Daily Dispatch 11/12/24: Abbott Crony Tapped For Trump Mass Deportation Operation, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Tom Homan, an associate of Governor Abbott and a fellow at the Heritage Foundation, has been picked by Donald Trump to head up his promised mass roundup of immigrants once he takes office: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/trump-tom-homan-texas-border-deportation-19906670.php ...While urgency builds among Texas immigrants, especially women who have been victims of crime and abuse: https://www.keranews.org/immigration/2024-11-12/north-texas-immigrants-immigration-attorneys-trump-mass-deportations Texas U.S. Senator John Cornyn is one of three possibilities to become Senate Majority Leader, with the results of a secret vote to be released Wednesday - while Elon Musk backs one of his competitors: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/government/2024/11/12/us-senate-majority-leader-vote-race-texas-john-cornyn-john-thune-rick-scott/76200123007/ ...Musk may be wearing his welcome out at Mar-A-Lago, after just one week: https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-turning-himself-into-the-guest-who-wouldnt-leave-at-mar-a-lago/ ...History is littered with rich men who tried - and failed - to similarly buy their way into the White House: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/opinion/elon-musk-trump-election.html ...As Molly Ivins said, and millions of Trump voters have failed to notice, the real struggle is not between the left and the right, but between the top and the bottom: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/11/billionaires-elon-musk-hate-us-ultra-wealthy-climate-crisis Multiple miscues from the Colin Allred campaign and the Democratic structure at large led to a disastrous election for progressives: https://newrepublic.com/article/188260/allred-cruz-democrats-texas-blue Our annual holiday fundraising parties approach! We'll be gathering both in Dallas and Austin this December, and there are sponsorship opportunities available and individual tickets are now on sale: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://act.progresstexas.org/a/progress-texas-holiday-parties-2024⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Project 2025 is no longer a warning: it's now the playbook of the next American administration: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.