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🚨BREAKING: ICE agents surrounded the WRONG HOUSE for NINE HOURS… got a warrant… and still arrested the wrong person. They were looking for Gerson Manuel Portillo-Escobar, a human trafficking suspect who lived at 919 Hamilton Crossings Station, Antioch, Tennessee. Instead, they targeted someone at 939… a completely different home… and arrested Miguel Antonio Blanco, who has no criminal record. Agents saw Miguel go inside his own house and decided he was their suspect… Even though they had the correct name, address, and a photo of the actual person, who lived a few houses away. Miguel told them repeatedly they had the wrong person. They ignored him. For nine hours, they called out someone else’s name and tried to get inside. Then, they got a warrant… forced entry… and took a man who wasn’t on that warrant. This is a Fourth Amendment violation… you can’t have probable cause if you have the wrong person and the wrong house. It also raises due process concerns under the Fifth Amendment… because the government doesn’t get to ignore facts and detain someone anyway. They had the right information… They just didn’t use it.

Greg Abbott is defunding our public schools, hurting our kids, and failing all Texas workers. He has to go.

In 2017, Abbott knew Corpus was running out of water. But Abbott still gave his Saudi plastics pet project millions of your tax $ to guzzle as much water as ALL the citizens of Corpus Christi use. His solution now? Make the people of Corpus pay more so his donors can keep chugging cheap water. That’s “The Greg Abbott Corruption Tax.” gov.texas.gov/news/post/A-Mu…

A man with no official title, no confirmed role, and no public accountability allegedly walked into DHS and started running a pay-to-play scheme with BILLION-dollar contracts.    His name is Corey Lewandowski. Multiple companies say they were pressured to pay him or risk losing government contracts. And guess what? Trump knew and did nothing to stop it.     Welcome to Episode 10 of the Corruption Chronicles.

Rural public transit advocates push back on proposed cuts columbiamissourian.com/news/state_new… via @comissourian

🚨 Two MAJOR bombshells in 30 minutes. CBS News: The Trump administration concealed the true extent of Iran’s strike on a US base in Kuwait. Dozens of service members suffered severe injuries. 30 remain hospitalized right now. They hid it. The New York Times: A US military investigation has concluded the United States was responsible for the strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran. 165 girls. Ages 7 to 12. Trump said the Tomahawk was “very generic.” Trump said Iran bombed its own school. Trump said he’s “willing to live with” whatever the report shows. The report shows it was us. And while Trump was lying about dead children, his administration was hiding dozens of wounded American service members from their own families and the American public. Concealing American casualties. Lying about dead Iranian children. Blocking terror warnings to law enforcement. Sealing the Epstein files. This is a pattern.

BREAKING: @TaylorRehmetTX was just sworn in as the first rank-and-file union member to serve in the Texas Senate. Senator Rehmet is a beacon of hope not just for Texas, but for every union member and worker in the state. This is a huge win for Texas workers!

BREAKING: The Dallas Morning News just endorsed our campaign for the US Senate!

It’s important that you understand what happened last night. Last night, Stephen Colbert interviewed Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, a candidate who, by all accounts, is on track in the polls to flip Texas blue. In response, Trump’s FCC reportedly threatened CBS if the interview aired. CBS caved and pulled the segment, citing “financial reasons.” In modern American history, no president has been more hostile to free speech than Donald Trump. But censorship always backfires. Here’s the full segment Trump didn’t want you to see.

This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see. His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert. Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.

When I was 28, I almost died. I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. My first insulin prescription cost me $684. Most Texans can't afford that. So when I got elected, I capped insulin at $25/month. I know what it means to fight for my life. In the Senate, I’ll fight for yours.

Threatening allies while refusing to lower health care premiums and turning Midwestern cities into battle zones... Americans don't want this and don't have to accept it. We must use the tool that has been working in more and more situations over the past year: intense political pressure, especially on elected Republicans, to change their behavior.

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Veteran detained by ICE: I identified myself as a US citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out. Even after I complied, I was taken to a detention center and held for 3 days without charges. No phone call, no lawyer, no medical care, even though my skin burned from the chemicals.

Imagine profiting off of people who have cancer. Imagine profiting off of people who have limb amputations. Imagine profiting off of people who suffer from a heart attack or stroke. You don’t have to imagine. America’s healthcare system has been allowing this for decades.

5 DAYS until the protest. Who will join me in making this spread like wildfire? #HungerForJustice #Protest

I’ll be the governor that finally gets rid of the STAAR test, does away with vendor contracts and uses that money to prioritize teacher pay. Texas has some of the best teachers in the nation — and they should be among the best paid in the nation.

We had a great time at the Meet and Greet in Holden! We got dozens of signatures on relevant petitions, and talked to people about the issues that mattered to them. Thank you to everyone who came out. We can’t wait to show up for the people again!