Amy Smith

Previously: Chief of Staff, Office of Austin Council Member @LesliePoolATX, writer & editor @AustinChronicle; campaign work & other pubs

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

C-SPAN: Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) tells crowd in Texas that he’s a “lifelong Republican.”

[Amy Smith @AmySmithATX]

@WellsDunbar I’m so sorry, Wells.

[Amy Smith @AmySmithATX]

https://t.co/XT6Rwshv1Q

[Elizabeth Findell @efindell]

A touchy Tesla gear shift and a panicked call came before a global shipping magnate drowned in a small stock pond within sight of her house.

@vbauerlein & @Tawnell detail the tragic death of Angela Chao last month on a ranch near Johnson City https://t.co/X9NSUlUTPR

[Mose Buchele @MoseBuchele]

On the anniversary of the 2021 Texas blackout US Representative @RepCasar files a bill to make the Texas power grid connect with grids in other states.

In an exclusive with @KUT Casar says it’s an idea that’s time has come. 1/
https://t.co/XCW30PTgeJ

[Amy Smith @AmySmithATX]

@SaldanaAustinTX @paulsaldana Written by the one and only @lisatozzi

[WFAA @wfaa]

#BREAKING: Eddie Bernice Johnson, the trailblazing legislator who represented North Texas in Congress for the last 30 years, has died at 88 years old, her family has confirmed.

https://t.co/lBG70itaxY

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

54 years ago today, Fred Hampton was assassinated by the federal government.

He’d be 75. He should still be here.

We honor his life and his legacy by unapologetically continuing the push for Black liberation.

Rest In Power.

[Amy Smith @AmySmithATX]

Find Uranus tonight

[WFAA @wfaa]

According to NASA, the easiest way to find Uranus is to look overhead just after midnight on Monday. It will be located halfway between Jupiter and the glow of the Pleiades star cluster. https://t.co/ynOyvPn2mw

[Amy Smith @AmySmithATX]

@KXAN_News Please explain “incompatible with life.”

[Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates]

Cthulhu --1934 drawing by HPLovecraft confirming suspicions that his genius was not as a visual artist.

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Older adults are the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population, say officials with the Department of Housing and Urban Development https://t.co/JSgAEjqQP5

[Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff]

The way we’re writing about crime is changing, and I can’t think of a better example than @joscottcoe’s forthcoming “Unheard Witness.” Rather than focus on the man behind the 1966 UT Tower shootings, she tells the moving story of his wife, Kathy Whitman.
https://t.co/dCdWQUgyny

[Michael Li 李之樸 @mcpli]

!!!

[Scott Braddock @scottbraddock]

"I'll see you in Austin, but I won't have long to stay..."
https://t.co/c0KGdKCWDt

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher: "How they plead poverty that they are losing money left and right when they give $100 millions to their CEOs."

“If we don’t stand tall right now, we are all going to be in jeopardy of being replaced by machines”

[AFSCME @AFSCME]

🏳️‍🌈✊ AFSCME proudly supports LGBTQ+ rights in the workplace and beyond. Workers’ rights and LGBTQ+ rights are intertwined, born from a common struggle for freedom, equality, and dignity. Let’s celebrate this #PrideMonth by renewing our dedication to this shared fight!

[District 7 Staff @District7Staff]

Thanks to all the enviro reps, City dept staff & ⁦@PaigeForAustin���, ⁦@ALTERforATX⁩, ⁦@VanessaForATX⁩, ⁦@RyanAlter⁩ for joining ⁦@LesliePoolATX⁩ for Earth Day proclamation! 🌎🌳🌲🌱

[Kathie Tovo @kathietovo]

This morning, easy gun access and discrimination-based hate have killed innocent people, devastated a city, and intentionally threatened our LBGQTIA+ community everywhere. I grieve with Colorado Springs and the entire LBGQTIA+ community.