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Newsreel: Debates, Voter ID, Tweets

This week in the Newsreel: it's official — two gubernatorial debates this fall, a federal judge knocks down some of Texas' abortion restrictions and Rick Perry said he does not condone a tweet tweaking Rosemary Lehmberg.

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This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: The candidates for governor have settled on two debate engagements, a federal judge ruled parts of the state's abortion restrictions are unconstitutional and Gov. Rick Perry said he does not condone a tweet making fun of Rosemary Lehmberg.

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