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Last February, the Texas Observer investigation revealed the identity of James Rodden, an #ICE attorney who operates an openly white supremacist account on X. This year, we proved he's back in court trying #immigration cases: https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-racist-account-back-at-immigration-court/
#NorthTexas #Dallas #law #politics #USpol #fascism #WhiteSupremacy #news
Very aptly put, David Frum.
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https://bsky.app/profile/davidfrum.bsky.social/post/3ldtps2hxps2m
#Politics #Bitcoin
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New today: The neo-fascist group Patriot Front is building a network of businesses in North #Texas in an attempt to create a parallel, self-sufficient white nationalist economy. The Observer identified the men behind 4 of these companies. https://www.texasobserver.org/revealed-four-businesses-patriot-front-north-texas/
#politics #Dallas #NorthTexas #USpol #extremism #news #WhiteSupremacy #fascism
Alabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-register
Netherlands says Trump is 'blackmailing' NATO with his Greenland tariffs.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol
From our magazine: Over 72 hours, Austin police reported more than 70 overdose calls. Records from Travis County, which includes most of Austin, and neighboring Williamson County indicate that as many as 12 may have died. The culprit: a bad batch of crack cocaine. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-war-on-drug-users-austin-overdose-disaster/
#WarOnDrugs #drugs #politics #USpol #news #Texas #law #CriminalJustice #health #addiction
Exciting News: We're hiring for our David McHam Fellowship for Investigative Reporting! This one-to-two-year full-time fellowship allows experienced journalists to pursue investigative projects and enterprise stories about #Texas politics, policy, and social issues.
See more details and preferred qualifications here: https://www.texasobserver.org/jobs/
Apply by February 6!
#journalism #JournoJobs #politics #USpol #news #GetFediHired #FediHired #nonprofit
“There’s this veneer of respect for privacy that is painted over all of this data aggregation and consolidation.”
But beneath it all, #privacy experts warn that smartphone-monitoring software "Tangles" is the latest in a law enforcement arsenal, from surveillance #tech to an army of drones, operating with little oversight.
Our latest from Francesca D'Annunzio is presented in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-police-invest-tangles-sheriff-surveillance/
#police #surveillance #law #politics #USpol #news
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Hey USA, please have a little consideration, and STOP USING THE DEMENTIA HASHTAG FOR YOUR POLITICAL AGENDA-
-it's supposed to be FOR CAREGIVERS going through the worst, most stressful and depressing experience of their lives.
Don't add another burden to those of us already feeling overwhelmed
“We’ve been preparing for years for this context.”
From volunteers who serve refugees, to the government, here's how #Mexico is preparing for the returning president's mass deportation agenda:
https://www.texasobserver.org/is-mexico-prepared-for-mass-deportations/
#border #immigration #politics #USpol #news #Trump #HumanRights
This is bad news, obviously, but let’s not pretend things weren’t already terrible. Led by the Biden administration, the US became the world’s #1 producer of fossil fuels.
That’s what you get when short-sighted capitalists take complete ownership of the political system and the government — under both parties.
Now it will just get worse.
➡️ https://grist.org/politics/trump-climate-actions-day-one-energy-emergency/
#Politics #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism
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I’ve been seeing too much of demarcative politics on Fedi recently, and it’s made me feel anxious… so I’m taking refuge with blobcats! With blobcats, there is no stress, there is no struggle, there is no worry; there is only 
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REVEALED by Correspondent @stevanzetti: We identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as #ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/
#SocialMedia #extremism #immigration #border #politics #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #Fascism #Trump #news
Harry Enten: "What a change from last summer on mid-decade #redistricting! Trump and the Republicans started the fight in 2025, but at this point, it looks like the Democrats will finish it. Democrats are more likely to gain from mid-decade redistricting than the Republicans, thanks to California, Utah, and potentially Virginia, New York, and Maryland."
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #winning #GoodNews
The Book of Negroes is more than a ledger—it is a story pressed into parchment, a testament to the brutal arithmetic of freedom. It begins in the final days of the American Revolution, a conflict that promised liberty but delivered it unevenly.
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Image: Rose Fortune came to Nova Scotia after the Revolutionary War, about June 1784. She earned a living as a "trucker," carrying baggage with a wheelbarrow.
NOVA SCOTIA ARCHIVES
"First They Came" by Pastor Martin Niemöller (1946)
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
It's that time of year again: Submissions for the 2025 MOLLY National Journalism Prize for Investigative Journalism are now open!
Submit your entry and/or help us spread the word! 🤠Deadline for entries is Friday, April 11. https://www.texasobserver.org/molly-awards/the-molly-awards-submissions/
Time to update my #introduction with an addendum to what's in the profile. I try not to discuss #politics in terms of us vs. them partisan politics. But in light of recent events, I will be boosting news concerned human rights (including but not limited to health care and trans rights), normalization of bigotry, destruction of the environment, and dismantling of protections related to the above topics and others.
Oftentimes these boosts will not be tagged. If they're not your cup of tea
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“This is the administration trying to ramp up agreements with local law enforcement agencies to be a force multiplier for mass deportation.”
New from Francesca D'Annunzio: Police are signing 'task force' agreements with #ICE in order to ramp up the displacement of the undocumented. https://www.texasobserver.org/local-state-police-ice-287g-task-force/
#immigration #politics #USpol #Trump #news #HumanRights #CriminalJustice #police
I don't think it matters whether Trump’s imperialist ambitions are distractions from his domestic destruction.
It's more than damning and damaging enough that he says these things whether he's serious or not. #politics