The top-ranked Texas Longhorns face the underdog Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. And for a game in October, it is going to be unseasonably hot. Temps are expected to hit 96 degrees in North Texas — that’s just a degree away from setting a record. And it’s bananas for this […]
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Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness Attacked in ‘Upsetting’ Pro-Trump Ad
Jonathan Van Ness, the most famous of the five “Queer Eye” stars from the Netflix series, spoke out on Instagram on Monday morning after they were featured in a pro-Donald Trump attack ad, just weeks before the presidential election. The ad, which was posted to YouTube over the weekend, attacks Vice President Kamala Harris and calls […]
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How a Grunge Gen X Dad Learned to Love Taylor Swift
Last year, I realized I had opinions about Taylor Swift. And not just “she sucks,” which would have been my go-to before having a daughter. But over the years of driving to and from daycare, swimming lessons, school, volleyball practices, basketball games, playdates, doctor visits, dental checkups, vacations, road trips, birthday parties, and sleepovers, I […]
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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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Inside a ‘Liberating’ Millennial Revolution: Single Mothers by Choice
The day after the healthiest relationship of my life ended, I went online and bought some sperm. I haven’t had a lifelong desire to be a mother. But when I hit 36, I realized that once my parents pass, my already small family will shrink to nothing. There was some power in deciding to have […]
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After Racist Comment, Judge’s Office Blames ‘Jokester’ Wife
EXCLUSIVE An Austin-based Latina CEO with a booming business blasted a Nueces County judge on Monday after he posted a racist comment calling her success “Ozark part 4” in an apparent reference to the Netflix prestige drama about a family laundering money for a drug boss. Gabriela Bucio, 38, oversees 12 Texas businesses in the […]
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Elon Musk Secretly Funded ‘Pedophile’ Fliers, Attack Ads Against Texas Prosecutor
Elon Musk, the Austin-based father of (at least) 12 children who creepily offered to impregnate Taylor Swift earlier this week, secretly funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in an unsuccessful attempt to remove Travis County District Attorney José Garza from office, according to a blockbuster Wall Street Journal exclusive. Musk — who runs Tesla, SpaceX, […]
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Texans Still Love to Sing Karaoke. Sorry (Not Sorry).
CJ Morgan loves karaoke. Especially when he performs “Bring Me To Life” by Evanescence. There’s only one problem: He’s not very good at singing it. (In fact, it almost led to a fight at the Austin karaoke bar The Common Interest, after some audience members thought he was making fun of the singer, Amy Lee.) […]
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5 Ways Texas Politicians Have Made It Harder for College Students to Vote
It’s no secret that certain Texas politicians are on a mission to make voting as hard as possible. Gov. Greg Abbott was out in front of the pack back in 2013. Hours after the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder gutted parts of the Civil Rights Act, Texas’s then-attorney general was ready to […]
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Austin City Council Approves Abortion Care Travel (Despite Lawsuit)
Austin’s city council just put its money where its mouth is, voting to move forward with funding travel costs for out-of-state abortion care — despite a lawsuit claiming the move violates state law. In mid-August, the city first approved $400,000 to help Austinites with travel costs to states where abortion is still legal. The funds […]