Rafael Lemaitre

Five years of work. One concise guide. Free to view and download now. – Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting

By changing the way gun violence is covered, reporters can take an active role in minimizing harm to injured people, communities, and society—and even make an important contribution toward preventing gun violence.

Please join me in wishing aMeRicA’s maYoR thoughts and prayers. #vigil #fourseasonstotallandscaping

Chris Hollins, our Houston Controller is now on Bluesky! Added to the starter pack. Give him a follow! houcontroller.bsky.social

The indictments that Kim is proud of were dismissed by Ken Paxton. When Ken Paxton can't even find a reason to continue a political prosecution, you know there's absolutely nothing there.

Kim Ogg goes full red: Calls for GOP takeover of Harris County "Over the last eight years, we've had hell in Texas, here in Harris County."

She’s going to drag Annise down with her isn’t she? www.chron.com/politics/art...

Yeah

FEMA at 'high risk' of disrupting 'life-saving' disaster relief, per internal memo The agency in charge of mitigating disasters is in the midst of its own.

The memo discusses staffing at Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center, a critical high security facility in Virginia containing the nuclear bunker where congressional leaders were taken on 9/11.

"The facility is at risk of not being fully mission capable.”

Bananas

The Texas Judge Race That Republicans Are Suddenly Eyeing Why is a little-known GOP candidate getting such big-name support in her effort to unseat Harris County’s Lina Hidalgo? It could be a dry run for the party’s next wave of messaging.

ICYMI: A little-known Republican's entry into the race to replace Lina Hidalgo was unremarkable save for one detail: Her campaign's ties to a '24 SuperPAC that used antisemitic tropes to undercut Harris's appeal with Muslims in Michigan.

In @newrepublic.com: bit.ly/3SiSWzc

My guess is that there are at least 150 people at this anti-Whitmire town hall hosted by West Street Recovery. They’ve had to bring in extra seating. Line out the door. Whitmire and team dismissing this backlash would be well advised to change direction.

Presley’s?

"This is what we were voting for!"

From a friend in academia:

>>I was with a public health professor from [major university] last weekend and he said that NIH is now euthanizing whole cohorts of animals from animal studies because there is nobody around to feed them<<

Great work.

Ooof. And the same White House tour open to the general public 

Republicans win while doing the exact opposite of this, firmly taking unpopular views and relentlessly hammering them (and lying about them).

Hence the 180° turn the public has done on legal and illegal immigration over the past few years.

If all they did was "respond," they'd lose, like Dems do.

Congratulations again to all the corporate media folks who refused to stand by the Associated Press and now get to stand shoulder to shoulder with their peers, including this guy who asked a batshit crazy rambling question about the "Clinton Body Count"

“‘For years, former DA Kim Ogg used the courtroom to settle political scores and advance her extreme agenda,’ Ellis said. ‘She consistently weaponized prosecutions with a double standard, consistently attacking and defaming Black and brown officials. One by one, those cases collapsed: dismissed….’”

I cannot tell you how horrified I am by the amount of brain drain taking place at FEMA. Very scary.

Most people interface with PBS via tv shows and news coverage but I want to point out another critical service PBS provides: a database of national warnings.

warn.pbs.org

Ok

When a coronal mass ejection threatens our national grid, which state lead the response?

Happy Mother’s Day from the GOP #Resist #SaveMedicaid #WomensRights #SupportWorkingFamilies

If you’re attending the White House Correspondents Association dinner tonight, be sure to come prepared with a joke about the toddler cancer patient they just disappeared despite her being a citizen.

Otherwise it’s going to be awkward when you’re mugging for photos with Stephen Miller.

I am working on a Bayou City Sludge post about how the #txlege is a canary in the coalmine for platforming conspiracy theories in government because today the House had a hearing on a bill that would ban the federal government from, uh, changing the weather. A tidbit:

When you vote for republicans in Texas because they care about “public safety”, just remember they want to give felons back their guns (even in courthouses).

#txlege #MomsAreEverywhere @momsdemand.bsky.social

Wet babies lol

Judge Gives Trump Administration 3 Days To Return Her From El Salvador Prison GREENBELT, MD—Decrying the deportation as “wholly lawless,” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ruled Monday that the Trump administration had three days to return her to the United States from a Salvadoran prison or face contempt of court charges. “Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had no legal basis upon which to send me, a U.S. citizen […]

Judge Gives Trump Administration 3 Days To Return Her From El Salvador Prison
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Afghan girl hospitalized after she says she was attacked at her Houston school Advocates are calling for justice after the incident they consider to be rooted in prejudice.

Just bewildered that this hasn’t gotten more national attention www.khou.com/article/news...

This is why we elected @mollyfortexas.bsky.social 👏👏👏👏👏👏

I’m a German Citizen in 1933, and Is It Just Me or Is It Really Hard to Get Any Work Done Right Now? Guten tag. I’m just wondering if anybody else can relate to this feeling I’ve been having that I just can’t shake. It’s only Tuesday, but what a we...

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Subsidies? Socialism!