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October 26, 2026

Fake transgender ads under investigation

I forgot that Sarah Stogner — the 2024 Republican primary challenger for a RRC slot, and DEFINITELY not your typical Texas Republican — is now a DA. And, as a DA, she's opened an investigation into possible forgery charges in that fake transgender voter mailing of earlier this month:

Stogner said her constituents are angry and concerned about their children being “exposed” to the material in the mailers. She also said if the pamphlets were sent to motivate conservatives to vote, the effort was self-defeating. 
“If we were actually worried about kids and their safety, no one would be sending propaganda to spread that message further on television ads, in text messages, in written whatever,” she said. “If we are truly trying to protect children, we’d be focusing on how to put pedophiles in jail.”

And, she's not alone:

Stogner’s investigation follows two letters from state Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, that asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to investigate the origin of the mailers as well as a series of text messages that similarly referenced TENT. 
While Leach’s first letter, spurred by the texts, asked Paxton to investigate potential violations of a state law related to student-organized groups and materials taught in public schools, his second letter asked to uncover the identity of the sender. 
“Since sending that letter one week ago, I have received new information raising the possibility that the communications and associated toolkit may not originate from the group whose name it was sent under,” Leach wrote.

That said, Jeff, do you really think Kenny Boy is going to investigate? No way in hell, either before or after he loses to Talafreako Nov. 3. 

And, yeah, Stogner's right. It smacks of desperation, almost as much desperation as "Revive with Vivek" Ramaswamy's despicable ad featuring addled lies (the best I can call them) from the mom of his Democratic opponent in the Ohio gubernatorial race, Amy Acton. 

In both cases, to complete the alliteration trifecta, beyond being desperate and despicable, they're just plain dumb. 

And, speaking of that? Per what I said last week about his own PAC's stupid direct mail fliers, it wouldn't surprise me if Elmo is somehow connected. 

That said, there is a side note to all of this.

Where are are major metropolitan area counties' DAs, you know, from Dallas, Harris and Travis? Were they afraid of being called "partisan" if they opened an investigation?