There is a wildfire at Bastrop State Park. The park has evacuated areas impacted by the ongoing #SpringPineFire.
We are working with local emergency management to respond to the situation.
⚠️ Please respect road closure barricades and first responder safety.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has declined Russian President Putin's suggestion that he come to Moscow to negotiate a diplomatic settlement, addressing the proposal for the first time in an interview with ABC News' Martha Raddatz for @ThisWeekABC. https://t.co/0bejr0tR97
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BREAKING: In a stunning leak, Donald Trump gave the keynote address at the Heritage Foundation where he announced the work the foundation did (Project 2025) would be crucial to his policy goals. Retweet so all Americans know Trump will enact Project 2025
BREAKING: Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Austin becomes first House Democrat to publicly call for President Biden to withdraw from the 2024 race.
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It's insane how big the Texas economy is
Texas local grocery store H-E-B is ranked in the top 5 most valuable private companies in the whole United States with $43.6 billion in revenue in 2023
They only have locations in Texas, 1 state out of 50.
For context, Walmart did $611 billion in revenue in 2023 with 50 states + Mexico.
pay attention. @kbohls is no norma rae. austin is the 10th largest city in the country. it desperately needs a functional, adequately resourced source of local news. the health of our community + democracy hangs in the balance the balance #txlege
I was out at the Palestinian march in Chicago -
I’ll tell you what I didn’t hear -
- I didn’t hear death to Israel -
- I didn’t hear death to Jews -
- I didn’t hear people celebrating the murders of Israeli civilians .
What I DID hear is - we must free Palestine from a brutal occupation - people concerned for their loved ones, in a hell zone, stuck without food, water and power. Deep anguish over people being told to leave and bombed as they left.
I heard people share personal accounts of family members who have been jailed humiliated, harassed, persecuted, targeted and killed for generations. Family members that have been hit with tear gas for no reason and they go on with similar stories about occupied life: young men, women and children whose entire families have been wiped out, who are now alone angry, humiliated and denied basic human rights - and have come to the place where they would rather die fighting than stay imprisoned or murdered - knowing that if you try to defend yourself or your family - you’re by default labeled a terrorist - that’s how it is there. They say these things as realities they continue to live through. Palestinian civilians didn’t ask for a massacre - they know the military might of their occupiers - they know they stand no chance -
I asked one man - does he support Hamas - he looked at me, sighed and shook his head -
“ if you’re there - what choice do you have?”
This was the grim sober truth for him .
I realized my moral litmus test without historical context is , given the realities of the situation- meaningless .
An infant mountain gorilla nurses from its mother 🦍
Happy #WorldGorillaDay! What is your favorite fact about gorillas?
Learn more about these incredible animals on #SavingTheGorillas: Ellen’s Next Adventure tonight at 8p.
"... And the Republicans in the Texas Senate just returned him to the office of top cop. I will rely on what I said on the floor of the Texas House: God help us." #txlege
Growth of renewable energies is “purely capacity additions,” not displacement of fossil fuels.
“We are not using any less fossil fuels… We’re only using more,” says Prof R McManamey at #MeadowsClimateTX conference in San Marcos
There is twice as much plastic as there are animals in the world today.
This slide from A&M Prof K Winemiller at #MeadowsClimateTX in San Marcos today
BREAKING: There are currently at least 30 emergency vehicles at the #Arboretum mall. Perhaps even more. Cops are scurrying around. Streets are being closed. The helicopter is hovering after 2 dead by a shooter
Austin, Texas
#breakingnews#breakingnews#shooting#activeshooter