>"As newly elected Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and a City Council with an array of fresh faces review their first major crisis, the city’s top officials once again _...Read More_

>"Officials in a school district near Fort Worth, Texas, have directed school staff and librarians to temporarily remove books that have been challenged through the district's formal complaint process in the past school year, including _...Read More_

"Gavin Newsom is attacking Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott after stoking speculation with his attacks on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis"

>"A series of tragedies and challenges have soured the mood of Texans and made the governor’s race perhaps the most competitive since the 1990s."

"We knew it would be awful. We knew pregnant people's lives would be threatened. We didn't know it would all happen so fast."

The Washington Post: Abortion bans create confusion around miscarriage, ectopic pregnancies. >"Miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies and other _...Read More_

>"The theme of independence has recurred throughout the history of Texas, which was a republic from 1836–45. But the Civil War established that a state cannot secede."

>"The platform, which was voted on at the Republican state party convention in Houston, was the _...Read More_

>"Lawyers argue against public disclosure of materials such as body-camera footage after authorities were accused of responding too _...Read More_

Doing stuff to actually help their constituents and angering their donors is hard. Whipping up ignorant people into forgetting about the real issues that affect them while they foam at the mouth over transgender people is easy. Gotta _...Read More_

The Guardian: Kamala Harris calls for assault weapons ban: ‘We are not sitting around waiting’. >"Vice-president demands action after speaking at funeral _...Read More_

The refusal of the morally bankrupt death cult known as the Republican Party to do anything to protect children being slaughtered in their classrooms with weapons of war is the mental health issue we need to deal with right now. Organize. _...Read More_

HOUSTON (AP) — With protesters shouting outside, the National Rifle Association began its annual convention in Houston on Friday, three days after a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school on the other side of _...Read More_