Daily Dispatch 8/1/24: VP Harris To Eulogize Sheila Jackson Lee In Houston, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Vice President Harris continues spending precious campaign time in Texas - she will speak at U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's funeral today: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/harris-eulogize-longtime-us-rep-sheila-jackson-lee-112465451 ...Harris responds from Texas to Donald Trump's ridiculous attacks on her racial heritage: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/31/kamala-harris-houston-sorority-speech/ An East Texas man has been arrested and charged with multiple crimes related to his storming of the U.S. Senate floor on January 6 2021 carrying at Trump "Rambo" flag: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/texas-man-who-carried-trump-rambo-flag-onto-floor-of-senate-charged-with-felony-misdemeanors-micheal-kieth-williams/65-2cc314b6-60a2-46b6-8308-f63287360d31 Key MAGA talking heads have started blaming each other for the Trump campaign's sudden collapse: https://www.mediamatters.org/project-2025/maga-figures-are-suddenly-afraid-trump-will-lose-and-pointing-fingers-each-other-over A new environmental study shows that U.S. oil producers are releasing four times as much methane as federal regulators have estimated: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/texas-methane-oil-gas-climate-change-19609105.php ...While unregulated oilfield power lines appear to have sparked those massive wilddfires earlier this year in the Panhandle: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/01/texas-oil-electricity-power-lines-fires-panhandle/ ...A petroleum and geology scientist at UT Austin breaks down how poil extraction processes are triggering earthquakes across Texas: https://www.kwtx.com/2024/07/31/degrees-science-science-behind-recent-texas-earthquakes/ 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.