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I Tried to Make Claims About Election Fraud So Preposterous Trump Fans Wouldn’t Believe Me. It Was Impossible.

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Phones belonging to top state health department officials were found with no text messages from January 2014 to October 2015.

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Texas Democrats’ Hail Mary to save voting rights

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

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