Today is a good day to say, “thank you, Khalid!” for saving male pop music. His latest album, “after the sun goes down,” which dropped at midnight on Friday, Oct. 10, has earned him the crown of least problematic favorite in a genre populated with headline-grabbing “this is going to ruin the tour” DUIs, monkeys […]
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The 13 Spookiest Texas Ghost Stories We Could Find
A state as vast as Texas is home to all sorts of frights: rattlesnakes, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, and many, many ghosts. We interviewed Texas historians and ghost tour guides — and combed the internet — to round up the scariest ghost stories from across the state. (Editor’s Note: Some of the responses have been […]
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Cool! It Really Looks Like Greg Abbott is Taking Orders From Libs of TikTok
Fellow Texans, it’s our sad duty to report that our governor appears to be taking his marching orders from a right-wing social media account (and, yes, we’re talking about … sigh … Libs of TikTok). While it’s a well-known fact that Gov. Greg Abbott lives in fear of being flanked on the right, in these […]
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We’re Claiming Arden Cho of ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ as a New Texas Icon
If you haven’t seen “K-Pop Demon Hunters” by now, it may be time. The movie, first released on Aug. 26, is now the most watched movie ever on Netflix with more than 325 million views globally and streamed for more than 500 million hours (we did the math and that equals to more than 61,000 […]
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Ken Paxton Compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus — Then Used Him as an Excuse to Crush Free Speech
In the conservative Christian movement, Charlie Kirk was more than a far-right activist — to many, including Attorney General Ken Paxton, the self-described free speech advocate who founded Turning Point USA was a martyr who died for his cause. That sentiment was on full display Tuesday night at an event organized by the Texas Tech […]
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Hey, New York Times? Stay Out of Texas Football Family Business.
Hey, New York Times, leave Arch Manning alone. This is family business. Has the University of Texas’ starting quarterback underperformed? Obviously. But is he “college football’s first flop,” as Times asked yesterday? Is he now a “man synonymous with failure?” Not really! He’s been … just okay! Reporter Will Leitch compared Manning to, among other […]
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Supporters Say ‘God Has Forgiven’ Ex-Megachurch Pastor Robert Morris, Who Admitted to Sexual Abuse of a 12-Year-Old
Supporters of Robert Morris, founder of one of the largest church congregations in the country, appear unshaken in their devotion to the former Texas pastor — despite the fact that he pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges that he sexually abused a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s. Morris, 64, built Gateway Church near Dallas in […]
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Texas Is Asking Voters to Protect the Rich and Punish the Poor. Will They Do It?
Why legislate the messy way when you can just etch your politics into the bedrock of the state forever? This is why Texans love a good constitutional amendment, and on Nov. 4, we get to vote on 17 of them. Buckle up, it’ll be a veritable buffet of tax breaks and tough-on-crime chest thumping. Let’s […]
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It Might Actually Be Time to Take the Texas Stock Exchange and ‘Y’all Street’ Seriously
“Y’all Street” is gearing up for a bull market — with longer horns. Last Tuesday, the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) announced it received approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to operate as a national securities exchange. The SEC go-ahead means that the stock exchange is gearing up to begin trading in early […]
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Even Corn Dogs Aren’t Safe from Inflation. Now Some Texans Are ‘Done With the State Fair.’
Inflation has come for our corn dogs. Reviews are flowing in from the State Fair of Texas as it enters its second week, and one thing is clear: Big Tex hasn’t been spared from the nation’s cost of living increases. “We are done with the state fair after this year,” Reddit user Lane8323 posted to […]