Anyone in #Texas -- make sure you check out the latest #AntiProtestLaws! They have a lot of lame excuses to arrest folks!

Gov. Abbott deploys over 5,000 Texas #NationalGuard troops ahead of planned ‘#NoKings’ protests

By JIM VERTUNO
Updated 1:15 PM EDT, June 12, 2025

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — "Texas Gov. #GregAbbott said Thursday he has ordered the deployment of more than 5,000 Texas National Guard troops, along with more than 2,000 state police, to help local law enforcement manage protests against President Donald Trump and the ongoing federal immigration raids.

"Abbott’s announcement did not detail where the troops were sent, but some were seen at a protest Wednesday night in downtown San Antonio near the Alamo. That protest drew hundreds of demonstrators but did not erupt into violence.

"More protests are planned on Saturday in #SanAntonioTX and across Texas in cities such as #HoustonTX, #AustinTX and #DallasTX as part of the national 'No Kings' movement.

"Protests earlier this week in Austin and Dallas led to brief clashes with police who used chemical irritants to disperse the crowds. About a dozen were arrested.

"'Peaceful protests are part of the fabric of our nation, but Texas will not tolerate the lawlessness we have seen in Los Angeles in response to President Donald Trump’s enforcement of immigration law,' Abbott said. 'Anyone engaging in acts of violence or damaging property will be arrested and held accountable to the full extent of the law.' "

Source:
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-protests-texas-national-guard-4f8ffc07788515c0d0e7ae40c7980565

#Texas governor says over 5,000 Texas #NationalGuard members deployed ahead of #NoKings #protests

Texas POS #GregAbbott said Thursday he has ordered the deployment of >5,000 Texas National Guard troops across the state, along with >2,000 state #police, to help local law enforcement manage protests against #Trump & ongoing federal #immigration raids.

#law #democracy #FirstAmendment #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-protests-texas-national-guard-4f8ffc07788515c0d0e7ae40c7980565

Because of course…

Gov. #GregAbbott of #Texas said late Tues that he would deploy #NationalGuard #troops across the #state, making him the first #governor to do so as #protests against the #Trump admin’s #immigration crackdown spread across the #UnitedStates.

Abbott, a Republican & a vocal supporter of Trump’s immigration agenda, said on social media that he would not tolerate *violence* [#FreeSpeech] as protests are planned in #SanAntonio on Wed.

#law #Constitution
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/national-guard-texas-deploy-abbott.html?smid=url-share

https://www.europesays.com/2151951/ Marines that deployed to LA have not yet responded to immigration protests #APTopNews #CAStateWire #California #congress #DavidHuerta #DonaldTrump #EricSmith #GavinNewsom #GeneralNews #GregAbbott #Immigration #JimMcDonnell #KarenBass #LawEnforcement #LosAngeles #MilitaryAndDefense #NAncyPelosi #PeteHegseth #Politics #ProtestsAndDemonstrations #RobBonta #trump #U.S.MarineCorps #U.S.News #UnitedStatesCongress #UnitedStatesGovernment #WashingtonNews

"My interest in Palestinian Liberation started before October 7, 2023. I became interested shortly after I started learning more about Malcolm X, Che Guevara and all those revolutionary figures who had taken trips during their tenure to #Palestine.

But then Shireen Abu Akleh was killed [on May 11, 2022], who was a well-known Al Jazeera reporter. She was killed in the Occupied West Bank. It was actually the anniversary of her death yesterday. I'll never forget watching [Israeli police] beating down her funeral procession. Even in her death, she had no peace, and at that time, nobody knew who the shooter was, and it was always said to by the Israeli government that it was obviously Palestinians, and many knew that to not be true [because] she was so revered, and that was when everything started for me."

My full interview with San Marcos City Council member Amanda Rodriguez is now available as a FREE post on my Patron: https://www.patreon.com/posts/free-bonus-and-130206440

NEW: "The State of #Texas has long been an experimental project of fascism for this country. Which strategies can they equip themselves with, what strategies are effective in forcing public opinion and forcing local municipalities to do whatever they want?"

Here's the extended interview with San Marcos City council member Amanda Rodriguez as a FREE bonus on my Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/free-bonus-and-130206440

New from Michelle Pitcher: “Bills in this package are going to swell the Texas pretrial population. That’s going to impact counties first. Local jails, which are already having to send people out of county or out of state in order to keep their populations manageable are going to find they have an even worse problem on their hands.” https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-house-bail-legislature/

Texanischer Gesetzesentwurf fordert Altersverifikation im App Store
In Texas steht ein Gesetzesentwurf kurz vor der Umsetzung, das Apple und andere App-Store-Betreiber zu strengen Alterskontrollen verpflichten würde. Der Tech-Gigant aus Cupert
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/texanischer-gesetzesentwurf-fordert-altersverifikation-im-app-store/
#News #Tellerrand #Altersnachweis #Altersverifikation #AppStore #Apple #Datenschutz #Gesetz #Google #GregAbbott #Jugendschutz #Texas #TimCook

Earlier: Joe Frank Martinez is the sheriff of Val Verde County, home to the #border city of Del Rio. He’s a conservative Democrat: He’s pro-gun and anti-abortion, and he supports Governor Greg Abbott’s multi-billion-dollar Operation Lone Star militarization mission. https://www.texasobserver.org/val-verde-county-sheriff-border-interview/

https://www.europesays.com/2102121/ What to know about Texas’ looming THC ban #america #CriminalJustice #DanPatrick #Economy #GregAbbott #HealthCare #marijuana #MedicalMarijuana #Politics #StateGovernment #SyntheticMarijuana #TexasGovernment #TexasNews #TexasPolicy #TexasPolitics #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USTopics #USA #USANews

As they raise awareness of an ongoing genocide, activists for Palestinian liberation in San Marcos are transforming local politics in their Central Texas community.

Last week, their city council became the first in Texas to vote on a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. In a state where even a hint of public support for Palestine brought threats from the governor to defund vital services, getting the resolution to a vote required years of coordinated organizing from a diverse, deeply engaged community who remain passionately opposed to the unfolding horrors of the Israeli occupation.

Read my interview with Amanda Rodriguez, who ran for local office after being inspired by local organizers efforts to force the city council to acknowledge the genocide in #Gaza: https://deceleration.news/gaza-ceasefire-vote-a-first-in-texas-san-marcos/

“Palestinian Liberation has always shown us that everything is interconnected.”

Out today in Deceleration: San Marcos' city council wouldn't acknowledge the genocide in #Gaza, so Amanda Rodriguez ran for city council and won. My interview with her and others from Palestine Solidarity SMTX. https://deceleration.news/gaza-ceasefire-vote-a-first-in-texas-san-marcos/

From Francesca D'Annunzio in 2024: Ever since Governor Greg Abbott ramped up #border militarization in the area by placing dangerous buoys in the river, these mourners have assembled under the moniker the Border Vigil to remember the lives of those lost crossing. https://www.texasobserver.org/mourning-migrants-with-the-militarys-permission/

Earlier: "They don’t know what we experience—or don’t experience—on a day-to-day basis. Some of those people that are commenting or viewing from a million miles away don’t have a clue." https://www.texasobserver.org/val-verde-county-sheriff-border-interview/

Featured story from Michelle Pitcher: Republicans want to double down on a system that can keep Texans in jail for years without a trial, while attacking bail funds that try to help. https://www.texasobserver.org/bail-legislature-abbott-jails/

"I invite those people to come to the border and take a tour of the border at any time. Give me a call. Right now, they’re not gonna see anything, ’cause nothing’s happening." https://www.texasobserver.org/val-verde-county-sheriff-border-interview/

Analysis: Governor Greg Abbott's failure to keep property tax relief promises is a quiet acknowledgement by #Texas’ top pols that the state cannot forever spend gargantuan sums every two years on what amounts window dressing for an utterly broken system of taxation. https://www.texasobserver.org/high-cost-property-tax-cuts-texas/

Earlier: Edric Wilson spent 18 years awaiting a murder trial that would never come. From September 2006 until his release earlier this year, he split his time between the Harris County Jail and state psychiatric hospitals, with little or no hope of release ... https://www.texasobserver.org/bail-legislature-abbott-jails/