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There have been many violent murders at the hands of #Border Patrol agents. This is not an aberration but part of a broader federal apparatus built and refined over decades.
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-border-militarization-minnesota-alex-pretti/
#politics #USpol #Texas #news #minneapolis #HumanRights #immigration
Featured story, from Alex Birnel: Texas and the State of #Texas are not exactly one—this sprawling place we call home contains five of the 15 most-populous cities in the country.
All lean to the left, all see their power currently suppressed.
https://www.texasobserver.org/let-a-hundred-mamdanis-bloom/
#politics #USpol #Mamdani #Democrats #NYC #Austin #Dallas #Houston
Previously: In a world run by #science, the government would respond to a Texas measles outbreak by increasing vaccination rates.
But today, our government is controlled by dysfunctional, radical idealists like RFK, Jr. https://www.texasobserver.org/dysfunctional-government-rfk-trump-v-slaughter/
#RFKJr #Trump #fascism #politics #USpol #health #news #Texas #OpEd
“That facility is, like, terrible, horrible. There’s a lot of people in there. A lot. Each room has like 45 capacity. And they’re putting like 60 people in each room. The restroom is a mess. Dirty. People are sleeping on the floor, people are sleeping in the restroom.” https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-ice-detention-bond-prosecutorial-discretion/
“Drilling mud is a witches’ brew of chemicals. Society will have to pay for the cleanup, and the company that made all the money just closes up their doors and they’re on down the road. I have been screaming about this forever.” https://www.texasobserver.org/radioactive-oil-and-gas-waste-north-texas-elementary-school/
#environment #ClimateChange #politics #USpol #news #Texas #NorthTexas
Our top story: After over 25 years in the U.S., and despite raising a family here and having a path to citizenship, Moizali Momin was nearly deported to India. He spent months in cramped, dirty detention centers at taxpayer expense. https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-ice-detention-bond-prosecutorial-discretion/
#ICE #immigration #Texas #Houston #GulfCoast #HumanRights #News #politics #USpol #fascism
A massive Fort Worth-area subdivision and a school have risen atop layers of drilling waste. One worker who helped spread the material is speaking out.
In collaboration with Truthdig: https://www.texasobserver.org/radioactive-oil-and-gas-waste-north-texas-elementary-school/
#pollution #environment #ClimateChange #politics #USpol #News #Texas #NorthTexas
