In a press conference on Friday, Texas governor Greg Abbott (R.) announced S.B. 12, a bill that would prohibit social media companies from "censoring Texans." 
Failed Senate and presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke is "going to think about" launching a failed bid for governor of Texas in 2022, the Houston Chronicle reported Thursday:
Texas Democrats in a letter Wednesday blasted President Joe Biden for issuing executive orders that could cost Texans thousands of jobs. 
The National Rifle Association announced Friday it will move to Texas to escape New York’s “corrupt political and regulatory environment.”
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to take up Texas’s bid to undo election certification in four battleground states, ending a longshot bid to secure a second term for President Donald Trump.
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton (R.) is suing four battleground states in the Supreme Court, accusing them of using the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext to sidestep election laws and swing votes to Democrats. 
A circuit court ruled Monday that Texas and Louisiana can exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funding, a win for the movement to deprive the abortion provider of federal funding. 
Beto O'Rourke knows a thing or two about losing elections. Until very recently, it's always worked out for him because of his knack for failing upward. 
Texas Democratic congressional candidate Julie Oliver said corporate PAC contributions should be taxed at 90 percent to aid publicly financed campaigns, earning a round of praise from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.). 
For perhaps the first time in his boringly privileged life, former congressman Beto O'Rourke has failed to fail upward. Having proven himself unable to find success as a Senate candidate, presidential candidate, or blogger, Beto has accepted a teaching position at Texas State University, a mediocre institution of higher education. 