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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 21h

Governor Greg Abbott has threatened to withhold state road maintenance money from major Texas cities if they don't remove rainbow crosswalks painted in solidarity with their LGBTQ+ citizens. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x ⁠www.dallasnews.com/n...

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 22h

A new list of companies under the title "Governor Abbott Boycott" is circulating in response to our state's meddling in the affairs of other states. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x ⁠www.chron.com/cultur...

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 23h

⁠Protesters are beginning to mass in Chicago in anticipation of the arrival of National Guard troops, hundreds of whom have come to their city from Texas. Podcast: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 1d

"Is there any rule or law or policy or something against elected officials using the power of their office to show off in hopes of winning election to a different, higher office?"
Great question. @dallasvoice.bsky.social Podcast: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x dallasvoice.com/paxton-annou...

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 1d

“The violent far right has been much more active...and much more lethal in recent decades — and the comparison is not really even close." www.keranews.org/news/2025-10... @perilresearch.bsky.social @au-spa.bsky.social
Podcast: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 2d

⁠Around 200 National Guard troops from Texas have been deployed to Chicago over the protests of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. Trump's pretext is a countering of "rebellion against the federal government". Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
www.keranews.org/texas-news/2...

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 3d

Who else remembers Jade Helm?? Gov. Abbott sending the Texas National Guard to blue cities isn’t just hypocritical, it’s authoritarian.

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 3d

It’s not too late! Check your registration status and find answers to all your voting questions TODAY at GoVoteTexas.org.

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 9d

Even as they run ICE recruitment commercials on @espn, Disney has taken a massive financial hit as a result of the Jimmy Kimmel suspension from ABC. Pod: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x ⁠www.engadget.com/ent...

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 9d

@publiccitizen.bsky.social just proved our Governor is bought and paid for. Find more (including a potential candidate for Texas Governor 👀) everywhere you stream Progress Texas Podcasts.

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 9d

Governor Abbott faces a growing "pay to pay" scandal, in which he has apparently channeled almost $1 billion in no-bid state contracts to companies whose executives have made large contributions to his campaign fund. Pod: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x ⁠www.newsbreak.com/ra...

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 9d

Governor Abbott faces multiple issues that could make him vulnerable in 2026, including his inconsistencies related to on-campus free speech. Podcast: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
www.texasobserver.org/greg-abbott-...

For Greg Abbott, Free Speech Is Just Another Political Prop

Charlie Kirk defended the First Amendment. Texas betrays it in his defense.

www.texasobserver.org

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 10d

Pay attention to commercial breaks: they tell you more than you think.

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 10d

An Anson man has been jailed for threatening to shoot up a Pride parade in Abilene, out of revenge for the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x ⁠www.cbsnews.com/texa...

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 10d

Agriculture Commissioner and outspoken DEI opponent Sid Miller wrote a letter to UT Austin on behalf of a Latina student they had denied admission...appealing to their DEI mission? Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x ⁠www.texastribune.org...

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 10d

MAGA attacks on Texas higher education have been at a fever pitch in recent weeks, including new orders at the Texas Tech system against any in-class mention at all of gender identity. Pod: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x ⁠www.texastribune.org...

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 10d

The new Texas congressional district map, ordered by Donald Trump to cut his expected U.S. House losses in next year's election, is set to be considered by federal judges in El Paso starting Wednesday. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/r...

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 11d

While the Trump administration looks for ways to spin the narrative, REAL problems go unaddressed and we are ALL less safe.

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 12d

Learn your history, or get ready to repeat it. Trump’s attacks on Colbert and Kimmel remind us of the Red Scare. Listen to our talk with author @risenc.bsky.social from earlier this year on Episode 199 of the Happy Hour, everywhere you stream Progress Texas Podcasts.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13d

BREAKING: Sinclair FOLDS and ends its preemption of Jimmy Kimmel Live! The show will return tonight on Sinclair's ABC affiliates.

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 14d

The Texas Republican Party has invited ten of its own elected State Reps to defend themselves against charges that they have fallen short of the MAGA agenda, ahead of a vote that could remove them from the ballot next year. Pod: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x ⁠www.houstonchronicle...

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 14d

Thousands and thousands of Texas voter registrations remain unprocessed, just days from the October 6 deadline, due to a glitch in our state's persistently glitchy software. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x ⁠www.texastribune.org...

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 14d

⁠The Dallas ICE shooter, who appears to have been much more interested in marijuana and video games than politics, doesn't fit the profile of either a left- or right-wing activist. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
time.com/7320384/ice...

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 14d

Donald Trump and MAGA have rushed to blame the latest incident of gun violence in Dallas, in which three ICE detainees (NOT agents) were shot and one has died...on the left? Podcast: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.texastribune.org/2025/09/24/d...

One detainee dead, two critically wounded after shooting at Dallas ICE facility

Officials said the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and no ICE personnel were among the victims. FBI Director Kash Patel said an anti-ICE message was found on an unspent shell casing.

www.texastribune.org

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · 15d

The ACLU has sued 14 Texas school districts over the new Ten Commandments law. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x @aclutx.bsky.social ⁠www.cbsnews.com/texa...

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