The news of Texas covered today includes:
Our Lone Star story of the day: Governor Abbott tells Biden and his Dept. of [un-] Justice to pound sand over demands to remove the 1000-foot floating border barrier Texas has placed in the Rio Grande. And while Abbott’s bravado on the subject is fun to watch, it is interesting that the Texas governor would pick this particular issue to fight the feds on given it is likely the weakest legal position of the state, by far, of all the complex issues regarding the border, invasion, and states rights. I think it shows that this is still political theater from Governor Abbott. If Texas were refusing to back down to federal threats over actually stopping people from crossing the border, or arresting them all and then transporting them back across the border, this fight would be fundamental and worth it. Instead, Abbott throws the chest out over a thousand-foot floating barrier that is rather insignificant in the larger picture.
Frankly, the only successful action Abbott has taken, and not begun for a long time and billions spent, is the busing of illegal aliens to Democrat “sanctuary city” jurisdictions. That forces the issue into the news cycles of even Leftwing parts of the country and has more chance of moving voters to demand change that much of anything else.
If we’re are not going to actually stand up and physically stop the invasion as a state, why not massively expand the busing programs and save money on all the stuff that doesn’t work? Answer: Because that other stuff pays political dividends to Abbott and others.
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Analysis and commentary on the three latest Paxton impeachment stories:
- Impeachment lawyers reject Texas AG Ken Paxton’s request to remove Democrats from jury
- Ken Paxton’s far-right billionaire backers are fighting hard to save him – how dare he have backers, especially rich folk! What a corrupt idea being pushed in many parts of the press.
- Houston GOP activist sues over gag order in Paxton impeachment case
And, other news of Texas.
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