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Elizabeth Findell retweeted
On the Trump admin’s request to SCOTUS to allow Big Bend area wall to continue:
The President received a mandate from the American people to build a wall, defeat the cartels, and stop the flow of illegal aliens and dangerous drugs like fentanyl into our country. The Secretary’s authority to build that wall is clear as day, as reflected in DHS’s consistent court victories in similar cases. The court’s order is as unprecedented as it is flawed, and we look forward to the Supreme Court’s expeditious consideration of this important question.
"I regret my vote for Trump the same way I regretted my vote for Biden."
👇Podcast dispatch from the RGV checking the vibes among the voters everyone is talking about this year
wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal… w/ @matt_kwong
Elizabeth Findell retweeted
Katie Zacharia was in her office with the @WSJ when Jason Miller knocked on the door.
“JD wanted to chat with us real quick."
Outside Trump was telling reporters he asked her to reconsider the role.
She never returned to the interview, or the job.
wsj.com/politics/policy/kati…
The new disclosures show that Musk, the world’s richest person, is behind much of the money that has been pumped into the Texas Senate race to help keep Paxton financially competitive.
wsj.com/politics/elections/e… via @sabrod123 @anthonydb
Elizabeth Findell retweeted
That NYE party that Ken Paxton attended with fugitives in Dubai? We got some more information about the legal battle that revealed the trip, the people involved in that case and the alleged crimes against them.
Party first reported by @WSJ @efindell @MarkMaremont @jdawsey1.
nytimes.com/2026/10/15/us/pa…
+1 to newspapers doing this style of anti-endorsements
If you’re tempted to vote straight-ticket Democratic or Republican, please read this list of the worst candidates on the ballot and adjust your selection accordingly. houstonchronicle.com/opinion…
Elizabeth Findell retweeted
i keep getting asked what's gonna happen in the #txsen race. beats me. kinda amazing that we're three weeks out and we don't what the last scene in the movie is. first time in 32 years. i do know the most important unanswered q: what will @johncornyn's voters do? #txlege #tx2026
Talarico this morning announcing an eye-popping $64M fundraising haul in Q3—a record for Senate candidates— vs. the $18M Paxton said he'd raised during Q3.
If you missed Talarico's CNN Town Hall last night, we have a recap here:
wsj.com/politics/elections/f…
NYE '24: @KenPaxtonTX was in Dubai, partying with two U.S. fugitives and a woman who wasn't his wife.
See video from the night and read why it epitomizes the travels, associations & baggage that may now be a campaign liability against @jamestalarico 👇
wsj.com/politics/policy/ken-…
In Dubai, Paxton and his girlfriend watched fireworks at a party with two fugitives who had failed to return to the U.S. to face federal healthcare fraud charges. One of them, Anosh Ahmed, had donated $190,000 to Paxton.
wsj.com/politics/policy/ken-… w/ @MarkMaremont @jdawsey1
Paxton is known for surviving controversy. He's weathered indictment, impeachment, various investigations and an accusation of pen-theft.
Trump dismissed worries that other revelations could surface. But amid a vicious race, could it matter this year?
wsj.com/politics/policy/ken-…
Elizabeth Findell retweeted
SCOOP: @nytimes reviewed time-stamped security camera images showing @jamestalarico was, in fact, at his home in Austin on Oct. 1-8.
Gift link ➡️ #TXSEN
nytimes.com/2026/10/12/us/po…
"The old 'Leave people alone and respect them for what they believe, whether you agree with it or not,' that's kind of gone by the wayside."
A look at how far-right newcomers from blue states like California are changing Idaho politics.
wsj.com/politics/i-went-back… via @RobbieGramer
Elizabeth Findell retweeted
Public records requests for details of Flock queries resulted in officers facing criminal charges. Now police departments in Texas are charging exorbitant amounts for, or in the case of @TxDPS simply refusing to release, those records texastribune.org/2026/10/05/…
"I honestly don’t think there are any Hispanics that live in Doddridge"
How the mass deportation push has become a cash cow for local PDs, even in sparsely-populated jurisdictions with few immigrants
wsj.com/us-news/immigration-… via @brenna__smith @marianne_levine @jackgillum
Elizabeth Findell retweeted
Remember kids, if you won't pay for fantastically written viral articles on little covered slices of American life, there soon won't be any reporters to bring you more fantastically written viral articles on little covered slices of American life. Also, subs are just $1 today.
"On conservative podcasts, James Talarico has become the most-discussed Democrat in the country who isn’t a former president."
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Elizabeth Findell retweeted
To my knowledge, the @TexasObserver has now gotten the first comments from both @bobbypulido425 and @monica4congress on the border wall being built through the Santa Ana wildlife refuge: texasobserver.org/santa-ana-…
In WSJ op-ed, @KarlRove says he’ll be voting for a Democrat for the second time in his life in November
wsj.com/opinion/why-im-votin…
