Daily Dispatch 6/3/24: Texas Supreme Court Decision Must Galvanize Pro-Choice Texans, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Friday's decision not to protect pregnant Texans and their doctors by the Texas Supreme Court should provide motivation for pro-choice voters to unite: https://www.reuters.com/legal/texas-top-court-wont-guarantee-right-abortion-complicated-pregnancies-2024-05-31/ ...We hope to see you Thursday in El Paso for our live podcast taping at the Texas Democratic Convention: https://progresstexas.org/blog/live-texas-democratic-party-convention-abortion-and-our-freedoms-2024 Longtime Houston U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has announced a pancreatic cancer diagnosis: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06/03/rep-sheila-jackson-lee-pancreatic-cancer/ National coverage of the bitter division within the Texas Republican Party continues: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4696987-texas-republicans-gop-dade-phelan-donald-trump-tony-gonzales-school-vouchers/ ...While their nutty platform also continues to draw national embarrassment to our state: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/03/texas-republican-party-new-platform/ ...And middle-aged white Republican women are found by a study to be misinformation "super-sharers": https://www.expressnews.com/news/texas/article/fake-news-republican-white-women-texas-19490227.php Another study done by MIT on U.S. Rep. Greg Casar's proposed connection of the Texas energy grid to neighboring grids predicts multiple reliability and environmental benefits: https://www.eenews.net/articles/blackouts-could-be-slashed-if-texas-joins-the-u-s-grid-study/ Coming to the Texas Democratic Convention in El Paso? Get there early enough on Thursday June 6 to join us for our Abortion And Our Freedoms 2024 panel, featuring reproductive rights advocate Amanda Zurawski, TX-15 Congressional candidate and Progress Texas endorsee Michelle Vallejo, and repro rights icon and current Planned Parenthood Senior Advisor Wendy Davis! 5pm to 6pm (MOUNTAIN time, mind you) in Juarez B of the El Paso Convention Center: https://www.mobilize.us/texasdemocrats/event/628166/ Progress Texas could use your help in funding our trip to June's Texas Democratic Convention in El Paso - thanks in advance! https://progresstexas.org/donate Progress Texas invites progressive candidates to share their views with us - which we'll then share with our statewide audience - via our Certified Progressive questionnaire: https://progresstexas.org/blog/progress-texas-certified-progressives-2024-progressive-values-questionnaire Instagram users: be sure to enable political content on that platform, which has begun opting users out: https://x.com/ProgressTX/status/1771276124498100667?s=20 Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at https://progresstexas.org/.