Gov. Greg Abbott puts on a happy face during one of his U.S. border cosplay sessions.

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Assclown Alert: Urging ICE to ‘recalibrate’ with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

Abbott’s remark is a bloodless cop-out meant to distance himself from a catastrophe he’s cheered on.

by Sanford Nowlin January 28, 2026January 28, 2026

Abbott’s remark is a bloodless cop-out meant to distance himself from a catastrophe he’s cheered on.

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Bad Takes: Leaders should dump Trump over his disastrous immigration plan

Dennis Nixon, chair of Laredo-based International Bancshares Corp., criticized the border wall and Operation Lone Star yet still backs Trump.

by Kevin Sanchez March 8, 2024July 23, 2025

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott draws backlash for comment about ‘shooting migrants’

‘This is hateful, dangerous, sick rhetoric from a sitting governor … in the United States of America,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, said.

by Sanford Nowlin January 12, 2024March 27, 2025

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Gov. Greg Abbott endorses Donald Trump during border trip

Abbott made the presidential endorsement after he and Trump served meals to service members deployed for Operation Lone Star, Abbott’s sprawling border security mission.

by Patrick Svitek and Maia Pandey, The Texas Tribune November 20, 2023May 20, 2024

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New Anti-Defamation League study brands Texas as hotbed for hate groups

ADL documented two extremist murders in the Lone Star State and six terrorist plots during 2021 and 2022. It also highlighted antisemitic incidents in San Antonio.

by Sanford Nowlin September 22, 2023June 20, 2025

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Busing Migrants, Texas GOP vs. Pot Legalization: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

Our most-clicked story involves the steep bill Gov. Greg Abbott has so far handed Texas taxpayers for his election-year stunt of busing migrants to Washington, D.C.

by San Antonio Current Staff June 24, 2022August 17, 2023

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Gov. Greg Abbott has so far spent nearly $3 million in taxpayer money busing migrants out of Texas

Critics have blasted Abbott’s plan as an election-year stunt, and the buses have contained as few as nine migrants.

by Sanford Nowlin June 21, 2022May 23, 2025

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Assclown Alert: Urging ICE to ‘recalibrate’ with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

Bad Takes: Leaders should dump Trump over his disastrous immigration plan

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott draws backlash for comment about ‘shooting migrants’

Gov. Greg Abbott endorses Donald Trump during border trip

New Anti-Defamation League study brands Texas as hotbed for hate groups

Gov. Greg Abbott has so far spent nearly $3 million in taxpayer money busing migrants out of Texas

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