EXCLUSIVE: Regina Santos-Aviles wasn't the first staffer that Rep. Tony Gonzales asked for nude photos & sex.

He sought a sexual relationship with his congressional campaign's political director in 2020— 4 years before his affair with Santos-Aviles.

🧵 Tony Gonzales asked a staffer for nude photos more than 12 times in 3 days during his 2020 congressional campaign, persisting each time she demurred.

"I know what I want and I won't stop until I get it," the future Congressman said at one point.
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BREAKING: Adrian Aviles broke months of silence on his wife's affair w/ Rep. @TonyGonzales4TX, R-San Antonio, today after we reported on a text message acknowledging the affair.

In an exclusive interview w/ @nancypjohnson, he said his wife showed him graphic texts w/ the rep 🧵 Aviles said he wants "accountability," not an apology, & criticized Gonzales for pushing "family values and Christian morals...denying the fact that he’s ruined somebody’s life.”

The couple was separated when Santos-Aviles died by self-immolation last yr.
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NEW: Some Texas National Guard soldiers deployed to Chicago have been sent home for failing to meet height, weight & fitness standards.

Comes after Defense Sec & former Fox host Pete Hegseth said he was tired of “fat troops” giving the military a “bad look.” A photo of soldiers in Chicago went viral last week, with commenters pointing out the irony of Hegseth’s comments in a Sept. 30 gathering of hundreds of military commanders. expressnews.com/politics/artic…

NEW: While Gov. @GregAbbott_TX says that Texas' per-student and overall public school funding is at an “all-time high,” many districts are facing massive budget shortfalls.

@Statesman's comprehensive data analysis indicates why that's the case. #txlege 🧵1/ What we found: When adjusted for inflation, the money Texas allocates to educate each of its 5.5 million public school children is lower than it was in the 2010-11 school year.

So while funding has increased, it’s not keeping up with rising costs. 2/
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ICYMI: A former Ft. Worth police chief testified the "Trump Train" drivers created a "dangerous" "moving blockade."

Video showed they forced the Biden-Harris bus they surrounded to travel as slowly as 15 mph on a 70 mph highway.

statesman.com/story/news/pol… The police chief was the plaintiffs' expert witness, Theron Bowman, who said he reviewed 53 videos, case evidence and social media posts to compile a report on the Oct. 30, 2020, incident, in which he identified 35 cars as participants.

Since UT-Austin cracked down on a pro-Palestine demonstration last week, an ill-informed debate has ensued about the authority Texas public universities have– & don’t have– to remove protesters.

So I asked five First Amendment law experts.🧵
bit.ly/4a547Sz 1. A common misconception is that UT-Austin & other public universities can remove any non-students from campus.
They can't, thanks to a law passed by our Republican legislature and signed by Gov. Greg Abbott in 2019.