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Texas AG Sues NY County Clerk Over Abortion Pill Case, New York Refuses To Back Down Texas AG Sues NY County Clerk Over Abortion Pill Case, New York Refuses To Back Down
Texas AG Sues NY County Clerk Over Abortion Pill Case, New York Refuses To Back Down A fiery legal showdown between Texas and New York is escalating. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a legal petition against Acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck on Monday, July 28, for blocking the Lone Star State’s efforts to collect a $100,000 penalty from a New Paltz doctor. Bruck refused to enforce a judgment against Dr. Margaret Carpenter after Paxton secured the six-figure penalty and permanent injunction against Carpenter for sending abortion-inducing drugs to a Texas resident. Carpenter, who co-founded the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine, was sued by Paxton in December…

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by Michael Mashburn
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‘No Way In Hell’: NY Gov. Slams Texas’ Latest Attempt To Target Abortion Provider ‘No Way In Hell’: NY Gov. Slams Texas’ Latest Attempt To Target Abortion Provider
‘No Way In Hell’: NY Gov. Slams Texas’ Latest Attempt To Target Abortion Provider Gov. Kathy Hochul is once again making it crystal clear: New York will not cooperate with efforts to criminalize legal abortion care in the Empire State. Hochul released a fiery statement Monday, July 14, after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made a second attempt to file a legal judgment against an Ulster County doctor who prescribed abortion medication to a patient out of state. “The anti-abortion extremists are at it again,” Hochul said. “Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is still trying to target a New York doctor for prescribing legal medication used to provide an abortion.” Hochul …

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by Michael Mashburn
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NJ Company Spent $25M On Every Possible Combo To Win $95M TX Lottery: Reports NJ Company Spent $25M On Every Possible Combo To Win $95M TX Lottery: Reports
NJ Company Spent $25M On Every Possible Combo To Win $95M TX Lottery: Reports Did a company based out of New Jersey rig the Texas lottery?  Texas officials are investigating after a company called Rook TX, based in Scotch Plains (Union County) claimed a $95 million jackpot in April 2023 by spending $25 million to buy nearly every possible number combination, the New York Times reported. Rook TX worked with four retailers in Texas to order a significant amount of lottery terminals to achieve every possible number combination, Ryan Mindell, the executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission told the Times. In the three days before the drawing, people went to …

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by Sam Barron