I was just looking for a Texas connection …

if the nyt workers are able to successfully prevent the needle from being published it will be one of the greatest achievements for organized labor since the invention of the weekend

I didn't grow up in Texas, and this election cycle I got curious as to why Texas doesn't have direct citizen ballot initiatives. So I looked into it! My newest for the Texas Standard (@texasstandard.bsky.social) texasstandard.org/stories/why-te…

Nation in Crisis

The story of the Texas Senate race: Ted Cruz won Latino voters by 6 points, per NBC News exit polls. In his last race in 2018, Cruz *lost* Latinos by 29 points. A 35-point swing.

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has been reelected to his seat in the U.S. Senate. Read more: texasstandard.org/stories/ted-cr… #electionday2024 #Vote2024

#Breaking: The South just elected its first openly LGBTQ member of Congress. And she’s from Texas. kut.org/politics/2024-… #LGBT #LGBTQ

There are 32 contested races in Texas appeals courts. Republicans are leading in all but one. We're on track for a lot of blue-to-red flips in Houston and Dallas. #txlege

What’s ahead for Texas? Well, we’ll likely be the center for mass deportations texasobserver.org/how-mass-depor… Texas Observer

All the academics this morning promoting their books on fascism

UPDATE: With 100% of precincts reporting, incumbent Austin mayor Kirk Watson is poised to avoid a runoff and win his reelection campaign with 50.01% of the vote. Watson avoids a run off by a margin of 31 votes, according to KVUE.

Sorry Mr. Chairman, I cannot follow you down that road. Y’all means ALL - especially our trans siblings and kids, who have been demonized and bullied not just by Republicans, but by conservative Democratic elected officials in our legislative delegations, too.

Just an absolutely unreal graphic showing Trump's gains in Texas-Mexico border counties since 2016. Starr County, population 65,920 and 97% Latino, shifted 75 PERCENTAGE POINTS in Trump's direction. texastribune.org/2024/11/06/don…

Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead are women and children, UN says bbc.in/4fH3RfP

#Breaking: Chairman of the Texas Democrats resigns after election losses, controversial comments. kut.org/politics/2024-… #txlege

Love that the LBJ museum is commemorating the ninth anniversary of George Costanza visiting

imagining the protracted email thread in which the Misfits insisted on their logo being on the bill here

Never Been Better

BREAKING: TX Supreme Court GRANTS Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request to block his deposition (+ 3 aides) in the whistleblower case. Says the trial court abused its discretion by ordering depos "w/o considering that the only fact issue ... is now uncontested." Bg: houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

choosing to open the twitter app again