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August 21, 2022

Kari Lake Predicts Texas Will Follow Arizona in Repelling Border Invasion [[link removed]]

by Katy Drollinger

This week, Arizona’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake sat down for an interview with Texas Scorecard on The Headline to discuss her plans for addressing the ongoing border crisis.

“It’s a great policy. I think it’s the most aggressive policy that the country’s ever seen,” said Lake. “We are being invaded at our border. Our federal government is supposed to protect us from such a thing, but Joe Biden pulled back a great policy that President Trump had put in place … and left us exposed to a criminal element and an invasion.”

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Statewide Texas AG Opinion Authorizes Public Access to ‘Anonymous Voted Ballots’ [[link removed]]

A new opinion by Texas AG Ken Paxton concludes that the public should have access to “anonymous voted ballots.”

Parents Expose Teachers Asking Students for ‘Preferred Pronouns’ [[link removed]]

Is radical gender ideology in your kids’ schools?

Majority of Republican Primary Voters Want to Repeal In-state Tuition for Illegal Aliens [[link removed]]

“Texas should repeal the law that gives illegal aliens discounted tuition to Texas public colleges and universities.”

Texas Education Agency Replaces Failing School Grades With ‘Not Rated’ [[link removed]]

“With each year Morath’s A-F rating system has been in place, he has moved the goalposts and changed the game.”

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Local Roanoke Restaurant Poised to Hold Drag Show for Children [[link removed]]

The business could risk triggering existing state law concerning sexually oriented businesses.

Prosper Parents Fume as No-show School Buses Strand Students [[link removed]]

Superintendent admits the district “missed the mark,” as kids were left standing at bus stops for at least an hour or not picked up at all.

South Texas Mayor Pleads Guilty to Theft, Resigns [[link removed]]

Peñitas Mayor Rodrigo Lopez revealed Sunday that he quietly resigned last Thursday.

Slap on the Wrist for Tarrant Appraisal District Bureaucrats Who Targeted Tax Consultant [[link removed]]

“We have a lot of room for improvement, but I’m always grateful for progress.”

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Federal Border Patrol Announces 203 Percent Increase of Fentanyl Seizures in July [[link removed]]

More than 20K lbs. of fentanyl were confiscated on the southern border—enough to kill every Texan roughly 150 times over.

Texas GOP Chair: FBI is ‘Corrupt to the Core’ [[link removed]]

Republican Party of Texas Chairman Matt Rinaldi says it’s time for the agency to be abolished.

Texas Republicans Distrust FBI [[link removed]]

More than two-thirds of Texas GOP voters have an unfavorable view of the agency.

Paxton Challenges CDC’s Transportation Mask Mandate [[link removed]]

Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he will be joining the Florida-led amicus brief challenging the CDC.

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