The latest from @joshbrodesky.bsky.social www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...

The Trump admin is using a lie about San Antonio's (now closed) Migrant Resource Center to withhold funds for the city. It has implications far beyond the $13.2 million owed.

Proud of our Opinion colleagues at the Statesman for giving voice to free speech and due process. Strong editorial here:

A member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office on Friday to cover President Trump’s sit-down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters were barred from the high-level meeting www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/m...

"Sid Miller is like your hokey uncle at Thanksgiving, regaling you with stories about how he once peed on an electric fence and lived to tell about it." Probably not the best person for medical advice/health policy. www.expressnews.com/opinion/edit...

Our Ed Board opposes vouchers as bad policy, but it's also a political gift for Democrats and public education advocates who can go on the offensive. Vouchers open the door to eventually regulate private schools, and to launch schools free of GOP legislative and SBOE interference. More here:

Vibe shifting: projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/approv...

"Flips the Script." Not a time for euphemism. How about "Lies," NYT? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...

Humor helps.

This bill is so stupid. Even by today's standards.

Today’s column. www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...

This may be the only time that Mother Teresa and Ken Paxton have shared a sentence: "As far as it is from Texas’ capital to its westernmost tip, it is an unbridgeable distance from Mother Teresa to Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has thrust this nonprofit into the Texas spotlight." Our editorial:

NEW: An internal email obtained by WIRED from a threat intelligence team monitoring US Treasury systems advised labeling DOGE operatives an "insider threat," adding that it recommended suspending their access "immediately." | www.wired.com/story/treasu...

seems relevant ....

The implications of the Texas attorney general's case reach much further than the religious freedom of one shelter in West Texas. www.expressnews.com/opinion/edit...

Ken Paxton is using immigration politics to trample religious liberty. His legal pursuit of Annunciation House in El Paso has immense consequences for Texas -- and not just for faith-based organizations. Our editorial for this Sunday's paper breaks it down.

Discussion about Musk getting the keys to the federal kingdom has, for me at least, felt a bit like the movie, "Look Up." So ... Look up! Here are just some of our opinion team's concerns.

Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now

“It’s the richest person in the world taking away from the poorest people in the world,” one USAID official told Playbook. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Trump got rolled here and almost no one seems to have noticed.

Gabbard and RFK are dangerously unqualified: www.expressnews.com/opinion/edit...

Data on the CDC's website are being removed to comply with the Trump administration’s ongoing attempt to scrub federal agencies of any mention of gender, DEI, and accessibility, @katherinejwu reports: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi... @theatlantic.com

"We have no visibility into what they are doing with the computer and data systems," one of the officials said. "That is creating great concern. There is no oversight. It creates real cybersecurity and hacking implications."

Across San Antonio, school districts, educators and teachers’ unions are bracing for potential immigration raids under President Donald Trump’s recent reversal of a policy limiting arrests at schools, hospitals and places of worship.⁠ bit.ly/4hhqybz

If you think DeepSeek is some kind of Sputnik moment, it seems like not the best time to freeze grants and attack research universities

Fabulous commentary from Omar Valerio-Jiménez explaining our history of mass deportations, linking the past to the present climate of fear:

David Brooks: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/o...

Since Trump said he would make these pardons, I'm not surprised. But I have wondered if voters really thought through the implications of the election, or perhaps many people just don't care as so much of it can feel remote or inconsequential to the daily grind, even if it isn't.

Appreciate this commentary from @andrewdessler.com about the renewable energy revolution in Texas and whether lawmakers will advance or hinder it this session.

President Trump has signed 9* separate executive orders that herald sweeping changes to the immigration system and to communities inside the US. We broke down: - What they do - What's happened already - What's to come - What this all means. Follow with me for a thread on what you need to know 🧵

“We just released the leaders of two terrorist organizations,” one counterterrorism expert and senior Trump DHS official told me. “In the name of politics, we have just released violent criminals out onto our streets.”

"One president preemptively pardoned lawmakers who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Another president closed the day by pardoning the insurrectionists." Time will judge Trump's use of power.

Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.

A case study for mean-spirited, misogynistic leadership in the nation's capital.

Federal resources may be constrained, but fear is a limitless power. Our opinion team in San Antonio looks at mass deportation during Trump 2.0 -- what it means, what it doesn't -- and how policies are likely to test our nation's character.

As we move into the mass deportation era, our Opinion team in San Antonio looks at what is to come and how Trump 2.0 policies will challenge our national character. www.expressnews.com/opinion/edit...

When I see the fires in LA, I think of this oped I wrote almost exactly five years ago: we are witnessing the Earth being re-made for a hotter climate. www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...

This is all so shocking and surprising. No one could have seen this coming.

The @joshbrodesky.bsky.social column about the Uvalde Leader-News new book isn't only about a massacre we can't forget but, also, about the importance of local newspapers which records and keeps us from forgetting stories like this. www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...

I love much about our digital world, and I also love print. Here's a look at our Sun opinion pages: Editorial about guns in schools, @tonyquesada.bsky.social dishes on vision for Port SA, @caryclack.bsky.social and Cameron Vickrey write about holiday giving, and my column about news deserts/Uvalde.

Pointed Sunday editorial from @joshbrodesky.bsky.social and his talented @expressnewsopinion.bsky.social team.

Strong column here from St. Mary's Law atty Greg Zlotnick about how the housing industry is using the myth/fear of squatters to advance interests: www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...

An interesting vision for Port SA. I think what's most significant is the plan for a daycare to serve 900 children. It's desperately needed and would bring together disparate communities. Here's @tonyquesada.bsky.social's latest: www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...

"Uvalde's Darkest Hour," by Uvalde Leader-News Publisher Craig Garnett, is about the massacre at Robb Elementary School, and yet I found it to be a testament to the importance of local journalism during a time of expanding news deserts. www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...

Such an honor to have our opinion team featured on Poynter for our work last year about the border and immigration. The team has changed this year, but we keep grinding, and this remains a coverage priority for us heading into 2025: www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

The latest from the Editorial Board. www.expressnews.com/opinion/edit...

Who’s counting? A new investigation found 1,107 people drowned crossing the Rio Grande on the Texas and Mexico #border from 2017-2023; by comparison CBP, legally required to record migrant deaths, found only 587… @washingtonpost.com @lhreports.bsky.social www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...

Part III of my @expressnews.com investigation into Texas’ solar industry uncovers a hidden fee often worth thousands of dollars in fintech loans used across the country. “We fought, and we got nothing except money going out of our pockets,” said one customer. www.expressnews.com/news/article...

We're approaching a moment when wealthier students will pay a premium tuition to access artisinal human-instructed courses.

This bill should be grounded. It's an unserious response to the serious crisis of school shootings and needed security. Mandatory drones with pepper spray? Seriously? www.expressnews.com/opinion/edit...