Daily Dispatch 4/19/24: Happy 4-20 Weekend To Dan Patrick, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

This 4-20, we recognize that while over half of the United States now enjoys either legal recreational cannabis or at least generous medical allowances, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to take away even the inferior weed alternatives we have to settle for in Texas: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2024/04/18/texas-lt--gov-prioritizes-delta-8-ban-ahead-of-legislation-session

Texas Representatives in the U.S. House are divided on Ukraine aid, between traitors and non-traitors: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/18/texas-republicans-ukraine-aid-chip-roy/

Is Ken Paxton playing four-dimensional chess with his claim that that huge SCOTUS loss for Texas was actually a win? Our sources say, hell no: https://www.chron.com/politics/article/ken-paxton-texas-court-loss-19410575.php

Democratic U.S. Rep Vicente Gonzalez was outraised two to one in the first quarter by GOP backers of challenger Mayra Flores: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/18/mayra-flores-outraises-vicente-gonzalez/

South Texas farmers are in big trouble as water supplies dwindle before summer even arrives: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/18/south-texas-drought-agriculture/

...While an affluent community in the San Antonio area, Fair Oaks Ranch, has apparently been stealing water for 20 years from an improperly registered well: https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/illegal-water-pumping-fair-oaks-19408218.php

Today's date, April 19, is one of importance to militant white supremacist types - but pales in comparison to April 20, Adolf Hitler's birthday: https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/oklahoma-city-bombing-timothy-mcveigh-extremism-rcna148465

Don't forget about the Texas Gun Sense community picnic on Saturday, April 20 in central Austin: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tx-gun-sense_texas-gun-sense-invites-all-of-our-supporters-activity-7183153558412750850-cS-U

Progress Texas invites progressive candidates to share their views with us - which we'll then share with our statewide audience - via our Certified Progressive questionnaire: https://progresstexas.org/blog/progress-texas-certified-progressives-2024-progressive-values-questionnaire

Instagram users: be sure to enable political content on that platform, which has begun opting users out: https://x.com/ProgressTX/status/1771276124498100667?s=20

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