Daily Dispatch 12/23/24: Why Has Kay Granger's Condition Been Kept Secret? And More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Republican Fort Worth U.S. Congresswoman Kay Granger, missing from her post in D.C. since the early summer, has been located under the care of a memory care facility - a situation that her staff appears to have concealed: https://www.wfaa.com/video/news/politics/questions-swirl-after-congresswoman-kay-granger-misses-votes-lives-in-senior-facility/287-08b68494-e13d-47dd-a988-4554e1f8a9fe Smarting from defeat in the recent government funding fight, expect Donald Trump to take his frustrustions out on lawmakers like Rep. Chip Roy who dared to undermine him on his first attempt in his second term to influence the direction of Congress: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/state/2024/12/20/texas-rep-chip-roy-donald-trump-38-republicans-vote-debt-ceiling-government-shutdown/77106916007/ Yet another billionaire is added to Trump's plutocratic oligarchy as Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta is appointed U.S. Ambassador to Italy: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/21/donald-trump-tilman-fertitta-ambassador/ One of America's nastiest coal-fired power plants, south of San Antonio, is set to be converted to solar and battery production: https://electrek.co/2024/12/21/one-of-texas-dirtiest-coal-plants-will-swap-to-solar-with-help-from-us-grant/ The Texas business sector may turn out to be an unlikely ally in the push from public school supporters against private school vouchers in the upcoming session: https://sanantonioreport.org/texas-business-leaders-public-education-funding-vouchers/ Inspiration from Dallas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/12/19/jasmine-crockett-dallas-congress-leader-democrat/ Inspiration from Houston State Rep. and new House Minority Leader Gene Wu: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/politics/inside-politics/texas-politics/texas-legislators-gene-wu-houston-demorat-house-leader-aggressive-deals-from-speaker/287-463efeef-002c-492c-b548-0136b8279187 Our annual rundown of the Top 10 Best And Worst Texans is up! Thanks for your help in compiling this year's list: ⁠https://progresstexas.org/blog/best-and-worst-texans-2024⁠ Holiday shopping for your progressive pals is easy and fun at our web store! Grab your goodies at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://store.progresstexas.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We're loving the troll-free environment at BlueSky! Follow us there at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@progresstexas.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.