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“If biological sex were as obvious as lawmakers keep insisting that biological sex is, we wouldn’t be here. You wouldn’t have to try so hard to legislate the gender binary into existence.” texasobserver.org/texas-lege-p…
#trans #LGBTQIA+ #TXlege #transphobia #news #politics #USpol #transgender #Texas #law #gender
Texas Republicans Push to Define Biological Sex in Statute
“If biological sex were as obvious as lawmakers keep insisting that biological sex is, we wouldn’t be here.”Joelle DiPaolo (The Texas Observer)
New from Joelle DiPaolo: Republicans are at it again, trying to mandate the gender binary by law. Despite claiming to have science on their side, these legislators often eschew scientific facts, leaving intersex, transgender, and non-binary people in limbo when they do not fit into neatly legislated boxes. texasobserver.org/texas-lege-p…
#politics #USpol #TXlege #law #Texas #LGBTQIA+ #transphobia #news
Texas Republicans Push to Define Biological Sex in Statute
“If biological sex were as obvious as lawmakers keep insisting that biological sex is, we wouldn’t be here.”Joelle DiPaolo (The Texas Observer)
Featured story, from @josephinelee: The Observer carried out a wide-ranging investigation into whether Texas Partnerships, state-backed charter arrangements. have actually benefited Lone Star State kids in struggling schools. The results were troubling. texasobserver.org/texas-partne…
#education #schools #vouchers #Texas #politics #USpol #news #TXlege
Texas Already Gives Public Ed Dollars to Private Operators. Here's How That Worked Out.
The state created “Texas Partnership” charter schools to turn around struggling public campuses, but an Observer investigation has uncovered numerous academic and financial issues.Josephine Lee (The Texas Observer)
“Palestinian Liberation has always shown us that everything is interconnected.”
Out today in Deceleration: San Marcos' city council wouldn't acknowledge the genocide in #Gaza, so Amanda Rodriguez ran for city council and won. My interview with her and others from Palestine Solidarity SMTX. deceleration.news/gaza-ceasefi…
#Texas #politics #USpol #news #GregAbbott #Palestine #democracy #solidarity #activism
Celebrando el Museo y Paseo del Westside
We invite you to our 16th Annual Paseo por El Westside, a cultural and historic preservation community gathering on the Westside of San Antonio on Saturday, May 24, 2025 at Rinconcito de Esperanza As part of National Historic Preservation Month, Pase…Kit O’Connell (Deceleration)
“We’re having to take the burden of the drought while industries, who make profit from it, go on their merry way.”
New today: The expansion of Elon Musk's embattled electric car company is just the latest strain on this South #Texas city's dwindling #water supply. texasobserver.org/corpus-chris…
#environment #ClimateChange #drought #politics #USpol #SouthTexas #ElonMusk #Tesla #news
A Thirsty Tesla Refinery Could Exacerbate Corpus Christi’s Water Crisis
Local activists warn that while residents must ration, unimpeded industrial expansion is imperiling the region’s future.Justin Doud (The Texas Observer)
The drummer for #Austin, #Texas metal band #LordBuffalo, who is a #legal #GreenCard holder, was seized by #ICE off of a plane as the band was departing for a European tour. His current whereabouts are unknown.
#immigration #law #Trump #StateSponsoredAbduction
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I want more details as to what is going on in that case where Google payed 1.375 billion in damages after allegedly collecting #biometrics and tracking users without user consent.
"According to the lawsuit, since at least 2015, Google has unlawfully (without consent) collected Texans' face and voice scans to empower its targeted advertising business.
Additionally, Google was accused of persistently tracking Texans who used its products and services, constantly logging their location and searches made while in Chrome's incognito mode."
bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/google-to-pay-1375-billion-to-settle-texas-data-privacy-violations/
#facescan#fingerprint, #voicescan#retinascan#irisscan#privacy#dataprotection#texas#tracking
“The people have been left out of this thing since day one. There has been no consideration or concern for human beings at all. It’s just wrong.”
Top story: Cryptomining in #Texas is devouring our natural resources, polluting the land, and filling the air with unbearable #noise. texasobserver.org/the-crypto-r…
#pollution #politics #USpol #news #crypto #bitcoin #energy #OilAndGas #environment #ClimateChange
The Crypto Racket
Bitcoin mining afflicts locals with noise pollution, threatens water supplies, and receives generous public backing.Candice Bernd (The Texas Observer)
Our top story: From a seemingly bottomless need for water and energy, to the relentless and unbearable noise it creates, #Bitcoin mining is transforming (and polluting) the #Texas landscape and hurting state residents. texasobserver.org/the-crypto-r…
#OilAndGas #crypto #politics #USpol #news #energy #pollution #ClimateChange #environment
The Crypto Racket
Bitcoin mining afflicts locals with noise pollution, threatens water supplies, and receives generous public backing.Candice Bernd (The Texas Observer)
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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#News #Texas #Abortion #Women #Health #Doctors #Hospital #Dallas #Houston
Sepsis Rates Vary Widely in Dallas and Houston Under Abortion Ban
After Texas banned abortion, a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in the state’s two largest metro areas treated miscarrying patients — and in their outcomes.ProPublica
Voters Head to the Polls to Decide If Elon Musk Should Get a Company Town in Texas
#LocalGovernment #ElectionDay #Texas #ElonMusk #Voting
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Voters Head to the Polls to Decide If Elon Musk Should Get a Company Town in Texas
SpaceX could incorporate its own town as soon as tomorrow.Lucas Ropek (Gizmodo)
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, 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.
texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut…
#news #USnews #ICE #Texas #Dallas #racism #WhiteSupremacy #immigration #justice #LawEnforcement #SocialMedia
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, …Steven Monacelli (The Texas Observer)
"On Thursday morning, a federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s effort to quickly deport Venezuelans under a wartime power only previously exercised three times in the nation’s history — most recently during World War II — was illegal."
~ Chris Geidner
#Trump #AlienEnemiesAct #immigrants #courts #DueProcess #Texas #FernandoRodriguez
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Federal judge appointed by Trump rules that Trump's AEA proclamation is "unlawful"
The final judgment blocks Trump's March 14 Alien Enemies Act proclamation from being used to deport anyone from southern Texas.Chris Geidner (Law Dork)
Featured story: “This bill undermines local control, worsens racial profiling, and wastes resources we need to keep our communities safe. It does not make #Texas safer—it makes it more fearful.” texasobserver.org/texas-police…
#politics #USpol #news #Trump #HumanRights #police #immigration #ICE
Texas Police Are Slowly Joining What Could Be a ‘Giant ICE Army’
New 287(g) task force agreements are trickling in as the Lege considers mandating ICE cooperation and some counties await federal training.Francesca D’Annunzio (The Texas Observer)
2 days ago Venezuelans fearing #deportation to #ElSalvador spelled out SOS in #Bluebonnet #Texas
Many Americans:
"Who cares"
The #Trump admin is deporting without #dueProcess, does that matter to you?
"I'm American"
Maybe they are citizens too. Maybe they are noncitizen gang members. Who knows? That's what due process establishes
"This has nothing to do with me"
Without due process, it has everything to do with you. Why do you falsely believe you're immune?
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a…
#USA
Venezuelan detainees at Texas center spell out SOS with their bodies
Men at Bluebonnet fear deportation to El Salvador under wartime law despite maintaining they do not have gang tiesGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
[This time around, #Trump isn’t just separating & jailing #immigrants, he’s separating & jailing families who are long time residents.]
THE #IMMIGRANT FAMILIES JAILED IN #TEXAS
#Children have long been put in migrant #detention if they were apprehended at the #border. Today, lawyers have found, #families are being removed from stable lives in the #UnitedStates.
#immigration #law #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #EthnicCleansing
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