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The Latest Breaking News from Rick Perry

From Bernie’s mittens and Fetterman’s hoodie to Warnock’s Sunday best: The best-dressed men in Washington DC

How do you look like a man of the people without looking busted? Eric Garcia investigates

The Independent UK

What role Texas and its politicians could play in 2024 presidential election season

DALLAS — Just when you thought you were free of ubiquitous political campaigns — and their television commercials, text messages, direct mail and constant news coverage — the 2024 presidential election season is underway.

Tribune News Service

Dodge, deny or fib: Candidates vague on plans for '24

Presidential aspirants running for reelection to their current jobs while dreaming of the highest office in the land often face an uncomfortable question: Will they commit to serving a full term — should they win one — when their best moment to take a shot at the White House may…

The Independent UK

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Greg Abbott's Texas-sized power grab

Abbott has consolidated power like no governor before him

Salon

Abbott accused of "patronage system"

Abbott donors enjoy access, appointments to boards and commissions and a chance to bend his ear

Salon

In Texas, where money has long dominated politics, Greg Abbott is in a league of his own

The two-term governor’s donors enjoy access, appointments to boards and commissions, and a chance to bend the ear of a politician who may harbor bigger ambitions.

The Texas Tribune

Meadows was central to hundreds of texts about overturning 2020 election, book says

Messages include group chat among cabinet officials and plans by lawmakers to object to election certification

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Abbott’s Attack Dog

The New Hampshire political consultant has been shellacking hapless Democrats for two decades on behalf of the GOP.

Texas Observer

The Divider review: riveting narrative of Trump’s plot against America

Peter Baker and Susan Glasser offer a beautifully written, utterly dispiriting history of the man who attacked democracy

The Guardian - US

Comptroller, railroad commissioner, lieutenant governor: What do Texas state officials actually do?

For example, members of the Railroad Commission don’t deal with railroads. Here’s what the many officials elected statewide do with the power voters give them.

The Texas Tribune

Democrat Mike Collier embraces his GOP past as he tries to unseat Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick

In his second attempt to oust the incumbent, Collier is actively courting Republican voters who are turned off by the Legislature’s hard-right turn in recent years.

The Texas Tribune

Billboards warn Californians not to move to Texas with grim message: ‘The Texas miracle died in Uvalde’

Mystery surrounds who erected the controversial billboards

The Independent UK

Gavin Newsom Thinks California Is Freer Than Florida. Is He Crazy?

If Newsom wants to pick a fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, he should try a different topic.

Reason

With most Texans’ eyes on Abbott and O’Rourke, down-ballot races could offer more drama

The governor’s race between incumbent Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Beto O’Rourke is the main attraction of the Texas midterm season.

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Axios

Trump to return to D.C. this month for the first time since leaving office

The former president is headlining an event for the America First Policy Institute.

Salon

Jan. 6 panel fear Meadows aide in danger

The committee abruptly scheduled a surprise hearing due to "sincere concerns" about Cassidy Hutchinson's safety

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 committee hearings will focus on Trump campaign effort to pressure state officials to certify 2020 results for him

The January 6 select committee will present testimony on Tuesday on how former President Trump launched a campaign to pressure state election officials through lawsuits, political pressure and direct phone calls to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, (R-Ill.) said.

The Guardian - US

Stephen Colbert on Trump’s allies: ‘Why are these guys so bad at committing crimes?’

Late-night hosts discuss Mark Meadows’ trove of incriminating texts, and Trump forgetting his endorsement of JD Vance

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Salon

Docs reveal anatomy of Trump's Big Lie

Revealed texts and emails expose how Republicans cynically deploy conspiracy theories to sow chaos

Salon

Keep the GOP leaks coming — Trump's hurt

There can be no more doubt in anyone's mind who is paying attention that a coup was plotted and nearly successful

Salon

Meadows' texts contradict MTG's denial

Marjorie Taylor Greene wanted Trump to declare martial law after 2020 election loss: report

The Independent UK

'Soft on crime' attacks target Republicans who favor changes

With violent crime increasing in much of the U.S., Republicans see a winning strategy in portraying Democrats as soft on crime ahead of this year’s elections

Salon

Two decades of border stunts in Texas

Texas Govs. Rick Perry and Greg Abbott pushed border initiatives while kicking off re-election campaigns

Financial Times

Donald Trump and the Republicans’ midterm dilemma

The party’s candidates in Pennsylvania are appealing to supporters of the former president, but that could backfire in the election

The Independent UK

'Magic mushrooms' for therapy? Vets help sway conservatives

The medicinal use of hallucinogenic mushrooms is making inroads in U.S. states as military veterans advocate for the therapeutic value of psychedelic drugs, including in conservative states like Utah, Texas and Oklahoma

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