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Talking tweets for @TexasStandard, heard on @NPR. @KUT is the label that pays me. Ex-@AustinChronicle. Weird music & movies, weirder news & politics. He/him/dad
Austin, Texas
Joined January 2009
🎵What do you get with a feral hog? A pig that's 200 pounds of trouble With nasty tusks and bristly stubble I’ll … never love a hog again … 🎵 https://t.co/tFZj96XSSM
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BREAKING: TX Supreme Court GRANTS @TXAG 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: https://t.co/j69fcmqqCh
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The depositions could have huge implications for the attorney general, whom the state...
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Love that the LBJ museum is commemorating the ninth anniversary of George Costanza visiting
#OnThisDay: Nine years ago today, comedy legend, @IJasonAlexander, stopped by the #LBJLibrary! We had a blast taking him on a tour around the museum. đź“· Jay Godwin | 11/19/2015
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imagining the protracted email thread in which the Misfits insisted on their logo being on the bill here
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Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead are women and children, UN says
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A UN agency verified victims from a six-month period and said it found international law violations.
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#Breaking: Chairman of the Texas Democrats resigns after election losses, controversial comments. https://t.co/EgltJIe0Zu
#txlege
kut.org
Gilberto Hinojosa, 72, served as the party’s chairman for more than a decade. He resigned after telling The Texas Newsroom that immigration and transgender issues contributed to Democrats’ 2024...
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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. https://t.co/VqI1MUPmiv
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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.
I spoke with the chairman of the Texas Democratic Party today about yesterday’s losses. He brought up transgender rights. Here’s what he said. https://t.co/DmQtq9TgY4
#txlege #LGBT #LGBTQ #Election2024
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What’s ahead for Texas? Well, we’ll likely be the center for mass deportations https://t.co/pLaO49G0IS
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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.
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All the academics this morning promoting their books on fascism
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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.
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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
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#Breaking: The South just elected its first openly LGBTQ member of Congress. And she’s from Texas. https://t.co/nCjn2jAUdB
#LGBT #LGBTQ
kut.org
Julie Johnson’s win came as Sarah McBride of Delaware was elected the first openly transgender congressperson.
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Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has been reelected to his seat in the U.S. Senate. Read more: https://t.co/4fOI2CC80n
#electionday2024 #Vote2024
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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
As a result, I do not know whether we will be able to publish the needle. There are good reasons to bet against it, though perhaps there are scenarios where things are running super smoothly; alternately, we hit bugs at the start and there's no chance.
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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 @TexasStandard
https://t.co/M2bBlrcH4w
texasstandard.org
Though Texas does go to voters for constitutional amendment referendums, these issues have to be put on the ballot by state lawmakers – not citizens gathering signatures.
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I was just looking for a Texas connection …
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