I asked X, Paramount, ABC, and Meta where their donations to Trump's Presidential Library went. None of them could give a clear answer.

Tens of MILLIONS of dollars are missing.

Why should Americans trust that this money isn’t going straight into Donald Trump’s pockets?

The 300-word kind! Very short aggregation. Then spent a few years doing 1-2 reported pieces a day, which was also pretty challenging. I was producing a lot!!!

lol

How Austin Became a Haven for ‘Bro Saviors’ Like Alex Jones and Elon Musk (Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from Alex Hannaford’s book “Lost in Austin: The Evolution of an American City.” It’s an exploration of the profound movements that have shaped Austin — charting the ...

And this is the book excerpt we ran from @alexhannaford.com at @thebarbedwire.com — a story that’s only gotten more interesting, imo

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If You Don’t Already Know Heman Sweatt’s Name, It’s Time to Learn It Heman Sweatt’s U.S. Supreme Court case — which paved the way for nationwide desegregation — helped me understand how personal history is.

This is the story I mention in this episode wrt Brown v Board of Education and Texas’ underappreciated history as the birth place of many civil rights battles

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The Journalism Jobs AI Will Kill First Olivia Messer wrote 30 stories a day at The Daily Beast. Now the Editor-in-Chief of The Barbed Wire, she explains which roles are most vulnerable — and why investigative reporting isn't one of them

This was so fun! @alexhannaford.com is a gem I first met when I was just a cub reporter intern at the Texas Capitol, and last year @thebarbedwire.com ran an excerpt of his book about Austin. Love full circle moments.

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The Texas GOP's Attack on Catholicism Before President Donald Trump was picking fights with the pope, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was accusing Catholic ministries of human trafficking.

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.

I interviewed my pal @oliviamesser.bsky.social for the Deadliners Newsletter about journalism in the age of AI, the mistakes national media makes in Texas, and her mission @thebarbedwire.com to build newsrooms that actually serve the communities they cover.

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AI MAGA girl

This MAGA girl in your social feeds? She's AI-generated, cooked up by a scammer. @ejdickson.bsky.social has the goods:

www.wired.com/story/ai-gen...

It Could Lead to Tens of Thousands of Deaths. In the Meantime, It’s Wreaking Havoc on Americans’ Sanity. Imagine not being able to feed your kid because of a mistake on a piece of paperwork.

For @slate.com & @economichardship.bsky.social, I reported on how chaos and changes surrounding SNAP benefits are taking a toll.

People described endless fear and worry over feeding their kids, where their next meal will come from, and whether SNAP could become even more difficult to access.

"Elon Musk cooked his brain online. Marc Andreessen and others seemingly struggled with being in virtual spaces where their ideas and status were challenged, and rewired their political beliefs as a form of cope."

Good deep dive into tech broligarchy madness:

Commentary: There's a wide gap between rumor and fact. That's where Eric Swalwell lurked The ex-congressman had a reputation for lavishing inappropriate and unwelcome attention on women. But reporters needed time to get evidence and firsthand accounts.

NEW: Why did Eric Swalwell’s creepy and allegedly criminal behavior stay hidden from public view for so long? Especially amid such widespread gossip.

Part of the answer: A wide gulf exists between rumor and reportable fact and he lurked in that space.

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At a time when mass surveillance and autonomous weapons companies like Palantir are openly announcing their plans for violent world domination, it is crucial that our attempts at “big tech reform” don’t actually give them more power—ie via government mandated age verification/identity software

21. Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures ... have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful. 22. We must resist the shallow temptation of a vacant and hollow pluralism. We, in America and more broadly the West, have for the past half century resisted defining national cultures in the name of inclusivity. But inclusion into what?

⚠️ Palantir released what it describes as a vision for “The Technological Republic” in which it argues AGAINST democratic and cultural pluralism and FOR militaristic supremacy enforced by a technocratic elite who produce AI weaponry.

These points stand out:

If you kill your wife, you don't get to be a husband anymore Some lessons from the media coverage of Dr. Cerina Fairfax and Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer's murders.

My latest.

I’ve been watching the media coverage of the murders of Dr. Cerina Fairfax and Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer.

One way media can fight back against male violence:

If you kill your wife, you don’t get to be called a “husband” any more.

You’re her killer.

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we’re *all* fucked now 😅

Seven years ago:

I cannot read the CNN rape academy story, but I’d still like to know if any law enforcement of any kind is investigating

same!!!

AHA of course

haaa I’m not that young!!

!!!! which school 😀

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu | Final Trailer | In Theaters May 22 YouTube video by Star Wars

my nephew is too young to see this but going without him feels like betrayal 😭

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwil...

She took children’s literacy really seriously!!

Mike Nellis @MikeNellis "I'M NO LONGER CATHOLIC!" Hannity ABANDONS HIS FAITH for Trump NELLIS X.com • +*+

Amazing that in the national divorce the libs are getting the NFL, butter and cooking oil, being attracted to adult women, standup comedy, Bud Light, and now also Catholicism

Are you also from Houston??

Barbara Bush read to my grade school class, but the vibes were a lot more uhhh serious and less whimsical

Fed-Up Pope Leo Has No ‘Interest’ in Trump Debate The president’s animosity towards the pope appears to be a one-sided crusade.

The president’s animosity towards the pope appears to be a one-sided crusade.

girl what, that orange man is not worth this