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Trump DOJ Urges Court to End Texas Voter ID Lawsuit

The Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a pleading Wednesday saying the judge should take no more action in the voter ID lawsuit against Texas because the State’s new law “eradicates any discriminatory effect or intent” of the prior law. Moreover, the new law is “constitutionally and legally valid.”

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Rick Perry: Donald Trump Is ‘a Very Forgiving Man’

Friday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” in a preview clip scheduled to air on Saturday’s broadcast of “Watters World,” Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who was one of President Donald Trump’s opponents during the 2016 Republican presidential primary, praised

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Texas Voter ID ‘Fix’ Led to Improper Voting, Officials Say

The Texas voter ID “fix” instituted before the November presidential election, which allowed citizens without proper documentation to sign a sworn affidavit indicating why they could not procure one in time, now leaves local election officials considering whether “hundreds” of voters should be referred to prosecutors for abusing the safety net.

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Rob Maness: Rick Perry Pick as Energy Secretary Is ‘About Jobs’

Retired Air Force Colonel and former energy executive Rob Maness told Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Thursday he thinks “eliminating the radical regulations that have been put in place that have hampered the energy business across all sectors” is something “Governor Perry is going to tackle right away” when confirmed as Trump’s choice to head the Department of Energy (DOE).

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Obama Judge: Texas Must Reprint Voter ID Training Materials

The Obama appointee presiding over the Texas voter photo ID lawsuit ordered the State to toss some of its voter education materials because federal lawyers did not like the exact language in printed. Although lawyers for the State gave the DOJ and liberal voting rights groups a copy of the proposed language on August 11, they waited until less than 60 days before the November election to complain. This was after financial and other resources had been expended by the State.

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Audio: Trump Boosts Rick Perry as Possible 2018 Ted Cruz Challenger

Presidential candidate Donald Trump fired another shot across the bow of Senator Ted Cruz’ 2018 re-election campaign for U.S. Senate by praising former Governor Rick Perry as a potential opponent. Recent polls suggest Senator Cruz (R-TX) would be vulnerable to a challenge from Texas’ longest serving governor.

Speaking during a Trump fundraiser in Austin on Tuesday, the presidential candidate praised Perry as “one popular guy.”

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Perry: Making America Great Again Starts With Our Veterans

Monday night at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, former Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) appeared to speak on behalf of an effort of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump to “make America safe.” “Tonight our commitment is this: Making America great

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Illegal Immigrant Brags About Getting Free Ride to UT

A student who is an illegal immigrant has received a great deal of pushback for bragging about getting an all tuition paid free ride to the University of Texas. She not only took to Twitter to blow her own horn about her self-accessed “nice legs” and her “13 cords/medals,” “4.5GPA” and Valedictorian status at Crockett High School, she also had to add, “oh and I’m undocumented.”

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