In books: The author's intention is clear—to sketch a distinct throughline connecting the left organizers of the Texas present to the radicals of the Texas past. Think of it like laying down an ideological I-35 for us to follow.
CDC Blocks Publication of Study Proving Covid Vaccine Works
The CDC initially delayed the study, but has now blocked its in-house journal from publishing the study entirely.
newrepublic.com/post/209375/...
A great dispatch from the Texas border, where Texas Republicans, led by AG Ken Paxton, have targeted a key nemesis of the far right and Christian nationalists: Catholic Charities.
like, this is part of the story of the modern ultrawealthy, too — they have been able to very rapidly and very effectively transform the entire system into one which socializes risk and privatizes gain without, so far, any real penalty
“The decision … is not going to result in any more oil production; it’s not going to result in lower gas prices. It will result in real harm and the potential extinction of one or more species in the Gulf.”
Any reason to suspect use of AI may have contributed?
NYT INVESTIGATION: As the Trump administration & Congress last year moved to repeal sanctions on Syria, the Qatar-based family that most stood to benefit was privately negotiating a real-estate partnership with Jared Kushner and proposing a Trump golf course in Syria www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...
It isn’t a problem for my dog and the info I found about it says it is not toxic for pets….
This works in my shaded yard (central Texas) and attracts pollinators to my garden beds…
Horseherb (Calyptocarpus vialis): Excellent for dappled shade, spreads, tolerates traffic, and attracts pollinators.
Every time mainstream news outlets quote the sitting president of the United States, they are introducing misinformation into Americans' news ecosystem.
It's really as simple as that.
It’s a telling indicator of media desensitization that the US government’s ongoing program of murder on the high seas—which according to the perpetrators has killed fourteen (14) people this week— is no longer a subject for much serious or sustained news coverage.
🎥 WATCH: ProPublica and FRONTLINE investigate the violence, protests and arrests stemming from the federal immigration sweeps across the country.
"Caught in the Crackdown" premiered Tuesday, April 14 at 10 p.m. EDT/9 p.m. CDT on PBS and online. propub.li/4t9gZkF
Now in front of the paywall- me spiraling about how we have lots of useful interventions against misinformation but most of them don't work when tech isn't willing to implement them and the misinformation is coming from the people currently in charge of public health
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New from @gaigedavila.bsky.social: “It’s not targeting criminals, it’s not targeting dangerous people, it’s targeting individuals who are members of our community, who have a lot to offer and continue to offer a lot of positive things for our entire country and our society.”
Over 1,100 Afghans—most having risked their lives by working with Americans, remain stranded in Qatar. Trump froze the visas, missed his own deadline, and now offers them cash to go home—where the Taliban will kill them. A signal to the world of how Trump regards those who actually put America first
Lauren Gutterman, a professor in American Studies and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, sees the consolidation as a part of a “right-wing political effort to censor teaching and learning on these topics.”
Literary text in William Shakespeare’s own handwriting
A powerful plea for compassion, written over 400 years ago.
This manuscript in our collection is believed to contain the only surviving literary text in William Shakespeare’s handwriting. Its message still resonates today.
Discover more here: link.bl.uk/tkr
Read the full story from me and @dougbockclark.bsky.social, with animations by Matt Rota and Henrike Lendowski.
FULL STORY: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Thanks for the photos! Making plans to see this next year!
Applications had been submitted for about 275,000 students as of late March. But just 25% percent were for students currently enrolled in public schools. (That amounts to about 1% of the state’s 5.5 million public school students.)
The United States effectively no longer has an asylum system.
Our asylum system was created by our Congress, under the rule of law, and it is the duty of the Executive Branch to administer that system.
It has instead disemboweled the system so that it no longer grants asylum.
Featured story: From trucks loaded with buoys driving through Southmost's pothole-ridden streets in Brownsville to shipments of steel border wall panels hauled down Valley highways, the rapid spending of taxpayer dollars is visible all around the region.
For years, scientists have projected that South Texas would grow hotter and drier—that droughts would lengthen, that rainfall would become less reliable, and water systems built for a wetter century would face conditions they were never designed to absorb. www.texasobserver.org/corpus-chris...
Since you’re in Austin….an austin louge lizard’s classic relevant to this administration: m.youtube.com/watch?v=xbvr...
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When the Trump administration and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele reached an agreement to imprison U.S. deportees at CECOT, what did Bukele stand to gain? A new documentary from FRONTLINE and El Faro investigates. Watch the opening scene now.
https://to.pbs.org/4bXrcux
