Last Friday, a cloudless, azure sky framed the Allan B. Polunsky prison unit — where 167 men await executions on Texas’ Death Row — as an unlikely group ventured through its doors in the name of salvation. Polunsky is the state’s supermax prison for the most egregious criminal offenders in Texas and, for decades, the […]
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A Giant Oil-Soaked Geyser is Spewing Filth Into the West Texas Sky
In what sounds like the grossest water show ever, a geyser of salty, possibly oil-laced water is blasting 100 feet into the air in West Texas, where earthquakes caused by wastewater injections have been shaking things up lately. We don’t know the source of the geyser yet; a Texas Railroad Commission map showed the area […]
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In Houston Nearly One in Three Victims of Crimes Believe it’s a Hate Crime
Houstonians believe they’ve been victims of hate crimes at much higher rates than what’s being reported to police – and they’re not reporting it because they don’t trust cops will do anything about it, according to a new study. Rice University researchers surveyed 5,000 people in Houston and Harris County last summer about their experiences […]
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Ken Paxton’s Impeachment Attorney Representing 120 Diddy Accusers
At least 120 people have come forward to accuse Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexual misconduct, and a prominent Texas attorney is representing them. Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee on Tuesday revealed that the victims include 60 men and 60 women, with 25 of them being minors at the time of the alleged incidents, the Associated Press […]
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Welcome to Y’all Street: New ‘Texas Stock Exchange’ to Open in Dallas
Houston can have Michelin. Dallas is too busy building their own national stock exchange. The new leadership group for the Texas Stock Exchange gathered in Austin with Gov. Greg Abbott to announce their new venture has plans to start trading in late 2025 according to Axios. The founders (who, to be clear, are mostly white […]
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Texas Man Buys, Then Publicly Destroys, $4,000 Taylor Swift Guitar
Somebody—well, a man—bought a perfectly good Taylor Swift guitar just to smash it up. It happened recently in Waxahachie at the Ellis County Wild Game Dinner, where a man paid a reported $4,000 for the guitar (plus a wall hanger), according to WFAA. But the winner brought a hammer on stage. In a video, the […]
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How Austin Became a Haven for ‘Bro Saviors’ Like Alex Jones and Elon Musk
(Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from Alex Hannaford’s book “Lost in Austin: The Evolution of an American City.” It’s an exploration of the profound movements that have shaped Austin — charting the shifts within its vibrant music scene, the impact of rapid urbanization, and the challenges of gentrification — ultimately questioning what Austin’s transformation […]
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Federal Judge: Law Behind Bullsh*t ‘Voter Fraud’ Raids Is Unconstitutional
Turns out, it’s not cool — or legal — to raid the homes of people trying to register voters and threaten them with a decade in prison! A federal judge has declared that parts of the Texas voter security law are unconstitutional, meaning that our state can no longer kick in people’s doors for the […]
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Former Cop Who Killed Botham Jean Eligible for Parole on His 33rd Birthday
Whether by a sick twist of fate or cruelty, while the late Botham Jean’s family was left to celebrate his 33rd birthday on Sunday in his absence, the former Dallas Police officer who killed him, Amber Guyuger, became eligible for parole on the same day — Sept. 29 — according to records from the Texas […]
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Election Astrology: There’s Hope for Colin Allred — and Karma Coming for Ted Cruz
The stars at night are big and bright in our Lone Star State, so we are dedicating a special section of our little internet corner to reading them, deciphering them, and finding some patterns deep in the heart of Texas. Every month, Jasmin Alejandrez-Prasad, also known as Esoteric Esa, will serve as our in-house astrologer […]