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Texas House speaker taps brakes on Dan Patrick’s $50M request for bulletproof shields

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan indicated Monday that he wants to wait on a proposal from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calling for $50 million to outfit police with bulletproof shields to combat mass shootings.

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Pro-gun GOP donors want gun legislation

Republican gun enthusiasts acknowledge "great sense of urgency" after Texas school massacre

Salon

How Texas Gov. Greg Abbott learned not to cross his party on guns — ever again

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott has had to respond before to a mass shooting in a Texas school.

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Uvalde lawmaker snubbed from committee

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick also snubbed other lawmakers whose districts were affected by other Texas mass shootings

Salon

Rams WR Cooper Kupp heaps praise on Bears CB Jaylon Johnson

Bears CB Jaylon Johnson is getting some well-deserved respect from one of the NFL's best in Rams WR Cooper Kupp.

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LZ Granderson: Republicans use ‘God’ to turn tragedies into talking points

A number of so-called religious conservatives like to explain away national tragedies — be they natural or man-made — through the lens of God’s wrath, or at least indirect punishment for “sins.” Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich blamed same-sex marriage for the 2008 economic crash. Former Sen. Rick Santorum blamed abortions…

Los Angeles Times

Gov. Greg Abbott calls for legislative committees — but not a special session — following Uvalde school shooting

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for special legislative committees to examine what legislation and action might be taken to prevent future school shootings.

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5 years. 5 mass shootings. 87 dead in Texas. What gun laws could have applied in each case?

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has experienced multiple mass shootings in recent years.

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How the right seized the gun narrative

The “God-given right” to self-defense has become a rallying cry in Texas politics

Salon

After 21 people were killed, the Republican party’s newest enemy is … doors

After the horrific school shooting in Texas, some Republicans are choosing to channel their energy towards door control to deflect from gun reform

The Guardian - US

Multiple Republican speakers pull out of Houston NRA meeting after Uvalde shooting

John Cornyn, Dan Patrick, Dan Crenshaw all pulled out of the conference in Houston.

The Independent UK

Patrick cancels NRA convention speech

Donald Trump, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, and Sen. Ted Cruz are all still slated to speak at the event

Salon

Texas mass shooting: Uvalde school district had extensive security plan in place to prevent attack

Nineteen children and two teachers killed at Robb Elementary despite governing administration more than doubling safety budget in five years

The Independent UK

Jonathan Bernstein: Dysfunctional Republicans bail out on gun violence

I don’t have the expertise on guns and violence that some of my Bloomberg Opinion colleagues or many academic experts have. So I really don’t know which of the gun-control policies Democrats have proposed would be helpful, which would make little difference and which would create new risks.

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Cruz's Uvalde solution: Door control

Security experts say Cruz’s “bad” one-door idea could actually “kill more kids than it ever protects”

The Independent UK

Texas Governor Greg Abbott tries to blame ‘mental health’ not guns for Uvalde AR-15 shooting

Texas has some of most lenient gun laws in country

The Independent UK

Texas official cites Will Smith Oscar slap in wake of school shooting

Gunman massacred 19 elementary students and two adults after storming a school in Uvalde

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Beto O’Rourke confronts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over Uvalde school shooting

AUSTIN, Texas — An emotional Gov. Greg Abbott was interrupted by an equally emotional Beto O’Rourke as the Republican governor and other state officials sought Wednesday to discuss a school shooting in Uvalde a day earlier.

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The Independent UK

Beto O’Rourke thrown out of Texas shooting press conference after shouting down speakers

Mr O’Rourke told Mr Abbott that the shooting was ‘on him’ and ‘totally predictable’

Salon

Texas GOP eased gun laws after massacres

"We're supposed to keep children safe. And here we’ve done exactly the opposite," said state Sen. Roland Gutierrez

Tribune News Service

Uvalde school shooting quickly renews gun laws debate in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas — In the immediate aftermath of the deadly school shooting in Uvalde on Tuesday, some Texas Republicans pushed back against renewed calls for more restrictive gun laws.

Salon

Texas GOP targets pro-abortion companies

14 GOP lawmakers warned Lyft that they’d seek to ban companies that pay for abortions from doing business in Texas

Al Jazeera

Great Replacement: The conspiracy theory stoking racist violence

Roots of white supremacist conspiracy theory are not new, but experts say ‘great replacement’ has become mainstream.

Texas Observer

Texas’ White Guy History Project

The 1836 Project will indoctrinate new Texans with fables about our history.

Tribune News Service

Texas may soon enact its own 'Don't Say Gay' law. What exactly did Florida's law do?

FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he intends to pursue Texas legislation that mimics Florida's new "Parental Rights in Education" legislation, called by critics the "Don't Say Gay" law.

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