Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

Meenu Batra has lived in the South Texas border colonia of Laguna Heights since 2002. She’s a court interpreter, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu.

But, on March 17, Batra was detained by ICE agents at the Harlingen Airport: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

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Sometimes vaccine efficacy is subtle. Sometimes it isn’t. Graph showing the number of measles cases after the 1st and 2nd MMR vaccines were recommended.

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First photos of solar eclipse from Artemis II crew look almost too good to be real A solar eclipse from space.

In addition to experiencing a longer total eclipse totality from space — lasting nearly one hour instead of just a few minutes here on Earth — the Artemis II crew got a glimpse at the Sun’s corona wispily peeking out from behind the Moon without interference from the Earth’s atmosphere.

Trump is completely unhinged.

He's lashing out with no plan, threatening horrific war crimes after already bombing a girl's school.

It's making the entire world, including the United States, less safe.

Every Republican enabling him is responsible. Congress must act.

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New episode: James Talarico Is A Unicorn For Secular Voters With Wil Jeudy We talk to Wil Jeudy, a secula #james-talarico #secular-houston #secularism https://podfollow.com/secular-left

Is Democrat James Talarico a man of faith who supports the separation of church and state? Secular activist Wil Jeudy believes he is podfollow.com/secular-left

Raskin: "It doesn't give me a lot of comfort that Todd Blanche is now the acting AG. This is the guy who transferred Ghislaine Maxwell from the higher security prison to the low security prison camp in Texas."

The Primary runoff election is on May 26!

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Cosplaying working class Rafael Cruz went to Princeton and Harvard. When he flees his constituents without power, he stays at the Ritz-Carlton.

His wife, Heidi, is Managing Director at the fancy investment firm Goldman Sachs.

They are not men & women with callouses on their hands. They are elites.

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A Wall That’s Worth Defending Some evangelical Christians are hammering away at the very church-state separation that allowed them, and other believers, to first flourish in America.

Drive around Fort Worth, or any populous Texas city, and you’ll see Muslim mosques, Hindu and Buddhist temples, Sikh gurdwaras, and Jewish synagogues, as well as Christian churches of all sizes and varieties.

A diversity that depends on a wall of separation. www.texasobserver.org/a-wall-thats...

The Academic Justification for Male Supremacy From Noam Chomsky to Larry Summers, elite intellectuals shared more than they want to admit with Jeffrey Epstein

If you haven't read this yet, you should “'Epstein gravitated toward fields and figures that rank humans, explain away cruelty, or biologize inequality...He identified and aligned himself with the intellectual machinery now justifying our current dystopia.'" newlinesmag.com/argument/the...

Early voting for the Houston City Council Dist C race (special election) begins TODAY!

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The Texas Democratic Primary Runoffs The Democrats who made it to the next round.

The Democrats who made it to the next round.

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Sarah Eckhardt Wants to Return the Texas Comptroller to the Bob Bullock Era The Democratic candidate hopes to bring the statewide accountant’s office back to its rightful role—independently enforcing good government.

The Texas Comptroller's office has long been seen as a backwater and a waystation for ambitious politicians seeking higher office. But when wielded in the proper way—as an engine of good, clean, efficient government—it can be a powerful post.

Sometimes I think he’s just trolling us.

But no, he really is this stupid.

The first US Cabinet happened in 1789.

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Extremely American Season 2 just hit 1 million downloads! Big thanks to my team @radiodawson.bsky.social & Morgan Springer + @boisestatepublicradio.org @npr.org & all our listeners for another great season. And we're not done, so stay tuned! If you haven't listened: npr.org/podcasts/510...

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RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.

In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p