Evan

Houston Chronicle editor of opinion and community engagement. Dad. Husband. Constant gardener. I no longer love our technodystopian future. Build the Ike Dike.

[Evan @evan7257]

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[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

This is a deep misunderstanding.

The liberal view isn't that nothing needs to change.

In some key areas like housing we need dramatic policy change. But the *solutions themselves* are boring and old — free markets, progressive taxation, a welfare state.

[Scott Braddock @scottbraddock]

Note to bitter Texas Democrats who can't seem to get over the fact that you had a nasty primary election: GOP Rep @ShelleyLuther forgives @GregAbbott_TX, who put her in fucking jail, because she thinks beating you is more important than all that #txlege

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

I think voter ID requirements are perfectly reasonable, but almost nobody understands that the text of the SAVE Act imposes conditions that are not met by ANY state's current laws.

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[wyatt dunkin @WyattDuncan]

one of my favorite pastimes is reading the plot to season 1 episodes of The Flintstones and comparing them to the plot of season 6 episodes

[Valerie Gonzalez @ValOnTheBorder]

Sister Leticia Ugboaja, a nun arrested on a Sunday morning walking to mass in McAllen, TX, in June, showed up to ICE check-in today.

Her attorney, Carlos M. Garcia, said no ankle monitor was placed but government is still pursuing a 3rd country removal.
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[Political Polls @PpollingNumbers]

James Talarico holds the best favorability rating tested in Texas, while Ken Paxton holds the worst.

🔵 Talarico +12
🔵 Hinojosa +7
🔴 Generic Republican +7
🔴 Abbott +1
🔴 Trump -3
🔴 Paxton -13

TPOR

[Taylor Smith @htowntaylor]

My Houston lunch table is popping off right now!

CC: @evan7257 @NoahMF @kissphoria @tbirdtko

[Houston Chronicle @HoustonChron]

Nelson, who grew up in Abbott and still owns a home there, wrote in a social media post that the last thing the community needs is a “loud, water thieving, light polluting data center.” https://t.co/mEerOvrUq2

[Working Class History @wrkclasshistory]

#OtD 28 Jul 1932 the US government sent in the army to attack WWI vets and their families with tanks, fixed bayonets, teargas and sabres, killing three, when vets marched demanding wartime bonuses they were promised. https://t.co/1OlotohOnf

[Evan @evan7257]

@Coach_PS @HoustonChron oof

[Evan @evan7257]

ICYMI: President Trump has hinted at military action in Mexico. That’s a bad idea. https://t.co/vWI6PZWL3a via @houstonchron

[Evan @evan7257]

@YRsOfTexas @WhitePapersPol Does she want to write an oped?

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

The fights against in-vehicle speed limiters are keeping people in danger.

Some people have demonstrated that they will not slow down, so their driving options need to be restricted.

[Evan @evan7257]

@jen_rice_ Holy cow

[Jen Rice @jen_rice_]

NEW: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's son Ronaldo just spoke at Houston City Council, telling Mayor John Whitmire & city council what they can do to help make sure someone else isn't killed by ICE: end the Houston Police Department's partnership with ICE

[Reuters Legal @ReutersLegal]

U.S. regulators have approved Cheniere Energy's request to introduce natural gas into Train 7 of its Corpus Christi LNG export project in south Texas, according to a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) letter issued on Tuesday. https://t.co/hOLoeJchHB

[Houston Lodging Project (NH=neighborhood) @19th_c_Houston]

@evan7257 I was concerned about your safety because I had not seen you mention the Ike Dike as much lately. It has been a few days, at least.

[Evan @evan7257]

@jaybsauceda Please do a report on this

[Evan @evan7257]

@jaybsauceda Thank you

[J.B. Sauceda @jaybsauceda]

Hear hear. Use the pump and move your rump.

They’d need half as many pumps if people used one of the 1000 free parking spots there always are available.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Imagine if you mailed the IRS a check to pay your taxes, but they left their mail unopened for years and then arrested you for failure to pay taxes.

That’s effectively what ICE is doing to increasing numbers of people now; people out of status only because of GOVERNMENT delay.