Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

A lawsuit against the FDA approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, having found favor in the courtroom of Amarillo anti-abortion federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, has failed at the U.S. Supreme Court: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/06/13/supreme-court-texas-mifepristone-ruling-abortion/

...Meanwhile, Kacsmaryk is staying busy - he's temporarily blocked that new ATF rule requiring background checks on gun transactions at gun shows and online: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2024/06/13/judge-blocks-atf-rule-on-expanded-firearms-background-checks

A Fort Worth man has been charged with making threats to an FBI agent over the Hunter Biden case, in a repulsive expression of bloodthirsty rage: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/texas-man-charged-threatening-federal-agent-guns/story?id=111112158

ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas revises his estimates of grid capacity growth requirements over the rest of the decade, which he thinks will need to almost double from today's figures - due to demands from crypto-currency mining and AI data centers: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2024/06/13/ercot-ceo-stuns-texas-officials-with-new-estimate-for-power-needs/

A new Texas Observer essay depicts in heartbreaking detail the desperation of migrants trapped between American razor wire and Mexican cartel bandits at our border: https://www.texasobserver.org/between-the-concertina-wire-and-the-cartel/

D/FW folks: Come see us at our 14th Anniversary and Election Preview Fundraiser in Dallas on June 25: https://act.progresstexas.org/a/2024anniversary

It's Pride Month! Check out the history of Pride and a full calendar of events happening across Texas throughout the month: https://progresstexas.org/blog/deep-heart-pride-celebration-pride-month-texas

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