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30 May, 12 tweets, 14 min read
I’m back in the Texas House today, where lawmakers are scheduled to take up the massive elections and energy bills today.

I just missed the rain, which kicked up as I walked inside. #txlege #sb7 #sb3
House Elections Committee chairman @BriscoeCain stands on the dais with @GoldmanCraig.

The House has been standing at ease for a while. #txlege
@BriscoeCain @GoldmanCraig The Texas House has less than five more hours to take up and pass #SB7, the omnibus elections bill.

Democrats will likely try to kill the legislation using parliamentary procedure. Could they even break quorum?

Tomorrow the #txlege adjourns sine die.

dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
@BriscoeCain @GoldmanCraig Seeing lotsa folks saying no one is talking about/aware of what's actually in the massive elections bill the House has to pass today (or else it fails).

Our story has a detailed breakdown of the provisions:

dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege #SB7
@BriscoeCain @GoldmanCraig Here we go: Republicans in the Texas House are trying to pass a resolution to allow them to bring up the big elections bill for debate.

@ErinForYall raises a point of order against the resolution.
#txlege #SB7
@BriscoeCain @GoldmanCraig @ErinForYall something I didn't notice until just now: The newest version of the elections bill now has a fiscal note due to the added staff they'd need to hire at @TXsecofstate.

capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/fi… #txlege #SB7
Parliamentarians discuss Democrats’ point of order on elections bill with House lawmakers. #txlege #sb7
Point of order on elections bill is withdrawn. #txlege #SB7
Rep. @travisfortexas is laying out the resolution needed to begin debate on the elections bill.

He calls the latest version "an earnest attempt to address the issues committees in both chambers heard.”

#txlege #SB7
@travisfortexas Clardy declines to take Qs from Democrat @jessicafortexas, says he wants to finish his layout.

"This bill make it easier for Texans to vote but for those determined to break the law, make it harder to cheat." #txlege #SB7
@travisfortexas @jessicafortexas Rep. @travisfortexas again declines to take questions from @jessicafortexas.

She says she wants to ask about the 22 "substantive changes to the bill. He says he wants to finish explaining those changes first.

#txlege #SB7
@travisfortexas @jessicafortexas Watching the debate on the massive Texas elections bill?

Read the bill here: documentcloud.org/documents/2079…

Watch the debate here: house.texas.gov/video-audio/

And read my background on the bill here: dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

and here: dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege #SB7

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Lauren “Vaxxed to the Max” McGaughy 🌟 Profile picture
30 May
Texas Senate has gaveled back in for their overnight debate on Senate Bill 7, the omnibus elections bill.

The bill has arguably gotten more national attention than any other legislation this session, the most conservative in recent memory.

dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege #SB7
Read our story from earlier today on what's in the sweeping elections bill senators will debate tonight. Highlights:

- Impose uniform early voting hours statewide.
- Further empower partisan poll watchers.
- Make it easier to overturn elections.
dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege
To watch the debate yourself, click here: senate.texas.gov/av-live.php

To read the elections bill in its entirety, click here: documentcloud.org/documents/2079…

To subscribe to the @dallasnews, click here: dmn.pub/LAURENM #txlege #SB7
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Lauren “Vaxxed to the Max” McGaughy 🌟 Profile picture
29 May
UPDATED: GOP announces deal on sweeping Texas elections bill. Dems say they were excluded.

"We were guaranteed a seat at the table," @TerryCanales40 said. "What we didn’t know is we were only allowed to sit after everyone else had already eaten.”
dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege
@TerryCanales40 Rep. @NicoleCollier95, D-Fort Worth, said it felt like "the fix is in" on the elections bill.

Republicans were "there to just explain it to me, not negotiate with me," she said.

dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege #SB7
@TerryCanales40 @NicoleCollier95 But Republicans said they tried to honor their agreements with Democrats.

"Literally dozens of hours have been devoted by all the conferees, not just Republicans, going through line by line," @travisfortexas, R-Nacogdoches, said.

dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #txlege
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Lauren “Vaxxed to the Max” McGaughy 🌟 Profile picture
28 May
The House is now debating whether to agree to Senate changes to critical race theory ban bill.

@jamestalarico objects to removal of language regarding teaching of wrongs of KKK. #txlege #HB3979
@jamestalarico Rep. @jamestalarico asks if any bill that included, then removes, the teaching of wrongs of white supremacy is a racist bill.

@Toth_4_Texas is silent.

@jasminefor100, D-Dallas, whoops.

#txlege #HB3979
@jamestalarico @Toth_4_Texas @jasminefor100 Rep. @Toth_4_Texas said he would support any bill that teaches it's wrong to judge someone by the color of their skin instead of the content of their character.

So @jamestalarico asks why he then supports Senate version of bill, which removed teaching of wrongs of KKK. #txlege
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Lauren “Vaxxed to the Max” McGaughy 🌟 Profile picture
12 Mar
ICYMI: Last year, the @dallasnews revealed TX police regularly hypnotize witnesses in criminal investigations, helping send dozens of men & women to prison — some to their deaths.

Yesterday, we learned state police ended their hypnosis program.

dallasnews.com/news/investiga… #txlege
2/ The Department of Public Safety would not say its officers ended their hypnosis program due to our investigation, which showed hypnotizing witness can create false memories and lead to wrongful convictions.

No, they said they’d simply moved on to better investigative tools.
3/ But state police used hypnosis on investigations at least 8x last year. 3 involved murders, including 1 cold case.

Astonishingly, these officers said they gleaned new evidence at 7 of the 8 hypnosis sessions. Will they use this evidence to build their cases? They didn’t say.
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Lauren “Vaxxed to the Max” McGaughy 🌟 Profile picture
11 Mar
REAL IMPACT: Last year, @Dave_Boucher1 and I revealed Texas police are using the dubious practice of hypnosis in criminal cases.

Today, we found out officers @TxDPS — the most prolific hypnotists in the state — have ended their hypnosis program.

dallasnews.com/news/investiga… #txlege
@Dave_Boucher1 @TxDPS H/t to @Grits4Breakfast for catching this news, revealed in a #txlege hearing — and for being one of the only people in Texas paying attention to police hypnosis before our series last year.

Read the series here: interactives.dallasnews.com/2020/memory-ro…

Free DMN month: dmn.pub/LAURENM
@Dave_Boucher1 @TxDPS @Grits4Breakfast More info:

State police in Texas used hypnosis eight times in 2020 alone. They claimed to have received new evidence from seven of these eight cases.

Three sessions involved murder cases. dallasnews.com/news/investiga… #txlege
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Lauren “Vaxxed to the Max” McGaughy 🌟 Profile picture
5 Nov 20
NEW: We obtained a deposition shedding new light on the links between Texas AG Ken Paxton and Nate Paul, the developer linked to corruption allegations.

Paul hired a woman who sources tell us had an affair with Paxton. Story w/ @MorrisReports:
dallasnews.com/news/investiga… #txlege
More details in this story: Nate Paul, the developer linked to corruption allegations against Paxton, was deposed this week.

He was asked repeatedly about his relationship with Paxton. The two have known each other for several years, he said.

dallasnews.com/news/investiga… #txlege
But when Nate Paul was asked about Ken Paxton’s decision to investigate the developer’s allegations that the FBI violated his rights when it raided his home last year (over objections from top staff) his lawyer asked for a break. Why?

dallasnews.com/news/investiga… #txlege
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