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This morning.

Via The Texas Tribune:

The order marks a significant reversal after Abbott previously gave private businesses the choice to mandate vaccines for workers. An Abbott spokesperson said in late August that “private businesses don’t need government running their business.”

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bans any COVID-19 vaccine mandates — including for private employers (Texas Tribune)

Alyssa Dooley at Mo’s Irish Pub in Houston, Texas yesterday

Hic.

Last night/this morning.

Via AP:

Texas became the biggest state to lift its mask rule, joining a rapidly growing movement by governors and other leaders across the U.S. to loosen COVID-19 restrictions despite pleas from health officials not to let their guard down yet.

The Lone Star State will also do away with limits on the number of diners who can be served indoors, said Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

The governors of Michigan, Mississippi and Louisiana likewise eased up on bars, restaurants and other businesses Tuesday, as did the mayor of San Francisco.

Texas and other states ease COVID-19 rules despite warnings (AP)

Mo’s Irish Pub?

Pic: AP

US President Donald Trump (right) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in Dallas, Texas, USA last June

Last night/today

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the US Supreme Court to instruct legislatures in four states to throw out what he calls “tainted” results and select their own slate of presidential electors.

Via Newsweek:

The Republican-controlled legislatures in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin would then be free to choose electors who could vote for Trump when the Electoral College meets on December 13.

At least 17 states that voted for Trump have signed a brief supporting the Texas lawsuit, which claims that the four states in question didn’t follow election laws correctly in administering the 2020 election. Trump has also filed a motion to intervene in the case.

The U.S. Constitution permits states to decide their own laws on running elections and a variety of legal experts have harshly criticized the Texas lawsuit, with some arguing the Supreme Court won’t even hear the case because the state doesn’t have standing to sue its sister states in this way.

Can Trump Still Win the Election? Texas Supreme Court Lawsuit Chances (Newsweek)

Meanwhile…

The Long-Shot Texas Suit Trump Is Hailing as the ‘Big One’ (Bloomberg)

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A disturbing development.

NBC News reports:

“A police officer in McKinney, Texas, has been placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced showing him wrestling a bikini-clad 14-year-old girl to the ground and aggressively confronting other teens at a pool party, police said Sunday.”

In another part of the video, the officer pulls his gun on a group of teenagers.”

“Brandon Brooks, who shot the video on his phone, said he found out about the pool party on Twitter. He was leaving the pool with his friend when he heard of a fight outside. Brooks said that the fight was over when cops arrived but that they started chasing people and throwing them on the ground.”

McKinney, Texas, Officer on Leave After Wild Pool Party Video Surfaces (NBC News)