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Austin, Texas
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Joined January 2009
Born April 20
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    3 hours ago

    BREAKING: Death toll from El Paso Shooting Rises to 21 - Police

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    5 hours ago

    . and I have two big names who could run on the R side to succeed Congressman Marchant: His son and former Carrollton Mayor Matthew Marchant and former Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne

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  3. 5 hours ago

    More on the significance of this from here —>

    Great news for Harris County voters! Harris County has received successful status for Countywide Polling Place Program and is now the largest county in the country to have executed a successful election where voters can cast a ballot at any polling location.
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  4. 5 hours ago

    .: Will pick a white man to fill a Texas Supreme Court opening? He did the last two times

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    7 hours ago

    The president is now blaming the mass shootings that killed 29 people and injured many more on “fake news.”

    The Media has a big responsibility to life and safety in our Country. Fake News has contributed greatly to the anger and rage that has built up over many years. News coverage has got to start being fair, balanced and unbiased, or these terrible problems will only get worse!
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    15 hours ago

    🚨Murdoch’s will call for a ban on assault weapons on tomorrow’s front page

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    16 hours ago

    If my math is right, between the retirements of 2018 cycle and now 2020 cycle, the Texas delegation will lose 187 years of seniority....And that's just so far.

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    16 hours ago

    Preview: Monday's captures a bit of what we're all thinking with a rare front-page editorial.

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  9. 16 hours ago

    Fourth Texas Republican congressman to announce retirement in two weeks

    NEWS: to retire tomorrow, per two Republicans. He’ll be the fourth Texas Repub in recent weeks to call it quits. And Marchant’s DFW-area district is highly competitive. After winning it by double digits, he only carried it by three last year.
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    16 hours ago

    NEWS: to retire tomorrow, per two Republicans. He’ll be the fourth Texas Repub in recent weeks to call it quits. And Marchant’s DFW-area district is highly competitive. After winning it by double digits, he only carried it by three last year.

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  11. 24 hours ago

    MUST-READ in : Mass shooting appall Texas politicians. So do the solutions

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  12. 24 hours ago

    At moments of national tragedy — and if two mass shootings in 24 hours doesn’t qualify, I don’t know what does — aren’t we supposed to have some kind of soothing presidential address on all the networks? This is one of the many instances of the new abornmal

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  13. Aug 4

    A must-read story by . We’re honored that will be at the Festival talking about her amazing research on migrant deaths

    UT researchers with US passports at TX-MX border, including , were sent back to Mexico as Mexican authorities threatened to arrest them for accompanying Salvadoran boy on bridge
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  14. Aug 4

    Call of Duty vs.

    Video games are not the cause of what’s happening in America. Video games are played worldwide, but US is the only country with this constant crisis. Blaming Call of Duty is not the answer, Lt. Governor .
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    Aug 4

    El Paso has averaged just 18 homicides a year in the past five years. 20 people died in the on Saturday.

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  16. Aug 4

    In other news: As soon as tomorrow, could be a paper

    Breaking news from : The merger of the two largest newspaper companies in the United States — and — is very close to a done deal and could be announced as soon as tomorrow morning before the market opens
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  17. Aug 4

    **EVENT CANCELLED** was supposed to be in El Paso tmrw at talking with . Out of respect and with heavy hearts we are rescheduling. We love El Paso + can’t wait to be back

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    Aug 4
    Replying to

    Texas Tribune is sort of a public-interest ProPublica-type of publication, and Cornyn neutrally tweeted the article, with its original title and all, and the article reports an interesting and important factoid about the diversity of his state.

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    Aug 4

    Among those who declined the request from to come on to discuss the mass shootings: Texas Gov Texas LG Sen Sen , , McCarthy did not respond to our request.

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  20. Aug 3

    53! my god

    More killed in El Paso today than in the UT Tower shooting 43 years ago this week. Amazing
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