1/ For the first time in a generation, there is a Democrat running for Congress in every single district in Texas. #tx2018trib.it/k1
2/ Most of these candidates will likely lose. But many are seeing a fundraising boom. trib.it/k1
3/ In 2016, Texas U.S. House Democratic candidates had raised $11.4 million at this point in the cycle. This year, they’ve doubled that number. trib.it/k1
4/ These new numbers show a new development in Texas Democratic politics: growth. trib.it/k1
5/5 Here are snapshots of the fundraising numbers. One thing to note: 7 Texas Republicans in Congress got outraised by their Democratic rivals. trib.it/k1
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2/ The use of police body cameras surged after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
Advocates hoped their use would increase transparency & hold officers accountable.
But studies have uncovered mixed results. trib.it/lK
3/ It’s not unusual for police officers to walk around with cameras on their chests anymore. Five of the six Texas cities with a population over 500,000 have already deployed the cameras. trib.it/lK
1/ This is Heyli. She is a six-year-old migrant. In a video call with her mother on Friday, she was sobbing uncontrollably — rubbing her eyes and rocking back and forth.
She’s waiting to be reunited with her father. bit.ly/2LjJQSH
2/ Heyli is in an Arizona shelter, waiting to be reunited with her father, Carlos, who is in a detention center in South Texas. bit.ly/2LjJQSH
3/ Her dad is at the Port Isabel detention center, where some migrant parents are being held in limbo as they wait to be reunited with their children. They’re not free to leave the facility, but they lack access to phones or commissary accounts. bit.ly/2LjJQSH