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Kansas-Texas transplant. Interim Editor-in-Chief @TexasObserver . Tips: bova @texasobserver .org, or DM for Signal.

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Personal/professional news: Effective today, I am the Interim Editor-in-Chief of the @TexasObserver . For now, this is a three-month position. This comes on the heels of losing three editorial staff as the Observer invests in its business team.
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There was another large pro-Palestine rally at the Texas Capitol on Sunday. My favorite from the pics I got:
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Grateful to live in a city that still has an alt-weekly:
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Ok y'all, I figured a bit of bluntness was warranted:
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Yesterday, families from Uvalde marched from the Texas Capitol to the Governor's Mansion carrying an altar, demanding "21 por 21" -- increasing the age-of-purchase for assault rifles to 21 in honor of the 21 lives lost at Robb Elementary on May 24:
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Nothing to see here. Just the federal government suing *an orphanage* for the right to survey its property, in preparation to build Trump's border wall, during a global pandemic
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Ok y'all, if you haven't seen many stories from me lately, it's because I've been working really hard on this piece. It's about a man named Antelmo Ramirez, who died working on Tesla's Gigafactory construction site, and the American issues he represents:
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is it normal to position your book on both sides of your head like this
@thehill
The Hill
5 years
Rep. @DanCrenshawTX : "I worry that we are becoming a culture that is more and more inclined to ask for things and ask what our government can do for us instead of asking what we can do for our country."
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Some others:
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Austin. Haven't tried to count the crowd, but march took 4 minutes to pass:
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Good to see a Republican holding another Republican accountable like this. Gonna Google this Ken Paxton fellow to learn more about him
@KenPaxtonTX
Attorney General Ken Paxton
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Speaker Dade Phelan should resign.
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@theemrhammer Imagining the buyer who's like 1. Prefer to live in the best neighborhood in the city 2. Will spend $1.5M 3. Gotta look like shit though
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You see, the troublesome thing about college students is that some of them possess strong moral compasses, a youthful capacity for outrage, and not a little bravery
@thedailytexan
The Daily Texan
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BREAKING: Over 50 protesters begin to form an encampment on South Mall while chanting for divestment. There are eight Austin police officers present.
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"We would appreciate you not using the word 'racism.'"
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A journalist would delete this tweet
@bariweiss
Bari Weiss
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Crime in Austin has soared under a progressive DA. Tomorrow, Democrats will decide: Is it time to put a moderate in charge?
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@RealHennessyDC @CthulhusProdigy i am not sure how to read your comment exactly but there is a Palestine, TX. It is pronounced Palest-een.
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*Big* pro-Palestine rally at the Texas Capitol right now
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After an open letter came out, largely from prosecutors and police, urging people not to come to Uvalde from out of town on the one-year anniverary of the Robb school shoting, a Uvalde families-led group posted an invite for a vigil to people "from all over the world": (1/2)
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Not sure the DA and a DPS captain are terribly representative of the directly affected Uvalde families
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This fellow has trained Texas law enforcement officers in fairly recent memory:
@RightWingWatch
Right Wing Watch
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Radical right-wing activist John Guandolo says "screw you" to anyone criticizing MAGA activists for storming the Capitol, praising them for showing incredible "restraint" by not summarily executing lawmakers.
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Uvalde families once again make their way to the Capitol, now to testify on bills including one by Uvalde state Rep. to raise AR purchase age to 21. #txlege Some of my coverage of this families movement here:
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Heard of this minutes before story pub'd b/c Trib asked for comment. I suppose I will be arguing tomorrow for this not to happen. Assuming that's in vain, I will need fairly urgent help from people who have worked with me or liked my work figuring out freelance and a new job.
@sewellchan
Sewell Chan
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EXCLUSIVE: The Texas Observer, the crusading liberal magazine founded in 1954, which Molly Ivins edited in the โ€™70s, is closing down and laying off its staff. The board voted on Wednesday, and again today, to proceed with the shutdown.
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From report on Austin police academy: "Multiple former cadets" said training staff denigrated the homeless & instructed that "if they are 'having a slow day,' they could seek out someone experiencing homelessness as an easy target for various citations"
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The Uvalde shooter did not kill those children with his purported mental health struggles. He did not shoot them with estrangement. ... He killed them with a goddamn assault rifle, and high-capacity magazines, designed for the precise purpose of human annihilation.
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It occurs to me that some percentage of these could be former UT students. I asked the spokesperson how many were, and he replied that answering would violate FERPA...
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A lot of "rallies" at the Texas Capitol are rallies in names only, with a smattering of professional activists and a bunch of TV cameras. This ain't that. This is thousands. Don't see many reporters or elected officials though
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*Big* pro-Palestine rally at the Texas Capitol right now
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Crowd right now outside of Austin police headquarters
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Yesterday in Uvalde, I saw 500 marchers turn out in a city of only 15K. In 104-degree heat. The grief over those lost--and the rage over the police response and Texas gun policies--is still so palpable:
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Ok y'all, I put a lot into this story, which is the cover for our new issue. It's about the powerful movement for accountability and gun reform that's emerged in Uvalde since May 24, the town's civil rights history, & the people & places that connect them:
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Ken Paxton, who is suing school districts over their mask mandates, blames school districts for wasting money that could go to teacher raises on legal fees to defend themselves from lawsuits filed by Ken Paxton
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Eight months ago, in the runup to Super Tuesday, pundits and Biden surrogates frenziedly pushed the idea that Texas Dems needed to pick Biden--not Bernie--in order to help *downballot* candidates. Here's what I said at the time:
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Living in Texas and paying attention to your statewide leaders is a surefire way to remind yourself that electing Biden is not the end of problems
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Aaron Rupar
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โ€œThereโ€™s less than 30,000 votes in Georgia and Arizona dividing Biden and Trump. And if those two states turn, if they do, then the Supreme Court could make the decision on Pennsylvania. And then Trump is president." โ€” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
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Lmao Elon Musk has deleted his tweet supporting the challenger for Travis County district attorney who just lost by 34 points
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All the charges have already been dropped. I guess @UTAustin wants to give police unilateral ability to exile students from campus with no due process.
@lilykepner
Lily Kepner
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New protest rules form today: @UTAustin says those who have previously been arrested for trespassing arenโ€™t allowed on campus. I asked if it matters if charges were dropped, a UT spokesperson said it doesnโ€™t. @statesman
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This "rapid unscheduled disassembly" joke re: a rocket blowing up has been made repeatedly by Musk before. The cheeky attitude can be jarring if you've spent time talking to people concerned about Boca Chica Beach and the surrounding environment/habitat.
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SpaceX
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As if the flight test was not exciting enough, Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly before stage separation
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The tale of two Austin police oversight propositions ends with an overwhelming majority apparently knowing what they were voting for and voting accordingly:
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Austinites, it would seem, are not easily swayed by @elonmusk and @bariweiss :
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Well, I guess tonight's Travis County DA results will be a referendum on Elon Musk and Bari Weiss personally!
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New from me: An exclusive interview with a Brownsville environmental activist arrested in force last week for alleged anti-SpaceX graffiti, then targeted by the mayor on social media. Her lawyer calls it an "extreme, targeted attack":
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Ok y'all, here's a story I worked really damn hard on. It's about sanctioned homeless camps, kind of, but really it's just about some people I was lucky enough to get to know over the last 8 months:
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Here at the picket line outside Ascension Seton hospital in Austin where nurses are raucously carrying out a historic one-day strike:
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โ€œIย loved Garrett Foster. I thought we were going to grow old together. He was the love of my life. He still is. I am heartbroken by this lawlessness. @GregAbbott_TX has shown that, to him, only certain lives matter. He has made us all less safe."
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wow. INBOX: Governor Abbott Pardons Daniel Perry Following Board Recommendation
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People in Austin *Texas* are building new houses and painting them black and I do not understand. Does anyone understand this
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Watson parters with DPS. *One second later*: Sorry, DPS arrested basically exclusively brown and Black residents. Watson partners with DPS again. *One second later*: Sory, DPS pointed a gun at an elementary schooler. A really embarassing saga here.
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As people begin asking why the governor is on Regeneron, I would like to ask, why is the fact that he's on Regeneron in the press release?
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South Texas activists are calling on @JoeBiden to "immediately stop the wall through an executive order"
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Hey y'all, please forgive any unresponsiveness over the last few days or the following few months. I am officially going full-on Father Mode for the one and only(?) Eugene Jay Bova, born 7/27/23:
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Surely this would have never happened if Donald Trump were president
@HoustonChron
Houston Chronicle
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#BREAKING : Exxon, the nation's largest oil company, plans to lay off 1,900 U.S. employees, primarily in the Houston area.
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48 percent of voters in Cuellar's district voted for a congressional candidate backing M4A & Green New Deal. Sanders won all 3 major counties w/in the district. Despite Cuellar's win, folks who call the district "conservative" seem to be on shaky ground.
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Austin American-Statesman workers on strike today as part of broader strike at Gannett-owned papers:
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Ramirez died of hyperthermia while working construction on a 96-degree day. Government officials recorded that he was working in direct sun, without shade. OSHA fined his employer, a Tesla contractor, but the fine is being contested.
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This is political malfeasance:
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For the 5th straight legislative session, state Rep Mary Gonzalez has introduced a bill that would create a public database of employers who've committed wage theft. Maybe 5 times will be the charm. Background:
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Y'all. Please understand: You've just saved @TexasObserver staff from imminent crisis. The Observer itself is *not saved yet*. #s aren't 100% sure but we have maybe 2 months in that GoFundMe. If you're in this to rly try to save the place, keep giving!
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Y'all! In response to the @TexasObserver staff's fundraiser, layoffs *have been averted*. Y'all did this. I'm gonna fricking cry.
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Ok y'all, my latest. Basically, the year-long backlash over homeless policy in Austin got me real worked up. So I messed around & wrote about the history of homeless criminalization; the emergence of Austin as we know it; capitalism itself; etc. Link:
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Uvalde superintendent says school board will consider resolution Monday night to urge Greg Abbott to call special session to raise AR-buying age from 18 to 21 #txlege
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In this case in particular, the facts seemed to undermine Abbott's rhetorical distractions in real time--whether it was prematurely lionizing police, inventing mental health diagnoses, or fabricating a legislative record--the gap yawned absurdly:
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But, overall, the story is mostly about Ramirez himself--through the eyes of his oldest daughter. It's about the gaping hole that preventable workplace deaths leave behind.
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Tesla came to to the Austin-area with the help of tax incentives, over opposition from local labor and progressive advocates. According to its tax agreement with Travis County, the company was to report any injuries or deaths that occurred during site construction...
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It's a long piece, and I know there's other major news to follow right now, so you might have to bookmark it. But I really hope y'all can find the time for it:
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Ok y'all, here's my two cents. Once the coronavirus passes, there's no reason to let the powerful return peacefully to business as usual.
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*Slowly* working my way through the Caro LBJ books and I appear to have gotten ex-state Senator Barrientos' copy at Half Price:
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Austin city council member Natasha Harper-Madison with seriously strong words here for Austin police chief and union
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Anyhoo, @JoeBiden 's platform still does not include a clear day-one plan for the border wall. Truly opposing the wall would mean cancelling construction contracts immediately and stopping eminent domain proceedings.
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But the company did not report Ramirez's death, or other injuries, in 2021. The company also did not apply for for an OSHA "voluntary protection program" it had said it would make "its best efforts" to be approved for.
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Again, I will update tomorrow. But regardless I'm a journalist w/about 7 years of experience in magazine & investigative journalism. I actually just won a nice award for a piece in the Observer. I also, while I don't do personal stuff on here a lot, have a child on the way.
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Fact check: True.
@allynwest
Allyn West
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The Tribune reported that the @TexasObserver board had only $170,000 in reserves. In two days, staff have raised $202,000.
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Screw it I'm going ultra-ultra-local, DSA-endorsed Austin school board candidate with big early lead:
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Facing a tough reelection fight, John Cornyn is running ads touting his support for Dreamers. For just such occasions did I write this piece:
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Editors: The next time you see something like this, reject the pitch, cancel the assignment, whatever you must do to bail out
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This, too, is the U.S.-Mexico border. I could hear a pin drop, so long as the singing waterfowl paused a moment
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There are 3 blue counties in TN and you're moving to one of them. Just like right-wing Californians coming to Austin, y'all don't really want to live in red America. You just want to be reactionaries in blue cities, opposing locals' efforts to improve their state governments.
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We've been asked over and over and over again when we would leave California. The answer: now. See you in Nashville, gang!
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If you're a Texan looking enviously at last night's election results in Ohio, I've got an explainer up for you today. Headline: The Reason Texans Canโ€™t Vote on Abortion and Weed
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"There is no grand principle of justice that the governor is expressing. There is only this: the law must bind my enemies and not my friends, and it must protect my friends but not my enemies."
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New York City, a growing town known for the size of its apples and its renowned "bodega," a local turn of phrase meaning supermarket (how some of y'all sound writing about texas even when it's austin)
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@rosecahalan i think it's really all about the dinosaurs; construction equipment kinda looks like dinosaurs basically
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Missed this yesterday but Texas Supreme Court halts evictions statewide:
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Ok y'all, I had the privilege of spending a day with Pamela Rivas, a South Texas nurse who just won a 14-year fight to save her land from the border wall. Despite her victory, the land still brims with border militarization built up over decades:
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Ok y'all, I have made my entry into the SpaceX discourse. I tried to home in on two things: the corporate takeover of a public beach and the possible catastrophic outcomes of space colonization.
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Y'all, I'm very happy to say that Labor is now an official Texas Observer beat with its own section on the website:
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At this point, Texans just need the Legislature to allow citizen-initiated ballot measures, so people can make their own damn policies while the GOP gerrymanders themselves into safe seats. I believe we'd have legal weed and a higher minimum wage in no time.
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Former Senate candidate MJ Hegar is selling the motorcycle that was a key component of her political persona and ads. "Mint condition, very low miles."
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Here's the mayor of Brownsville going out of his way to post about the arrest of a local environmental activist for alleged involvement in spray-painting the words "gentrified stop spacex" on the mural pictured below:
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In Austin, Proposition A -- to superfund the police -- getting blown out in the early vote:
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Feels like time for a Molly Ivins classic: "The Texas Legislature consists of 181 people who meet for 140 days every two years. This catastrophe has now occurred [87] times."
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@brandondarby The officer could have exited the situation in a less dangerous fashion by accelerating more slowly
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Kim Ogg appears to have lost reelection very badly:
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Harris County for Biden by 13 for now. Dallas County, 2-1 for Biden:
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Gus Bova ๐Ÿ—’๏ธ
4 years
Travis County's incumbent district attorney has been, in political science parlance, "wrecked"
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@gusbova
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11 months
NOW: Texas House has voted to strip vouchers from #HB1 , resounding defeat for Governor Greg Abbott #txlege
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@gusbova
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9 months
Austin's BookPeople--the state's only union bookstore (per @TexasAFLCIO ) and Texas' largest independent bookstore (per BookPeople)--strikes a blow against the #txlege and for the 1st Amendment:
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@gusbova
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1 year
Not sure the DA and a DPS captain are terribly representative of the directly affected Uvalde families
@tplohetski
Tony Plohetski
1 year
NEW: In an open letter, Uvalde officials ask that as the anniversary of the Robb Elementary shooting approaches, โ€œthat if you feel compelled to support the residents of Uvalde, please host something in your hometown in our honor.โ€
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@gusbova
Gus Bova ๐Ÿ—’๏ธ
1 year
Ok y'all, last story from me for a good while. Please attribute any flaws to my rushing to get it done before my wife birthed our child (see: prior tweet). TTYL friends
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@gusbova
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2 years
@mattyglesias @evan7257 You should delete and repost your question without calling the father of environmental justice "some NGO guy."
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@gusbova
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3 years
Like, are these people who have never worn a dark shirt in summer. Are they from Norway. What is the deal
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@gusbova
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1 year
Hey y'all, I went semi-deep on why Texas nurses are making labor organizing history, focusing on a couple of nurses' stories and the strike earlier this week:
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@gusbova
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1 year
Y'all, @TexasObserver is cleaning up right now at the @SPJFW awards. @by_jmiller , @DylanBaddour (Guest appearance: @stevanzetti )
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