Guest Pod: Progress Texas Daily Dispatch, August 16 2023

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A closer look at the Planned Parenthood lawsuit shows that an anonymous whistleblower working with Ken Paxton stands to take home 20% of any judgement: ⁠https://www.forbes.com/sites/darreonnadavis/2023/08/15/what-to-know-about-texas-lawsuit-that-could-cost-planned-parenthood-18-billion/?sh=67fec23f4ae3⁠

...And that Amarillo, where the case is being heard, itself has no Planned Parenthood clinics: ⁠https://apnews.com/article/planned-parenthood-texas-medicaid-6c016b80c0cf76e3b8f9577ad6ea8e69⁠

A lawsuit to block Texas' ban on care for transgender youth has its first day in court: ⁠https://www.kut.org/health/2023-08-15/lawsuit-to-block-texas-ban-on-care-for-transgender-youth-has-its-first-day-in-court⁠

...While a school board meeting in deep East Texas over a trans elementary school teacher goes as one might expect: ⁠https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/local/teacher-gender-controversy-divides-kirbyville/502-5d6a01e8-4b5b-40f5-a43d-b4ac2e23444b⁠

On the Border: whoda thunk that Greg Abbott would put his deadly border barrier up on the Mexican side? ⁠https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-floating-border-barrier-technically-in-mexico-survey-finds/⁠

...While Operation Lone Star-related high-speed DPS chases and crashes are WAY up in El Paso: ⁠https://www.ktep.org/ktep-news/2023-08-14/operation-lone-star-leads-to-more-dps-troopers-in-high-speed-pursuits-resulting-in-collisions-in-el-paso⁠

...and Hispanic U.S. Congressmen rally the Biden Administration to stop the separation of migrant fathers from their families: ⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/hispanic-democrats-send-letter-urging-biden-administration-to-investigate-texas-separation-of-migrant-fathers⁠

A new state law interfering in Harris County elections is found unconstitutional - and is immediately appealed: ⁠https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/judge-calls-new-texas-election-law-unconstitutional-state-102296644⁠

A recent Miss Texas winner is running for the Texas House: ⁠https://www.expressnews.com/politics/article/miss-texas-house-campaign-18296949.php⁠

Dallas attorney Sidney Powell is up on RICO charges in Georgia - but continues hawking her merch: ⁠https://www.businessinsider.com/sidney-powell-indictment-georgia-election-conspiracy-theories-defiant-2023-8⁠

Illinois carpetbagger and unconvicted double murderer Kyle Rittenhouse has a new gun-nut org based in Texas: .css-j9qmi7{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:1rem;margin-top:2.8rem;width:100%;-webkit-box-pack:start;-ms-flex-pack:start;-webkit-justify-content:start;justify-content:start;padding-left:5rem;}@media only screen and (max-width: 599px){.css-j9qmi7{padding-left:0;-webkit-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;justify-content:center;}}.css-j9qmi7 svg{fill:#27292D;}.css-j9qmi7 .eagfbvw0{-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;color:#27292D;}