Daily Dispatch 7/30/24: In Austin, POTUS Calls For SCOTUS Reform, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: At yesterday's ceremony at the LBJ Library in Austin, President Biden called for sweeping reforms designed to reign in a rogue conservative U.S. Supreme Court: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/29/us/politics/biden-supreme-court-austin-texas.html ...Several Democrats - but no Republicans - met Biden on the ABIA tarmac yesterday: https://x.com/willdupreetv/status/1818015413437087814?t=QDYKCZ-xFe677e13D6rz0Q&s=03 ...Those same Democrats weigh in on the POTUS visit and his plans for SCOTUS: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/state/2024/07/29/texas-politicians-react-joe-biden-austin-tx-visit-lbj-library-civil-rights-act/74595049007/ The President headed to Houston afterwards to pay respects to late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee: https://apnews.com/article/sheila-jackson-lee-houston-funeral-prayer-service-0755f59092b8468d2e583372be5ea67a Lockhart becomes the second Texas town in just the last month to verify enough petition signatures to put marijuana decriminalizaton on their November ballot: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/texas-officials-approve-marijuana-decriminalization-initiative-for-local-november-ballot-in-lockhart/ We salute an inspiring community effort in Denton to restore a mural defaced with anti-LGBTQ graffiti: https://www.lonestarlive.com/news/2024/07/theres-just-more-love-after-north-texas-town-restored-mural-with-anti-lgbtq-graffiti.html The deadline to register for the November election is October 7. Are you registered? Are you sure? ALL Texas voters should confirm their registration, right now: https://govotetexas.org/ See Progress Texas' 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.