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Greg Abbott continues to blame everyone but himself for his disastrous Operation Lone Star scheme

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star has been an unmitigated disaster, and he’s the one solely to blame for that. He’s the one who decided to use vulnerable asylum-seekers as a primary campaign prop. He’s the one who deployed soldiers to the border scheme. He’s the one who’s forced them to live in deplorable conditions when they could have been at home. Ultimately, it all points back to Abbott. (Personal responsibility, as Republicans used to like to say.) But as a leaked survey has revealed continued discontent among deployed soldiers (aside from…

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Five Points On Greg Abbott’s Disastrous National Guard Border Deployment

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<p>When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced in March last year that he would be sending hundreds of Texas National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, he spurred a wave of posturing from Republican governors over “securing” the border. Following Texas’ lead, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent Florida <a href=”https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/florida-game-wardens-join-red-state-pilgrimage-to-southern-border”>state law enforcement officers</a> and <a href=”https://www.flgov.com/2021/07/17/governor-desantis-visits-southern-border-to-meet-with-deployed-florida-law-enforcement/”>National Guard troops</a> to Texas. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem <a href=”https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2021/06/28/kristi-noem-governor-gov-south-dakota-deploy-national-guard-troops-texas-us-mexico-border/7787945002/”>sent her state’s troops</a> as well &#8212; funded by a Tennessee <a href=”https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/auto-scrap-billionaire-who-paid-to-send-national-guard-to-southern-border-sounds-off-on-why-he-did-it”>auto scrap billionaire</a>.&nbsp;</p> Talking Points Memo

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Travis And Greg McMichael, William ‘Roddie’ Bryan Guilty Of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery

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The jury returned the verdict on Wednesday afternoon, finding all three white men who confronted Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was out for a jog, guilty of murder. <p>Travis McMichael, who shot Ahmaud Arbery, was found guilty on all counts, including malice murder.</p> <p>His father, Greg McMichael, and neighbor William &#8220;Roddie&#8221; Bryan were found guilty of felony murder. </p> <p>Follow reaction below:</p> Talking Points Memo

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