#Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat, announced his candidacy to challenge incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz in the state’s 2024 US Senate race.

He has made #GunControl central to his campaign. https://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-democrat-roland-gutierrez-enters-race-to-unseat-cruz_5387755.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=telegram

“It’s a blessing that I’m starting to see lives saved,” Covey said.

Nearly 10,000 additional babies were born in #Texas over a 9-month period following the state’s ban on most #Abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy, according to researchers. https://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-law-saved-nearly-10000-babies-from-abortion-over-9-month-period-study-shows_5388487.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=telegram

Former Rep. Mayra Flores, a staunch and conservative Republican who had a short stay in the US House, is committed to returning to Washington D.C. as she seeks to regain the seat she held representing the #Texas 34th congressional district. https://www.theepochtimes.com/republican-mayra-flores-announces-campaign-to-regain-her-texas-house-seat_5391796.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=telegram

“I kept waiting for the part where ATF identified something illegal, and it never came.”

A #Texas man who posted online that he was selling his guns was placed under warrantless surveillance by the ATF.

No evidence of a crime was found yet ATF gave his information to the #FBI to monitor him for at least 6 months. https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/exclusive-fbi-carried-out-warrantless-monitoring-on-man-who-posted-guns-for-sale-on-facebook-5411808?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=telegram

“We will see you in court, Mr. President,” Gov. Greg Abbott said.

The Biden administration is threatening to sue #Texas unless officials remove floating border barriers recently set up in the middle of the Rio Grande river to keep out #IllegalAliens. https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/biden-admin-threatens-to-sue-texas-over-floating-barrier-blocking-illegal-immigration-5415217?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=telegram

#Texas’s efforts to stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and people into the US have borne fruit, according to data provided by Gov. Greg Abbott, who pledged to continue deploying “every strategy” available to respond to the #BorderCrisis. https://www2.theepochtimes.com/us/texas-border-crackdown-bears-fruit-422-million-lethal-fentanyl-doses-seized-over-31000-criminal-arrests-5416085?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=telegram

Another bus carrying #IllegalAliens arrived in downtown Los Angeles from #Texas, the 5th such group since June 14, according to Mayor Karen Bass’s office. https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/texas-gov-greg-abbott-sends-fifth-bus-of-illegal-immigrants-to-los-angeles-5418809?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=telegram

A young #Texas woman filed a lawsuit for over $1 million in damages, claiming that doctors “recklessly, if not intentionally, overlooked or ignored” her history of depression, anxiety, and autism, and pressured her into gender-reassignment procedures, resulting in a “botched” double mastectomy and irrevocable harm. https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/21-year-old-sues-doctors-and-clinics-for-more-than-1-million-over-transgender-procedures-5422986?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=telegram

A coalition of national publishers and booksellers are suing the state of #Texas over a bill that will require public school library vendors to review and assign book ratings for any sexual content. https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/in-depth-national-publishers-booksellers-sue-over-ratings-law-for-public-school-books-with-sexual-content-5434440?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=telegram

Republicans accused the Biden admin of playing "shell games" after it proposed that 2 species of mussels—conspicuously only found in #Texas where state officials installed a floating barrier to deter #IllegalImmigration—should be named endangered species. https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/gop-lawmaker-says-biden-admin-using-mussels-as-shell-game-for-open-border-policies-5441833?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=telegram