Daily Dispatch 8/11/23: GOP Says River Barriers Are Legal Because Noah's Ark, and More

Progress Texas Podcasts · Aug 11, 2023 · 6m

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Operation Lone Star claims Noah's Ark as their excuse to place deadly barriers in the Rio Grande: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/border-buoys-noahs-ark-18289332.php Chip Roy leads charge to defund the Border Patrol: https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/08-10-2023/roy-approps-demands/ Federal grand jury calls witnesses connected to Ken Paxton: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/10/ken-paxton-grand-jury/ As predicted, DPS officers patrolling Austin are targeting Black and Latino Texans…