Popular Texas barbecue restaurant gets rid of brisket https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/30615/ #Brisket #Restaurant #Restaurants #RobertRodriguez #SouthTexas #Texas
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The Costly Blunders in the Army’s $533 Million Fiasco
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ProPublica revealed how a rushed effort to arm Ukraine with artillery shells wasted half a billion dollars in taxpayer funding. Here are the biggest takeaways from that reporting.
https://www.propublica.org/article/army-artillery-factory-fiasco-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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NEW: After ProPublica and The Texas Tribune revealed Ken Paxton repeatedly voted while registered at an address where he appears to no longer live, Democrats called for an investigation into whether the Texas attorney general committed election fraud.
#News #Texas #KenPaxton #Law #Election #Vote #Fraud #Investigation
A man was ordered to pay libel damages after calling the head of an Islamic TV channel a “convicted terrorist.” Years later, he made similar claims against Islamic private schools applying for Texas’ voucher program, new legal filings say.
NEW: We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks.
“They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
https://www.propublica.org/article/911-calls-camp-east-montana-texas-detention?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #TX #Immigration #ICE #Emergency #Medicine #Health
New from @josephinelee, in the cover story to our magazine: Districts across the state are arresting and citing young children #children for common misbehavior, leaving lasting trauma as the Legislature rejects bills to raise the age of criminal responsibility and floods schools with even more #police. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-school-arrests-crisis-kids-as-young-as-10/
NEW: “No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
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A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidates from the pulpit, an expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fort-worth-mercy-culture-church-campaign-university
Elon Musk wanted Texas legislators to create new crimes so people who fly drones or interfere with operations at SpaceX can be arrested. And he wanted to change who controlled the highway and public beach near SpaceX’s site so he can launch his rockets according to his timeline.
He got them all.
Read the full story: https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-texas-legislature-laws-spacex-tesla?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Last year, the Texas education board rejected Alpha School’s pitch to open a charter amid concerns about its AI-driven curriculum.
But now Alpha’s private school campuses are set to benefit from the state’s new voucher program.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alpha-school-texas-vouchers-ai?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #TX #Education #School #Students #Parenting #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period.
The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ectopic-pregnancy-deaths-doubled-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Women #Health #Pregnancy #Abortion #Data #Research #Texas
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We are looking for a highly organized individual with great customer service skills who will become the first line of communication with our membership.
Based in #Austin, part time, hybrid option: https://www.texasobserver.org/were-hiring-operations-manager/
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NEW: Gov. Greg Abbott spent years trying to make school vouchers a reality in Texas, even pushing to unseat rural Republicans who stood in the way.
Some lawmakers believe the effort contributed to his party's historic demise in the midterms.
#News #Texas #TX #Education #Congress #TXPol #USPolitics #Schools #Teaching #Parenting
NEW: As more parents reject a long-standard shot for babies, hospitals are seeing cases of vitamin K deficiency bleeding — once considered virtually eliminated.
Doctors don’t always recognize or know how to treat the life-threatening condition.
https://www.propublica.org/article/vitamin-k-shot-texas-lonestar-emergency-room-nicole-malouf?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Hospital #Medicine #Parenting #Health #PublicHealth #Texas #Emergency
#ELONMUSKS HALF A
BILLION-DOLLAR FAIL 💎
Elon #Musk has spent nearly half a billion dollars trying to influence the American #midterm elections, and the results are extraordinary.
Of the 43 #Republican House candidates he backed, only three had won when #Reuters reported the results. Six of his seven #Senate candidates had lost, with the remaining race still undecided.
In #Texas, home to #Tesla and #SpaceX, Musk spent almost $230 million on the Senate contest alone. Yet the Democrats won both the Senate race and the governorship.
Now, with #Democrats taking control of #Congress, Musk faces the prospect of investigations into his government contracts, political activities, and his involvement with #DOGE.
None of this means his businesses are finished. #Tesla and SpaceX remain enormously significant enterprises, and Musk remains an extraordinarily wealthy and influential man.
But something important has happened.
One of the richest people on #Earth has discovered that spending vast sums of money does not guarantee the #political outcome he wants.
#Wealth can buy #advertising, access, and influence. It cannot guarantee the consent of the electorate.
And perhaps the most interesting question now is whether #America's political institutions can hold extraordinarily powerful individuals accountable, regardless of their wealth.
MONEY IS POWER. BUT IT ISN'T EVERYTHING, ELON.
@3goodthings @DigitalCoup @meditation @economics_that_works @disability @pwd @joinin
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"Get in the party bus!"
"Where are you going?"
"We're going to #ElonMusk's house outside #Austin to celebrate his loss of influence in #Texas"
"Let me in!"
😂
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New Opening: We're seeking a paid intern to help us cover the 2027 Texas Legislative session. A perfect opportunity for student journalists who are finishing their schooling, you'll work with Politics Editor Justin Miller to get hands on experience in political/policy #journalism. https://www.texasobserver.org/2027-legislative-internship/
BREAKING: Tesla has announced that they are shutting down their production of the Cybertruck.
In unrelated news, the neighbor across the street still owns two.
Which Austin restaurants closed this summer? Fires, celebs, openings https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/30009/ #Austin #AustinRestaurants #AustinTexas #AustinThingsToDo #Restaurant #RestaurantNews #Restaurants #Texas #TpRestaurantOpenings
6 chefs share the food stops they make on fall road trips — most are gas stations https://www.diningandcooking.com/chefs/7721/ #AmethystGanaway #BreanaJackson #Chef #Chefs #FriedChicken #GasStation #LakeJackson #SummerRoadTrips #Texas
https://www.europesays.com/3265450/ Texas Gov. Abbott freezes environmental permits for data centers amid grid audit #AI #DataStorage #Environment #GregAbbott #Texas #USA
Michigan Republican Senate candidate calls for end of Iran war in campaign ad
Michigan Republican Senate candidate calls for end of Iran war in campaign ad – CBS News Watch CBS…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Iran #Democrats #DonaldTrump #election #ElonMusk #jamestalarico #KenPaxton #Michigan #Politics #Republicans #Texas #UnitedStatesSenate #Voting
https://www.europesays.com/iran/301573/
NEW on “Paper Trail”: Taxpayers funded a $500M artillery factory that should have been churning out shells.
Instead, robots caught on fire. Workers had to unjam machines by hitting them with sledgehammers.
Even our reporter kept going, “Wait, what?”
🎧 Listen to this episode: https://www.propublica.org/podcast/general-dynamics-mesquite-texas-artillery-factory?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Defense #Army #Pentagon #Government #Technology #Tech #Podcast #Texas
https://www.europesays.com/3266056/ Cuba Falling to Blackouts, “Crises” Says One Expert | News Radio 1200 WOAI #Conflicts #Cuba #houston #local #News #Texas
Best Restaurants in Corsicana, TX: Where to Eat https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/30534/ #BestRestaurant #BestRestaurants #NorthTexas #SmallTownTexas #Texas #TravelGuide
Texas Woman Gets ‘Scared’ By Brisket. Ew, What’s Wrong With It? https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/30697/ #Food #meat #SteakHouse #SteakHouses #SteakRestaurant #SteakRestaurants #Steakhouse #Steakhouses #Texas #WeirdNews
