Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

The standoff between Governor Greg Abbott and President Joe Biden continues: https://www.kens5.com/video/news/special-reports/at-the-border/273-ded0a575-7d5c-4ec3-8465-7d701b45e7f3

...Historic parallels to the situation include Eisenhower '57 and Kennedy '63: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/29/immigration-border-texas-trump/

...Should legal solutions in the Congress not work out, Biden faces a difficult call: https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/if-border-bill-fails-time-for-biden-to-take-control-of-texas-border-says-writer-203146309828

...U.S. Reps Joaquin Castro and Greg Casar implore Biden to act: https://www.newsweek.com/texas-governor-reveals-plan-counter-biden-taking-over-national-guard-1865108

...The Supreme Court itself is complicit in Abbott's defiance: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/greg-abbott-texas-border-stunt-supreme-court/677267/

...The solvency of the U.S. Constitution itself may be at risk: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-01-29/opinion-heres-whats-at-stake-in-texas-dispute-with-the-federal-government-over-the-border

...Convoys of Abbott supporters promise "peaceful demonstration", but bad actors abound: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/29/texas-border-supreme-court-migrants-abbott/

...LULAC issues a statement of warning to its members to be vigilant for racist violence: https://thehill.com/latino/4436050-texas-abbott-border-latino-immigration/

...Not even Republican Dade Phelan is immune from the effects of reckless rhetoric from the right: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/29/texas-house-speaker-dade-phelan-threat/

And in some GOOD news - Texas set a new record for solar power last weekend: https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2024-01-29/texas-just-broke-a-record-for-how-much-power-it-got-from-the-sun

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