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Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what's goin' down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin' gets done and where people who should know better stand around like furniture.
We begin in Texas, where the aftershocks from the revelations concerning Governor Greg Abbott's alleged inhumanity continue to reverberate. The whistleblower has been identified, and the governor has issued a long-winded denial of everything that seems mostly based on what his border agents are supposed to do as opposed to what the whistleblower says they've actually been doing, with a couple of elbows tossed so we won't forget what a political gravy train The Border is. From the Houston Chronicle:
The Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Military Department continue taking steps to monitor migrants in distress, provide appropriate medical attention when needed, and encourage them to use one of the 29 international bridges along the Texas-Mexico Border where they can safely and legally cross. With migrants from over 150 countries encouraged by open border policies to risk their lives and make this dangerous trek to enter our country illegally, Texas is deploying every tool and strategy to deter and repel illegal crossings between ports of entry. The absence of these tools and strategies-including concertina wire that snags clothing-encourages migrants to make potentially life-threatening and illegal crossings.
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