Daily Dispatch 10/16/24: Recapping The Allred V Cruz Debate, and More
Episode description
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Colin Allred consistently got Ted Cruz's goat during last night's debate: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/15/texas-senate-debate-ted-cruz-colin-allred/
...Fact-checking finds a bunch of fudged facts (big surprise) from Ted Cruz: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/10/15/503107/cruz-v-allred-debate-fact-check-from-abortion-to-insurrection/
...Our statement on the debate: https://progresstexas.org/blog/expect-anything-truth-two-faced-ted
...Missed the debate? Watch it here: https://youtu.be/ZMHN4puJPsQ?si=VbhIB8CWDqiM75Fq
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has at least temporarily restored Ken Paxton's ability to pursue "vote harvesting" cases in Texas: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/28/texas-vote-harvesting-law-unconstitutional/
The U.S. Supreme Court wants the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its decision that citizen journalist Priscilla Villareal can't sue Laredo police over her arrest for asking police questions: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-gives-texas-citizen-journalist-new-shot-sue-over-arrest-2024-10-15/
Georgia over doubled its prior record for the number of votes cast on the first day of early voting yesterday! Let's beat that score in Texas on Monday: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/15/politics/early-voting-record-georgia/index.html
Join Chispa Texas for a people's hearing on the LNG industry in the Corpus Christi area: https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/events/virtual-scoping-sessions-and-extension-scoping-period-gulfstream-lng-development
Progress Texas has announced our endorsements for the 2024 election! See a full rundown here: https://progresstexas.org/blog/progress-texas%E2%80%99-november-general-election-endorsements
...And a podcast on WHY we've chosen to back these great candidates: https://progresstexas.org/podcast/happy-hour-174-our-2024-candidate-endorsements
Our annual holiday fundraising parties approach! We'll be gathering both in Dallas and Austin this December, and there are sponsorship opportunities available: https://act.progresstexas.org/a/progress-texas-holiday-parties-2024
See Progress Texas' analysis of Project 2025, and what it will mean for Texas should it be enacted: https://progresstexas.org/blog/project-2025-vs-progress-2025
...And a complete guide to Project 2025 from Media Matters: https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration
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