Notices by Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social), page 2

@evan @TheDefiant604 That is correct! We will be represented by Kit @oconnell, who handles our social media.

@TheDefiant604 @evan We do! It's not open to general residents, just staff however. Unfortunately, a couple of the general Texas instances we knew about seem to have closed down.

New from Justin Miller: Republicans want to stamp the State of Texas’ seal on #Bitcoin by creating a “strategic reserve” that could use taxpayer dollars to purchase cryptocurrency. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-bitcoin-strategic-reserve-senate-bill-21/

#crypto #Republicans #politics #USpol #Texas #TXlege #news #economy #tech

#ICYMI, an update on the #ICE lawyer with a fascist X account: Following the Observer’s reporting, three U.S. House members have demanded accountability, while James Rodden still appeared on an ICE court schedule this week.

https://www.texasobserver.org/investigation-ice-prosecutor-racist-x-account/

#news #SocialMedia #racism #WhiteSupremacy #immigration #HumanRights #politics #USpol #Congress

Featured post: “All in all, this concept is so bad that it has an excellent chance of passing the Legislature. Much as we would like to help the rest of the nation by demonstrating once more just how stupid ideas work out in practice, couldn’t we give this one a miss?” https://www.texasobserver.org/molly-ivins-school-vouchers-1997/

#politics #USpol #TXlege #Texas #news

“This is the administration trying to ramp up agreements with local law enforcement agencies to be a force multiplier for mass deportation.”

New from Francesca D'Annunzio: Police are signing 'task force' agreements with #ICE in order to ramp up the displacement of the undocumented. https://www.texasobserver.org/local-state-police-ice-287g-task-force/

#immigration #politics #USpol #Trump #news #HumanRights #CriminalJustice #police

“In exercising discretion to investigate or to prosecute, a prosecutor should not improperly favor or invidiously discriminate against any person. Because of Rodden’s explicit bigotry and racism, he cannot be trusted to properly exercise his discretion.” https://www.texasobserver.org/investigation-ice-prosecutor-racist-x-account/

#politics #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #SocialMedia #racism #news #ICE

Featured story: “This policy signals a return to some of the cruel and shameful policies that we’ve seen in our history, like the forced expulsion and resettlement of Native Americans in the Trail of Tears, or the internment of Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor. It’s the same order of shamefulness.” https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-churches-christianity-constitution-trump/

#religion #politics #USpol #immigration #ICE #HumanRights #news #history #Trump #extremism

Last week: Correspondent @stevanzetti identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as #ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/

#WhiteSupremacy #SocialMedia #politics #USpol #immigration #HumanRights #racism #extremism #Fascism

In December, the Texas Observer and @Bellingcat identified the operators of four prominent white supremacist accounts on X, including documenting their interactions with Elon Musk. One worked for the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indian Head, Maryland. https://www.texasobserver.org/revealed-operators-neo-nazi-x-accounts/

#ElonMusk #WhiteSupremacy #extremism #Fascism #SocialMedia #racism #politics #USpol #news

Children played as the adults—organizers, journalists, and artists—traded stories. Against the dunes, chef and anthropologist Luna Vela, alongside chefs Nadia Casaperalta and Mia Eustaquio, served food, odes to the foodways of the people who lived here long before the place had a European name. https://www.texasobserver.org/remembering-boca-chica-beach-before-spacex/

#SpaceX #ElonMusk #pollution #environment #water #culture #history #politics #USpol #Texas #SouthTexas #news

An X account, operated by ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, and first created in 2012, has posted hateful, xenophobic, and pro-fascist content. The Observer linked Rodden to the account through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/

#extremism #Fascism #politics #USpol #ICE #immigration #news #WhiteSupremacy #SocialMedia #ElonMusk

REVEALED by Correspondent @stevanzetti: We identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as #ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/

#SocialMedia #extremism #immigration #border #politics #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #Fascism #Trump #news

From our magazine: “Seeing my teenage daughter, Ruby, stand up in her church and claim her space as a proud #trans woman was one of the most joyous days of my life. ... I saw my daughter, once a shy child who hid behind my legs, blossom that day.” https://www.texasobserver.org/trans-children-gods-gifts/

#transgender #politics #religion #LGBTQIA+ #HumanRights #USpol #Texas

From 2023: While Texas has a long history of repression of LGBTQ+ people, it's also been a hotbed of civil rights activism that inspired nationwide movements and landmark legal decisions granting queer people human rights. https://www.texasobserver.org/before-lawrence-v-texas-book-history-lgbtqia/

#LGBTQIA+ #news #politics #USpol #Texas #history #books #bookstodon #culture #HumanRights

From our friends at @grist: Organizations working on the climate are struggling to maintain vital work, as they await access to contractually obligated funds.
https://www.texasobserver.org/climate-funding-freeze-tribes-community-groups/

#ClimateChange #Indigenous #environment #politics #USpol #news #Trump #HumanRights

"Now maybe, just maybe, some upper-middle-class folks might be able to afford a fancy private school with a voucher to help, but working-class and middle-class kids are going to be stuck just where they always were. Why should we spend public money to help just that one thin slice of the population when it won’t improve the public #schools?"
https://www.texasobserver.org/molly-ivins-school-vouchers-1997/

#vouchers #politics #USpol #Texas #history #news #TXlege #education

New today: “Trans people are fighting for our lives. We are fighting for the literal freedom to exist, and we are fighting for people to recognize the same sanctity of our lives as they do when they’re looking at any human being.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/trans-texans-advocates-fight-2025-legislative-session/

#trans #TXlege #LGBTQIA #news #politics #USpol #Texas #transphobia

Think tankers, oil and gas magnates, and Republican politicians desperate to kiss the ring — beyond Elon Musk, visit the circus of #Texas oligarchs with the ear of the president. https://www.texasobserver.org/trumps-texas-tycoons/

#ElonMusk #Trump #Republicans #politics #USpol #GregAbbott #KenPaxton #news #democracy

“Texas is just a really terrible place for construction workers to do their job.”

From Gus Bova in 2023: How #Tesla covered up Antelmo Ramirez's death by hyperthermia during the construction of their massive facility in Central #Texas. https://www.texasobserver.org/tesla-texas-worker-death-heat/

#politics #ElonMusk #USpol #Austin #safety #workers #labor #news #environment