Daily Dispatch 7/18/24: Abbott Feeds Border Hate To Eager Audience at RNC, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Governor Abbott left Texas amidst hurricane recovery for a second time to speak at the Republican National Convention's third night: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/greg-abbott-rnc-speech-takeaways-19580598.php ...Badly-needed fact checking of Abbott's RNC remarks: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/fact-checking-texas-gov-abbotts-immigration-claims-in-rnc-speech/ The Pennsylvania billionaire who gave Abbott $6 million to push for vouchers has kicked in another $4 million: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/17/greg-abbott-jeff-yass-campaign-donation/ Repeated weather-related mass power outages in Texas are due to poor stormproofing of infrastructure: https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/2024/07/18/why-texas-mass-power-outages-continue-to-happen/ ...A Senate committee will look into our state's power problems - think they'll find themselves responsible? Right: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-weather/hurricanes/article/texas-senate-beryl-power-outages-committee-19580158.php Texas has been ranked only behind Mississippi in negative women's health outcomes: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2024/07/17/texas-ranks-almost-dead-last-in-the-nation-for-womens-health-care-research-shows/ See Progress Texas' new 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 Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at https://progresstexas.org/.