Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

H.R. 9495, narrowly defeated in the U.S. House last week, passed in that body on a second try yesterday largely on partisan lines: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/11/21/treasury-secretary-house-bill-nonprofit-organization/76468156007/

...Crossing the partisan line to support the undermining of non-profits like Progress Texas were once again three Texas House Reps: Colin Allred, Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar: https://newrepublic.com/post/188693/15-democrats-give-trump-powers

Ken Paxton, hoping Donald Trump might hear him on Steve Bannon's show, campaigned hard but unsuccessfully for the Dear Leader's favor - he was passed over yet again for the U.S. Attorney General nomination by the younger and prettier Pam Bondi of Florida: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4695344-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-fbi-gestapo-steve-bannon/

...Paxton did find time to add Dallas to the growing list of Texas cities he's sued over their local marijuana decriminalization measures: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5003589-texas-ag-suing-dallas-over-marijuana-ballot-measure/

Austin U.S. Reps Lloyd Doggett and Greg Casar outline the battlefield ahead for Trump 2.0: https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-11-22/as-austins-democratic-congressmen-return-to-washington-theyre-ringing-alarm-bells/

The exodus from X, which we will always call Twitter, continues as alternative platforms like BlueSky and Threads continue to report huge user gains: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/x-sees-largest-user-exodus-musk-takeover-rcna179793

Our annual holiday fundraising parties approach! We'll be gathering both in Dallas and Austin this December, and there are sponsorship opportunities available and individual tickets are now on sale: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://act.progresstexas.org/a/progress-texas-holiday-parties-2024⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Project 2025 is no longer a warning: it's now the playbook of the next American administration: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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