Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

Ken Paxton's raids in South Texas on Democratic politicos likely hinges on new restrictions on voting access activism, enacted as reaction to false election claims related to the 2020 election: ⁠https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/28/ken-paxton-south-texas-vote-harvesting-investigation-politiqueras-hist/⁠

...Greg Abbott's chest-puffing over illegally registered non-citizen voters kicked off the rolls are also designed to instill fear and undermine faith in our elections: ⁠https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/27/greg-abbott-voter-rolls-texas/⁠

...An opinion piece for MSNBC notes that an attack on Latino voters may turn out to be poorly timed for Donald Trump, who needs their votes to regain power: ⁠https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/texas-ken-paxton-lulac-doj-rcna168224⁠

A new and tragic consequence of Texas' near-complete ban on abortion: an uptick in abandoned babies: ⁠https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/08/21/6-babies-abandoned-throughout-harris-county-in-3-months/⁠

...While the group "Women For Allred", spearheaded by several well-known reproductive rights activists in Texas, kicked off in Dallas last week: ⁠https://www.lonestarlive.com/news/2024/08/doctors-women-denied-abortions-in-texas-kick-off-women-for-allred-campaign.html⁠

...NBC News features these brave Texas women: ⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/abortion-rights-battle-grows-in-texas-217927749640⁠

...The Texas Tribune highlights Amanda Zurawski: ⁠https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/27/amanda-zurawksi-politics-democratic-national-convention-texas-abortion/⁠

...Colin Allred is within the margin of error against Ted Cruz in two recent polls: ⁠https://www.newsweek.com/colin-allred-ted-cruz-poll-texas-senate-race-close-1944716⁠

Progress Texas will set up our official HQ during TribFests' Open Congress on Saturday September 7 at Hideout Coffee at 7th and Congress! We'll be live all day recording for the podcast, hanging out with progressive activists including YOU, and moving our stylish merch. Come see us - it's free! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://festival.texastribune.org/event/651560b0-5404-4ea0-b75e-8725c648826d/websitePage:64071bfd-7c25-49f7-a1ca-90f3fa6ff376⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

See Progress Texas' analysis of Project 2025, and what it will mean for Texas should it be enacted: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org/blog/project-2025-vs-progress-2025⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

...And a complete guide to Project 2025 from Media Matters: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

The deadline to register for the November election is October 7. Are you registered? Are you sure? ALL Texas voters should confirm their registration, right now: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://govotetexas.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

...Please pitch in to help fund our recent expansion of that important voting resource with Hindi, Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese translation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org/blog/coming-soon-govotetexasorg-adds-commonly-spoken-languages-increase-ballot-access⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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