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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">=</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">an 3 22</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b><a href="https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/?s=Greg+Abbott" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Governor Greg Abbott</a>‘s use of the Texas National Guard to protect “some of the wealthiest private ranches” as a part of his $2 billion a year border security mission is being blasted – by some of the very service members ordered to stand guard “outside ranches with wealthy or politically connected owners.”</b></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“We really don’t understand why we are there,” one service member told <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/16/texas-national-guard-king-ranch/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1647436369&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">The Texas Tribune</a>. “We’re essentially mall security for ranches that already have paid security details to protect them.”</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Texas Tribune’s investigation into the program reveals the National Guard members deployed to protect those wealthy ranches “have widely decried the mission as aimless, political and oversized.” It reportedly was stopped last month after the Tribune started its investigation – and started filing document requests.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>“Earlier this year,” in one example, “about 30 Texas National Guard members were ordered to stand watch outside some of the most prestigious private ranches in South Texas, more than an hour’s drive away from the Mexico border, as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s highly touted mission to curb illegal immigration,” the Tribune reports.</b></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Included among those wealthy ranches being protected are “the sprawling and renowned <b>King Ranch and the GOP-connected Armstrong Ranch.”</b></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Armstrong Ranch is “the property of a longtime Republican family that has hosted GOP leaders like Karl Rove, former Gov. Rick Perry and former Vice President Dick Cheney,” who made it infamous when, as Vice President, he shot his host, accidentally, in the face.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Overall, Abbott has deployed 10,000 troops for his wider “border security mission,” named “Operation Lone Star.” Many of them “have said they were <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/01/texas-national-guard-border-operation-lone-star-abbott/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">not given a clear task or adequate training, equipment or lodging</a>.”</b></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">These are not voluntary deployments nor are they full-time service members who would be performing regular duties anyway and just happened to get sent elsewhere.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>“Abbott kicked off Operation Lone Star last March and ramped up its scale in September, leading to involuntary deployments with only a few days notice for part-time troops who have civilian jobs, lives and families.”</b></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Should anyone think the presence of the National Guard is a good idea or necessary to nab migrants crossing the border, not only were many stationed 80 miles from the border, but they do not have legal authority to cross into the private land they reportedly are protecting to make arrests</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Another Guard member says it looks “crazy” to have them protecting rich ranchers.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“These ranchers have enough money to do private security or have private security guard these gates,” the Guardsman told the Tribune. “The optics are just kind of crazy.”</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">=</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>King Ranch</b> is the largest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranch" title="Ranch" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">ranch</a> in the United States. At some 825,000 acres (3,340 km<sup style="line-height: 1;">2</sup>; 1,289 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Ranch#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a></sup> it is larger than the state of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Rhode Island</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Luxembourg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-garycartwright_4-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Ranch#cite_note-garycartwright-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a></sup> It is mainly a cattle ranch, but also produced the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Triple Crown</a> winning racehorse <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault(horse)" title="Assault (horse)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Assault</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The ranch is located in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Texas" title="South Texas" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">South Texas</a> between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Christi,Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Corpus Christi</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownsville,Texas" title="Brownsville, Texas" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Brownsville</a> adjacent to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsville,Texas" title="Kingsville, Texas" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Kingsville</a>. It was founded in 1853 by Captain <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_King(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard King (Texas)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Richard King</a> and Gideon K. Lewis. It includes portions of six Texas counties; most of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleberg_County,Texas" title="Kleberg County, Texas" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Kleberg </a>and much of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenedy_County,Texas" title="Kenedy County, Texas" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Kenedy</a>, with portions extending into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_County,Texas" title="Brooks County, Texas" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Brooks</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Wells_County,Texas" title="Jim Wells County, Texas" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Jim Wells</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nueces_County,Texas" title="Nueces County, Texas" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Nueces</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willacy_County,Texas" title="Willacy County, Texas" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Willacy</a> counties.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The ranch does not consist of one single contiguous plot of land, but rather four large sections called divisions. The divisions are the Santa Gertrudis, the Laureles, the Encino and the Norias. Only the first two of the four divisions border each other, and that border is relatively short.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Ranch#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a></sup> The ranch was designated a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">National Historic Landmark</a> in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-nhlsum_2-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Ranch#cite_note-nhlsum-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nrhpinv_not_6-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Ranch#cite_note-nrhpinv_not-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a></sup> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Cowboy_Hall_of_Fame" title="Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame</a> inducted the ranch in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Ranch#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a></sup> King Ranch was one of the very first ranches to be added to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">National Register of Historic Places</a> on October 15, 1966 because of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Historic_Preservation_Act_of_1966" title="National Historic Preservation Act of 1966" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">National Historic Preservation Act of 1966</a> which was signed that same day.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On November 18, 1936, Luther Blanton and his son, John, trespassed on the ranch by crawling through the fence surrounding it. They had intended to hunt ducks and nearby residents reported hearing shots fired. Shortly thereafter, locals organized a group to force their way onto the ranch around the area where they were known to have gone hunting. However, neither Blanton nor his son were ever seen again. A subsequent police investigation resulted in no arrests. Although most residents suspected them being murdered by ranch guards for trespassing, it remains a long-standing unsolved mystery.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Ranch#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 1999, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ford Motor Company</a> began using the King Ranch brand on its vehicles. Over the years there have been King Ranch versions of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_F-150" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford F-150" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ford F-150</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Super_Duty" title="Ford Super Duty" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Super Duty</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Explorer" title="Ford Explorer" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Explorer</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Expedition" title="Ford Expedition" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Expedition</a>. The vehicles include dark brown leather seats, and the badges show the King Ranch 'Running W' brand.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Ranch#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a></sup></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">=</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><a href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/the-kings-palace/">https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/the-kings-palace/</a></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">real estate porn</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">=</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
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