Remembering Carlton Carl: a patriot, feminist, Democrat, journalist, bibliophile, philanthropist, entrepreneur, art enthusiast, history buff, and more. He was a staunch supporter of his family and community, of organizations including the Observer, and of the town of Martindale. https://www.texasobserver.org/carlton-carl-1945-2025/
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Of course #Texas, antivaxxers, and soon… #RFKJr will be all 🥱
Measles outbreak expands in West Texas around county with low vaccination rate | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/health/west-texas-measles-outbreak/index.html
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Welcome to the March/April 2025 issue of Texas Observer magazine! Editor-in-Chief Gus Bova introduces our latest by examining the "biannual dread” invoked by the Texas legislature and what we can do about it. https://www.texasobserver.org/editors-letter-introducing-our-march-april-2025-issue/
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Hi @votevets @TexasObserver @texastribune etc (please suggest ideas) we have outstanding footage of the #VetsMarch yesterday at the #Texas state #capitol and are trying to make sure everyone sees it.
Cc @jik
🦋 ver. https://bsky.app/profile/artact.io/post/3lkg6buapz223
please boost ♻️
New today: I created a brief guide to help Texans, especially #LGBTQIA+ folks and allies living here, better understand the legislature and which bills are likely to become law ... and which ones probably won't go anywhere.
If we're going to be share, fight, protest ... we should make it count. https://kitoconnell.com/2025/03/22/bad-bills-texas-legislature-understanding-how-to/
#Texas #TXlege #politics #USpol #transphobia #HumanRights #Republicans #GregAbbott #fascism #genocide #News
#BREAKING “New York state court blocked #Texas from filing a legal action against a New York doctor for prescribing and sending #abortion pills to a Texas woman.
The unprecedented move catapults the interstate abortion wars to a new level, setting the stage for a high-stakes legal battle between states that ban abortion and states that support abortion rights” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/health/new-york-texas-abortion-shield-law.html
The decision to strip chapters from books that had already won the approval of the state’s Republican-controlled board of education represents an escalation in how local school boards run by ideological conservatives influence what children learn.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-cypress-fairbanks-removed-textbook-chapters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
The drummer for #Austin, #Texas metal band #LordBuffalo, who is a #legal #GreenCard holder, was seized by #ICE off of a plane as the band was departing for a European tour. His current whereabouts are unknown.
#immigration #law #Trump #StateSponsoredAbduction
https://www.metalsucks.net/2025/05/14/lord-buffalo-forced-to-cancel-european-tour-after-u-s-border-police-detained-their-drummer/
Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Owner to Plead Guilty in Fraud Scheme That Cost Investors $40 Million
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Charles Carrier agreed to plead guilty to one count of felony wire fraud that carries a potential 20-year prison sentence. The plea follows a ProPublica report detailing how Carrier bilked investors across Texas out of millions of dollars.
#News #Housing #Home #Fraud #Lawsuit #Law #Texas #RealEstate
"On Thursday morning, a federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s effort to quickly deport Venezuelans under a wartime power only previously exercised three times in the nation’s history — most recently during World War II — was illegal."
~ Chris Geidner
#Trump #AlienEnemiesAct #immigrants #courts #DueProcess #Texas #FernandoRodriguez
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https://www.lawdork.com/p/aea-trump-appointee-texas-final-ruling
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UPDATE: a spokesperson from JP Morgan Chase told the Texas Observer they fired the operator of a neo-Nazi X account who we identified as their employee.
"This person is no longer at the firm. We do not tolerate hate in any form and take incidents such as this very seriously."
https://www.texasobserver.org/revealed-operators-neo-nazi-x-accounts/
#politics #USpol #extremism #racism #antisemitism #Texas #news #SocialMedia #ElonMusk
My latest for Deceleration: Greg Abbott could defund the #police in San Marcos—at least partially—if the Texas governor carries through with his threats over a proposed city council resolution calling for a ceasefire in #Gaza. https://deceleration.news/palestine-greg-abbott-defund-san-marcos-police-israeli-violence/
#politics #Texas #SanMarcos #Palestine #FreePalestine #BDS #news #GregAbbott #USpol
#Texas is controlled by revanchist evangelical neo-nazis, the governor legalized murder there as long as the murderer is a neo-nazi, a rolling Klan rally in 2020 forced a Democratic Party campaign bus off the interstate with the assistance of local cops and exactly zero people were prosecuted or in any way held accountable for it, and cops didn't do jack shit about a two-year terror campaign that led to Jonathan Joss's murder because, in Texas, absolute fucking horror is legal and encouraged.
https://abc7ny.com/post/jonathan-joss-killed-san-antonio-shooting-police-sayknown-character-king-hill-tulsa-parks-rec/16637058/
#TexasLegislature Mandates #Sheriff-#ICE Cooperation in Jails or Streets
#Texas lawmakers are ordering all counties to seek federal agreements that may be limited to jailhouses—or may convert deputies into roving immigration agents.
#law #Gestapo #CivilRights #ImmigrantRights
https://www.texasobserver.org/legislature-sheriffs-ice-cooperation-jails-streets/
#art #history: 'do you want to live on your knees or die on your feet?'
kathleen cleaver (born #otd in 1945) would like an answer, please.
this revolutionary kick-activist law professor was one of the most prominent leaders in the black panther party &, when she returned from exile in algeria, kathleen earned a full scholarship from yale, where, in 1984, she graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree.
#kathleenCleaver #blackPantherParty #activism #texas #illustration
Monkey see, monkey do
Via The Hill:
#Texas governor deploying National Guard to various locations in state
NEW: "The State of #Texas has long been an experimental project of fascism for this country. Which strategies can they equip themselves with, what strategies are effective in forcing public opinion and forcing local municipalities to do whatever they want?"
Here's the extended interview with San Marcos City council member Amanda Rodriguez as a FREE bonus on my Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/free-bonus-and-130206440
#Palestine #Texas #activism #politics #USpol #news #capitalism #SanMarcos #fascism #GregAbbott
“Palestinian Liberation has always shown us that everything is interconnected.”
Out today in Deceleration: San Marcos' city council wouldn't acknowledge the genocide in #Gaza, so Amanda Rodriguez ran for city council and won. My interview with her and others from Palestine Solidarity SMTX. https://deceleration.news/gaza-ceasefire-vote-a-first-in-texas-san-marcos/
#Texas #politics #USpol #news #GregAbbott #Palestine #democracy #solidarity #activism
"There’s no opting out of being tracked: if you drive, you should simply assume that these cameras are logging your movements.
A Texas police officer used Flock to perform a nationwide search of more than 83,000 ALPR cameras while looking for a woman who had had an abortion."
But who cares?
The only danger to women are trans women in bathroom and sports! /s
#feminism #texas #abortion #civilright #womensrights #health #science #tech #privacy #news #media #women
There were two approaches to dealing with the outbreak of measles that spread through the rural community of Gaines County, Texas earlier this year. Dr. Ben Edwards — himself sick with the virus — handed out cod liver oil and prescribed inhalers, neither of which can prevent or cure measles. Meanwhile the waiting room at the only hospital in Seminole, the county's largest town, was virtually empty. On one recent weekday, just four people had come by Gaines County's free vaccine clinic. NBC's Brandy Zadrozny reports on the spread of misinformation, a child's death that brought anti-vaccine activists to town, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s involvement, and the situation now that the outbreak has run its course.
#Science #Health #News #Texas #USPolitics #RFK #RobertFKennedy #Measles #Misinformation #AntiVax #Vaccines
Keep ‘em coming
“A #Texas hospital that repeatedly sent a woman who was bleeding and in pain home without ending her nonviable, life-threatening pregnancy violated the law, according to a newly released federal investigation.”
This was never about “protecting” college seats for US citizens. It has always been about fear—about sending a chilling message to undocumented youth that they are not welcome, no matter how long they’ve lived here, or how much they’ve already given back.
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dream-act-paxton-trump-immigrant-rights-movement/
MAGA/GOP only do what benefits them... most of the time. Sometimes they FAFO though.
Democracy Docket:
NEW: #Texas lawmakers quietly rejected a proof of citizenship bill for voter registration in a surprise move for the deep-red state. Advocates say Republican lawmakers backed off when they realized it could disenfranchise their own voters.
Over 100 years ago, El Paso became the first city in the USA to ban marijuana. Now, #Texas is renewing its commitment to tradition with a bill that will destroy 10,000s of jobs if it goes into effect, fully banning all products with THC despite years of normalization of their usage in our state.
My latest for the @TexasObserver: https://www.texasobserver.org/dan-patrick-texas-devastating-thc-ban/
#drugs #health #cannabis #news #politics #USpol #TXlege #law #police
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