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Presenting the November/December 2026 issue of Texas Observer magazine, with cover story by @CandiceBernd. Cover photograph by Jordan Vonderhaar.
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ALT The November/December 2026 issue of our magazine features a photo of nuclear-power equipment under construction in a mostly bare warehouse hung with Texas and U.S. flags. A construction worker is welding the shell of a miniature nuclear reactor. A metal Dewar flask sits in the foreground. Headline: Going Nuclear, Startup companies promising clean energy are striking a Faustian bargain with AI data centers, by Candice Bernd. Other headlines: The Adoption Trap II by Sandy West, Communism's Cowboy Canon by Michael Agresta.
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🚨NEW: Nearly a quarter of the 630 data centers planned, under construction or operating in Texas are in areas without any groundwater regulation, according to an exclusive @HoustonChron analysis. houstonchronicle.com/politic…
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This sure sounds like an implicit admission that they plan to wait till after the election to sell the park to Musk
On if he supports selling Boca Chica State Park to SpaceX, Gov. @GregAbbott_TX punts and touts his record of adding parkland:
“What I know is that that's not coming up for a vote any time soon, and I don't know what the details are” that Texas Parks and Wildlife is considering.
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EXCLUSIVE: Texas has been considering selling Boca Chica State Park to Elon Musk texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
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Rising ESG complaints against Japan's megabanks (@mufgbk_official, @smbc_midosuke, @mizuhobank) are no longer isolated incidents – they point to a systemic failure in risk management. To protect affected communities and shareholders, banks need mandatory board-level oversight.
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Federal Agents Raid Border Wall Protest Camp in Arizona, Uproot 200-Year-Old Cottonwood Tree democracynow.org/2026/10/6/h…
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‘We cannot afford that’: Port Isabel homeowner seeks damages from SpaceX over cracks, plumbing issues
Yesterday, we protested against SpaceX's "Space Fest" in downtown Brownsville. Elon Musk's SpaceX rockets are destroying our homes, polluting the environment, and colonizing our community. We don't want their festival in our town. – at Cameron Park, TX
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Report published by Caminos Institute, a regional policy and research organization founded by former
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We have a protest against this 9/26 Saturday on Boca Chica beach
A federal judge ruled against environmental and wildlife conservation groups trying to prevent a land exchange between SpaceX and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in South Texas, @TexasTribune reports.
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BREAKING @TexasTribune: Following a yearslong lawsuit, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman has ordered Texas to air condition all of the state’s prisons by the end of 2029 — a win for the plaintiffs.
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A crowd has gathered at the site where an ICE officer shot a man today in Austin to protest. Dozens of Texas DPS, Austin PD and ICE officers just staring. Car where the man was shot is still here.
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The city of Brownsville sent a letter to the Texas Attorney General's Office today, arguing that emails *exchanged between* the city and SpaceX are covered by attorney-client privilege 🙄
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In FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Tim Curry recorded the song “Toxic Love” in a single day. He then improvised many of the character’s sinister laughs and vocal flourishes. The result is one of the most memorable villain performances in history.
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New from @CandiceBernd: The Republican candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner is a racist, far right "great replacement theory" proponent.
Here is how Houston Democrat @Jon_RosenthalTX hopes to win over Lone Star voters ... texasobserver.org/railroad-c…
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If you live in Laredo or the RGV, the state water system is gambling with your life. They've let the reservoirs get so low that just 1-2 years of bad drought could wipe them out entirely. Twice in the last four years, you've been just months away from your taps turning off.
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Brownsville commissioners move forward with data center moratorium | #RGV
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Scores of Texas data center companies broke the law by not responding to water use inquiry, official says: dallasnews.com/news/politics…
