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Texas sued by ACLU over ‘antiquated’ pre-Roe abortion ban

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was accused in a lawsuit of illegally threatening criminal prosecution of abortion providers before new restrictions in the state go into effect, following the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last week.

Tribune News Service

Texas abortion groups file last-ditch suit to hold off ban for a bit longer

Texas abortion providers and abortion funds ceased operations in the state on Friday for fear of being criminally charged under state laws that pre-date Roe v. Wade.

The Texas Tribune

Pandemonium, then silence: Inside a Texas abortion clinic after the fall of Roe

Texas clinics immediately stopped providing abortions Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Then, they had to tell their patients.

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Anti-choice right gloats, and dreams big

On social media, far right dunks extensively, promises national abortion ban and "thousand-year White Boy Summer"

Salon

How Are Texas Officials Responding to the End of ‘Roe’?

“Austin will, to the best of its ability, do all we can to protect our values and our people.”

Texas Observer

Wealth will now largely determine which Texans can access abortion

The U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade will not fall equally. Texans most likely to seek out abortion care in the past are now the least likely to be able to afford it. People of color will be most disproportionately affected.

The Texas Tribune

‘Today, life won’: gleeful Republicans ‘praise the Lord’ after abortion ruling

Lawmakers react with joy after Roe v Wade overturned, with Texas attorney general Ken Paxton declaring an ‘annual holiday’

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sends employees home to ‘celebrate’ Roe v. Wade news

FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent employees home on Friday to “celebrate” the overturning of Roe. v Wade, according to an email sent throughout the agency.

Tribune News Service

Texas Republicans cheer end of Roe v. Wade while Democrats vow to fight back in November

Attorney General Ken Paxton declared on Twitter that he would be closing his office and “making it an annual holiday” in honor of the Supreme Court decision.

The Texas Tribune

Abortions in Texas have stopped after Attorney General Ken Paxton said pre-Roe bans could be in effect, clinics say

Paxton and some anti-abortion activists are arguing that state laws that banned abortion before Roe v. Wade — and were never repealed — could now be in effect in Texas.

The Texas Tribune

Across 10 states, attorneys general have collectively raised $48.4 million this election cycle

In the current election cycle across 10 states, attorneys general have collectively raised $48.4 million. Nearly half of that number has come from Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.), who has raised $20.5 million running for governor rather than for re-election. Two other attorneys general—Rob Bonta of California ($8.7 million) and Ken Paxton…

Ballotpedia

Texas attorney general raises $5.9 million this election cycle

According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has raised $5.9 million and spent $6 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and May 14, 2022. Paxton is currently ranked seventh in state-level donations in the 2022 election cycle.

Ballotpedia

Texas Law Enforcement Is Aggressively Fighting Public Records Requests About the Uvalde Mass Shooting

Transparency advocates say police could invoke a notorious loophole that allows them to hide records of deaths in custody and police killings.

Reason

Uvalde officials are using a legal loophole to block the release of shooting records

After 19 children were killed at a Texas elementary, law enforcement officials have given little information. They're now using the "dead suspect loophole" to prevent the public release of records.

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Texas Attorney General Paxton cannot intervene in suit with Dallas hospital over transgender care, judge decides

AUSTIN, Texas — The state of Texas cannot intervene in a lawsuit between Children’s Medical Center Dallas and one of its doctors over gender-affirming care for trans patients, a Dallas judge decided Friday.

The Independent UK

Election 'deniers' quiet on fraud claims after primary wins

Dozens of Republican candidates who sought Donald Trump’s endorsement have spent months parroting the former president's baseless claims of 2020 election fraud

Salon

Ken Paxton on Uvalde: "God has a plan"

“Life is short no matter what,” muses Texas AG who backed Trump's coup and opposes any new gun regulation

WEKU

A judge blocks Texas from investigating families of trans youth

The temporary restraining order issued by Judge Jan Soifer halts investigations against three families who sued.

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Texas judge temporarily halts 2 transgender child abuse investigations

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas judge on Friday temporarily halted the state’s child abuse investigations into two families with transgender children, agreeing they faced immediate harm.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: GOP politicians are helping Musk turn his Twitter deal into even more of a circus

If one chooses to tip one’s hat to Republican leaders in the state of Texas, it’s to acknowledge their determination to distract their voters from the most urgent matters at hand.

The Independent UK

Texas AG strides into Twitter takeover drama to bolster Musk

State officials across the nation have taken on Big Tech companies in the courts and state legislatures, and federal regulators have nipped at Twitter over alleged violations of users’ data privacy

Tribune News Service

Texas attorney general opens investigation of Twitter bots

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he opened an investigation of Twitter, claiming the social media platform may be misleading people with false reporting of its bot accounts, violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

Benzinga

Texas Attorney General Launches Investigation Into Twitter Bots: What Investors Should Know

The attorney general of one of the largest states in the country is launching an investigation against social media network Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR). Here are the details.

Tribune News Service

Texas educators grapple with push to arm more teachers post-Uvalde

DALLAS — Glynn Wilcox can’t remember which school shooting prompted him to attend a firearms defense class for educators in the Dallas area.

Salon

Right-wing: "Democrats don't count"

To many of today’s MAGA Republicans, only certain opinions matter when it comes to the big issues

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