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OK, but hear me out... the people of TEXAS voted for Hinojosa, Goodwin, etc... to have these powers. The people of Texas voted the Republicans out. This isn't a Republican state anymore.
🚨 I call on Gov. Abbott to IMMEDIATELY convene a special session to REIN IN EXECUTIVE EMERGENCY POWERS… before Gina Hinojosa is sworn in!
Republicans lost last night, but Democrats were not sworn in.
We still have total power in Texas, and we must act like it by using the remaining ten weeks to restore separation of powers and limit the emergency powers that Governor-Elect Hinojosa is set to inherit, which would allow her to destroy liberty in Texas by executive fiat.
I’ve warned since I was first elected that NO governor, Republican or Democrat, should have unchecked emergency powers!
Now that Texas has elected a Democrat Governor, the urgency is undeniable… and inaction is intolerable.
Without action, Governor Hinojosa will inherit the powers of a DICTATOR.
Due to the absurd (and almost certainly unconstitutional) Texas emergency powers laws, Gov. Hinojosa will literally have the power to modify laws, ignore laws, or create and enforce laws – including criminal laws – on a whim!
Today is a day for ACTION, and bold leadership.
The Texas Legislature must immediately pass, and Governor Abbott must sign, legislation like HB911, which I filed in 2022 and warned at the time, that “Never ending emergency powers are antithetical to representative government and render people powerless. Legislative bodies allowing a single executive branch official to both write and enforce laws is the biggest threat to our constitutional system of divided government and should be opposed irrespective of which political party runs the executive branch.”
My legislation would protect liberty from executive fiat by, among other things, taking the following actions:
1. Prohibit the Governor from suspending or modifying statutes
2. Sunset emergency orders in 30 days if the legislature does not ratify the order
3. Prohibit the governor from reissuing emergency orders that expired or the legislature rejected
4. Require emergency orders to be narrowly tailored
5. Subject emergency orders to expedited judicial review
We have TEN WEEKS LEFT to protect Texas from near total Democrat rule.
I encourage every elected Republican in Texas to join my demand for Gov. Abbott to call a special session.
The future of liberty in America is literally on the line in Texas, and Texans deserve leadership that acts accordingly.
@GregAbbott_TX
🎶I wish I was at Chili's, mmhmm, drinking cleaning agent margaritas and not carin' where you are.🎶
Chili's customers suffer burns after sipping margaritas mistakenly made with cleaning agent on.nbcdfw.com/pGe5247
I finally made it to the #RHOSLC episode in season 2 when Jen Shah gets arrested and I gotta say, I doubt tomorrow night's election returns, even in Texas, can match that absolute master class in drama. #Elections2026
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Not only does this not make sense but it should embarrass anyone associated with Texas Tech that their sugar daddy has a crush on Bo French
Cornyn, Phelan, MGT are just more examples of elected officials who suddenly, magically "get real" and all too often, get praised for speaking out, yet it's typically done when they dont need votes anymore after being discarded by their party
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This would have been worth a 1-2 day news cycle not long ago, but Bo French is such a flagrant racist that it doesn’t even make the news anymore.
Inspired by a funny @RobertDownen_ tweet, I put together a little something on all the audio leak craziness coming out of the Paxton camp.
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Really difficult to imagine Paxton handling this sort of town hall setting very well, let alone coming off as likable. He has so far declined the invitation the network says.
James Talarico, the Democratic Senate nominee in Texas, is taking voter questions on the economy, the cost of healthcare, mud-slinging in politics and more at a CNN and Jubilee Media town hall.
Follow live updates: cnn.it/4hZZL55
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Live footage of Katie Zacharia trying to get through her first press briefing this morning:
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Scoop: Ken Paxton privately complained John Cornyn “wants me to lose,” as their years-long feud boils over in a high-stakes Senate race
The latest leak from a Paxton fundraiser last month: cnn.com/2026/10/09/politics/… #TXSEN
If you had told 20 year old me that 50 year old me would get to see a triple bill of @DBSbandofficial @TripDaisyOfcl @thetoadies he would’ve been really happy but skeptical yet here we are. Sunday at the State Fair!
What’s funnier? That there’s a movie called Clayface or the #DallasCowboys tonight?
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James Talarico responds to the president saying Ken Paxton should debate him: "Ball's in your court."
I've reached out to the Paxton campaign multiple times in the last few weeks to ask about whether a debate will happen. No response.
Wake up, babe, another @KenPaxtonTX audio leak just dropped: texastribune.org/2026/10/08/…
Excited to see former Observer reporter @emmaeruby doing her thing in DC for the @washingtonsun.
You can take the girl out of Texas…
My first for the ☀️
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