It’s official: Texans get their packages stolen more than residents of any other state. Happy Monday! Yes, we’re the undisputed champion of porch piracy, according to a report from the sports betting site Action Network. With a whopping 29.8% chance of your holiday presents going MIA, Texans might as well start installing conveyor belts straight […]
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SEC Grinches Say Bevo Must Stay Home
While the rest of the Longhorn football entourage makes the trip to Atlanta for the SEC championship game, Bevo will stay home in Texas. Why? The SEC said the sidelines didn’t have room for Bevo XV’s 1,700 pounds and 58-inch horn span. “With the narrow sidelines, location of multiple sets for television and camera carts, […]
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Texas House Speaker Bows Out, Under Pressure From Fellow Republicans
After months of pressure from his own party, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan announced Friday that he’s abandoning his bid for a third term in the leadership post. His move comes after criticism from fellow Republicans for being insufficiently right-wing, despite the fact that Phelan helped to ban abortion, DEI initiatives at state universities, and […]
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The Most Powerful Man in Texas Really Wants to Ban THC
Texas’ days of legal THC might be over soon. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the most powerful man in state government, said he’s making it a priority to ban “all forms of consumable THC from being sold in Texas.” The Texas Senate’s head honcho announced Wednesday evening that the THC ban will be introduced as Senate […]
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Texas Republicans Are the New Big Government Establishment
It’s old hat to say everything is bigger in Texas. True connoisseurs know that things in the Lone Star State are also often wilder and weirder than what you see on the evening news. Every two weeks, Steven Monacelli will explore the dystopic, desperate, and despicable realities of contemporary Texas and channel the sense of […]
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Texas Officials Say Extreme Cold May Be Coming. It’ll Test Our Crappy Power Grid (Again).
Get ready for our power grid to once again have issues this winter. Texas’ grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), has warned about a “greater-than-average” potential for extreme cold this winter. This is bad because our grid doesn’t exactly do well when it’s cold (or when it’s hot, honestly). During an ERCOT […]
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20-Year-Old Texas Woman Sues Catholic Hospital Over Surprise Sterilization
What was supposed to be a postpartum checkup turned into immeasurable grief for a 20-year-old Texas woman, when she learned that doctors had sterilized her without her knowledge in September 2023. Rachel Richnow is suing Christus St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana, she told The Dallas Morning News, after the hospital removed her fallopian tubes during […]
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Robert Roberson Judge Is Stepping Aside After Impartiality Concerns
The judge who ordered Robert Roberson to be executed is stepping down. Deborah Oakes Evans, a retired state district judge who issued the execution warrant for Roberson earlier this year, is recusing herself from the case, The Dallas Morning News reported. According to a court filing, Evans signed the recusal order last week, on Nov. […]
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Texas-Based Brand Dickies Flees for California, Where ‘Creativity’ Can Actually ‘Thrive’
During a time where California-based companies like Tesla and SpaceX have made Texas their playground, the $10 billion Texas brand Dickies is running the other way. Dickies was founded 102 years ago in Fort Worth for the “American Worker.” Now, it’s leaving to “revitalize” its brand. The move is quick and sudden. City leaders were […]
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Comic Book Villain Ken Paxton Sues to Shut Homeless Shelter Days Before Thanksgiving
Texas Attorney General and Scrooge-for-life Ken Paxton is back at it again — and by that we mean he’s going after another group that’s trying to help other people. This time, the MAGA Grinch is targeting a South Austin nonprofit that dares to provide care and compassion to people experiencing homelessness. Yes, in a bold […]