Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
As the Texas Republican Convention continues in Houston, the party's traditionalist wing is showing signs of resistance against the MAGA takeover of the GOP, including former Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2026/06/11/former-gop-official-says-he-won-t-vote-for-paxton-in-ad
...And Senator John Cornyn: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/john-cornyn-interview-trump.html
...And longtime GOP operative and attorney George Hittner: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/1978-governor-primary-paxton-hill-briscoe-hittner-22299741.php
Ryan Seiders, one of the co-founders of YETI, is a co-owner of a huge ranch in the Big Bend that has been cooperating with federal efforts to build border walls in that sensitive region of Texas: https://www.marfapublicradio.org/news/2026-06-11/yeti-co-founder-among-owners-of-west-texas-ranch-facilitating-border-wall-construction
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