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I mean, she also says *she's* innocent.

So I guess we’ve given up on the argument that redrawing the map is due to “constitutional concerns” noted in Abbott’s call for the special session?

John Cornyn asks FBI to help round up Texas Democrats who fled the state U.S. Sen. Cornyn, a Republican, wants the FBI to use tools he says it has to track lawmakers who “cross state lines.”

NEW: John Cornyn asks FBI to help round up Texas Democrats who broke quorum.

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NOTABLY the Paxton opinion that Abbott cites doesn’t actually say lawmakers who break quorum are removable — in fact it says this is a fact-specific question only resolvable by a court.

The opinion also does not say it’s unconstitutional to break quorum.
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Governor Abbott Statement On House Democratic Quorum Break AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today released the following statement outlining the legal consequences that House Democrat members face for breaking quorum, including the potential loss of their seats and felony violations. This letter is also being sent directly to the individual members who have fled Texas. The Governor's full statement is as follows: Real Texans do not run from a fight. But that’s exactly what most of the Texas House Democrats just did. Rather than doing their job and voting on urgent legislation affecting the lives of all Texans, they have fled Texas to deprive the House of the quorum necessary to meet and conduct business. These absences are not merely unintended and unavoidable interruptions in public service, like a sudden illness or a family emergency. Instead, these absences were premeditated for an illegitimate purpose—what one representative called “breaking quorum.” Another previously signaled that Democrats “would have to go by an extreme measure” of a quorum break “to stop these bills from happening.” In other words, Democrats hatched a deliberate plan not to show up for work, for the specific purpose of abdicating the duties of their office and thwarting the chamber’s business. That amounts to an abandonment or forfeiture of an elected state office. When the Governor calls a Special Session, our Constitution provides that the “Legislature shall meet.” TEX. CONST. art. III, § 5 (emphasis added). It’s not optional. It’s a duty. The absconded Democrat House members were elected to meet and vote on legislation—not to prevent votes that may not go their way. Every session, legislators on both sides of the aisle find themselves on the losing side of a legislative vote. And every session, most of those legislators find a way to disagree agreeably and behave like adults, rather than going AWOL. This truancy ends now. The derelict Democrat House members must return to Texas and…

Texas Governor threatens to go nuclear on state House Democrats who left the state to prevent passage of a congressional redistricting map that would expand Republicans already lopsided advantage at the urging of the White House.

Picking up my medication and also receiving $150.

Terrible build quality on those “tacos”(?)

Texas here. You know, the nation’s leader in renewable power.

Every night, the sun sets and the power stays on. In fact, as demand has risen over the past few years, solar and wind power (+ battery storage) is the only thing that’s been keeping the lights on here.

And it’s extremely cheap!

Some pretty significant changes to Austin-area congressional districts under the new proposed map that was released today.

Left: current map
Right: proposed map

Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.

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An Austinite wondered if her grandfather was the oldest WWII vet in town. So she asked @kutnews.bsky.social's #ATXplained.

I talked to 104 year old George Burson in the process of answering the question. He spent 9 months in a Nazi POW camp after his B-17 was shot down.

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Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files Bondi told president at the meeting that Justice also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victims.

Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files.

3 people are still missing from deadly July 4 floods in Texas county, down from nearly 100 Officials in a Texas hill country community pummeled by deadly flooding on July 4 say just three people remain missing, down from nearly 100.

Three people remain missing from the deadly July 4 flooding in a Texas hill community, down from nearly 100, officials said. The reduction in the number of people on the missing list came as the search for victims entered its third week.

Accounting is not my area of expertise, but I can tell you that paying NPR is a very small fraction of our budget.

Congress Agrees to Claw Back Foreign Aid and Public Broadcast Funds President Trump’s request to claw back $9 billion in congressionally approved spending passed despite objections from Republicans who said it abdicated the legislative branch’s power of the purse.

It’s a public radio cliché to say we need your financial support “now more than ever.”

Today, it’s actually true. This blows a $1.2M hole in KUT/KUTX’s budget.

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Congress Agrees to Claw Back Foreign Aid and Public Broadcast Funds President Trump’s request to claw back $9 billion in congressionally approved spending passed despite objections from Republicans who said it abdicated the legislative branch’s power of the purse.

It’s a public radio cliché to say we need your financial support “now more than ever.”

Today, it’s actually true. This blows a $1.2M hole in KUT/KUTX’s budget.

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this is an astounding news moment but it’s even more astonishing to me that society at large seems to believe that biden was president in 2019 and 2020 and not trump. not sure what’s going on with that

Fixing Austin's low-water crossings would take 200 years at the current pace Austin has dozens of low-water crossings that can flood during heavy rains. But money is tight and the city is only able to upgrade one every three years or so.

Fixing Austin's low-water crossings would take 200 years at the current pace.

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• Donald Trump delivered a rambling speech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he made several improbable claims and appeared to forget names. • Trump falsely asserted that his late uncle, Dr. John Trump, taught Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber, at MIT, despite Kaczynski never attending the institution. • He also claimed to have discussed Kaczynski with his uncle, which is highly unlikely as his uncle died in 1985, years before Kaczynski was identified as the Unabomber. • During the event, Trump forgot the names of aides and made an unsubstantiated claim about securing $16 trillion in US investment. • The speech raised concerns about Trump's age and capacity, as he is the oldest person to ever be sworn in as president.

you genuinely have to admire his brain. getting hammered 24/7 on Epstein? better fabricate a personal link to the Unabomber, specifically mentioning one of the prestigious universities where Epstein peddled his influence

it's funny to do stuff like this and not like, I don't know, outlaw cigarettes or something.

but does it have legs?

Some rainfall totals by 08Z (3AM CDT) may reach as high as 4 to 6+ inches, but with additional very heavy rainfall expected after this time frame going through dawn. A serious risk of high-impact flash flooding is expected overnight across the sensitive Hill Country region, with dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding likely by later tonight. Additional MPDs will be issued accordingly as this event unfolds.

More flooding possible in the Texas Hill Country overnight, per NWS.

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Holy moly, Trump is trying to “Russia Hoax” the Epstein files. I’ve been reluctant to engage in conspiracy thinking around this sh*t show, but this is really challenging my self-restraint.

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