There's no legal way for Texans to place #SuperBowl bets inside the state (though illegal options exist), but effort to legalize #digitalsportsbetting gets another boost as GOP lawmakers file new legislation, reports. #txlege #sportsgambling
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John Gravois
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Dallas Morning News assistant politics editor. Ex-political editor Houston Chronicle, FW Star-Telegram, Houston Post. Proud dad, grandpa, Mizzou grad & Cajun.
Mansfield, TXJoined June 2009
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The scourge of fentanyl strikes again in North Texas as #fentanyl from a Carrollton drug house killed 3 students, hospitalized 6, feds say. has the story. #drugsbuse #dfwcrime #txlege #txcong
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As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gets set for upcoming events in Dallas and Houston that reflect his growing popularity grassroots #Republicans, #DonaldTrump remains tough to beat in GOP primary, writes. #RonDeSantis #2024Campaign #TexasPrimary
“Ready to rumble”: Dallas Democrat Crockett set to try to repel Republicans’ effort on US House oversight to give “a reckoning” to President #JoeBiden and son Hunter Biden, reports. #txcong #HunterBiden #HouseOversight #txgop #txdems #Biden
Dallas Mavericks give up a lot of talent and draft picks to land 'uber-talented & controversial All-Star' Kyrie Irving in trade with #BrooklynNets to pair w/superduperstar Luka Doncic, reports. #DallasMavericks #KyrieIrving #LukaDoncic #MFFL
GOP backlash in Congress to White House handling of #ChineseBalloon just getting started: Texas says President #JoeBiden was too slow to order downing of surveillance #balloon #China calls harmless, blown astray by winds writes.
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2/ Here’s the full rundown of the action Saturday that brought down the #ChineseBalloon with a missile from an F-22, and Texas congressional reaction to #Biden’s decisions. #txcong #USChina #BalloonShotDown
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Well, it sure looks like @JoeBiden turned the tables by wisely leaving the Chinese spy balloon afloat long enough to gather information on its technology & capabilities, and then shot it down in a location where its hardware can be recovered. Impressive.
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Electricity woes still not over for everyone in Austin, Central Texas. #txwx
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And on the fifth day, they … still didn’t have power.
We’re now past the 100-hour mark — and well past the length of our snowpocalypse outage from February 2021.
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Watch: Taylor Sheridan and Cole Hauser of ‘Yellowstone’ sign autographs in Fort Worth
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Traffic safety isn’t just for drivers of cars, trucks: Southwest Airlines, FedEx jets nearly collide Saturday morning in Austin after both cleared to use same runway, reports. #SouthwestAirlines #FedEx #nearcollision #airtrafficcontrol
Data shows Texans’ embrace of #Obamacare continues to grow with nearly 570,000 new signups for affordable health #insurance plans for 2023 — a nation-leading growth rate for the third straight year, reports. #txlege #healthcare #uninsured
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Jedi approved: F-22 pilot who made the missile shot that took down the Chinese balloon gets a salute of the highest order from perhaps the greatest one-shot fighter pilot in cinematic history — Luke Skywalker, aka . #ChineseBalloon
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"Great shot, kid... that was one in a million!" twitter.com/AndrewWMBF/sta…
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The military jets using the call sign “FRANK” is significant. Frank Luke Jr. was an American fighter ace in World War I better known as the “Arizona Balloon Buster.” He is credited with shooting down 14 German surveillance balloons en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Luke
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Chinese high-altitude surveillance #balloon:
USAF F-22s FRANK01 & 02 launched from Langley AFB, VA joining up with KC-135R #AE04B3 57-1473 GASMN02 for aerial refueling.
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PHILADELPHIA — Democratic National Committee strips Iowa, New Hampshire of their first-in-the-nation status, set up South Carolina to lead off the 2024 party nomination process.
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Notable: US officials say they were able to block the balloon from gathering intel during its overflight of the US, while the US military was able to turn the tables, so to speak, to gather intel on the balloon itself and its equipment.
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The Chinese balloon may be down in the Atlantic, but tough talk from home and abroad is just beginning, as North Texas Rep. Roger Williams makes clear. Expect some controversial hearings in Congress to come. #ChineseBalloon #USChina #JoeBiden #transparency
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The Biden Administration’s response to the CCP spy balloon took too long and was long overdue. Biden owes the American people answers. We need a Commander in Chief that will protect our sovereignty, not let the Chinese government endanger it.
Chinese Spy Balloon sounds like a good name for a band.
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3/ An aviation expert wrote in 1973 that Japan's balloon bombs essentially were the world the first successful intercontinental weapons, long before missiles capable of strikes across the globe became a mainstay in the #ColdWar, and still today. #BalloonBombs #WWII #ICBM #USJapan
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2/ Hundreds were launched as the Japanese military hoped some would be carried by wind to the US mainland. Hundreds actually made it. The explosion in Oregon was the only known instance of US civilians on the mainland to die at the hands of an enemy during #WorldWarII. #Balloons
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1/ Balloon bombs: Is this the 1st time U.S. has dealt with potentially dangerous balloon from an adversary? Spoiler alert: No. An incendiary balloon bomb launched by Japan against the US killed 6 in Oregon in 1945. #BalloonBombs #WWII #USJapan #WorldWarII
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Regulating weapons: North Texas case a focal point as the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down federal domestic violence gun law. #gunlaws #domesticviolence #FifthCircuit #2A #SecondAmendment #SCOTUS #guns
💥 Boom! 💥Biden administration launches military strike and US downs Chinese balloon over ocean, Navy and Coast Guard now scrambling to recover debris. Much more to come at . #ChineseBalloon #USChina #BalloonAttack
Updates on rising tension, action over #Chineseballoon as FAA issues ground stop on air traffic at some airports in the Carolinas and the the feds have instituted a huge airspace near Myrtle Beach for "national defense." Stay tuned to . #USChina
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UPDATES: Mission to shoot down Chinese #balloon back on the table as it’s spotted in North Carolina, sources say. Attack would come when it reaches the Atlantic, which could be soon. Stay tuned for the latest developments at . #ChineseSpyBalloon
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🚨 Breaking: 🚨Chinese balloon now spotted over North Carolina as unease, outrage stirs across U.S. and Pentagon confirms a second balloon being tracked over South America. Check back for more developments ... #ChineseBalloon #USChina #Balloon #USBalloon
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Cha-ching! Powerball prize grows to $700 million, the 10th biggest in US lottery history. If you want a reality check before "investing" in tickets, check the odds ...
#Powerball #lotteries #legalizedgambling
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Also new on Chinese balloons, the Pentagon confirms that a second balloon has been spotted over South America. #ChineseSpyBalloon #ChinaBalloons #chineseexports
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Wait, what?!? Has the Chinese balloon really now drifted from Montana to Kansas & Missouri and now eastward to the Carolinas? Here’s the CNN report. #ChineseSpyBalloon #chinaballon
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Chinese balloon continues to capture America’s fascination— and stoking fears and outrage —as the miles-high mystery goes on. ‘Shoot down the Chinese spy balloon NOW,’ Texas congressman says, writes. #ChinaBalloon #USChina #ChineseSpyBalloon
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Rosa Parks was born 110 years ago today. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton in 1996. potus-geeks.livejournal.com/175764.html
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A record! The very well-groomed Snoop Dogg sells for $440,000 to . Congrats to Sarah Wampler of Canyon!
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It’s been a wild, harrowing beginning of 2023 for the #DallasZoo and its massive menagerie of animals. Missing leopards. Cuts in enclosures. Stolen monkeys. It’s captured public fascination & here’s a timeline from . #monkeytheft
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Praise God! Ann reports that #HalJay is back in his room after a successful overnight heart transplant. Dr says it’s baby steps toward recovery but she thanks everyone for the prayers along this rollercoaster ride.
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In February 2021, when the entire grid collapsed thanks to a blizzard and multi-day freeze, we lost power for just over 3.5 days — about 85 hours.
We’ll pass 85 hours for our current outage, the result of a single ice storm, just before 6 p.m. tonight.
Thanks, .
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