#ken paxton

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Republicans being in control of Texas for 30 years and running in 2026 on a platform of fixing problems in Texas is funny to me.

[socialjusticeinamerica]

Trump’s meddling in the Republican primary ousted John Cornyn and put sack of garbage sycophant Ken Paxton on the ballot.

[liberalsarecool]

Incredible. The Texas Republican going after Texas Democrats fled the state himself due to investigations into his personal crimes and corruption.

Ken Paxton should have been impeached, but Republicans can only function with criminals.

Texans know removing criminals from office would end the Republican Party.

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

[mommahoney]

Talarico

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First Person Charged With Violating Texas Abortion Ban Gets 'Real Win' In Court

The way Ken Paxton’s office has handled the case is highly unusual, according to several attorneys who spoke with HuffPost.

Alanna Vagianos at HuffPost:

Texas provided no evidence that Houston-based midwife Maria Rojas violated the state’s abortion ban, a state appeals court ruled on Thursday. The state’s Fifteenth Court of Appeals reversed a temporary injunction order shutting down three clinics in the Northwest Houston area that the midwife owned and operated. The injunction was part of a March 2025 civil lawsuit brought by Ken Paxton, the state attorney general and a leading anti-abortion advocate, over allegations that Rojas violated the state’s near-total abortion ban. Paxton is now the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, facing Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in a close race. “This is a real win because the state — for nearly a year and a half now — has been able to make these allegations, argue that this woman who has dedicated her life to caring for mothers and families has done something wrong,” Jenna Hudson, senior counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights, told HuffPost.

Paxton’s office also brought criminal charges against Rojas last year, shortly after the attorney general announced his Senate bid. Rojas was the first person to be arrested and charged for allegedly violating the state’s near-total abortion ban, with Paxton accusing the midwife of providing illegal abortions and practicing without a medical license. Both the civil and criminal cases are ongoing, despite the injunction reversal. The way Paxton’s office has handled the case is highly unusual, according to Hudson and several other attorneys who spoke with HuffPost. Rojas’ criminal attorneys told HuffPost last year there is little evidence against Rojas other than the 30-page affidavit filed by Paxton’s office at the time of her arrest. Rojas was arrested and held in jail for 10 days on an exorbitant $1.4 million bail. Although she was arrested in March, she wasn’t indicted for another three months. She was also held in jail at the time of her injunction hearing for her civil suit.

“It’s incredibly unusual. This is not the way that it’s supposed to work,” Hudson said. “That is one of the many reasons that it’s clear to us this is just part of a political attack. The state is so desperate to find someone to accuse of having violated the abortion ban that it conducted a shoddy investigation, and it targeted this trusted community midwife without any evidence.” A spokesperson for Paxton’s office told HuffPost on Friday that the attorney general’s office will seek review of the appellate court ruling from the Texas Supreme Court.

[...] Even with this victory, Hudson said it will be nearly impossible for Rojas to reopen the three clinics that were shut down due to the injunction. Rojas’ midwifery license has been suspended pending the outcome of her criminal case, and her movements are restricted because she is court-ordered to wear an ankle monitor. She also had to give up the leases on the clinics because she couldn’t afford to pay them while not working. [...] Despite the fact that both criminal and civil cases will continue, Hudson underscored that this is still a victory for Rojas and other providers in the state. “This moment where an appellate court has definitively said that the state has not presented any evidence that she did something wrong, and therefore improperly received this order that shut down her clinics is a real moment to be celebrated,” Hudson said.

Ken Paxton handed an L by the Texas 15th Court of Appeals.

[onlytiktoks]

Talarico continues attack on Paxton over child sex abuse plea deal

The Democratic Senate candidate continued his push for the release of files related to a plea deal his GOP rival’s office offered admitted c

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Texas introduces tip-off line to encourage reporting of trans people in bathrooms

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton is actively encouraging people to report trans people who use bathrooms that align with their chosen gende

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton is actively encouraging people to report trans people who use bathrooms that align with their chosen gender.  Paxton, who once called the LGBTQ+ community “immoral”, has uploaded a form to his website that allows the public to report trans people in line with Senate Bill 8.  The bill, also known as the Texas Women’s Privacy Act, requires government buildings, schools and colleges to restrict access to bathrooms and locker rooms based on sex assigned at birth. 

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