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(DIR) Post #Ats1lQ8HPWOOsLdoSO by TexasObserver@texasobserver.social
2025-05-07T21:55:08Z
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Update: David Bloyed, a Texas neo-nazi first identified by @stevanzetti in an article we published in October 2023, now faces up to five years in prison for posting a threat against Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk. https://www.texasobserver.org/unmasking-texas-neo-nazis/ #racism #WhiteSupremacy #fascism #politics #USpol #SocialMedia #law #CriminalJustice #Texas #news
(DIR) Post #Ats1lY4fsoGJVU12wq by TexasObserver@texasobserver.social
2025-05-07T21:56:01Z
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Here's the latest on David Bloyed from Nashville's Newschannel 5. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/confronting-hate/guilty-texas-neo-nazi-convicted-for-online-threat-against-nashville-district-attorney-glenn-funk #Nashville #politics #USpol #Texas #WhiteSupremacy #racism #fascism #news #SocialMedia #law
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2025-05-20T21:31:22Z
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“If biological sex were as obvious as lawmakers keep insisting that biological sex is, we wouldn’t be here. You wouldn’t have to try so hard to legislate the gender binary into existence.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-lege-pushes-to-define-biological-sex/ #trans #LGBTQIA+ #TXlege #transphobia #news #politics #USpol #transgender #Texas #law #gender
(DIR) Post #AuKrnvHj4DjelJFmzY by TexasObserver@texasobserver.social
2025-05-21T19:59:17Z
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Feature story: Texas is the national epicenter of #Bitcoin mining, with only about 24 total mines operating outside our borders as of 2023. Candice Bernd explores how crypto has brought noise, pollution and unsafe working conditions to the Lone Star State. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-crypto-racket/ #politics #USpol #news #crypto #energy #ClimateChange
(DIR) Post #AuMjuwJVEKyof7q6e8 by TexasObserver@texasobserver.social
2025-05-22T22:14:07Z
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The latest from cartoonist Ben Sargent, in our magazine.Read more from the May / June 2025 issue: https://www.texasobserver.org/issues/may-june-2025/#education #religion #schools #politics #USpol #Texas #TXlege #comics
(DIR) Post #AujcMCjggFB4VHV692 by TexasObserver@texasobserver.social
2025-04-17T14:49:21Z
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Our top story: The coastal gales of the Rio Grande Valley have helped rejuvenate this small farming community. https://www.texasobserver.org/willacy-texas-largest-wind-farm/#environment #ClimateChange #SouthTexas #Texas #energy #politics #USpol
(DIR) Post #Auy3ZzIcqq9HrQ4vdA by TexasObserver@texasobserver.social
2025-06-09T21:48:08Z
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“The only real way to solve the public health crisis started by politicians is to fully repeal the ban.” New from Mary Tuma: Reproductive Rights activists also fought against one successful bill which adds so-called "exceptions" to the abortion ban. https://www.texasobserver.org/legislature-abortion-reproductive-rights-bills-2025/ #Texas #abortion #health #healthcare #HumanRights #women #TXlege #news #politics #USpol
(DIR) Post #Av01nmKO45AA5lGpeq by TexasObserver@texasobserver.social
2025-06-10T20:03:37Z
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Featured story: SB 8 will require all #Texas sheriffs to apply for so-called 287(g) agreements, “or a similar federal program,” with #ICE. Beginning December 1, 2026, the state attorney general may sue sheriffs who fail to request or enter into ICE agreements. https://www.texasobserver.org/legislature-sheriffs-ice-cooperation-jails-streets/ #police #immigration #law #Texas #politics #USpol #news
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2025-06-13T16:58:53Z
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“There’s not a place in Texas where cannabis has not become normalized through this. People just kind of assumed this is a thing, you know, we finally actually have access.” Until the Lt. Gov made it a priority to shut down much of the hemp industry in Texas. https://www.texasobserver.org/dan-patrick-texas-devastating-thc-ban/ #cannabis #hemp #politics #USpol #news #Texas #TXlege #drugs
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2025-06-13T18:43:25Z
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"Seeing my teenage daughter, Ruby, stand up in her church and claim her space as a proud trans woman was one of the most joyous days of my life. ... I saw my daughter, once a shy child who hid behind my legs, blossom that day."https://www.texasobserver.org/trans-children-gods-gifts/ #Pride #LGBTQIA+ #LGBTQ #trans #children #culture #religion
(DIR) Post #Av6KzjIzaU3s5cVw5Q by TexasObserver@texasobserver.social
2025-05-27T14:09:48Z
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Ronnie Dugger, founding editor and longtime publisher of the Texas Observer and for many years the crusading conscience of the progressive movement in Texas and beyond, died of complications of dementia at a hospice center in Austin on May 27. He was 95. https://www.texasobserver.org/ronnie-dugger-1930-2025/ #politics #USpol #journalism #RIP #Texas #media #history #news
(DIR) Post #Avzr8VHP6zBMYryNYu by TexasObserver@texasobserver.social
2025-07-10T16:56:01Z
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Earlier: Without any announcement or open debate, the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature passed a biennial state budget that will effectively halve the amount dedicated to its multi-billion-dollar #border security operations—from a proposed $6.5B down to about $3.4B. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-quietly-downsizes-border-security-spending/ #immigration #police #security #HumanRights #Texas #politics #USpol #TXlege #news
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2025-07-11T20:11:13Z
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From July 3: Federal resources for managing climate-augmented weather disasters are being wiped out. Meanwhile, state leaders stand by while denying the seriousness of climate change as a driver of these events—and the threat this poses to the state economy. https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-texas-doge-cuts-disaster-aid/ #ClimateChange #water #environment #politics #USpol #Trump #flooding #TexasFloods #weather #news
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2025-08-02T17:00:10Z
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Nearly 1.5M Texans now live in jurisdictions where sheriffs or #police chiefs have agreed to train officers to act as #immigration agents in the streets of their communities. These agreements currently cover around 30 #Texas law enforcement agencies. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-task-force-galveston-beaumont-tyler/ #ICE #HumanRights #news #politics #USpol #GulfCoast
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2025-08-29T22:02:41Z
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Home is a state where all my homies share best remedies for sads acquired during our new winter. Acquired from a legislative session where our rights are chopped-n-screwed like songs. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-no-exodus-poem/ #LGBTQIA+ #poetry #TXlege #trans #politics #culture #USpol #Texas
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2025-09-18T21:24:01Z
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In our magazine: Since the 9/11 era, what began as an attack on civil liberties for the purpose of combating “terrorism” has been the subject of mission creep. The target moved from foreign terrorists to simply foreign-born immigrants. https://www.texasobserver.org/never-again-texas-border-eagle-pass/ #HumanRights #border #immigration #politics #USpol #news #NeverAgain
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2025-10-11T17:00:27Z
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From Arman Deendar: Family members with loved ones detained at that Dallas field office reported inhumane conditions in the facility, including overcrowding, medical neglect, and individuals being detained for more than a week without access to running water and air conditioning. https://www.texasobserver.org/dallas-vigil-ice-shooting-victims-trump-deportations/ #ICE #immigration #Dallas #NorthTexas #immigration #politics #USpol #news #fascism #GunViolence
(DIR) Post #AzeKjVdT4cc9UJnHZQ by TexasObserver@texasobserver.social
2025-10-27T22:00:27Z
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Out today: Feeding #Texas estimates that its 20 member banks have lost a total of $57.6 million in federal funding cuts, and that’s only in immediate canceled funding. But this could actually be on the low end of the potential impact range. https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-cuts-texas-food-banks/ #food #SNAP #Trump #poverty #Texas #politics #USpol #news
(DIR) Post #B1aWQaXvRifirEVNFw by TexasObserver@texasobserver.social
2025-12-24T22:00:15Z
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Happy Holidays from all of us at the Texas Observer! Thank you for supporting our work in 2025, and we'll see you in the New Year!
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2025-12-26T20:00:05Z
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#BestOf2025, from Chilton Tippin: Many told me they would fight for their #water to the very last drop. Others, however, have already begun asking the existential question: Where will we go when the river runs dry? https://www.texasobserver.org/rio-conchos-texas-mexico-water-treaty/ #politics #USpol #border #Texas #Mexico #environment #agriculture #news