Cody Copeland

Are Tarrant’s proposed redistricting maps racial gerrymanders? We asked experts We showed Tarrant County’s proposed precinct maps to national experts in election laws. Here’s what they said.

Must Read-Most redistricting coverage emphasizes partisanship over more important voting rights violations. To his credit, @copycopeland.bsky.social w/ @star-telegram.com offers the most accurate analysis of the mid-decade redistricting unfolding in Tarrant Co.
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With one notable exception…

NOW: A hearing in Manhattan federal court over the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. The judge opens by saying he's going to make the docket OPEN on Pacer; it's normally sealed for immigration cases like this.

Following live for @CourthouseNews 🧵

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Workers harvesting tomatoes

Tomato workers use these 5 gallon buckets to pick tomatoes that when full weigh approximatley 21 pounds. They carry these, 2 buckets at a time to the trailer, dump them and start all over. This is done over and over in their 6 hour day. #WeFeedYou

They claim Johnson & Johnson's baby powder gave them cancer. The company worth over $372B has used an obscure TX law to try and bury their lawsuits by filing for bankruptcy.

It's now bringing the tactic to a TX court.

My latest for @startelegram.bsky.social

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👀Por si andan en Guadalajara, estaré en la @filguadalajara.bsky.social mañana 3 de diciembre.

A worker kneeling in the dirt harvesting leaks

Sonia labors 8-9 hours a day, 5 days a week kneeling on the damp earth to harvest the leeks we enjoy in our #Thanksgiving stuffing. #WeFeedYou

This is what Peso Pluma’s fans are so excited about? Listeners to the world’s most popular music right now need a reality check. There is nothing fun or cool about digging through trash for bones.

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Here’s a photo from a much different concert I attended in May. Members of the search collective Una Luz En El Camino sold water bottles, folk art and other items adorned with the missing posters of their missing loved ones. Nothing to celebrate here.

The World Loves Corridos Tumbados. In Mexico, It’s Complicated. Inspired by a century-old genre from the Mexican countryside, the latest pop music phenomenon is drawing thousands of young fans — and criticism for its violent references.

When I read of a stadium full of ppl singing their allegiance to El Chapo, I can’t help but think of Ceci, Yadira, Jacqueline, Jorge, José and dozens more I met who are searching for disappeared loved ones, many by the Sinaloa Cartel.

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Disaster medics warn of infectious disease outbreaks in Hurricane Otis aftermath Aid groups are doing what they can to mitigate a second wave of deaths due to public health threats, but they lack the most important resource for accomplishing that: government cooperation.

As many as 8,500 people will die in the coming months in areas hit hard by Otis due to diseases from contaminated water and mosquitoes.

Disaster medics warn of infectious disease outbreaks in Hurricane Otis aftermath @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Slowing inflation and growing economy good news for Mexico’s financial health Food prices remain high, but are on the way down, with inflation there at the lowest annual rate in nearly two years.

Mexico received a heartening bill of financial health Friday, as inflation continued to drop and economic activity grew for the fourth month in a row. @copycopeland.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/slowing-infl...

Oaxacan political prisoners granted mandatory pretrial detention hearing A recent ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights should compel the judge to order the prisoners’ release, supporters said.

A group of Oaxacan men incarcerated for nearly nine years on what they say are fabricated murder charges will finally get their day in court next week, their friends and family announced Tuesday. @copycopeland.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/oaxacan-poli...

Ebrard announces possible split with Mexico’s ruling Morena party The former foreign secretary claimed that the party’s internal polling process was riddled with irregularities that favored the president’s preferred candidate.

Mexican presidential hopeful Marcelo Ebrard challenged a Morena poll that gave Claudia Sheinbaum the party's candidacy for president next year. He stated his intention to break with the party if it does not rule in his favor.
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Congress to grant limited access to Jan. 6 security footage, House GOP says The House Administration Committee set ground rules for reviewing CCTV footage of the 2021 insurrection months after media outlets demanded access to the tapes.

Members of the media and other approved parties will be able to review security footage captured during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Congress’ administrative panel announced Friday. @benjaminweiss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/congress-to-...

Today on Texas Standard: Bears are returning to Texas, whether we’re ready or not Hunters and ranchers effectively eradicated bears from the state by about 1950. In recent years, though, black bears have started to re-colonize parts of West Texas. Will Texans co-exist with them ��...

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Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia 2020 election interference case The former president waived his right to an in-person arraignment and will not be returning to Atlanta next week.

On Thursday, Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to all 13 criminal charges against him related to interference in the 2020 Georgia election and waived his right to an in-person arraignment. www.courthousenews.com/trump-pleads...

Politics take toll on Mexico’s human rights agency and feminist movement Two feminist activists say that the federal investigation against them is the government’s way of making a political example of them and the movement fighting against violence towards women.

Mexico's feminist movement is fractured and plagued with infighting, while its human rights agency appears to have been hacked by an executive branch determined to control info no matter the cost. The cost: human lives.
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Texas Cancels School Over Concerns Extreme Heat Not Safe Environment For Shootings PLANO, TX—Citing faulty HVAC systems and temperatures over 100 degrees, Plano Independent School District in North Texas canceled classes Friday over concerns that the extreme heat made its campuse...

"We know that a disaffected assailant’s aim can be affected if the heat makes them too woozy, and that’s not a risk we’re willing to take."

Politics take toll on Mexico’s human rights agency and feminist movement Two feminist activists say that the federal investigation against them is the government’s way of making a political example of them and the movement fighting against violence towards women.

Mexico's feminist movement is fractured and plagued with infighting, while its human rights agency appears to have been hacked by an executive branch determined to control info no matter the cost. The cost: human lives.
@courthousenews.bsky.social

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Trump surrenders at Atlanta jail in election interference RICO case Thursday marked the former president's fourth arraignment since April, when he became the first former U.S. president in history to face indictment.

Former President Donald Trump turned himself in for booking at the Fulton County Jail Thursday evening for his charges in the Georgia 2020 election interference case. www.courthousenews.com/trump-to-sur...

Mexico fiscal attorney general calls out costly delays in judicial branch The delays in prosecuting fraud cases has cost Mexico billions of tax dollars, but the accusations also come amid the executive branch’s ongoing feud with the judiciary.

Mexico’s fiscal attorney general on Tuesday accused judges of costing the government billions of pesos in taxes by drawing out trials and delaying judgments. @copycopeland.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/mexico-fisca...