Texas lawmakers on Thursday will hold their first hearing to review speech on public universities. The legislative panels were created after Republican leaders criticized students mocking or celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death.

So much waste, fraud, and abuse.

Trump’s directive to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War could cost taxpayers up to $2 billion.

In the remote village of Kipnuk, Alaska, hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate to the local public school after ex-Typhoon Halong ravaged their community. Then the main generator struggled — and the backup generator sputtered out, too. By @emilyschwing.bsky.social

A ProPublica analysis revealed a stark pattern across the Deep South, where about 200 majority-Black public school districts educate 1.3 million students. Alongside those districts are private academies filled almost entirely with white students. (Published Dec. 2024)

Call your representatives. Demand they replace Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader. We need opposition leaders who understand the moment we’re in and are going to fight back. Find your reps here:

Texas has recorded more than 3,500 cases of whooping cough so far this year, 10 times the number in 2023. The uptick has coincided with a decline in vaccination rates for whooping cough, according to disease experts who urge the best way to control the spread is to get vaccinated.

Jolt Initiative, a nonprofit that aims to increase civic participation among Latinos, is suing AG Ken Paxton to block his efforts to shut them down. Paxton accused the group of an “unlawful voter registration scheme,” but a legal filing provided no evidence that it registers noncitizens to vote.

New: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Harris County for allocating county funds to programs that help undocumented people get access to legal support.

The Flex Loan, a new type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial in Tennessee, allows residents to borrow up to $4,000 at a 279.5% interest rate. It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. (Published May with @tennesseelookout.com)

Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels. The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.

Chuck Schumer and ANYONE who supports him need to be ousted from the party. The same way they wrongly treated David Hogg should be the way that Schumer is treated now.

There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.

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DSA stands in absolute opposition to the proposed deal to pass Trump's billionaire budget. Healthcare is a right, not a bargaining chip.

employees by sending politically charged emails through their work accounts that placed blame on Democrats for the government shutdown.

As Americans go hungry, Trump’s out golfing on your dime using your tax dollars. Don’t worry, it’s only about $3–4 million per trip.

Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.

I saw someone on my timeline shaming someone else for posting about college football in a time like this. Folks, if we're going to survive a time like this, we're going to need to avoid burning out from an attitude of 24/7 vigilance and constant outrage. Let people find joy where they can, please.

It’s time to build our #UnitedFront. 🤝 We are fighting for ALL people, regardless of who they voted for. Many more will be joining our resistance as MAGA’s victims multiply. It’s up to all of us to welcome them into the movement and get them plugged in. www.miaminewtimes.com/news/doral-m...

For context: the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) said the debt reached $38.019 trillion, and that it added $1 trillion in about two months. Link: www.jec.senate.gov/public/index...

Rep. Al Green switches congressional districts in bid for reelection.

They want you to leave your phones at home so you can’t take video of them. If you leave your phone at home, take a go-pro with you. Cameras out, America!

Layoffs are reaching their highest levels since the pandemic, but America's corporate elite have never been doing better. Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?

Will Texas actually run out of water? Your questions about the state’s water supply answered.

U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn filed legislation that would limit the U.S. from sending Mexico future deliveries of water and would allow the U.S. president to stop engaging with Mexico in certain business sectors that benefit from U.S. water.

“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”

I heard some old friends at Pod Save America were in town, so I decided to stop by. As we saw this week, we can change this country for the better. But it’s going to take all of us getting organized and having honest conversations about the best way forward.

According to the video, this woman was reporting sexual abuse in Riverside Court House & was accosted by ICE. What if she were your daughter, sister, mother or wife? How does this #ICELawlessness make us safer? Share this video & Call your Congressional rep at 202-224-3121 🧵

The airport in Boston is hosting a food bank for TSA workers because the GOP would rather send the cost of healthcare through the roof than make sure Americans can eat three meals a day wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/loga...

Cornell shows no fight, appeases corrupt Nazi regime.

The Trump regime extorted Cornell University for $60 million.

The Constitution protects the right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...

A former middle school teacher who served as New Mexico’s secretary of education will oversee the Fort Worth ISD as Texas takes control.

The initiative would enlist state and local police to help locate these minors part of a wider Trump administration push to identify, monitor, and deport them.

Now they’re coming after minors. ICE is planning to open a new call center with a dedicated unit to track unaccompanied migrant children, according to internal contracting documents.

Cornyn “open to” changing Senate filibuster, Hunt and Paxton back Trump’s call to scrap it

Sandwich guy found not guilty! A jury cleared Sean C. Dunn of misdemeanor assault charges. Dunn had gained viral attention after tossing a sandwich at a federal agent during a protest in Washington against Trump’s law enforcement policies.

“these (SB 1882 ) partnerships—including schools run by the nonprofit that Miles formerly led—fall under a law for in-district charter schools that contains far fewer financial and academic guardrails than apply to other charters or public schools. www.texasobserver.org/houston-magn...

New: Texas can enforce a 2023 law that restricts some public drag shows, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. Senate Bill 12 prohibits drag performers from dancing suggestively or wearing certain prosthetics in front of children.

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike. Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%. Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.

Billionaire Jeff Yass donated $100 million to offer free tuition permanently to students who enroll at the University of Austin, the fledgling private university founded by critics of traditional higher education who argue colleges have grown hostile to free speech and merit.

“Detainees - arrested in recent weeks by immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz - testified on Tuesday they’ve been kept in overcrowded holding cells, forced to stand or sleep on floors, with clogged or overflowing toilets and a lack of sufficient food.”

Congratulations to all of the communities who voted to reject book banning hysteria and to restore common sense, civility, and pro-public ed decision making to their Texas school boards last night. 💙📚🗳️

We’re taking over Austin’s Congress Avenue for a FREE street fest! Join us at Open Congress on Nov. 15 for bold conversations, live performances, tastings, book signings, interactive exhibits and so much more. RSVP: trib.it/oc25-bluesky.

As of Wednesday, Texans still haven’t seen any November SNAP benefits, which could take days to roll out.

ICE is a domestic terrorist organization.

Can anybody in book world help these Houston friends out? 👇🏻

The utter stupidity of pursuing a criminal trial against someone for throwing a sandwich that bounced off a bullet proof vest pissing away hundreds of thousands of dollars for this joke is the perfect encapsulation of this Administration.