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Watchman: TX Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard for Illegally Conspiring to Manipulate Energy Markets, Driving Up Costs for Consumers

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By SRH Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has just announced that he is suing three major institutional investment firms—Blackrock, State Street, and Vanguard—for acquiring shares in every coal company, allowing them to influence policies and increase prices for consumers. Paxton states that ten additional states have joined this lawsuit. Here is the announcement from Paxton: Texas has filed a lawsuit against BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard, accusing them of unlawfully conspiring to manipulate energy markets, resulting in increased costs for consumers. Texas will not accept the unlawful use of the financial sector to advance a harmful, politicized ‘environmental’ agenda. BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street collaborated to manipulate the coal market, intentionally constrict the energy supply, and increase prices. The Republican-led states, including West Virginia and Montana, are asking the court to bar the three largest US investment firms from using […]

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Watchman: Satan Soldiers Got Humiliated Again,The Supreme Court of Texas Dismisses Baseless Attempt by the Texas State Bar to Discipline Leadership at the Office of the Attorney General

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HNewsWire AUSTIN – The Supreme Court of Texas has dismissed the State Bar of Texas’s unlawful efforts to discipline First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster, ending four years of lawfare. Attorney General Ken Paxton faces similar baseless allegations from the State Bar in a separate case. The State Bar of Texas’s Commission for Lawyer Discipline attempted to discipline Attorney General Paxton and First Assistant Webster for filing an original action on behalf of Texas in the U.S. Supreme Court concerning genuine concerns of unconstitutional conduct by states during the 2020 election. Disagreeing with the merits of the suit, the Commission claimed that Texas made misrepresentations and initiated disciplinary action. In September 2022, the district court dismissed the baseless allegations against First Assistant Webster but the issue was appealed to the Texas Supreme Court. Now, the Texas Supreme Court has sided

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Watchman: Attorney General Ken Paxton Blocks Biden Administration from Disposing of Wall Materials Before President Trump Takes Office

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HNewsWire: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 27, 2024 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communications@oag.texas.gov Attorney General Ken Paxton Blocks Biden Administration from Disposing of Wall Materials Before President Trump Takes Office AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a victory for President-elect Donald Trump’s border-security agenda during a hearing today before a federal judge. The hearing was called at Attorney General Paxton’s request to uncover potential legal violations committed by the Biden Administration after recent reports that segments of the border wall were auctioned off for pennies on the dollar. The Biden Administration confirmed to the court today that it will agree to an order preventing the outgoing administration from disposing of any further border wall materials over the next 30 days—allowing President Trump to use those materials as he sees fit. This will be adopted as an order of the

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Watchman: Attorney General Ken Paxton Deploys Election Day Rapid Response Legal Team

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 4, 2024 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communications@oag.texas.gov Attorney General Ken Paxton Deploys Election Day Rapid Response Legal Team AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has deployed an Election Day Rapid Response Legal Team in major counties throughout the State to monitor day-of election activity and address litigation arising from the election, as necessary. The Election Day Rapid Response Legal Team will be equipped to enforce Texas election laws and take immediate action on any contingencies, including issues seen in previous cycles such as ballot shortages, extended polling location closures, and improper extension of voting hours. Similarly, the OAG will prepare to take defensive action against activist groups who might attempt to influence the election through litigation. The Election Day Rapid Response Legal Team will coordinate with the Texas Secretary of State to ensure that

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Watchman: SCOTUS Allows Virginia to Remove Non-citizens From Voter Rolls Before Election; Attorney General Paxton and Multi state Coalition Filed Amicus Brief in Support

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HNewsWire: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 30, 2024 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communications@oag.texas.gov SCOTUS Allows Virginia to Remove Noncitizens From Voter Rolls Before Election; Attorney General Paxton and Multistate Coalition Filed Amicus Brief in Support AUSTIN – Virginia may remove non-citizens from its voter rolls after the U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of a lower court’s injunction. Attorney General Ken Paxton joined attorneys general from 25 States to file an amicus brief supporting Virginia’s authority to remove the noncitizens and secure its elections. On October 11, the U.S. Department of Justice sued to stop Virginia from removing self-identified noncitizens from the State’s voter rolls. Noncitizens are ineligible to vote in American elections and it is a federal crime for them to register to vote or attempt to cast a ballot. A federal judge preliminarily enjoined Virginia from removing these

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Watchman: Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Biden-Harris Administration Over Unlawful Weaponization of Environmental Law

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HNewsWire: October 29, 2024 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communications@oag.texas.gov Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Biden-Harris Administration Over Unlawful Weaponization of Environmental Law AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”), and Biden-Harris Administration officials over the unlawful listing of seven freshwater mussel species under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). “The Biden-Harris Administration is, once again, weaponizing environmental law to target the State of Texas,” said Attorney General Paxton. “We are suing to block their latest attempt to undermine the Texas economy and unlawfully interfere with State-led efforts to protect our wildlife and natural resources.” In June 2024, the Service published a final rule listing the Guadalupe Fatmucket, Texas Fatmucket, Guadalupe Orb, Texas Pimpleback, Balcones Spike, False Spike, and Texas Fawnsfoot mussel species as threatened or endangered,

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Watchman: Attorney General Ken Paxton Takes Action After Biden-Harris Administration Selectively Targets Elon Musk’s Voter Registration Drives While Enabling Non-citizens to Illegally Vote

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HNewsWire: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 24, 2024 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communications@oag.texas.gov Attorney General Ken Paxton Takes Action After Biden-Harris Administration Selectively Targets Elon Musk’s Voter Registration Drives While Enabling Noncitizens to Illegally Vote AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to investigate the federal agency’s intimidation of businessman Elon Musk over his voter registration program that performs outreach to supporters of First and Second Amendment rights. Musk’s super PAC has launched programs to encourage eligible American citizens to register to vote in various states. Reports surfaced that DOJ threatened Musk over the organization’s activities after Democrat politicians called the program “deeply concerning.” Attorney General Paxton filed a FOIA request for DOJ documents pertaining to actions against Musk and the super PAC. At the same

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Watchman: Attorney General Ken Paxton Makes Criminal Referral to DOJ Concerning Widespread Suspect Political Donations Made Through ActBlue’s Fundraising Platform

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HNewsWire October 24, 2024 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communications@oag.texas.gov Attorney General Ken Paxton Makes Criminal Referral to DOJ Concerning Widespread Suspect Political Donations Made Through ActBlue’s Fundraising Platform AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton made a criminal referral to the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) detailing the results of an investigation that revealed how suspicious actors seemingly use ActBlue’s political fundraising platform to make illegal straw donations. The investigation into ActBlue began in December 2023 following allegations that the company could be facilitating illegal campaign contributions. As a result, in August 2024 ActBlue began requiring donors using credit cards to provide “CVV” codes, a common security measure. That does not prevent all the abuses that Attorney General Paxton’s team has identified on ActBlue, including that straw donations apparently are being made on a large scale using false identities, through untraceable

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Watchman: Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Biden-Harris Administration for Refusing to Verify the Citizenship Status of Potentially Ineligible Voters on Texas Voter Rolls

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HNewsWire October 22, 2024 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communications@oag.texas.gov Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Biden-Harris Administration for Refusing to Verify the Citizenship Status of Potentially Ineligible Voters on Texas Voter Rolls AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and other members of the Biden-Harris Administration for refusing to comply with federal law requiring them to assist States in verifying the citizenship status of potentially ineligible people registered to vote. On October 7, Attorney General Paxton sent a letter demanding that the federal government fulfill its legal obligations by verifying the citizenship status of people who may be illegally registered to vote in Texas by October 19. Attached was a list of approximately 450,000 voters whose citizenship status has never been checked because they registered without a State of Texas-issued driver’s license

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Watchman: Attorney General Ken Paxton Warns Bexar and Harris Counties Against Unlawful Attempts to Send Voter Registration Applications to Unverified Recipients

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By SRH FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 2, 2024 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communications@oag.texas.gov Attorney General Ken Paxton Warns Bexar and Harris Counties Against Unlawful Attempts to Send Voter Registration Applications to Unverified Recipients AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to the Bexar and Harris counties commissioners courts warning that their proposed plans to mail voter registration forms to individuals regardless of the eligibility of the recipients would violate the law. On September 3, 2024, the Bexar County Commissioners Court will consider using taxpayer funds to pay a third-party vendor to print and distribute voter registration forms to unregistered individuals residing in the county. A similar plan has been under consideration by the Harris County Commissioners Court. The distribution of forms to unverified recipients could induce ineligible people—such as felons and noncitizens—to commit a crime by

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