Daily Dispatch 10/10/24: Cruz And Texas GOP Double Down On LGBTQ Hate, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Republican candidates statewide, including Ted Cruz, have centered their closing messages for the election on anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ hate: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/election/2024/article/ted-cruz-transgender-ads-19826315.php The Afiya Center in Dallas is pointing out that the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision not to force Texas hospitals to save pregnant patients from deadly pregnancies with abortion care will disproportionately affect Black women: https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2024-10-10/supreme-court-texas-emergency-abortions-black-women-afiya-center Texas Trump types are also continuing to push false theories of voter fraud - the Tarrant County GOP Chair has been outright lying about "duplicate voter lists": https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/election/article293718734.html Keller ISD has announced that kids with lunchroom balances over $25 will be downgraded to cheaper, inferior meals - a policy that will certainly lead to shaming and division for its lower-income students: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/education/keller-isd-students-with-lunch-debt-to-be-served-alternative-meals-district-says/287-acb3489c-9fc3-428d-ac1e-ad42c21e16ac That $1 million donation from Elon Musk to Texans For Lawsuit Reform? Makes perfect sense that a risk-prone billionaire industrialist would like to limit your ability to sue him: https://www.chron.com/culture/article/elon-musk-lawsuit-reform-donation-19824336.php Our annual holiday fundraising parties approach! We'll be gathering both in Dallas and Austin this December, and there are sponsorship opportunities available: https://act.progresstexas.org/a/progress-texas-holiday-parties-2024 See Progress Texas' guide to fun events happening across the state during National Hispanic Heritage Month, which continues through October 15: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org/blog/celebrating-texas-culture-national-hispanic-heritage-month⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ See Progress Texas' analysis of Project 2025, and what it will mean for Texas should it be enacted: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org/blog/project-2025-vs-progress-2025⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ...And a complete guide to Project 2025 from Media Matters: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ...Please pitch in to help fund our recent expansion of that important voting resource with Hindi, Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese translation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org/blog/coming-soon-govotetexasorg-adds-commonly-spoken-languages-increase-ballot-access⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.