Daily Dispatch 2/6/25: Texas Senate Passes Private School Voucher Scam, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

No surprise that the Texas Senate has fast-tracked approval of SB2, Governor Abbott's private school voucher scam, to approval: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/05/texas-senate-school-voucher-vote/

Austin saw hundreds turn out for Texas' share of the national protest against the Trump administration's policies organized in all 50 states yesterday: https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/protesters-rally-at-texas-capitol-against-project-2025

...The ACLU of Texas is providing training materials on best practices related to public protest, how to interact with police and immigration officers, and more: https://www.aclutx.org/en/events

...A letter from administrators of Alice, Texas' school district warn parents that their students could face immigration raids on their school buses while traveling through South Texas: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/05/alice-texas-buses-students-citizenship-border-patrol/

Senator John Cornyn taunts protestors in a Facebook post, complete with Indivisible and MoveOn tags, showing complete contempt for half of his constituents in Texas: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Dc2UW9aLw/

Houston U.S. Congressman Al Green plans to introduce articles of impeachment against Donald Trump over his plans for an American takeover of Gaza: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/05/al-green-trump-impeachment-articles-gaza

Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar responds to newbie DFW Congressman Brandon Gill's call for her to be deported, calling him a "dumbass" and a "nepo baby": https://www.chron.com/politics/article/texas-ilhan-omar-20148422.php

We celebrate Black History Month throughout February! See a great essay on this year's celebration, happening amidst so much turmoil, and a listing of related events happening across Texas: https://progresstexas.org/blog/black-history-month-2025-celebrating-texas-culture

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