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👉Masernepidemie in den #USA--wird es nicht Zeit, die Grenzen zu schließen?!? 👈
In den USA gibt es bereitd mehr als 600 #Masernfälle in 22 Bundesstaaten, so die von #DOGE personell dezimierte Bundesbehörde #CDC.
Darunter sind 481 Fälle allein in #Texas. Das Land hat 👉in diesem Jahr bereits mehr als zweimal so viele Masernfälle gemeldet wie im gesamten Jahr 2024.👈
Laut CDC gab es in diesem Jahr bisher 6 #Masernausbrüche.
#Gesundheit #Impfstoffe #Medizin
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The largest #measles outbreak by far is in West #Texas, where the #disease is spreading quickly in remote, rural areas where the #vaccination rates are low. The outbreak has also spread across the boarder into #NewMexico, but the outbreak there is moving more slowly due to higher vaccination rates.
#health #PublicHealth #vaccines #science #medicine #Trump #RFKJr #HHS #ConspiracyTheories #eugenics
The US now has >600 #measles cases in 22 states, acc/to the #CDC [& who knows if that’s being accurately reported]. That includes 481 cases in #Texas alone. The country has now reported >2X the number of measles cases this year than were reported in all of 2024.
The CDC says there have been 6 measles #outbreaks so far this year.
#health #PublicHealth #vaccines #science #medicine #Trump #RFKJr #HHS #ConspiracyTheories #eugenics
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The decision to strip chapters from books that had already won the approval of the state’s Republican-controlled board of education represents an escalation in how local school boards run by ideological conservatives influence what children learn.
propublica.org/article/texas-c…
There are two systems . . .
apnews.com/article/el-paso-wal…
#FreeLuigi #Injusticesystem #luigimangione #UHC #Texas #ElPaso #Texas
El Paso Walmart gunman who killed 23 offered plea deal to avoid death penalty
The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at an El Paso Walmart in 2019 in one of the the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history has been offered a plea deal to avoid the death penalty.Jamie Stengle (AP News)
Lubbock health official says federal funding cuts will hurt efforts to contain measles outbreak
In Lubbock, federal grants helped hire workers to help with measles testing, vaccination to combat the outbreak that has spread to 15 counties.KWBU
An informative piece by a trans Texan 
for the Texas Observer, borrowing their choice of quote:
”Trans people are not a threat. We just want to exist and be left alone. Our dignity cannot be taken. But the #Texas Legislature is in danger of trading away its own.”
From April Maria Ortiz in 2023: Coming out in small town Texas ... texasobserver.org/i-am-a-trans…
#trans #LGBTQIA+ #transphobia #Uvalde #TXlege #politics #USpol #TDOV #TransDayOfVisibility #news #culture
Link to post:
hachyderm.io/@TexasObserver@te…
I Am a Trans Texan - The Texas Observer
A state resident ties the current gender panic to fascist politics through the lens of their own experience.April Maria Ortiz (The Texas Observer)
”Trans people are not a threat. We just want to exist and be left alone. Our dignity cannot be taken. But the #Texas Legislature is in danger of trading away its own.”
From April Maria Ortiz in 2023: Coming out in small town Texas ... texasobserver.org/i-am-a-trans…
#trans #LGBTQIA+ #transphobia #Uvalde #TXlege #politics #USpol #TDOV #TransDayOfVisibility #news #culture
I Am a Trans Texan - The Texas Observer
A state resident ties the current gender panic to fascist politics through the lens of their own experience.April Maria Ortiz (The Texas Observer)
#USpol #Resist
#PrivateSchoolVoucherScam in #Texas
#Texan #Democrat #JamesTalerico shows the way how to fight back against the billionaire #TechnoFeudalists like #PeterThiel and #ElonMusk:
"The only minority destroying #America is the Billionaires!"
Via @Keithedwards
youtube.com/shorts/4SfcHBc8Phk
@indivisibleteam
@DemocracyMattersALot
@democratsabroad
@democracydocket
@MeidasTouch
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Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban Linked to Deaths and a Rise in Sepsis Cases
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The bill comes after ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of three Texas women. It specifies that doctors don’t need to wait until an emergency is “imminent” to terminate pregnancies but leaves in steep penalties for those who violate the law.
propublica.org/article/texas-g…
#News #Abortion #Texas #GOP #Law #Women #Health #Pregnancy
Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban
The bill specifies that doctors don’t need to wait until an emergency is “imminent” to terminate pregnancies but leaves in steep penalties for those who violate the law.ProPublica
#BREAKING “New York state court blocked #Texas from filing a legal action against a New York doctor for prescribing and sending #abortion pills to a Texas woman.
The unprecedented move catapults the interstate abortion wars to a new level, setting the stage for a high-stakes legal battle between states that ban abortion and states that support abortion rights” nytimes.com/2025/03/27/health/…
New York County Clerk Blocks Texas Court Filing Against Doctor Over Abortion Pills
The showdown catapults the interstate abortion wars to a new level.Pam Belluck (The New York Times)
People take part in a protest against President Donald Trump's immigration policies in El Paso, #Texas. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
@photography
#America
#migrants
#refugees
#deportation
Maria Margarita Rojas, 48, a certified nurse midwife, and Jose Ley, 29 and her employee, were charged with the illegal performance of an #abortion, as well as practicing medicine without a license. The abortion charge is a second-degree felony, which comes with up to 20 years in prison. texasobserver.org/texas-first-…
#Texas #health #healthcare #politics #USpol #news #HumanRights
Texas’ First Abortion Arrests Stem from Monthlong Attorney General Investigation
These represent the first criminal charges under Texas’ near-total abortion ban.Eleanor Klibanoff (The Texas Observer)
Dispatch from the inside: A prisoner in solitary watches as guards use Tasers on a naked, mentally-ill woman in a shower, and reflects on their increasingly brutal use in the #Texas correctional system. texasobserver.org/an-inside-lo…
#prison #CriminalJustice #news #politics #USpol #HumanRights #MentalHealth
An Inside Look at Taser Use in Texas Prison
The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.Xandan Gulley (The Texas Observer)
Previously: Politicians, especially those who grew up in the digital age, have repeatedly learned the hard lesson that you can never truly delete anything from the web.
Take, for instance, Nate Schatzline. texasobserver.org/nate-schatzl…
#Texas #politics #USpol #news #TXlege #Republicans #transphobia #extremism #drag
What a Drag: Nate Schatzline
The Fort Worth state rep spends another session waging a “spiritual battle” in the Texas House, with bad bills and incessant posting.Joelle DiPaolo (The Texas Observer)
Boycott Texas.
Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a felony punishable by jail
nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna195642
#TransRights #HumanRights #Texas #GregAbbott #USPol
Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a state jail felony
The bill, while unlikely to pass, highlights the increasing extremism of legislation targeting trans people, especially in Texas, in recent years.Jo Yurcaba (NBC News)
Someone Stole the Wheels From all 11 new #Teslas parked in the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot - where they seemed to have been moved to to protect them from vandalism at the Tesla Dealership down the road.
“New local reporting by League City, #Texas' KPRC-TV has uncovered an unusual heist in which thieves pilfered 44 tires from 11 unsold Teslas sitting in an Amazon warehouse parking lot over Valentine's day weekend. “
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Someone Stole the Wheels From All the Teslas in This Parking Lot
As global protests against Elon Musk gain traction, a coordinated heist in Texas took the wheels right out from under him.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
Our top story: The governor's “border emergency” has lasted even longer than the governor’s COVID-19 declaration, which he let expire in June 2023. In this time, the #Texas Legislature has allocated more than $11 billion to fund the sprawling tentacles of the Operation Lone Star. texasobserver.org/abbott-opera…
#corruption #politics #USpol #news #GregAbbott #TXlege #immigration #Border #HumanRights
Abbott’s Border Disaster Has Created a No-Bid Bonanza for Private Contractors
There is now a powerful, well-heeled constituency that has built up around Operation Lone Star.Justin Miller (The Texas Observer)
This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.
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On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that in reality, his total pay makes him one of the country’s highest-earning superintendents.
propublica.org/article/valere-…
