Daily Dispatch 8/8/24: Texas GOP Rage Against Tim Walz Is...Weird, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Texas Trump types are throwing everything they can at Tim Walz - is any of it sticking? https://www.chron.com/politics/article/tim-walz-texas-communist-19625695.php ...Our Jackie Rogers compares Walz to his VP opponent, the eminently gross J.D. Vance: https://progresstexas.org/blog/everything-you-need-know-about-vp-candidates-tim-walz-and-jd-vance After considering complicating matters, the Lockhart City Council has voted to put a simple, direct marijuana decrim measure on the November ballot as mandated by petition: https://www.kvue.com/article/news/politics/marijuana-decriminalization-lockhart-texas-ballot-signatures-update/269-4c2bff54-c091-44fd-b95c-4bef066519c0 The lawsuit based upon the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act against the Trump Train drivers that dangerously harrassed a Biden/Harris campaign bus south of Austin in 2020 can proceed to trial: https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/kkk-act-lawsuit-over-trump-train-surrounding-of-biden-harris-bus-days-before-2020-election-just-got-one-step-closer-to-trial/ J.D. Vance wrote a violent foreward to a book on Project 2025 - the publication of which has been postponed until after the November election: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/us/politics/project-2025-book-jd-vance-delayed.html 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 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/ Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at https://progresstexas.org.