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DivineChaos100 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month ago

FBI Helping GOP Track Down Texas Democrats Denounced as 'Threat to Our Democracy' | Common Dreams

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DivineChaos100 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month ago
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U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said the FBI agreed to help track down Texas lawmakers who left the state in a bid to block a new congressional map rigged to favor Republicans, sparking fears of a potential standoff between law enforcement or even illegal arrests.
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    Texas tries to arrest democrats every time they flee quorum, that isn’t really new. If the FBI actually does something, that would be new.

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      Did that happen in 2003? I don’t remember and I can’t find anything.

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        Search engines are really shitty these days, particularly when trying to find anything about arrests related to texas government. I think they did it in '01, '15, and back in the 1940s as well.

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          I’m seeing arrest warrants when I use a custom date range, but FBI involvement seems new.

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            Yes. Yes, FBI making statements is new. FBI involvement hasn’t happened yet.

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