Among those getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom today from Biden? Michael Bloomberg.

Remember Bloomberg tried to beat Biden in the 2020 primary. He put a lot of effort in Houston specifically. Wrote about those efforts here:

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Is this the worst book launch ever? The dog killing story and a meeting that many never have really happened?
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I hadn't realized that 53% of maternal deaths were occurring from 1 week to 1 year after leaving the hospital.

Texas US Rep Michael Burgess, MD talks here about how that is helping drive change to postpartum care coverage in US

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This seems to be taking Texas's strict abortion laws to a new level.

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Love this. Seeing Mick Jagger just showing up in random places unannounced before concerts. I bet somebody at the Burger King in Houston was looking out that window and said 'Hey they guy kind of looks like Mick Jagger.'
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Every time I see that George W. Bush is technically younger than both Trump and Biden I pause and think about him leaving politics 15 years ago.

And yea, it came up today because W will be in today's Texas Take Newsletter, which you really don't want to miss.

Wow. I had no idea how heavily Texas was using AI to grade STAAR test essays.

Starting last December, all student essay responses were fed through a computer program for scoring.

More from Edward McKinley and Megan Menchaca

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US Sen John Cornyn addresses protest at University of Texas. '...but I'm glad to say the response there was far different than what you've seen in many other parts of the country. As hundreds of protesters attempted to occupy the campus, the university hasn't wavered in its…