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Nana, retired USAF and DAF, Texas Democrat (keep your hands off my guns, my body and my lgbtqia grandchildren)

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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 7h
A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It. www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 7h
While SB 31 did not remove the potential penalties for doctors who break the law, it confirmed that the burden of proof is on the state, which must demonstrate that “no reasonable doctor” would have provided an abortion in the same situation.
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These Texas doctors want to make sure people know their abortion rights during medical emergencies
Texas passed the Life of the Mother Act in 2025, aiming to clarify the narrow medical exception to the state's abortion ban. Advocates are still working to spread the word.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 7h
After Her Near-Fatal Pregnancy Crisis (IN TEXAS), Amanda Zurawski Is Finally a Mom msmagazine.com/2026/10/01/a...
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After Her Near-Fatal Pregnancy Crisis, Amanda Zurawski Is Finally a Mom
In 2022, Amanda Zurawski became a national figure after she nearly died from pregnancy complications in Texas. Zurawski had conceived that pregnancy through intrauterine insemination (IUI), but when h...
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 7h
A state district court judge ordered Galveston ISD on Thursday to put up donated copies of the Ten Commandments in its classrooms within 10 days, and the district agreed to do so. The decision marks the end of the school district's months-long fight against a law passed last year...
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Judge rules Galveston ISD has 10 days to display Ten Commandments in classrooms
A judge sided with the Texas Attorney General’s Office Thursday in its lawsuit against Galveston ISD, ruling that the district has must put up donated posters of the Ten Commandments.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 7h
At Texas Faith Fest on Saturday, conservative state lawmakers and pastors brainstormed how to stop Muslims from living and practicing their faith in the state. "The more uncomfortable they are, the better," Rep. Keresa Richardson, R-McKinney, said during a panel called "Don’t Sharia My Texas."
houstonchronicle.com
Texas Faith Fest speakers propose plans to make Muslims ‘more uncomfortable’
At Texas Faith Fest this year, speakers suggested policies that would limit Muslim religious practices and reshape the government's relationship with religion.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 7h
Since assuming office in 2015, Ken Paxton left about 730 workdays blank on his official calendars & took over 275 out-of-state trips to (RESORTS). The travel cost Texas taxpayers a minimum of $1.9 million to cover expenses charged by his security detail, records show.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 7h
HAVE THE DAY YOU VOTED FOR: This Bellaire family voted for Trump. Now his immigration crackdown could separate them. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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They voted for Trump. Now his immigration crackdown could separate their family.
A Honduran woman’s potential departure is forcing her conservative Bellaire family to confront the hard truth about President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8h
Talarico is winning around 10 percent of Republican voters in the Fox poll, versus only 1 percent of Democrats going to Paxton (not a typo). trib.al/uYLNMry
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New Fox Poll—a Disaster for Trump—Rattles Fox Anchors: “Wake Up!”
They were freaking out on Fox News Friday morning over a new Texas poll. A look at the internals shows they had every reason to.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h
Just talked with a lifelong Republican in the Delta Sky Club at LaGuardia who was heading home to Dallas. He told me he’s voting for James Talarico in November. His words about Ken Paxton: “He’s corrupt as all fuck.” And he said he’s “ashamed” Paxton is the GOP nominee.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h
Not one bit of good news for Republicans in Texas, and Fox News brings the receipts. Fox News!
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 7h
GOTTA VOTE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE BALLOT:
texasmonthly.com
How Republicans Hijacked One of Texas's Biggest Swing Counties
The suburban county has been tilting blue for years. So Republicans—with some unwitting help from a Democratic activist—had to get creative.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 7h
WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO VOTE DEMOCRAT ALL THE WAY DOWN THE BALLOT: Republicans won’t moderate if Democrats gain ground in the Texas House, hardline leader says www.texastribune.org/2026/09/29/t...
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Little: GOP won’t slow its roll if blue wave hits Texas House
“None of us are willing to go backwards and say, ‘Oh, well, we lost a few seats, so our policy agenda is going to change,” state Rep. Mitch Little said at last week’s Texas Tribune Festival.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 7h
"No one is asking a single question — who will you go to? Will you be safe?" - an immigration advocate, describing court proceedings where children as young as two are appearing, many without legal representation, in Texas immigration courts.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 7h
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE MIDTERMS: Trump administration considers scaling back border project in Texas' Big Bend National Park
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Trump administration considers scaling back border project in Texas' Big Bend National Park
The Trump administration says it's considering reducing the scope of a border security project in Big Bend National Park in Texas.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 7h
Texas schools reported losing 14,200 immigrant kids last year. The true number is likely higher. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/30/i...
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Texas lost at least 14,200 immigrant students last year
The actual enrollment loss amid increased deportation efforts is much higher as the federal definition that identifies immigrant students is limited, experts said.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 8h
"I'm voting with my anger this November." - Tarrant County voter Patrick Banta, 50, who resents what he views as Republicans' attempt at voter suppression.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 13h
If this reads like one of those Nigerian prince scam emails, it’s because it’s exactly like one of those Nigerian prince scam emails
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 8h
BASTARDS: The White House’s Promise to Attack Abortion After the Midterms
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The White House’s Promise to Attack Abortion After the Midterms
The White House has “instructed the Justice Department to move slowly on any abortion-related actions ahead of the midterm elections,” The Washington Sun reports.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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DOJ revisits Watergate
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
FDT
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
270 — That is at least how many Catholic clerics abused nearly 1,000 children over a century across three Massachusetts dioceses, according to a report released this week by the state attorney general
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Hundreds of Catholic Clerics Abused Children in Massachusetts, Report Says (Gift Article)
An investigation by the state’s attorney general found decades of sex abuse of nearly 1,000 children over a century across three Massachusetts dioceses.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
IRANIAN LETTER TO AMERICANS: aje.news/2omsv9
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Trump administration ‘must be changed’: Iran’s IRGC appeals to US voters
Iran's military has issued an open letter accusing Trump of lying to US citizens about the state of the ongoing war.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
THE RESISTANCE LIVES: inthesetimes.com/article/amaz...
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Amazon Workers Keep Walking Out
At a Riverside delivery station, workers have walked out three times since December as they organize without a recognized union.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hasan Piker says UT applied free speech standards unevenly before Austin event www.statesman.com/news/educati...
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'Free speech only goes in one direction': Piker criticizes UT over venue dispute
Hasan Piker claims the university didn't accommodate demand for a larger venue for his Wednesday event.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NO TO INCUMBENTS: They are how we got here.... Cuellar and progressives form tenuous alliance amid Trump's immigration crackdown www.texastribune.org/2026/09/28/c...
texastribune.org
Cuellar receives tepid endorsement from LUPE Votes
Cuellar is known as one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress who often diverges from the party on issues like immigration, abortion and gun rights.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Collective spending on advertising by Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, and super PACs supporting each of them has already topped $153 million. AdImpact projects it will reach more than double that by Election Day.
houstonpublicmedia.org
Paxton-Talarico contest on course to demolish Texas record for campaign spending in a U.S. Senate election – Houston Public Media
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
THE STRENGTH OF LATINA WOMEN:
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English-speaking, Texan and from vulnerable backgrounds: The Americans still accessing abortion thanks to Mexican feminists
Several studies put a face to the women who were denied the right to end a pregnancy after ‘Roe v. Wade’ was overturned
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified www.texastribune.org/2026/09/28/h...
texastribune.org
ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bexar County is racing against the clock after receiving 45,000 backlogged voter registrations
telemundosanantonio.com
Condado Bexar trabaja contra reloj tras recibir 45 mil registros de votantes atrasados
Autoridades buscan actualizar miles de registros antes de la votación anticipada.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
VOTER'S SEE THROUGH THE TACTIC: Texas' maternal health report delay is political and puts pregnant women at risk, lawmakers say www.texastribune.org/2026/09/25/t...
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Texas’ delay of maternal death report hurts women, lawmakers say
The highly anticipated report, which includes deaths that occurred after Texas banned abortions, has recommendations on how to reduce pregnancy risks.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MONSTERS:
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Russian Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Science Academy, Causing Fire in City Center (Gift Article)
A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MONSTERS:
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The Russian Prison That Evan Gershkovich Carried Home (Gift Article)
In an interview, Mr. Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was imprisoned in Russia for 16 months, described his ordeal and the moment that nearly broke him.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
SHADES OF 2020:
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This Virus Stole a Human Gene and Won’t Let Go of It (Gift Article)
Scientists have found a human gene lurking in a virus that causes skin infections. It may be using our own DNA to infect us.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
THE FAR RIGHT CENSORING HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE IN GERMANY, LIKE THE FAR RIGHT CENSORING SLAVE REMEMBRANCE IN THE U.S.
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German Town Votes to Stop Adding Memorials Outside Homes of Slain Jews (Gift Article)
Councilors in an eastern German town voted to stop installing memorial plaques outside homes of Holocaust victims, saying they would instead build a memorial at a cemetery.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY!!! Join the MAGA Resistance & make your voices heard. Accountability. Is. Coming.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
JUST A REMINDER:
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think I'm getting the hang of this.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MONSTERS:
nytimes.com
Israel Keeps Expanding Into Gaza Despite Cease-Fire, Satellite Images Show (Gift Article)
The Israeli military has built new outposts and slowly encroached beyond the withdrawal line in Gaza. These are signs its troops may be preparing to stay for the time being.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pygmy racoons in Mexico:
nytimes.com
On This Mexican Island, Raccoons Make and Play With Toys (and Also Sip Margaritas) (Gift Article)
Scientists observed a family of pygmy raccoons near a Cozumel beach club learning from one another how to craft balls from paper, an indication that the animals have a culture.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ping Ping and Fu Shuang www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Giant Pandas, Icons of China’s Soft Diplomacy, Arrive in Atlanta (Gift Article)
A male named Ping Ping and a female named Fu Shuang landed on Sunday, days after China’s leader said he would dispatch “envoys of friendship” to the United States.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Do Chancellor Creighton’s Policies Lock the Garden Of Thought? wtxindivisible.substack.com/p/do-chancel...
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Do Chancellor Creighton’s Policies Lock the Garden Of Thought?
Part One: The Closing of the Gates - By Esperanza Zapata
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Are Brandon Creighton’s New TTU Policies on Academic Freedom Violating the First Amendment? Part Two wtxindivisible.substack.com/p/are-brando...
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Are Brandon Creighton’s New TTU Policies on Academic Freedom Violating the First Amendment? Part Two
The Federal Lawsuit Brought by the NAACP Says So - By Esperanza Zapata
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another Constitutional Violation Alleged Against TTU’s Chancellor Brandon Creighton - Part Three: The Garden Has Lost Its Light wtxindivisible.substack.com/p/another-co...
wtxindivisible.substack.com
Another Constitutional Violation Alleged Against TTU’s Chancellor Brandon Creighton - Part Three: The Garden Has Lost Its Light
by Esperanza Zapate
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm attending Texas Together's event, “Texas Together: Blockwalk for Shiloh Salazar and Clayton Tucker in HD-72” - sign up now t www.mobilize.us/texasdemocra...
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Texas Together: Blockwalk for Shiloh Salazar and Clayton Tucker in HD-72 · Texas Together
Join the Shiloh Salazar for HD-72, Clayton Tucker for Ag Commissioner, and Claire for Congress Teams to knock doors of our neighbors in Big Spring or San Angelo to help Get Out the Vote so we can put ...
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“We should have been doing this 20 years ago,” Reynolds said. “The second best time is now.” ‘Up Against a 500-Pound Gorilla’: Can Dems Make Inroads in Deep-Red West Texas? www.texasobserver.org/west-texas-d... - via @texasobserver.org
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‘Up Against a 500-Pound Gorilla’: Can Dems Make Inroads in Deep-Red West Texas?
With a candidate on the ballot in every state and federal race, the minority party is trying hard to gain some ground in the GOP’s electoral firewall.
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Don't Mess with Texas? Santa Ana’s Last Stand www.texasobserver.org/santa-ana-wi... - via @texasobserver.org
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Santa Ana's Last Stand
Congress repeatedly shielded the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge from the border wall. Now, construction has begun—and an irrigation district lawsuit may be the only option left to buy time for law...
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
VOTE EARLY youtube.com/shorts/5eD2P...
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Make a plan today
YouTube video by PullupsPastaPolitics
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm attending Texas Together's event, “Texas Together: Blockwalk for Shiloh Salazar and Clayton Tucker in HD-72” - sign up now to jo www.mobilize.us/texasdemocra...
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Texas Together: Blockwalk for Shiloh Salazar and Clayton Tucker in HD-72 · Texas Together
Join the Shiloh Salazar for HD-72, Clayton Tucker for Ag Commissioner, and Claire for Congress Teams to knock doors of our neighbors in Big Spring or San Angelo to help Get Out the Vote so we can put ...
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tdillontx @tdillontx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm attending Texas Together's event, “Texas Together: Blockwalk for Shiloh Salazar and Clayton Tucker in HD-72” - sign up now to jo www.mobilize.us/texasdemocra...
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Texas Together: Blockwalk for Shiloh Salazar and Clayton Tucker in HD-72 · Texas Together
Join the Shiloh Salazar for HD-72, Clayton Tucker for Ag Commissioner, and Claire for Congress Teams to knock doors of our neighbors in Big Spring or San Angelo to help Get Out the Vote so we can put ...
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