New IJ lawsuit filed today challenging ICE raids of construction sites, wherein ICE detains American citizens in AL, rejects their proof of citizenship, and holds them without PC. Worth a read, and more evidence of the wide gulf b/w what SCOTUS says is happening and what is actually happening.

great piece from the always-great @pastpunditry.bsky.social and a welcome antidote to vacuous commentators whose historical memories seem to go back no further than the first iron man movie

The case YouTube settled with Trump, with a payment of more than $24 million, had already been closed for two years.

lol while I was at rice they had to justify the football team.

When Gul Dukat mocked Kira for her taste in men

a little disappointed there are so few latino leaders in the democratic party republican racists have to invent them.

Really the only question that matters

In @chron.com - This viral Houston Halloween display got online conservatives crazy angry. I went and spoke to the guy who put it up. A Mexican Houston native, he said he did it to protest Trump's immigration raids: "I believe in my freedom of speech." www.chron.com/culture/arti...

I continue to think that one of the reasons this country is falling apart is the wholesale abandonment of public virtue as a broadly shared aspiration. Or even something people should be embarrassed about if they don’t have it.

Break Ike Dike into pieces. This is our last resort. No protection. No funding. Can’t protect the port If we don’t get federal matching www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

The vast percentage of roles in the modern US military are *not* in combat. Who cares if your mechanic can do 100 pushups? If your cook can run a sub-6 minute mile? If your intelligence analyst can deadlift 300 pounds? And who cares if your Sec of Defense is great at PT if he cannot think or lead?

Blame games won't save lives. Gun laws might. | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/lett...

What Trump’s AI medbed video means for Houston | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

We risk our lives to roof houses. Three Houston immigrants share their stories. | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

The most accurate recreation of DS9 I've seen.

FWIW, we've lately been advising my granddaughter, who just got her own apartment and is taking classes at Austin Community College, that when she moves on to the next phase, she should consider schools out of state. I'd like her to go someplace where there's still free speech and academic freedom.

Has anyone considered that American courts are our strongest institution because Law and Order has been on TV for so long?

Get it, Evan! I didn’t know about Leon Jaworski and now I do. What a badass!

Read my latest op-ed: Leon Jaworski’s courage is missing in today’s Texas | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Ignore the transit advocates. Metro is still following the will of the voters. | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

TEA head Mike Morath shouldn't police teachers' free speech | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/lett...

Clearly @evan7257.bsky.social is doing the right thing. Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

Read this exclusive op-ed in the @houstonchronicle.com from @betoorourke.bsky.social: Big media, law firms and the Ivy League are bending. We Texans are fighting back. www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Texas A&M lecturer’s firing just part of a sinister trend | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

LOST writer-producer Damon Lindelof says he won’t work with Disney unless Kimmel js reinstated. I’m hearing other talent weighing similar pledges.

She basically mis-managed her responsibilities. I voted for her, so I'm not hating on her, you understand. She had a job to do (which was leading Harris County's basic services) and she didn't do it. Instead spent her time trying to decide how to serve special interests, and social issues.

“It’s hard to imagine a people who endure droughts and hurricanes with a can-do attitude, who volunteer to fill the gaps left by the government, needing politicians to come down and build a safe space to protect them from bad — even hateful — words. That’s the sort of task a free people should be….”

I'm the Abilene ISD superintendent. Don't call my teachers 'demons.' | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

She was the best leader in Harris county politics during her whole tenure in my book. But even so the writing was on the wall and her margin for error was always thinner than anyone else’s.

"Hitler’s success in perverting an entire nation began with his de-intellectualization of education. Forbidding the teaching of certain subjects that would provoke people to ask questions or to think for themselves ... Sound familiar?" www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/lett...

What Texas politicians are getting very wrong about free speech | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

“Oil producers are generally hesitant to invest in expanding drilling operations when oil prices are low, the economy is slowing, and tariffs on steel and aluminum make the cost of building out pipelines exorbitant.”

Trump gave UAE access to chips from Nvidia in exchange for crypto business for his kids. It's illegal.

“In Houston, that tweak has teeth: HPD has called ICE at least 58 times this year — up from a blip or two in years past — often off of traffic stops and even 911 pleas, including a domestic violence report.”

“While most Houstonians commute, brunch and coach soccer as always, a large share of our neighbors live in a protective crouch. That fear teaches an 18-year-old who has never before called the Houston Police Department that she certainly shouldn’t start now. Especially not now.”

“Concerns about chaos at the border under the Biden administration have now turned to concerns about chaos in our cities as Americans watch federal agents treat hardworking fathers and mothers with the sort of unrelenting force once reserved for cartel members and convicted felons.”

“Over the past eight months, we’ve seen decision after decision out of the current administration that has blown past any previous precedents or guardrails. Many have not only benefited the president and his allies, but have also begun to imperil American national security.”

Lina Hidalgo was supposed to turn Texas blue. What happened? | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Big Oil bet big on Trump. Texas workers lost. | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Trump's immigration raids sow fear in Houston. Why are our city leaders silent? | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Trump sells out to the UAE, and the USA pays the price | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

Trump hasn't proclaimed Hispanic Heritage Month. Who cares? Let's celebrate. | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Tell us: How do you feel about HISD now? Does Mike Miles deserve a bonus? www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Trump keeps treating US allies like a landlord squeezing tenants for rent. @andreaskluth.bsky.social explains why they’ll never trust America again 🎥

An exclusive op-ed from @cato.org in the @houstonchronicle.com: Repeal, baby, repeal: How the Jones Act strangles U.S. energy www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

“I was on Baylor's board. The university shouldn't marginalize its LGBT students.” www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

As @evan7257.bsky.social says "Bad News for Houston"

Will a naked bike protest make Houston streets safer? I say No! Lisa Gray says I'm anti-fun. Read our point-counterpoint in the @houstonchronicle.com www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/colu...

Trump joked about domestic violence. It killed 205 Texans last year. www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...