Daily Dispatch 1/16/26 - Biden Warns Of "Tech-Industrial Complex", and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

President Biden's farewell address include warnings against disinformation actors now set to take power at the federal level: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/us/politics/biden-farewell-address.html

...Over the Biden term, Ken Paxton racked up over $6 million in legal bills - on the tab of Texas taxpayers - suing Biden's administration: https://www.axios.com/local/san-antonio/2025/01/16/texas-attorney-general-paxton-lawsuits-biden

...Speaking of Paxton - Austin real estate developer Nate Paul, who was at the center of Paxton's impeachment last year, just pleaded guilty to a federal charge: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/texas-developer-center-attorney-generals-235209867.html

Former Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe, in his Senate confirmation hearing to head the CIA, pledged to avoid political or personal bias in his execution of that job: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/15/john-ratcliffe-cia-trump/

Unsurprisingly, the only two Democrats to vote in favor of banning trans athletes from women's sports were Laredo Rep. Henry Cuellar and McAllen's Vicente Gonzalez: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/transgender-athletes-democrats-20035963.php

Can new Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows be trusted NOT to sideline Democrats as the MAGA wing of his party wants? A look at his background as we ponder: https://www.expressnews.com/politics/article/dustin-burrows-house-speaker-20035925.php

...Why did Richardson Democrat Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos vote against Burrows after she was eliminated from the Speaker race in the first round? She calls it a protest vote: https://www.chron.com/politics/article/democrat-house-speaker-texas-20036532.php

Action YOU can take NOW: tell the Biden administration to finalize its limits on LNG exports, before climate allies are out of the White House: https://fossil.energy.gov/app/DocketIndex/Docket/Comment?docketId=30

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