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How anti-trans backlash to James Talarico spread like wildfire

This story was reported in partnership with Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ-focused investigative news outlet. Texas’ Senate race has become one of the most-watched elections of the year. MAGA Republican nominee Ken Paxton pulled off a rare primary defeat against a well-established 24-year incumbent, while challenger James Talarico has been polling well…

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Another Bush family member breaks ranks in Texas — and takes subtle jab at TrumpNeil Bush, the younger brother of ex-President George W. Bush, says he cast his ballot for Democrat James Talarico over Republican Ken Paxton in Texas' U.S. Senate race, according to Newsweek. Bush, 71, the son of George H.W. Bush and head of his father’s Points of Light nonprofit, wrote in a Facebook post Tuesday that he’d voted early for Talarico. He…

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