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Opinion | Opponents of JD Vance’s Story of America Need to Speak Up

Was Ronald Reagan right, in his finale speech as President, when he said: "anyone...from any corner of the earth can become an American?"

There’s Still a Shared American Story, and JD Vance’s Blood-and-Soil Vision Isn’t It www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...

Opinion | How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country

"Required reading." It will be hard, maybe impossible. To "be a good citizen of a bad country. It is our challenge in the age of Trunp.

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Tomlinson: Republican plan knocks 1 million Texans off health insurance One million Texans will likely drop their health insurance if the Republican plan to cut Obamacare subsidies goes into effect.

And they will be Added to the uninsured Texans who are left out because Texas Republicans refuse to extend Medicaid.

1 million Texans will lose health insurance under current Republican budget plan www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...

How Texas cowboy conservatives took over America | Opinion Joe Holley sought out the birthplace, the very epicenter, if you will, of America’s modern conservative movement. Here's what he learned.

And then, of course, there is white racism. Sixty years ago, when white Texans voted Democrat, they voted for racist Southern Democrats.

What's the birthplace of the conservative movement? Texans don't have to look far. | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Opportunities drying up for students Opportunities drying up for students

How Texas MAGA Republish Punish the innocent, the children, for living (with their families) in Texas.

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Anger Over ICE Raids Is Driving Some Latino Voters to the Polls

Latinos, to Trump, are what Jews were to Hitler. If Texas Latinos start voting against the party of Trump, Republicans will want to eliminate the Electoral College.

Anger Over ICE Raids Is Driving Some Latino Voters to the Polls www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u...

John Roberts betrayed America for Donald Trump Legal scholar Lisa Graves on why this Supreme Court chief justice is the worst in history

Roger Tawney gave us Dred Scott and the Civil War. John Roberts - with help - gave us Citizens United, Shelby County and Donald Trump.

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Opinion | Trump Lost the Trade War to China

Is Xi the true master of the art of deal maki g?

Trump Lost the Trade War to China www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...

Tomlinson: Political connections appear to help with state contracts State contractors give millions to Gov. Greg Abbott, creating a perception of corruption that most states and the federal government do not allow.

Texas contractors give millions to Gov. Greg Abbott, creating a perception of corruption that most states and the federal government do not allow. Why the perception of corruption is as corrosive as actual bribery: www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... #txlege

Opinion | Burnin’ Down the House

As bad as he is, he could do none of the harm he does or commit the crimes he commits if not ENABLED BY ELECTED REPUBLICAN congress men, women and senators. The modern Republican Party is a criminal enterprise

Burnin’ Down the House www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...

Patrick eyes exit for leader at Alamo Patrick eyes exit for leader at Alamo

What happened at the Alamo happened. What people say happened may or may not have happened. Knowing what happened is more important than preserving a favored myth.

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"If you're racist, you're probably Republican": Maher weighs in on group chat scandal - Salon.com The "Real Time" host got a dig in at Republicans while discussing the leaked group chat scandal.

Well, what I know, because I was there and remember, is that the "Southern Democrats" were the racist wing of the Democratic Party. They switched to the Republican Party, when racist could no longer win in the Democratic Party Primaries.

www.salon.com/2025/10/19/i...

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

CHUTZPAH! If you voted for Trump, hope you have the common sense and understand and be ashamed.

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Opinion | Trump Calls Diversity a Threat. For Our Founders, It Was American.

Genetics teaches us all humanity descends from a primate that evolved in and wandered out of Africa. The question: Can we live together, in spite of our evolved diversity?

Trump Calls Diversity a Threat. For Our Founders, It Was American. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...

Opinion | Trump Posted a Video of Himself Dumping Excrement on Our Cities. It’s a Glimpse of His Deepest Drives.

Trump's video - the one of him waring a crown and "bombing" us with feces - reflects his infantile level of development. throwing shit is something primates do.

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Report: Immigration crackdown leads to hiring slowdown in Texas The federal government’s efforts to ramp up immigration enforcement are likely contributing to sluggish job growth in Texas, according to the Dallas Fed.

I guess economic sacrifice is q small price for Texas to pay
to "make (it and) America great again?
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ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.

Civilians resisting "the enemy from within."

ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Opinion | Is it America’s fate to decline and fall? Here’s what history says. The American experiment will soon turn 250. Is its time running out?

Something to think about. MAGA is clearly closed to openness and growth, but is the left-leaning "Resistance" truly open to progressive change?

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We’re UT, not TU. Just say no to Trump's ultimatum. | Opinion Trump is dangling extra funding for universities that agree to his Compact for Academic Excellence. University of Texas risks becoming the University of Trump.

Aman!

We’re UT, not TU. Just say no to Trump's ultimatum. | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Trump made Jade Helm real. How long until it comes to Houston? | Editorial Texas once feared a phantom federal occupation. Now Gov. Abbott’s troops are helping carry it out under Trump. And Houston may be next, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board.

Trump made Jade Helm real. How long until it comes to Houston? | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

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Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court

The constitution both allows and mandates what "we th people" permit it to allow and mandate?

The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

James Comey pleaded not guilty today. Trump insist he be prosecuted on trumped-up charges. The irony is Trump was probably only elected in 2016 (he lost the popular vote by 3.8 million) because Comey slandered Hillery twice, just before the election.

Opinion | Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It

Meanwhile, as one "proud" UT Ausin Alum I'm joining the Resistance. I've made my last contribution to the U of T Law School Foundation.

Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin

First the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh, now this?

Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...

Colleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo federal benefits A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.

UT Austin has always been captive of the backward Texas Political establishment.

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Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Americans’ Support for Israel Dramatically Declines, Times/Siena Poll Finds

Hamas may not survive but has already "won." People who no longer remember WW II and the horrors of the Holocaust, and are not inclined to ignore the humanity and suffering of Palestinians'

Americans’ Support for Israel Dramatically Declines, Times/Siena Poll Finds www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/p...

‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet

Many MAGAs, likely a majority, are white racist. If the Mexican Americans in, Texas alone, accepted this, as fact, and voted accordingly, the White House would be out of reach of Republicans.

‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

Hegseth says soldiers from Wounded Knee will keep Medals of Honor The previous defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, had asked the Pentagon to review 20 medals that were given to soldiers from the massacre.

History is simply what happen. What happened at Wounded Knee happened whether we like it or not. The written account of what happened, accurate or not does not change what really happened.

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