Did Texas Republicans’ Restive Runoffs Imperil Their November Ballot? www.texasobserver.org/texas-gop-ru...
my take on the Republican runoffs
New from @drdrbrockman.bsky.social: The ferocity of anti-Talarico invective reveals a deep and very public clash between two distinct ways of being Christian.
The Texas data center boom has exposed a growing intra-GOP tension over local control, between hamstrung and wary county officials and pro-state supremacy, pro-uninhibited growth state leaders. www.texasobserver.org/data-center-...
New from @candicebernd.bsky.social: GOP state leaders for years engaged in a war on local control aimed at big blue cities. But local Republicans are finding that they, too, have fallen prey as they attempt to resist new data centers.
Though MAGA believers call James Talarico “blasphemous,” he’s squarely within his Mainline Presbyterian tradition. And that's a timely reminder of the diversity of Christianity in Texas and beyond.
In rural areas like Caldwell County, local Republican officials and citizens are scrambling to find ways to empower counties and slow AI-fueled development.
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For @texasobserver.org, I did a deep dive into Brandon Herrera, a gunfluencer and now Republican congressional nominee who has spread memes associated the extremist Boogaloo movement and rationalized lethal violence against people with certain political beliefs.
www.texasobserver.org/brandon-herr...
My latest for @texasobserver.org: Though MAGA believers call James Talarico “blasphemous,” he’s squarely within his Mainline Presbyterian tradition. And that’s a timely reminder of the diversity of Christianity in Texas and beyond www.texasobserver.org/senate-james...
Great day-after take on the Menefee-Green runoff here from @samrussek.bsky.social www.texasobserver.org/christian-me...
Justin Miller
New from @gusbova.bsky.social: At last, Texas Dems have their statewide slate. In November, they'll attempt to take advantage of what seems to be the most promising year for Lone Star liberals in at least four cycles.
So, here are some reasons this might be a bad thing.
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On his YouTube channel, Brandon Herrera has discussed the relative merits of weapons used in mass shootings and made light of political violence. He’s now on a glide path to the U.S. House.
Out today from @josephinelee.bsky.social, co-published with @propublica.org: Several newly installed school district leaders have ties to Houston Superintendent Mike Miles, who has sparked widespread protests for firing principals & teachers, school closures, & conversion of schools into charters.
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Professionals like me get Texas kids safely to school. We get food to grocery stores and medical supplies to hospitals. Until the government decides to throw us out of work.
Caldwell County Judge Hoppy Haden, a stout 63-year-old who sports a cowboy hat and a white handlebar mustache, is hoppin’ mad about the artificial intelligence-fueled data center boom in his…
Though MAGA believers call James Talarico “blasphemous,” he’s squarely within his Mainline Presbyterian tradition. And that's a timely reminder of the diversity of Christianity in Texas and beyond.
Al Green was a fighter past his prime, and Houstonians finally chose a new direction. But a post-Voting Rights Act world means that intraparty fights over Black representation are just beginning.
New today: Two new demands on the grid make the approaching season different from previous near-miss summers. Because Texas operates largely as an isolated grid, it cannot easily draw on neighboring regions when those pressures converge—the full weight falls on a system designed to carry it alone.
Led by James Talarico, a relatively well-qualified Democratic slate—one that poorly reflects the state's demography and geography—might have gotten its most important boost from the Republican side…
The state grid was built on the assumption that demand would fall at night. As hotter evenings and around-the-clock power use erase that drop, the system is being pushed in ways its original design…
