Daily Dispatch 10/24/23: Planned Parenthood Lawsuit Will Go To Trial, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The state's lawsuit will go to trial in April, following a ruling by anti-abortion activist judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo: https://news.yahoo.com/planned-parenthood-must-face-trial-005536520.html ...While Lubbock County becomes the fourth, and largest so far, Texas county to establish a so-called "abortion travel ban": https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/23/abortion-travel-ban-lubbock-county/ $1.5 billion of YOUR taxpayer money for the building of more border wall heads to the House floor this week: https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/house-panel-weighs-15-billion-investment-in-border-wall-after-request-from-abbott ...While a USA Today writer recommends a wall all the way around Texas: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/10/24/abbott-texas-border-wall-construction-razor-wire/71292239007/ Lt. Governor Dan Patrick's purchase of $3 million in Israeli bonds, seeking to defuse controversy over a pre-impeachment donation by Defend Texas Liberty, is a sidestep at best: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/10/23/texas-lt-gov-patrick-seeks-to-deflate-nick-fuentes-flap-by-buying-3m-of-israel-bonds/ ...While the Texas GOP's associations with the hard-right lunatic fringe run far deeper than just Nick Fuentes: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/23/defend-texas-liberty-nick-fuentes-jonathan-stickland/ Harris Democrats square off with the Harris County DA - herself a Democrat: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/harris-county-admonish-kim-ogg-18442301.php Thanks for listening - and don't forget to VOTE! Grab our voting guide, and consider making a donation to help us keep on keeping on, at https://progresstexas.org/.