The FDA wants to outlaw a drug called #7OH, an opioid-like substance found across Texas. Some also want to ban #kratom, a plant that also produces 7-OH. Naturally, I had to try them. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... @houstonchronicle.com

I didn't become a journalist to parrot official statements. In Iraq I revealed how the Pentagon was sending poorly-equipped troops into harm's way. Under Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon will punish reporters who do real journalism. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... #txlege @houstonchronicle.com

Trump wants to stop monitoring greenhouse gas emissions. The EPA wants to destroy the evidence that oil and gas companies are destroying the climate. This will hurt Texans along the fence lines, hurt clean energy innovators: www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... #txlege @houstonchronicle.com

Texas is staring down a water crisis, and Corpus Christi is ground zero — where politicians cater to global corporations while billionaires look to cash in on scarcity. Average Texans are going to end up holding the bag: www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... @houstonchronicle.com #txlege

The Trump administration should investigate Texas AG Ken Paxton, who told separate lenders that three of his houses were simultaneously his permanent residence. He has also rented his fourth and fifth homes in violation of the mortgages. Details: www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... #txlege

PRITZKER: “.. The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke.” @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Texas has $1.1 trillion in real estate at risk from severe climate change-related disasters, as the Trump administration downplays the danger and deletes research that could help protect from future storms. #txlege #climate #weather Trying a free link: www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...

The Justice Department's acting deputy chief was caught on a hidden camera saying that the government will "redact every Republican" from an Epstein client list and "leave all the liberal, Democratic people."

Electricity bills are going up. Thank Trump's attacks on renewable energy that have killed $18B in projects, cutting energy supply just as demand is going up. The details in my latest column: www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... #txlege @houstonchronicle.com

A technology that has helped accelerate the climate crisis could be part of slowing it down or even reversing it. Another smart column from @cltomlinson.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...

Geothermal energy is undergoing a revolution. I visited a Sage Geosystems and saw cutting-edge, round-the-clock clean energy released from fracked rock and captured CO2. Fossil fuels' days are numbered, but not oil field workers'. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... #txlege

Developers in Texas’s five largest cities want taxpayers to spend $10 billion on new convention centers, stadiums and entertainment districts. Only San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is demanding due diligence for this corporate welfare. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... #txlege

I rarely go on AM Talk Radio, but Gilbert Andrew Garcia is always a pleasure to chat with, especially about democracy: www.youtube.com/live/jWT-ruH... #txlege

The number of women holding the top jobs at U.S. and Texas corporations is dropping after decades of progress. Business leaders are worried, and the Texas Women's Foundation wants to help. But is there still room for DEI programs in America? www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... #txlege

Trump doesn't want non-citizens to count in the Census. Yet Texas Republicans are relying on non-citizens to gerrymander themselves five new seats. My colleagues explain how: www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202... #txlege

With the quorum break and likely literally back-to-back special sessions there's a fair bit of chaos, but in the meanwhile legislation on other significant issues is being developed and getting little attention: www.texasobserver.org/secrecy-g-fi... #txlege (1/3)

NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public. By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social

Tesla's board wants to spend $26 billion to keep Elon Musk as CEO. Here are the reasons why they should pay him to go away: www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... #txlege @houstonchronicle.com

There's a new 2025 peak demand record in ERCOT: 82,566 megawatts at 4:55 today. Solar provided 30% of the power at that time and wind about 16%; wholesale power was just $22/MWh. No conservation alerts. No energy emergencies. Just abundant, affordable power. #txlege #txenergy

For the record: I lived in Africa for 11 years. There is no such thing as an "unprovoked attack" by an herbivore. Cape buffalo have a very low tolerance for predators looking at them the wrong way. www.expressnews.com/news/texas/a...

Watch this be completely demolished because black lives do not matter to people in power, and we certainly can’t be having woke cemeteries indoctrinating our children #txlege

“they are trying to return Texas to the days when a handful of mostly white, rural and older primary voters got to choose who held political office.” @cltomlinson.bsky.social

Gov. Greg Abbott promised this week to end democracy in Texas, one way or another. Abbott is promising to overturn 51 elections. He will stop at nothing to deny millions of Texans representation in D.C. #txlege @houstonchronicle.com www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...

I talked with Don Lemon today about what's really behind Texas redistricting. #txlege www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHhu...

They can’t stop it, but they can slow it down. What’s $500K in fines when democracy is at stake: Texas House Democrats flee the state to block a vote on new congressional map www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...

Step one: Shoot the messenger www.nbcnews.com/business/eco... Step two: Manipulate the numbers next time. #txlege

Texas doesn't have to worry about losing air conditioning this summer. The state is setting records for solar energy and battery power. So why are politicians trying to kill clean energy? #txlege @houstonchronicle.com www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...

If SB/HB 14, proposed by Governor Abbott as part of the special session at the #txlege, had already been passed into law, the details of this episode could never have come out bc the police chief never formally punished himself. www.statesman.com/story/news/l...

Musk's AI bot Grok pieced together that a Republican lawmaker had an affair with a stripper, and then Current Revolt published a story. Capriglione says he might sue, but who will get the subpoena? www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... @houstonchronicle.com @expressnews.com #txlege

Today, I make my debut on the Texas Take podcast, the number one political podcast in the great state. We discuss the fine line between redistricting and election rigging. megaphone.link/SFO1960396763 #txlege

Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s first attempt to ban THC, but he is folding under pressure from the Texas Christian nationalists to kill 50,000 jobs and a $5B industry. Abbott says he will ban retail delta-8, delta-9 or THCA products. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...

A Public Opinion Cheat Sheet for the (First) Special Session of the 89th #TxLege texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/a-publi...

Alternatively, California should NOT redistrict to underrepresent the currently red counties. Gerrymandering & refusing representation (from either side!) is absolutely NOT acceptable. Don’t stoop to their level. Let’s just take our chess piece off their playing board. @votecnp.bsky.social

Democracy in Texas is in trouble. Taking away more than 40% of the population’s ability to elect a candidate and establish an unbeatable single-party regime is, by definition, totalitarianism. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... #txlege

President Donald Trump's policies are impacting small-town economies and businesses like family-owned Atkinson Candy Co. in Lufkin, Texas. The 93-year-old company worries about its immigrant workforce but benefits from tariffs. @houstonchronicle.com #txlege www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...

I’m so grateful that San Antonio has a robust local news scene to hold those in power to account. And, yes, I subscribe and even get the Sunday paper! Highly recommend.

The Houston Chronicle has been putting out some great investigative journalism on local politics, including school board elections and politics - thank you! I would much rather read via my local publications - not the NYT - so very glad to see you reported before them 👍.

One person’s blame game is another’s call for accountability. Why journalists investigate disasters so quickly. Accountability reporting about the Texas Hill Country floods was competitive and vital, even if Trump and Abbott didn't like it: www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...

Is fighting floods the same as a football game? I explain why Abbott thinks accountability is for losers in my latest Tomlinson's Take newsletter. link.houstonchronicle.com/view/5ba9532...

I talked to Citycast Houston about my Guadalupe River flooding column, complaining about how politicians always claim they couldn't have known when the facts were right in front of them. I come in at the 11-minute mark. #txlege houston.citycast.fm/podcasts/gre...

I talked to Citycast Houston about my Guadalupe River flooding column, complaining about how politicians always claim they couldn't have known when the facts were right in front of them. I come in at the 11-minute mark. houston.citycast.fm/podcasts/gre...

"Texans should be disgusted with politicians who keep asking, “How could we have known?” when scientists and activists have been warning them. For too long, our Republican leaders have been putting their hands over their ears and shouting, “la-la-la, I can’t hear you!”"

Climate scientists warned of worsening floods on the Guadalupe River. But state and local officials don't believe in climate change. Kerr County officials decided $1 million was to expensive to protect children's lives. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... #txlege @houstonchronicle.com

At least 59 people were confirmed dead Sunday as a result of the Fourth of July floods along the Guadalupe River, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said. That includes 21 children. bit.ly/4ksGmJp

Families are awaiting word on 11 girls and one counselor still missing Sunday after major flooding devastated Camp Mystic, a private Christian summer camp in Kerr County. bit.ly/4lInneQ

Overall rain coverage is expected to decrease Sunday, but scattered, slow-moving storms could cause isolated flooding on Sunday.

A few days ago, Kristi Noem was bragging about stealing money from FEMA to fund Alligator Alcatraz

Millions of low-income Americans could experience staggering financial losses under the bill that Republicans advanced through the Senate on Tuesday, which reserves its greatest benefits for the rich while threatening to strip health insurance, food stamps and other aid from the poor.

“A Science Journal Funded by Peter Thiel [Inference] Is Running Articles Dismissing Climate Change and Evolution *** Yet Inference also has contributions from well-known intellectuals and scientists.” 1/29/19 1/ www.motherjones.com/environment/...

The avg. campaign dollar now comes from a 67-year-old donor—up from 61 in 2016. When political money talks with a 67-year-old voice, it's no surprise our policies look backward, not forward. The good news: early donations to younger candidates can help break this cycle and reshape our future.