopped by “faith.” Days later she died. / LGBTQ Nation http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/04/texas-woman-claimed-covid-19-media-hoax-can-stopped-faith-days-later-died/ 12 comments politics
- Worried Texas Republicans call for more national help in 2020 https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article226226280.html 5 comments politics
- [National] - $18M worth of cocaine found in bananas given to Texas prison | Globe https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2018/09/23/18m-worth-of-cocaine-found-in-bananas-given-to-texas-prison 9 comments worldnews
- A Texas Solution to the Nation's College Debt Crisis? http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomlindsay/2015/04/05/a-texas-solution-to-the-nations-college-debt-crisis/ 12 comments business
- Texas Senator Thinks The United Nations Is Trying To Conquer The Alamo http://www.sacurrent.com/blogs/archives/2015/02/14/texas-senator-thinks-the-united-nations-is-trying-to-conquer-the-alamo 10 comments nottheonion
- Texas governor renews calls for National Guard at U.S.-Mexico border http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/04/us-usa-immigration-iduskbn0f82hz20140704 22 comments politics
- Texas Must Not Violate International Law By Executing A Mexican National Denied A Fair Trial http://fairandunbalancedblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/its-time-for-texas-to-execute.html 4 comments reddit.com
- Deplorable conditions, unclear mission: Texas National Guard troops call Abbott’s rushed border operation a disaster https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/01/texas-national-guard-border-operation-lone-star-abbott/ 105 comments politics
- Is Texas a presidential battleground? National players don't believe it https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/09/22/is-texas-a-presidential-battleground-national-players-don-t-believe-it/ 12 comments politics
- Beto O’Rourke Is the National Democrat of Texas, But Will That Help Him Win? https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/beto-orourke-national-democrat-texas-will-help-win/ 5 comments politics
- Federal judge rules Texas violated national voter registration law http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/381574-federal-judge-rules-texas-violated-national-voter-registration 7 comments politics
- Judges will rule on racial gerrymandering in Texas, with national implications https://thinkprogress.org/texas-gerrymandering-racism-d7a156b2f915 5 comments politics
- Prison gangs a growing problem in Texas and nation http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/03/23/4724588/prison-gangs-a-growing-problem.html#.uvgb2jcjl0a.reddit 5 comments politics
- Supreme Court denies delay of Texas-mandated execution of Mexican national with possible international ramifications for Americans abroad. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/07/07/general-us-texas-execution_8554526.html 20 comments politics
- in Texas runoff, national Democrats back former Republican over grassroots math teacher https://theintercept.com/2018/05/21/texas-21-congressional-district-joseph-kopser-mary-wilson/ 208 comments politics
- Texas runoff between Laura Moser and Lizzie Pannill Fletcher a pivotal moment for national Democrats https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/18/texas-runoff-between-laura-moser-and-lizzie-fletcher-pivotal-moment-de/ 3 comments politics
- Texas Airhogs (American Association) to rotate roster with members of Chinese national team https://ballparkdigest.com/2018/05/19/airhogs-pair-up-with-team-china-to-field-indy-squad/ 7 comments baseball
- After instituting abstinence-only sex ed., Texas has the highest teen birth rate in the nation http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shawn-lawrence-otto/rick-perry-abstinence_b_904115.html 1749 comments politics
- Texas governor Rick Perry named one of worst governors by national ethics watchdog group http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2010/04/perry_named_one_of_worst_gover.html 11 comments politics
- Texas to United Nations: Bug Off - It's set to execute Mexican citizen, Jose Medellin in defiance of the UN's stay order http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/022250.html 5 comments reddit.com
- ‘Clearly unconstitutional’ bill requiring national anthem to be played at all public events is a ‘legislative priority’ for Texas Lt. Governor https://lawandcrime.com/first-amendment/clearly-unconstitutional-bill-requiring-national-anthem-to-be-played-at-all-public-events-is-a-legislative-priority-for-texas-lt-governor/ 442 comments politics
- UN: US force-feeding immigrants may breach torture agreement - The United Nations human rights office says the force-feeding of immigrant hunger strikers at a Texas detention facility could violate the U.N. Convention Against Torture https://abcnews.go.com/international/wirestory/us-force-feeding-immigrants-breach-torture-agreement-60919182 70 comments worldnews
- "Gov. Rick Perry today directed Texas Adjutant General John Nichols to immediately begin preparations for the deployment of up to 1,000 National Guard troops to the border." http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/19925/ 7 comments politics
- New IRS migration data: New York, California, Illinois are the nation’s big losers of people and their wealth, Florida, Texas the big winners – A Wirepoints 50-state survey https://wirepoints.org/new-irs-migration-data-new-york-california-illinois-are-the-nations-big-losers-of-people-and-their-wealth-florida-texas-the-big-winners-a-wirepoints-50-state-survey/ 105 comments economy
- Is Texas one of the nation's most gerrymandered states, as Beto O'Rourke said? https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2018/aug/16/beto-orourke/texas-one-nations-most-gerrymandered-states/ 343 comments politics
- Texas set to enact the nation’s strongest e-mail privacy bill. Requires state law enforcement to get warrant for all e-mails. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/unprecedented-e-mail-privacy-bill-sent-to-texas-governors-desk/ 5 comments politics
- Texas last in nation for health quality. Perry still thinks Texas does not need Obamacare. http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/texas-last-in-nation-on-health-care-report-2411062.html 5 comments politics
- Beto O'Rourke, the Texas Democrat challenging Ted Cruz, has earned national praise for his viral defense of NFL players' protests https://www.businessinsider.com/beto-orourke-praised-for-defense-of-nfl-players-protests-2018-8 255 comments politics
- A bill that would stop Texas cities from enacting their own bans on hydraulic fracturing in the nation's top crude oil and natural gas producing state was approved on Friday in the state House of Representatives. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/17/us-usa-fracking-texas-iduskbn0n826n20150417 8 comments politics
- Texas Republicans have passed new abortion restrictions expected to close almost every abortion clinic in the nation's second most populous state. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/u/us_abortion_restrictions_texas?section=home&site=ap&template=default&ctime=2013-06-26-01-34-16 10 comments politics
- Texas wanted to be the tech haven of the U.S. Its new abortion bill and other measures are causing workers to rethink their move. — Tech workers are marking Texas off the list of places they’d consider working after the state passed the nation’s most restrictive abortion law https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/12/texas-abortion-law-tech-workers-reconsidering-relocation/ 2994 comments politics
- Anti-Gay, Pro-Creationism Birther Could Change America’s Textbooks. Mary Lou Bruner is one runoff election away from changing the curriculum for Texas schools—and perhaps the nation—thanks to the state’s outsized influence on publishers. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/02/anti-gay-pro-creationism-birther-could-change-america-s-textbooks.html?via=newsletter&source=ddafternoon 30 comments politics
- Texas is one of six states refusing to comply with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s order that gay spouses of National Guard members be given the same federal marriage benefits as heterosexual spouses. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/11/us/texas-and-5-other-states-resist-processing-benefits-for-gay-couples.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0 1372 comments politics
- "It's absolutely ridiculous," said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's spokesman, Martin Nesirky, when asked if the United Nations had any plans to invade Texas. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/24/us-un-texas-duel-idusbre87n14a20120824 3 comments politics
- Tea Partiers in Texas oppose bike lanes because they "are part of of a United Nations' Agenda 21 plan to take cars off the roads as a way of controlling people" (XPOST from /politics) http://townsquarebuzz.com/ams/44686/city-council-approves-street-cycling-plan/17593/ams/44686 62 comments bicycling
- On CBS News' "Face the Nation," Texas Rep. Ron Paul sounds optimistic about the rest of the Republican nominating process. He predicts he will obtain a "majority of delegates" in Tuesday's bundle of nominating contests. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3460_162-57390220/ron-paul-predicts-3-wins-on-super-tuesday/ 9 comments politics