Tag: TX

Pro-Trump youth group enlists teens in secretive campaign likened to a ‘troll farm,’ prompting rebuke by Facebook and Twitter

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Pro-Trump youth group enlists teens in secretive campaign likened to a ‘troll farm,’ prompting rebuke by Facebook and Twitter

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No Navajos Appear To Be Involved In ‘Navajos For Trump,’ But Charlie Kirk Sure Is

Pro-Trump super PAC backed solely by bank executive used donations to fund Facebook conspiracy meme campaign

Lawmakers launch investigation into Fort Hood after 28th death this year

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Lawmakers launch investigation into Fort Hood after 28th death this year

The House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security and the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel “are jointly investigating whether an alarming pattern of recent tragedies at Fort Hood, Texas, may be symptomatic of underlying leadership, discipline, and morale deficiencies throughout the chain-of-command,” wrote the respective subpanel heads, Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass) and Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), in a letter to Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy.

Border wall: Hundreds of miles funded, 5 new miles built

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Border wall: Hundreds of miles funded, 5 new miles built

The federal government has completed 260 miles of replacement and secondary walls, but only 5 new miles of the 30-foot high steel bollard fencing where none existed before, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data obtained by the Express-News.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has not demonstrated the acquisition capabilities needed to execute the Analyze/Select Phase of the Wall Acquisition Program effectively (PDF)

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BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION SET TO BEGIN NEAR HISTORIC CEMETERIES IN SOUTH TEXAS