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Gov. Greg Abbott ‘Livid’ Over Misleading Details Surrounding School Shooting

Texas Gov. Abbott Announces Plan to Ban TikTok Statewide

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is “livid” over misleading details he received concerning the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas.  “Short answer, yes, I was misled,” Abbott said on Friday. “I am livid about what happened.” Following the shooting, the governor initially praised law enforcement’s quick response to the shooting. During the press conference …

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott Tests Positive For COVID-19

Texas Gov. Abbott Announces Plan to Ban TikTok Statewide

Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19, despite being fully vaccinated. According to a statement from his office, Abbott is asymptomatic and in good health. He is currently isolated at the governor’s mansion and receiving Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody treatment. “Governor Greg Abbott today tested positive for …

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Gets Dragged On Twitter After He Lifts Mask Mandates And Allows Businesses To Open At 100 Percent In State

Texas Gov. Abbott Announces Plan to Ban TikTok Statewide

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is getting clowned by Twitter following his announcement to end the state-wide mandate on masks. On Tuesday, the 63-year-old Republican lifted the state’s mask mandate where there are currently 2.6 million COVID-19-related cases and 44,353 COVID-19-related deaths. Despite him knowing that information, he announced that businesses …

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott Threatens To Sue President Biden For “Hostile Climate” Agenda He Says Will “Kill Jobs”

Texas Governor Greg Abbott

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is preparing to launch some legal battles against President Biden over his climate initiatives, which Governor Abbott claims are “hostile” and “job killers.” According to the Daily Mail, the Republican governor signed an executive order last Thursday that directed state agencies in Texas to “use all …

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Texas Gov. Abbott Signs Law That Shuts Down All State-funded Colleges, Universities’ Diversity, equity, and inclusion offices

Texas Governor Greg Abbott

The backlash is palpable. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has followed through with signing a bill that effectively shuts down diversity, equity, and inclusion offices at state-funded colleges and universities. Considered the most significant ban on diversity offices in higher education across the country, the law’s passing is even acknowledged by …

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Texas Gov. Abbott Announces Plan to Ban TikTok Statewide

Texas Gov. Abbott Announces Plan to Ban TikTok Statewide

Texas TikTok’ers might not like this. Gov. Greg Abbot has announced a model of a plan that would ban the popular social media app in the state of Texas. The proposed security plan is for state agencies to address vulnerabilities presented by the use of TikTok, and other software on …

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Suspect Who Held Rabbi, Congregation Hostage Identified

Malik Faisal Akram

The man accused of holding a rabbi and his congregants hostage at a Texas synagogue has been identified as a British citizen. And now, witnesses have come forward to recall the terrifying situation that played out on a Facebook live stream. Hostage-taker Malik Faisal Akram, 44, was shot dead during …

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Ron DeSantis Hit With Lawsuit Over Martha’s Vineyard Migrant Stunt

Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Law Banning Public Camping by Homeless in Florida

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is facing a lawsuit after illegally flying asylum seekers to Martha’s Vineyard in a cruel and premeditated stunt. On Tuesday, Lawyers for Civil Rights filed a federal class action suit against the controversial state leader. The Boston-based attorney firm claimed that DeSantis not only coerced the …

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Texas Board Denies Posthumous Pardon For George Floyd

Conservative Group Says George Floyd Scholarship Discriminates Against White Students

A Texas board denied a posthumous pardon for George Floyd for a drug arrest from 2004. In October 2021, the Texas board unanimously recommended that George Floyd be pardoned. Although the committee rescinded the recommendation two months later, citing a procedural error, the committee left the possibility open for Floyd …

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