How it's going in Texas. A first read: 'Texas gets what they deserve.' A second read: Look at the amazing journalists covering this story. Or *Baylor's* student paper publishing a commentary by South Asian student. Or 19 mil registered voters. And, 2.4 million early voters in TX on Day 3.

Candice Bernd@candicequestions.com · 3d ago

My 1st for @thelever.bsky.social examines Big Oil donations to TX Railroad Commission candidate Bo French from 7/1 to 9/24—well after French's open racism had become well reported on by myself and others. In other words, here's the Big Oil donors who are funding French despite of his naked extremism

My 1st for @thelever.bsky.social examines Big Oil donations to TX Railroad Commission candidate Bo French from 7/1 to 9/24—well after French's open racism had become well reported on by myself and others. In other words, here's the Big Oil donors who are funding French despite of his naked extremism

America’s Most Fascist Candidate, Brought To You By Big Oil

A Texas candidate trafficking in white-nationalist politics has found powerful allies among the oil interests he promises to deregulate.

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Easy, Breezy, Beautiful, Cover Girl 💅🏻

Texas Observer@texasobserver.org · 5d ago

Presenting the November/December 2026 issue of Texas Observer magazine, with cover story by @candicequestions.com. Cover photograph by @jordanvondy.bsky.social. Members get six issues of our magazine, every year. Visit our website to join.

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol didn’t get the welcome he thought he would when he came to speak at UT Austin 👀

SpaceX should be straight-up nationalized after this and Musk shd be prosecuted. I don't doubt other nations will ditch Starlink after this episode, but the US also can't tolerate the arrangement: There's no reason at all he couldn't do the same thing to a Dem president he didn't like.

Mike@mike-umbkm.bsky.social · 5d ago

A 'SpaceX' investor said he’s not only “disgusted…from a humanity perspective” (by restrictions on Starlink in Ukraine), but also because: “.….they've given everybody a reason not to use Starlink, that Starlink isn't reliable for national security for anybody but Trump.”

Not an exaggeration to say that elections in the next twelve days will have a huge effect on how many trees survive on our planet, and what its atmosphere is composed of. billmckibben.substack.com/p/elections-...

Elections should not be this important

But they are

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Presenting the November/December 2026 issue of Texas Observer magazine, with cover story by @candicequestions.com. Cover photograph by @jordanvondy.bsky.social. Members get six issues of our magazine, every year. Visit our website to join.

New @thebarbedwire.com: A new state plan calls for getting HIV+ folks into care faster, and cutting new cases in half by 2031. But how can we fight AIDS amid deep cuts to federal funding and as more Texans struggle to access healthcare? www.thebarbedwire.com/can-texas-fi...

Way to go Texas! 🌊

Blogged about Matthew McConaughey's deeply exhausting schtick of saying a whole lot about absolutely nothing: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

McConaughey's baffling call for political 'independence' is for no one

Alright alright alright, I've had enough of Matthew McConaughey's whole deal!

chron.com

The logic that structures and enforces a society of haves and have-nots to the extent that a mother can't afford something as basic as diapers for her baby is the same logic that will justify the murder of said baby over said stolen diapers.

Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social · last wk.

JUST IN: The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office said on Monday. Her office will not charge the white officer who shot the child.

Lynn Fitch is the "pro-life" attorney general who successfully led the state's side in the Dobbs case, overturning Roe v. Wade.

Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social · last wk.

JUST IN: The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office said on Monday. Her office will not charge the white officer who shot the child.

In the first of a two part series, @jamesstout.bsky.social travels to Lochiel, Arizona, to interview land defenders occupying a historic cottonwood in order to prevent the tree being destroyed as part of a two layer border wall being built through the region.  www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...

They cut down the "grandmother" tree.

Max Granger@maxgranger.info · 3w ago

🚨 All eyes on the border wall blockade at Camp O:ṣhad in Lochiel, Ariz. This morning, over 50 Border Patrol / BORTAC agents raided the resistance camp, entering private property without a warrant, attacking land defenders & deploying a cherry-picker to extract the tree sitter.

Time for this classic again.

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At Climate & Energy conference @volts.wtf criticizes the climate movement for becoming an "everything movement," citing the inclusion of "environmental justice" and "labor." If those of us online could ask questions, I'd ask David to expand on how EJ and labor are "other" to the climate crisis?

At Heatmap’s Climate Week event today, Energy Secretary Chris Wright explicitly said there will not be a full-scale diesel export ban. “We will not cease exports of U.S. diesel,” Wright told attendees. Full story at the link below.

Chris Wright Doesn’t Think We’ll Have a Diesel Export Ban

“We will not cease exports of U.S. diesel,” the Secretary of Energy told us at Heatmap House.

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Good news: a federal judge just paused Wilber's deportation. The government shouldn’t be allowed to shoot you from an unmarked vehicle and then cover it up by deporting you. Keep speaking out, it's working.

BREAKING: Just north of downtown Austin, students in Pflugerville walked out to protest the ICE shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. #ICEOUT

“We do not pick and choose which laws to enforce or where to enforce them” is such an old lie, the Charlie Brown having hoes of cop impunity

Gus Bova@gusbova.bsky.social · last mo.

FYI Bluesky, the federal department of homeland security is having an old-fashioned twitter meltdown on the other site right now

I'm proud to be a part of the Trial Monitoring Committee & our report on Energy Transfer SLAPP suit against @greenpeace.org @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social. GP was entitled to an impartial jury & a meaningful opportunity to defend itself. This report concludes that it received neither. trialmonitors.org

I first started reporting on Texas’ systematic heat torture of prisoners over a decade ago. It’s taken far too long to get here, and 2029 is far too long a time to allow this suffering to continue. Nonetheless, it’s good to finally bear witness to this ruling.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last mo.

A federal judge has ordered Texas to air condition all of the state’s prisons by the end of 2029 High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled.

My latest @thebarbedwire.com: Ever taken an HIV test at a nightclub or event? 13 AIDS-related nonprofits in Texas (and more nationwide) are losing millions in HIV outreach funding, thanks to the latest DOGE-like cuts at the CDC. Six nonprofits in Houston will collectively lose ~$2M in vital funds.

Thanks To CDC Cutbacks, 13 Texas Nonprofits Lose Millions In HIV Outreach Funding

Gulf Coast is hardest hit: The CEO of a Houston-area nonprofit estimated that six organizations in the area are losing a total of about $2 million in funds.

thebarbedwire.com

Wilber Garcés Pérez "was taken to a hospital late Monday after experiencing paralysis on the left side of his body, his lawyer said." On Sunday, ICE had forced him to leave the hospital even though he still had a bullet lodged in his back/doctors arguing it was "reckless." ICE wanted him to die.

Man shot and detained by ICE is hospitalized for partial paralysis, lawyer says

Wilber Garcés Pérez has been transferred to a hospital after his condition worsened, according to his attorney. He was shot and wounded by an ICE officer in Texas.

washingtonpost.com

SCOOP: the ICE officer who shot Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez in Austin wasn't wearing his body cam. The officer is a new recruit hired by the agency last year 🔽 www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam

The officer who shot a Venezuelan man was hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency.

theatlantic.com

Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, the man ICE shot on Sunday, was sent to a detention center *with a bullet still in his back.* He was reportedly given no pain medication and only sent to a hospital after losing feeling in the left side of his body. ICE’s cruelty knows no bounds.

Venezuelan man shot by ICE in Texas says he’s in pain and still has bullet in his back

Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez spoke from detention as lawmakers and advocates said he’s the victim of an ICE shooting and i

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The same people who insist you are supposed to think Hasan Piker is the literal devil invite this guy to their cocktail parties and think he's cool

👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻@britculpsapp.bsky.social · last mo.

jesus fucking christ richard

New from @gusbova.bsky.social: Texas Observer identified 20 recent episodes of Joe Rogan's podcast where he referred to James Talarico or Ken Paxton, since Talarico's original appearance on the show. The result is a portrait of confusion or ignorance in one of the most powerful voices in politics.

Does Joe Rogan Care Who Wins the Texas Senate Race?

An exhaustive accounting of the Austin podcast giant's thoughts (and lack thereof) on James Talarico, Ken Paxton, and the electoral contest between them

texasobserver.org

Some members of the Hispanic community in Austin said they are afraid to go out on the street following a shooting by a federal agent in North Austin on Sunday afternoon. Read More👉 ebx.sh/u5GPog