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
🎵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 … 🎵
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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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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