Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan expresses glee that he'll have over a thousand acres in Texas upon which to crowd the detainees he plans to round up in the "biggest mass deportation in history": https://thehill.com/regulation/national-security/5001566-tom-homan-says-trump-admin-will-absolutely-use-gifted-texas-land-for-deportation-program/

...The resistance of Democratically-led states and cities to Trump's roundup may lead to the "concentration" of these arrestees in red states like Texas: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87xqwd71wzo

...Let's recall Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham's past experience serving on the board of a bogus college known for ripping off veterans and leaving them buried in debt with useless degrees: https://www.texasgopvote.com/education/dawn-buckingham-candidate-resume-fraud-file-008818

Several bills have been filed for next year's legislative session by Republicans looking to limit the development of renewable energy facilities, including battery storage: https://bsky.app/profile/philjankowski.bsky.social/post/3lbfetozqus24

We join President Biden in saluting Texas heroine Cecile Richards, who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House yesterday: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-awards-medal-freedom-former-planned-parenthood-president/story?id=116067740

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Project 2025 is no longer a warning: it's now the playbook of the next American administration: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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David Pepper is a renowned political writer and the former Chair of the Ohio Democratic Party. He's written several books that are highly instructive for the current political moment as we prepare for Trump 2.0 - and Ohio has a lot in common with Texas when it comes to being overrun by opportunistic Republicans. How both of our states have fallen victim to GOP gerrymandering, how Donald Trump will try to use the same tactics to entrench his power and enrich his friends, and what we can do about it - for now, all in this great talk.

David's video on how removing the accountability of elections via gerrymandering paves the way for corruption: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDiQQHbYhHg

David's latest book: https://a.co/d/19av1wV

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