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TX College Sued For Banning “Degrading” Drag Show

Law & Crime reports: The president of West Texas A&M University faces a federal lawsuit calling his cancellation of a student group’s drag show to benefit LGBTQ+ suicide prevention “textbook viewpoint discrimination” that violates the First Amendment. Student group Spectrum WT, which scheduled a show titled “A Fool’s Drag Race” for March 31, seeks an injunction forcing the university to …

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Christian College Professor Charged With Molestation

Abilene’s CBS affiliate reports: An Abilene Christian University professor has been accused of sexually abusing his adoptive children, including at least one incident that happened on campus. Charles Wadlington was arrested on a warrant for Sexual Abuse of Child and now remains held in jail on a $75,000 bond. Court documents state that in March 2023, a child came forward …

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Texas Youth Pastor Indicted On Child Porn Charges

Fox West Texas reports: The Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office conducted a child crimes investigation that led to the execution of a search warrant in San Angelo. According to a TGCSO press release, as a result of the search warrant, probable cause was developed that led to the issuance of an arrest warrant for James Needham, 28, for possession of …

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TX College Bans Drag Show As “Degrading To Women”

The Texas Tribune reports: West Texas A&M President Walter Wendler is drawing ire for canceling a student drag show, arguing that such performances degrade women and are “derisive, divisive and demoralizing misogyny.” Wendler said drag shows “stereotype women in cartoon-like extremes for the amusement of others and discriminate against womanhood” in a Monday letter. Wendler said the drag show was …

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OAN Promotes Texas Secessionist Movement [VIDEO]

Media Matters has the transcript: Daniel Miller (President, Texas Nationalist Movement): Well, look, I’ve been advocating for the independence of Texas since 1996. It made sense then. It makes even more sense now. And it’s simply this. Texans are sick and tired of living under 180, 180,000 pages of federal laws, rules, and regulations administered by two and a half …

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Anti-LGBTQ Extremist Ejected From Texas Hearing After Repeatedly Declaring Trans People To Be “Pedophiles”

The Houston Chronicle reports: A Houston area doctor and prominent GOP activist was kicked out of a Texas State Senate session on Thursday after he insisted upon calling all transgender people and their supporters ‘pedophiles.’ Video captured an escalating exchange between Democratic Sen. José Menéndez and Houston M.D. and Republican backer Steven Hotze. “Doctor Hotze, I know you’re a medical …

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Texas Bill Would Keep State On Daylight Saving Time

Dallas’s NBC affiliate reports: Rep. Matt Shaheen, (R-Plano) wants this weekend to be the last time you changed your clocks. Shaheen says he believes bills may have a better chance this time because he is hearing about this more often from constituents. His bill would also put the whole state on the same clock. Right now, El Paso and some …

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TX Bill Creates Bounty On Drag Shows W/Kids Present

The Advocate reports: A Texas Republican lawmaker proposed a bill allowing everyday people to sue anybody who hosts or performs in drag where any child is in attendance. Critics say the measure will create a bounty-hunting culture that targets drag queens and transgender people. Houston-area state Rep. Steve Toth filed HB 4378 on Thursday. He seeks to define “a cause …

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Texas Warns Against Spring Break Travel To Mexico

NPR reports: The Texas Department of Public Safety has urged residents to avoid spring break travel to Mexico, warning that drug cartel violence and other crime pose a significant safety threat. “We have a duty to inform the public about safety, travel risks and threats,” said DPS Director Steven McCraw in a statement on Friday. “Based on the volatile nature …

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Texas Bill Would End Tenure For University Professors

The Texas Tribune reports: A bill filed Friday in the Texas Senate would prohibit public colleges and universities from awarding tenure to professors hired after September, legislation that critics have said would make it extremely difficult for the state to recruit top faculty and negatively impact the reputation of its higher education institutions. The bill, filed by Sen. Brandon Creighton …

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Three Texas Women Sued For “Assisting” Abortion

The Texas Tribune reports: A Texas man is suing three women who he claims assisted his ex-wife in terminating her pregnancy under the state’s wrongful death statute, the first such case brought since the state’s near-total ban on abortion last summer. Marcus Silva is represented by Jonathan Mitchell, the former solicitor general of Texas and architect of the state’s prohibition …

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Musk Plans To Build “Utopian” Company Town In Texas

Fortune reports: Elon Musk has reportedly bought thousands of acres of land about 35 miles outside of Austin and plans to build his own town there for employees to live and work. The Wall Street Journal reports Musk has described the city as a “sort of Texas utopia along the Colorado River.” By creating the town, Musk would be able …

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Texas Bill Creates Special Prosecutor On Abortion Laws

The New Republic reports: A Republican lawmaker in Texas has introduced a bill to appoint a state special prosecutor to handle abortion law violations, among other issues, The Washington Post’s Caroline Kitchener reported Thursday. The bill, introduced in the state House of Representatives Wednesday, would let the state supreme court appoint a special prosecutor to handle violations of Texas election …

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Texas Southern Baptist Megachurch Pastor Resigns After DUI And Weapon Arrest With Child Passenger In His Car

The Baptist News reports:  Drew Erickson, lead teaching pastor at Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, resigned suddenly March 5 after he was arrested in Tarrant County two days before on suspicion of carrying an unlawful weapon and driving while intoxicated with a child under age 15 in the car. “Over the last 12 months and more recently, …

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TX Youth Pastor Arrested On Felony Child Sex Charges

College Station’s CBS affiliate reports: The Leon County Sheriff’s Department said Gary Buckaloo surrendered to authorities Monday after being indicted on two felonies. Buckaloo is charged with one count of Indecency with a Child-Sexual Contact, a 2nd-degree felony, and one count of Sex Abuse of a Child Continuous: Victim under 14, a 1st-degree felony. Buckaloo was also listed as the …

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Texas Bill Raises Taxes On Bars That Host Drag Shows

The Texas Tribune reports: House Bills 643, 708 and 1266 and Senate Bill 476 seek to reclassify bars or businesses that host drag shows as “sexually oriented businesses,” a category that includes adult movie theaters and sex shops. Such designations would force bars to operate under a different set of regulations that come with higher taxes and fees. That could …

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GOP Texas Bill Would Force Referendum On Secession

Texas Scorecard reports: On the 187th anniversary of the fall of the Alamo, the question of staying in the American union or declaring independence is again being put up for consideration in the Texas Legislature. State Rep. Bryan Slaton (R–Royse City) has filed House Bill 3596, which, if passed, would put to voters in the next general election the question …

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Texas GOP Censures US Rep Over Gun Control Vote

Congress Minutes reports: The Republican Party of Texas voted overwhelmingly over the weekend to censure Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) for a number of positions they said went against the party. The vote was 57-5 with one abstention. The votes at issue? He voted in favor of a bill protecting the right to same-sex and interracial marriage. His support for a …

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TX Gov To Ban Green Energy Projects From Tax Breaks

The Texas Tribune reports: As Gov. Greg Abbott signals stronger support for the creation of a new program to replace a multibillion dollar corporate tax break program that expired last year, he’s also drawing a clear line in the sand: wind and solar energy projects need not apply. Renewable energy has proliferated in Texas: The number of wind turbines has …

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Texas Property Tax Relief Bill Excludes LGBTQ Couples

The Hill reports: A new Texas House bill that provides property tax relief based on the size of a family excludes LGBTQ couples and divorced parents with children, among other parties, from getting the tax advantage. Texas House Bill 2889, introduced this week by state Rep. Bryan Slaton (R), would supply a homestead tax credit to “certain married couples” in …

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