Texas Blue Blonde

Native #Texan and natural blonde on a mission

[Evan @evan7257]

Houston police should be solving crimes, not babysitting for ICE | Editorial https://t.co/6XBQuPoLf4

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

The CEO of Palantir just said the quiet part out loud.
Alex Karp — whose company builds surveillance and defense technology for the U.S. government — just openly stated that AI will deliberately shift economic power away from highly educated, often female, Democratic-leaning workers and toward vocationally trained, working-class, often male voters.

He then admitted these technologies are — his word — “dangerous” and “suicidal,” and that the only justification for deploying them is the military argument: if we don’t, our adversaries will.

So let’s be clear about what was just said on the record: A defense contractor CEO told you AI is being built to restructure the American class system, that it will destroy the economic power of an entire political demographic, and that the only way to sell it to the public is to wrap it in national security.

[Joel Montfort @jmontforttx]

Greg Abbott refused to provide free lunches last summer for 4 million at-risk children. That's his idea of humanity .

[Joaquin Castro @JoaquinCastrotx]

You don’t want this guy managing anything.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Now we know why Musk gets so angry and upset when anyone suggests a future Democratic administration/Congress should investigate him for any alleged crimes committed during the DOGE period.

[Jen Rice @jen_rice_]

Yesterday the whole country got a good look at what TX elections are like, when TX Republicans changed voting rules then blocked efforts to protect voters:

https://t.co/ROlDm3Cckm

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

I’m going viral in Brazil right now...

Apparently “talarico” is Brazilian slang for “wife-stealer.” 😂

Olá, Brazil! 🇧🇷 I’m just making good public policy here in Texas — I promise I won’t steal your girl.

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

"Christian nationalism is not a type of Christianity; it’s a parasitic form of nationalism that infects Christianity, eats it from the inside, and creates a zombie nationalism that wears a Christian skinsuit." Can James Talarico force it to expose itself?
https://t.co/xzAiyLBSaE

[Forrest Wilder @Forrest4Trees]

Can't recommend enough this piece from @cd_hooks on the madness at Texas A&M. I'm proud to work at a place that still publishes some truly great magazine journalism.

https://t.co/RUdKt9jkob

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy

[Keith Edwards @keithedwards]

The biggest Latino political commentator in the world is supporting Talarico’s race for Senate

[Alice @Woodyboy2020]

Texas has now crossed a serious line. Through HB 1605, passed in the last session, championed by TEA Commissioner #MikeMorath, Governor Greg Abbott, Representative Brad Buckley, Senator Brandon Creighton and others on both sides of the asile, the state is explicitly establishing a mandated “canon of literature” for every student K through 12.

That word canon matters. Canon is not an academic term. It is a value laden term rooted in authority, belief, and the power to declare what is foundational truth. This is not about teaching students how to read across genres. The state’s own testimony confirms the intent is to create a shared body of works all students are expected to read, understand, and internalize as foundational knowledge. That is a shift away from academic skill development and toward shaping values, beliefs, and behaviors.

When the state becomes the arbiter of what is canon, it assumes authority over truth itself. And when that canon begins to include biblical references embedded in a state owned and mandated curriculum, the question must be asked plainly. Is the state now defining its own religious canon? This is not about faith. It is about government power, coercion, and the constitutional danger of the state deciding what our children must believe, rather than what they must learn.

The Bible is sacred scripture. It is not a tool of the state.
And it should never be filtered, excerpted, reframed, or repackaged by a government agency.

[Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) @adamscochran]

Wow, we now learn that the Don Lemon charges were:

* Rejected by a magistrate
* Rejected by a chief judge who was a hard-right Republican
* Refused by career prosecutors in Minnesota AND Los Angeles

And they still try to pursue the case as publicly as possible for intimidation!

[Connor O’Brien @cojobrien]

.@HoustonChron editorial board:

"A real Texan doesn’t care if the person offering them a lifesaving cancer treatment wasn’t born here — they know that high-skill, legal immigration is a critical engine of our state’s success."

[Houston Chronicle @HoustonChron]

More than 300 people rallied Thursday evening at Texas A&M University in College Station, saying a new ban on teaching about race and gender is censoring classroom instruction and threatening academic freedom.

A&M sophomore Madeline Kiser held a poster that read, "Don't cheapen our degrees."

"It's embarrassing if I graduate from a university that isn't allowed to teach adults — who wanted to be here," said Kiser, an English major. "It's really sad to walk into class and have professors have to dance around topics. I see it in my classes, the switch in demeanor."

https://t.co/tzp6hqfxM0

📝: Samantha Ketterer / reporter
📸: Jason Fochtman / photographer

[Ben Rowen @ben_c_rowen]

We @TexasMonthly are dropping this month's cover story on Texas A&M by @cd_hooks early. It is a must read, tracking the school's earliest days and revolutionary mission to its decision today to end Women's Studies. It is worth your time

[Matt Angle @LSPmatt]

Yep, @GregAbbott_TX is working feverishly - to make you forget that home, auto, & health insurance rates are skyrocketing, utilities are through the roof, job growth has slowed, & corporate MAGA & billionaires get all they want while middleclass Texans are ignored.

[Jose de Jesus Ortiz @OrtizKicks]

Two Rice University freshmen created a website mapping ICE incidents, as @TheRiceThresher chronicles here.

This is great college journalism highlighting the best and brightest at @RiceUniversity .
https://t.co/UVeEOBIbvn

[esme murphy @StockWilliam8]

Mn Attorney: legal observers have gotten their Global Access for travel at airport revoked