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Texas ObserverFeatured story: “The evidence linking James Rodden to the online accounts in question is strong, with significant biographical consistencies spanning over a decade. … The depth of the investigation leaves little room for doubt.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a>

Texas ObserverSchatzline dismissed the video as a joke and said his performance was clearly not a “sexually explicit drag show.” (Anyone who has seen a drag show would agree: He’d probably get booed off the stage if he performed in that outfit.) <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/nate-schatzline-drag-lege-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/nate-schatzline-drag-lege-2025/</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/drag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drag</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transphobia</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a>+ <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/TXLege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TXLege</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a>

Texas ObserverPoliticians, especially those who grew up in the digital age, have repeatedly learned the hard lesson that you can never truly delete anything from the web.Take, for instance, Nate Schatzline. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/nate-schatzline-drag-lege-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/nate-schatzline-drag-lege-2025/</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/TXlege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TXlege</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transphobia</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/drag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drag</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a>

Texas ObserverNew today from Joelle DiPaolo: This Fort Worth state rep spends another session waging a “spiritual battle” in the Texas House, with bad bills and incessant posting. Part of an occasional series profiling the <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> lawmakers who make up the fringe of an already woefully fringe-y lege. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/nate-schatzline-drag-lege-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/nate-schatzline-drag-lege-2025/</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/TXlege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TXlege</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extremism</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transphobia</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a>+

Texas Observer“Because of Rodden’s explicit bigotry and racism, he cannot be trusted to properly exercise his discretion.” <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ICYMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICYMI</a>, three U.S. House members demanded an investigation after the Texas Observer revealed a top ICE lawyer also runs an explicitly white supremacist X account. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/investigation-ice-prosecutor-racist-x-account/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/investigation-ice-prosecutor-racist-x-account/</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a>

Texas Observer“These allegations raise serious questions about the integrity of ICE’s prosecutorial process and its commitment to impartial justice.” Lawmakers respond after the Observer uncovered an <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> attorney with a history of white supremacist social media posts. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/investigation-ice-prosecutor-racist-x-account/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/investigation-ice-prosecutor-racist-x-account/</a><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>

Texas Observer“The evidence linking James Rodden to the online accounts in question is strong, with significant biographical consistencies spanning over a decade. … The depth of the investigation leaves little room for doubt.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/HumanRIghts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRIghts</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a>

Texas ObserverIn <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a>: Rehab on the Range emphasizes the context of the nation’s long churn treating and penalizing drug use while simultaneously zooming in on the details and key players in Fort Worth’s narcotic farm experiment. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/inside-fort-worths-narcotic-farm-experiment/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/inside-fort-worths-narcotic-farm-experiment/</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drugs</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a>

Texas Observer“Everyone has read so much now, and seen so much on television, I believe the right thing for me to do is to tell you what I saw in Dallas, this dreadful day. ...“From the archives, a Presidents' Day look at the final voyage of John F. Kennedy: <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/archives-last-voyage-mr-kennedy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/archives-last-voyage-mr-kennedy/</a><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Dallas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dallas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/PresidentsDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PresidentsDay</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a>

Texas ObserverFrom 2023: ”In order to create the world we want, we have to find allies and encourage them to get in the fight. Right here, where we live.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/fort-worth-progressive-texas-democrats-activism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/fort-worth-progressive-texas-democrats-activism/</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activism</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a>

Mx. Kit O'Connell — Hire me!I'm gradually crossposting my <a href="https://texasobserver.social/@TexasObserver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TexasObserver</a> stories onto my homepage.My profile of <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Dallas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dallas</a> concert photographer Vicious Velma was my first article printed in Texas Observer magazine. I still love Velma's very punk rock, very bring-on-the-bodily-fluids attitude and I'm glad I got to share her work with the magazine's readers. <a href="https://kitoconnell.com/vicious-velma-dallas-punk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kitoconnell.com/vicious-velma-dallas-punk/</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#culture</a>

Texas ObserverIn the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, the City Council of Arlington approved plans by French energy giant TotalEnergies to drill 10 new gas wells near a daycare center, residential neighborhoods and elementary <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schools</a>. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/drill-arlington-texas-fracking-daycare-schools/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/drill-arlington-texas-fracking-daycare-schools/</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollution</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/OilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OilAndGas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#energy</a>

Texas ObserverOn Tuesday night, more than 30 residents spoke at City Hall against the proposal, citing concerns over air <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollution</a>, public health and childrens’ wellbeing. It was the first time in nearly 13 years that Arlington, situated atop the gas-rich Barnett Shale, has approved a new tract of land for fracking. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/drill-arlington-texas-fracking-daycare-schools/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/drill-arlington-texas-fracking-daycare-schools/</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/OilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OilAndGas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#energy</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a>

Texas ObserverThe crime that landed Steven Nelson on <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a>’ death row took place 14 years ago in a North Texas church. Now, as his February 5 execution date looms, supporters—including his wife and a well-known priest—have rallied in front another church and appealed for mercy ahead of the state’s first scheduled execution of the year. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/innocence-death-penalty-2025-steven-nelson/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/innocence-death-penalty-2025-steven-nelson/</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/DeathPenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeathPenalty</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prison</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

Texas ObserverFrom the archives: This is the night Rhett James has been dreaming of for <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Dallas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dallas</a>. He has finally succeeded in luring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It is King’s first visit in seven years. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/night-martin-luther-king-jr-came-dallas/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/night-martin-luther-king-jr-came-dallas/</a><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/MLK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MLK</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Mx. Kit O'Connell — Hire me!And also, in my first for LGBTQ Nation, I wrote about the attempts to erase support for <a href="https://federate.social/tags/pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pride</a> and diversity in a North <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> suburb. <a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/a-texas-town-killed-off-its-diversity-committee-after-proud-boys-marched-against-it/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/a-texas-town-killed-off-its-diversity-committee-after-proud-boys-marched-against-it/</a><a href="https://federate.social/tags/homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homophobia</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extremism</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/BestOf2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BestOf2024</a>

Texas ObserverFrom the archives: Joe lived on a grassy area at the edge of the parking lot of the Creative Arts Center of Dallas. All the regulars at the community arts school knew the handsome, slender, gentle man in his 70s with the gray beard ... <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/guardian-angel-laughlin-drive-joe-ten-spurs-mayborn/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/guardian-angel-laughlin-drive-joe-ten-spurs-mayborn/</a><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Dallas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dallas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#culture</a>

Texas ObserverFeatured story: This civil rights showdown is playing out in a boomtown. Princeton, which originally sprung up on the outskirts of nearby Farmersville, has become one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities. Since 2005, when it claimed around 4,000 residents, its population has septupled. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/pride-and-prejudice-in-princeton/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/pride-and-prejudice-in-princeton/</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pride</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trans</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transphobia</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homophobia</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a>

Texas ObserverFeatured story: A school board vote to cancel a summer Pride event represented one of the first government-sponsored cancellations of the LGBTQ+ celebration in the Lone Star State. Meet the activists fighting back... <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/pride-and-prejudice-in-princeton/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/pride-and-prejudice-in-princeton/</a><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homophobia</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transphobia</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pride</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a>

Texas ObserverFeatured story: Advocates say the district has been targeting, and applying a double standard to, pro-LGBTQ+ groups and events since 2021, when the city introduced special permit restrictions for local parks. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/pride-and-prejudice-in-princeton/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/pride-and-prejudice-in-princeton/</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/NorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a>+ <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schools</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pride</a>

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