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TexasObserver

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Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a #progressive #nonprofit news outlet and print #magazine covering the Lone Star State.

Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief https://texasobserver.social/@gusbova
McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow https://texasobserver.social/@josephinelee

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#Texas #Politics #Culture

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It’s #NewstodonFriday! It’s been another busy week for the many newsrooms who have an active presence in the #fediverse, and we’re highlighting their work in the thread below. If you like what you see, follow the profiles and boost their stories.

If you’re a journo or newsroom that we don’t know about or if there’s a newsroom you’d love to put on our radar, please let us know in the comments.
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#News #Newstodon #Media #Journalism #FollowFriday

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Members of a U.S.-based Christian sect named the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) believe that they’re prophets who receive direct revelations from God —Texan “prophet” Cindy Jacobs once attributed the 2011 tsunami in Japan to the Obama administration’s repeal of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell."

@TexasObserver reports that this shouldn’t be written off as “fundamentalist nonsense” — the NAR is tied to former President Donald Trump and other GOP luminaries.

https://flip.it/k92l9f

josephinelee, to random
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It is incredible the utter lack of urgency with which Texas and the U.S. is responding to destructive storms and extreme heat, which have come earlier and more intense than last year: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/us/heat-wave-map-tracker.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w00._R7v.9LmjJPCK2b0S&smid=url-share

TexasObserver, to news
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“Spiritual warfare theology … lead[s] to the demonization of peoples, cultures, and political communities.”

A “prophetic” movement, led in part by Texans, is gaining ground—and everyone should pay attention. New today from Correspondent @drdrbrockman: https://www.texasobserver.org/new-apostolic-reformation-texas-leaders/

#news #politics #Texas #USpol #religion #Christianity #extremism #democracy

TexasObserver, to climate
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Featured: “This is all we have. This is our only window that’s left into this part of our history that’s not well understood. It’s our only chance to find out about ancestors.” https://www.texasobserver.org/forgotten-keepers-of-the-rio-grande-delta/

TexasObserver, to history
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There was no evidence against them other than the word of this one undercover narcotics officer who never wore a wire, never had a second officer to corroborate, no drugs recovered during the roundup of these suspects. And so then the question became, “Were these cases even legitimate to begin with?” https://www.texasobserver.org/the-interview-nate-blakeslee-tulia/

#history #police #WarOnDrugs #racism #Texas #journalism

TexasObserver, to incarcerated
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“I have friends in hell. They send me pain-soaked letters every month that feel like a punch to the gut when they land in the mailbox.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texans-trapped-in-solitary-confinement/

#prison #HumanRights #CriminalJustice #law #Texas #news #MentalHealth

TexasObserver, to Texas
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The Republican Party's destruction of anti-voucher incumbents is complete. But they fell short of winning their ”prized pelt” in the run-off election, reports Senior Writer Justin Miller: https://www.texasobserver.org/phelan-abbott-house-republican-runoffs/

#TXlege #Texas #elections #voting #Republicans #democracy #USpol #politics #news

TexasObserver, to incarcerated
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Texas disappears more people in long-term solitary cells than all other states and the federal system combined. Today, we share the voices of prisoners within this hidden world: https://texasobserver.org/texans-trapped-in-solitary-confinement/

TexasObserver, to Texas
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From the archives: “My mind whirred with all the reasons I was not the right person. We never thought we were filing what would become the Supreme Court case.” https://www.texasobserver.org/roes-grassroots-beginnings-abortion-ut-austin/

#RoeVWade #abortion #Texas #history #UTAustin #Austin #law #SCOTUS #activism

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Today is , a day to feature work from newsrooms that have an active presence in the . If you like what you see in the thread below, follow the profiles and boost their stories. If you're a journo or newsroom that we don't know about (or there's someone that should be on our radar), please comment below.

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Flipboard,
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Two years after Uvalde, Kimberly Mata-Rubio, whose daughter Lexi was killed in the shooting, wrote this essay for @TexasObserver about why she'll never stop fighting.

https://www.texasobserver.org/uvalde-two-years-later-photo-essay/

#NewstodonFriday #Uvalde #SchoolShootings

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We're excited to share the finalists and winner of the 2024 MOLLY National Journalism Prize! The MOLLY Prize honors former TXO editor/columnist Molly Ivins’ legacy, and awards the best investigative journalism in the U.S. This year's judges had their work cut out for them!

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The winner of the 2024 MOLLY Prize is Searchlight New Mexico reporter Alicia Inez Guzmán for her powerful investigation, "Buried Secrets, Poisoned Bodies,"

https://searchlightnm.org/buried-secrets-poisoned-bodies/

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TexasObserver, to news
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Armed vigilantes in TX and AZ are collaborating with law enforcement, who have sometimes failed to arrest or charge them—even when vigilantes were filming committing crimes in front of officers, or when police documented violations.
https://www.texasobserver.org/border-vigilantes-law-enforcement-texas-arizona/

#news #politics #USpol #border #immigration #police #HumanRights #Texas #Arizona #extremism

TexasObserver, to Texas
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This time in Strangest State: Power outages, alligators and Elon Musk. https://www.texasobserver.org/strangest-state-powerlines-ufos-cockfights-elon-musk/

If you see a strange local news story around , give us a shout at strangest[at]texasobserver[dot]org.

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I have to share this photo essay by @TexasObserver on the approaching 2 year anniversary of #Uvalde, which is absolutely beautiful and also makes me sob. We should remember them and the bravery of those families. They haven't found justice but I hope they do someday. https://www.texasobserver.org/uvalde-two-years-later-photo-essay/

I'm reminded of the protesters at #UTAustin and elsewhere, reminding the State Troopers that they "failed Uvalde." People here will not soon forget.

#GunViolence #photography

TexasObserver, (edited ) to Texas
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“Twice, my daughters have confronted the stark reality of guns in Uvalde schools. ...”

From our magazine: As the anniversary approaches, a mother who lost her daughter, and a photographer who embedded in the southwest #Texas town, reflect on the #Uvalde tragedy. https://www.texasobserver.org/uvalde-two-years-later-photo-essay/

(CW: #GunViolence
#politics #USpol #schools #education #SouthTexas #photography #news

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“The Board and the Governor have put their politics over justice and made a mockery of our legal system.”

Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott issued a full pardon for Daniel Perry, who killed Garrett Foster, a protester at a Black Lives Matter march in 2020. Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti explains all the context the governor ignored: https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-pardon-daniel-perry-garrett-foster/

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ABBOTT PARDONS KILLING BY RACIST WHO EXPLICITLY TEXTED APPARENT MINOR: The governor’s pardon proclamation did not address Daniel Perry's racist comments, stated desire to kill protesters, or explicit messages to an apparent minor. My latest for @TexasObserver

https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-pardon-daniel-perry-garrett-foster/

TexasObserver, to politics
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From our magazine: Ken Paxton joins a very exclusive club. https://www.texasobserver.org/loon-star-state-the-above-the-law-society/

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“If it’s selective, then the park is not really open, is it?”

Officials at the Texas Military insist Eagle Pass’ Shelby Park is open—but residents have said they’ve been turned away or threatened with arrest. From Reporting Fellow Francesca D'Annunzio https://www.texasobserver.org/eagle-pass-shelby-park-abbott-military-closed-open/

TexasObserver, (edited ) to news
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“For him to turn our concerns into satire is really insulting. It reeks of propaganda.”

From the archives: Hundreds of parents took the streets yesterday to protest Mike Miles' mass-firing of teachers. Let's look back at the time he forced staff to watch a musical about how awesome he is. https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-isd-takeover-the-musical/ via @josephinelee

TexasObserver, to Texas
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“They almost annihilated us, and that genocide continues. To destroy the environment you have to destroy the people who protect it.”

From our magazine: An industrial buildout on the southern tip of #Texas is erasing the last traces of an ancient world that still hasn’t died. From Correspondent Dylan Baddour: https://www.texasobserver.org/forgotten-keepers-of-the-rio-grande-delta/

#news #politics #USpol #environment #ClimateChange #Indigenous #SouthTexas

josephinelee, to random
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At Meyerland M.S. where 400 parents have shown up to protest F. Mike Miles’ mass firings of Houston ISD teachers and principals across the district, incl. the 2023 principal of the year from this school.

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josephinelee,
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Parent organizer Rochelle Cabe to Mike Miles: Don’t shut our schools down and tear them apart by removing their leadership.”

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josephinelee, to random
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Right wing groups around the country are judge shopping in the Northern District of Texas to get a favorable ruling challenging Biden administration policies. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/shopping-for-the-judge-you-want-honed-to-perfection-in-texas

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