What does all of this mean? The injunction blocking the law's enforcement will be lifted, but expect quick movement at the district court to consider the remaining challenge — covering Paxton — under the Supreme Court's Moody test for reviewing such First Amendment challenges.

The opinion and vote itself is a little complicated. The opinion is by Engelhardt (Trump), joined by Southwick (GWB), and Dennis (Clinton) concurs in part and dissents in part. The main dispute is over a footnote (first and second images) from the majority opinion, which Dennis calls out (third).

New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.

of COURSE this happens when i'm on vacation

BREAKING: The Fifth Circuit vacates the injunction against Texas's anti-drag law, but remands for further consideration of one part of the challenge — a facial challenge to AG Paxton's enforcement of Part One of the law. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/texass-ant...

It's hard to shock me these days. But I just read the words "LSU interim athletic director Verge Ausberry" and my jaw fucking dropped. I don't know what else to say but CTRL+F for his name in this article: www.usatoday.com/in-depth/spo...

ken paxton on one side and the gore vidal of pornhub on the other

the NYT interview where the "women are too emotional to uphold the rule of law" lady explains what she considers a failure to uphold the law is... really very revealing

(rust cohle voice) la roche posay

Yeah I did a tour of duty in U.S. v. Skrmetti. Got my leg near blown off by a transgender IED

"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."

Last week, I reported the Trump admin has made it harder for male vets w/ breast to get their care covered The admin invoked a presidential order on "Restoring Biological Truth" Now, two dozen House members have written VA demanding the admin reverse course www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Dallas Area Rapid Transit just built a transit line extension into Plano that opened just a couple weeks ago. Yesterday, Plano City Council voted 8-0 to allow voters to choose whether or not to leave DART www.keranews.org/news/2025-11...

the CTA is so awesome

found what i was looking for in chicago

more people need t o know about this city referendum from 2015

wokeness is back (they're letting Katelyn write for MSNBC again)

I always liked that State of the Union Bush did where he said "I have the pleasure of being the first president to say these words: Madam Speaker." Real life west wing moment

kind of incredible that trump figured out how to get people who otherwise don't vote to the go vote but that those people will only vote if he's on the ballot

cmon guys, you said you'd leave new york if he won. there's a master planned community in Southlake, Texas with your name on it

sorry I've added a "Controversy" section to your wikipedia article while you were asleep

I'm at a thai restaurant and the couple next to us is talking about conservative school boards in Texas and they're talking about Granbury and then said "i can't even imagine growing up in a state where everyone has guns when they get mad" lmao

After Houston removed an LGBTQ+ Pride crosswalk in Montrose, residents responded in color. “It’s something that people out there need,” artist Nicky Davis said. “They need to know that the community of Houston accepts everyone.” ✍🏻 Gwen Howerton bit.ly/43Nw7JX

this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

honestly i'm kind of beginning to fuck with this guy

Tyler and I are out here at the rally where the crowd has about doubled since this first post. Easily 400+ people. Group is chanting “no hate, no fear, everyone is welcome here.”

Ten years ago this week, the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance failed to pass. It would have protected Houstonians from discrimination in a variety of ways, but it failed after Republicans ran ads about trans predators in bathrooms. Here's my retrospective from last year: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

the political director for trump’s 2024 campaign today gave the game up and said trans rights literally don’t matter in deciding elections it is “not even the top five issues, according to voters” per the intv with @politico.com

Tune into @TexasStandard now to hear about how Texas schools are using AI to screen library books for content banned under a new state law, SB 13. Talked with them about my recent story: www.statesman.com/politics/art...

NEW: Millions of poor Americans could see $0 in SNAP benefits because of the way the Trump administration has implemented a court order, which required it to preserve the program during the shutdown. Others may get about $12 in partial payments. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

it is so weird that the economist doesn't put bylines on articles

The manosphere bros are freaking out.

gwen howerton? the always sunny in philadelphia actor?

Are you interested in covering politics in the Lone Star State? The Texas Observer is hiring an intern to help us cover the 2026 elections! Apply here: www.texasobserver.org/jobs/

www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

houston has produced some of the hottest women alive change my mind

should i move to chicago

at the dave matthews poop bridge

Supreme Court justices can read electron results, too. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

I'm going to run for Mayor of Houston

Wow if Zohran can do that, maybe I, a fellow Millennial, can also run for office (immediately has emotional breakdown attempting to organize a potluck)

The Texas Dept of Public Safety carried out aerial surveillance of Austin's No Kings protest after Gov. Abbott suggested that "violence & destruction" were likely. Of course, the event was peaceful. Even the pilot, in video I obtained via FOIA, says: "Seems like it’s gonna be pretty peaceful, huh?"

last night gf asked me if "that weird lady" is still mayor of chicago

was about to post about the Texas Monthly Dick Cheney "Bum Steers" cover but thankfully they already have me covered @thetexanist.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/the-stand-up...

Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school

Over at @flaminghydra.com, I have a new interview with @jael.bsky.social about working as a reporter in DC and her band's new song "horseglue" flaminghydra.com/d-c-journali...

kinda funny that everyone yelled so they put it back

Hey this is cool! whyy.org/articles/ele...

just walked past @bencollins.bsky.social in chicago i'm pretty sure