In our magazine, the latest from Texas Observer cartoonist Ben Sargent.
Read more from our July/August 2026 issue: https://www.texasobserver.org/issues/july-august-2026/
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I'm standing -like putting my hands up, expressing my 1st Amend #rights -this is a rubber bullet, which they were saying they weren't shooting🚨-obviously were💔-shot some sort of canister thru my pants -a huge bruise on my thigh -shot me in leg -chest..."
"NJ AG says ppl wearing protective gear who didn't leave the area 1/2 MI from DH (an empty IND road)🚨put the public at risk.
Standing around🚨is a big threat to “the public” these days."
-T Ben-Ora
#ICE #Protest #USPol
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/delaney-hall-ice-protests-dhs-restores-family-visitation/
#StephenMiller🚨was reportedly the driving force behind the DOJ's recent memo authorizing states to institutionalize ppl with #disabilities rather than fund community-based care.
Trump's dep CoS, was frustrated:🚨#DOJ’s #CivilRights Div was still reaching stlmts compelling states to transfer those experiencing mental illness out of insts. They said he felt DOJ’s AGRs would increase #homelessness & didn’t adhere to Trump’s July EO pressuring cities...
#Nazi #Uprising #USPol
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/stephen-miller-said-to-drive-doj-memo-eroding-disability-rights
Federal judge bars #Trump from implementing proof of #citizenship requirement to #vote
A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred Trump’s admin from implementing most of his first executive order on #elections, part of which sought to require people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote.
#law #Constitution #VoterSuppression #VotingRights #USpol #MafiaState #intimidation #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-judge-358912bcb6c7223b3d2d36465156fde9
Dear cis men: the coolest thing you can do this #Pride Month is submit a public comment in support of #trans people on this proposed rule change that would gag any entity receiving federal money and prevent them from supporting trans folks.
This is what genocide looks like on paper. Please stand up and oppose it.
Link to leave a public comment: https://www.regulations.gov/document/OMB-2026-0034-0001
Edited 101d ago
It is unbelievable that freaking Americans and EU liberals are more upset about the MoU than they were about the illegal war on Iran, the #MinabMassacare, 2 years and 8 months of genicide, illegal invasion of Lebanon, illegal invasion of Syria and daily murder of innocent people in occupied West Bank by Jewish KKK.
It just shows where their priorities are.
#iran #MoU #Hypocrisy #USpol #EUpol #WarOnIran #Genocide #Gaza #Lebanon #Syria #Occupation #JewishKKK
Edited 84d ago
"Postmaster General David Steiner told senators that, under a new proposed rule, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will not deliver mail ballots unless states hand over their voter lists to the Trump administration."
"Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin just repeatedly refused to commit to following court orders from judges who rule that DHS is acting illegally.
Mullin: would not vow to abide by rulings from judges."
Everyone in the #TrumpRegime is #lawless -openly defies the law.
#Impeach #Trump #RegimeChange #Constitution #Fascism #DHS #ICE #Detention #DeathCamps #Torture #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Courts #Judges #USPol
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/02/congress/mullin-refuses-to-commit-to-following-court-orders-for-dhs-00946961
Edited 100d ago
“The president of the Utah State Senate, who championed a huge data center beside the Great Salt Lake, was defeated in his Republican primary on Tuesday night, one of the most high-profile signs of the voter backlash to data center projects.
The vote to oust the Senate president, J. Stuart Adams, was a stunner. Mr. Adams was one of the longest-serving and most powerful politicians in Utah, a solidly Republican state, and had won earlier re-elections with little opposition.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/us/j-stuart-adams-utah-senate-data-center.html
This is terrible. We will lose the ability to accurately track marine weather. #climate #uspol https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/climate/ocean-observatories-initiative.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nFA.60N6.hYFHv83kH_Ee&smid=nytcore-ios-share
#DebHaaland Wins Nomination in #NewMexico Governor’s Race
Haaland, a former Interior secretary, took a big step toward making history as the first #NativeAmerican #woman to be a #governor when she won the primary in her Democratic state.
#primaries ##USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/us/elections/new-mexico-democrat-governor-haaland.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
New from Josephine Lee: No state has taken over as many public school districts as #Texas. Since 2020, the Texas Education Agency has installed its own hand-picked leaders in eight districts. Four of those came just this spring. At least another 10 are at risk of takeover. https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-tea-school-takeovers-charter-austin-fort-worth-houston/
Co-published with our partners at @ProPublica.
RE: https://mstdn.social/@MaryAustinBooks/116817066497457828
the reverse narcissus does exists, not with a pool but a protrait. the protagonist:
Dorian Gray
which explains why ―for decades now― whenever i think of Dorian Gray, who i see is Donald Trump.
On Mon, #SpaceX🚨amended its IPO to state that water conds—incl water scarcity, regs around water, & drought—could constrain data center dev.
Water use:🚨emerging as one of the most contentious #DataDenter issues. A recent poll found:🚨7 out of 10 Americans are opposed to data center dev -water scarcity ranking as the top res concern. Facing increasingly fierce resistance, some tech cos are scrambling to assure the public that they’re facing the issue head-on.
#AI #USPol
https://www.wired.com/story/data-center-operators-fix-water-use-problems/
Edited 99d ago
According to research by Ben Johnson in Inequality By Design, the level of inequality in the US today matches that of France in the run up to the French Revolution. If you think things are bad for the vast majority of people, it's because they are.
#US #USPol #economics
#US #USPol #economics
National Guard, working within a federal task force, have now shot and killed a civilian in Tennessee.
Military under federal guidance killing Americans on the streets: where we now are in the democracy backslide/authoritarian takeover attempt we all now face.
« #TristanCabello est historien, spécialiste des États-Unis. Il vient de publier #LaVictoireDeZohranMamdaniÀNewYork chez Textuel. Il aborde le parcours et la stratégie de victoire de #Mamdani en 2025. Il revient aussi sur la naissance et l’histoire de la #gaucheAméricaine durant le XXe siècle jusqu’à la nouvelle génération de #socialistesAméricains. »
https://www.micro-stories.fr/la-victoire-de-zohran-mamdani/
#ZohranMamdani #NYCpol #USpol #politiqueAméricaine #NYC #DSA #partiDémocrate #livres @bookstodon
The New York Times reviewed over a dozen hours of cabinet meeting footage to analyze how Trump’s administration spoke to him. On average, at least one of every six sentences either flattered #Trump, gave him credit or criticized his political opponents.
#POTUS #vanity #narcissism #gaslighting #propaganda #MentalHealth #dysfunctional #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #despotism #idolatry #tyranny #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/politics/trump-cabinet-meetings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Edited 99d ago
Stephen Miller, the face of a Nazi:
"Stephen Miller memo EXPOSES plan to punish Americans with disabilities
According to Bloomberg Law, Stephen Miller was behind a DOJ memo that lets states institutionalize Americans with disabilities instead of funding the community care that allows them to remain home—undoing decades of reform and precedent."
This is the new goverment of the United States;
"Epstein class crypto billionaires"
Those are the scumbags driving the US into the ground
"Trump Bought Hundreds of Stocks the Day Before He Paused Tariffs and Sparked a Historic Rally"
@donnydonny for @sludge
The fact this was a thing says enough about the fascist fair:
"Confederate flag images removed from North Carolina booth at Great American State Fair"
A federal judge strikes down Trump administration immigration policy affecting 39 countries ~
In a nutshell, US District Judge John McConnell Jr. said that the #trump admin ignored the law and did whatever it wanted, justifying its actions with bogus 'national security’ pretexts as a cover for anti-immigrant bias that it is not supposed to let influence its decision making.
#USA #US #USpol #immigration #law
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https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-asylum-citizenship-10591d120e5cb13da736d9eeb06757c8
Without weighing in on the electoral politics of the situation, I think it's worth registering that Graham Platner receives press coverage suggesting he's a left-leaning, progressive politician, yet in his personal life his actions are consistent with a far-right sensibility. Similar comments apply to Gavin Newsom. If you're into voting for blue-tinted rightwingers and you like to call them Democrats that's up to you, but call a spade a spade eh?
#maine #politics #democrats #USPol #US
#maine #politics #democrats #USPol #US