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Taylor Goldenstein
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Investigative/Enterprise Reporter @texastribune. 2014 Visiting Fellow @Harvard's @niemanfdn. Alum @HoustonChron @statesman @latimes. Signal: 5122002910
- Staggering details from this story: - After TX banned abortion, rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the 2nd trimester - The rate of maternal deaths in TX rose 33% btwn 2019 + 2023 even as national rate fell by 7.5%NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban. propublica.org/article/texas-…
- DEVELOPING: AG Ken Paxton likely committed impeachable crimes, Texas House investigators say houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas… via @HoustonChron #txlege
- BREAKING: A Travis County judge has awarded $6.7M to four whistleblowers who reported AG Ken Paxton to the FBI. It covers damages, legal fees and past interest. They were also granted 7.5% interest, compounded annually, on their individual judgment amounts until they’re paid
- INBOX: @LULAC is requesting DOJ investigate after TX AG Ken Paxton conducted raids earlier this week over alleged vote harvesting. The org has received "alarming reports from terrified elderly citizens" in Dilley whose homes were targeted/door was "forcibly broken into."
- HAPPENING NOW: Members of @LULAC are speaking out about Texas AG Paxton’s voter fraud raids, again calling for a federal investigation into the tactics houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas… #txlege
- "I'm with the media," he says, as he's being arrested. "I'm sorry ... They were pushing, so I tripped, and I almost fell --" The officer escorting him says, "I wasn't there to see it." Others around them start to shout, saying, "He's press! What are y'all doing?"Whoever was streaming for Fox & Austin is being arrested. It is being streamed: youtube.com/watch?v=zDN8GE…
- Scoop: Texas State Bar complaint moves forward against AG Ken Paxton over attempt to overturn 2020 election
- BREAKING: Nate Paul, the Austin real estate investor accused of bribing Attorney General Ken Paxton, is in Travis County jail on a felony FBI hold. Story tk #txlege
- NEW: First abortion 'bounty hunter' lawsuit is tossed, judge rules not just anyone can sue
- The day before the election, a bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general puts out a statement calling for a “peaceful transfer of power” + condemning “any acts of violence.” Notably absent: Texas AG Ken Paxton, along with AGs in Indiana and Montana. naag.org/press-releases…
- NEW: TX #HD80 Democrat Cecilia Castellano in an interview said agents raided her home + confiscated her cell at 6 a.m. Tue. They showed search warrant but wouldn't say why they were investigating. She believes the raids were politically motivated. More:DEVELOPING STORY: LULAC says its members were target of latest Ken Paxton voter fraud search, calls for federal probe houstonchronicle.com/politics/artic… #txlege
- JUST IN: Texas Supreme Court strikes down lower court ruling allowing Dallas woman Kate Cox to get abortion. Court rules that doctors must use their reasonable medical judgment and courts “cannot go further by entering the medical-judgement arena.” Recs TX Med Brd issue guidanceThe Supreme Court of Texas issued an opinion this evening in 23-0994, a petition for writ of mandamus regarding Ms. Kate Cox. Find the opinion of the court here: txcourts.gov/media/1457645/… Orders here: txcourts.gov/supreme/orders…
- Disregard of official duty: 7 Misapplication of public resources: 1 Const'l bribery: 2 Obstruction of justice: 2 False stments in offcl records: 3 Conspiracy, attempted: 1 Misappropriation of public rsrcs: 1 Dereliction of duty: 1 Unfitness for ofc: 1 Abuse of public trust: 1
