Mother of two young humans / Sometimes journalist / @TexasTribune ex / @Wellesley alum / I don’t come here often, but when I do, it’s to complain
Austin, TX
Joined January 2008
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Morgan Smith retweeted
In 2013, Rep. Herrero added this same amendment on house budget night, to kneecap a voucher bill from then-Senator Dan Patrick, by a vote of 103 to 43. A little movement in 10 years, but not that much! #txlege
New: House votes 86-52 to approve Herrero’s anti-voucher budget amendment, a blow to @GovAbbott and school choice advocates #txlege
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Texans’ current chill was caused by rapid heating in the stratosphere, the second-lowest section of the atmosphere, 5-30 miles above the Arctic econ.st/3puuyK2
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.@AustinWater has issued a citywide boil-water notice as a result of "extreme weather conditions."
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Hello from 2012, it's me with a story to tell.
Hed: Texas’ Future: Blackouts and Higher Prices?
Dek: Even if the PUC raises power prices, blackouts may be inevitable.
texasobserver.org/texas-futu…
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Texas grid fails to weatherize, repeats mistake feds cited 10 years ago bit.ly/3rYpFum
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No, frozen wind turbines are not the main culprit for Texas' power outages. bit.ly/2LWG433
Morgan Smith retweeted
Still confused -- are 3.5 million Texans still blacked out, or 3.5m Texas *accounts* -- corresponding to way more Texans? Who knows the answer? I've been in California for 8 years so I've forgotten my old tricks. @russellgold ?
Morgan Smith retweeted
Dayam, @texastribabby. Serious detail only a veteran reporter on top of her beat can deliver. “Find a place to hide or seek cover”: A harrowing day at the U.S. Capitol for Texans in Congress texastribune.org/2021/01/06/… via @TexasTribune
Morgan Smith retweeted
FACT CHECK: President Trump just said "the election apparatus in Georgia is run by Democrats." But in reality the @GaSecofState is a Republican and the new voting system/machines were approved by a majority Republican state legislature. @FOX5Atlanta #gapol
Morgan Smith retweeted
NEW: We obtained a deposition shedding new light on the links between Texas AG Ken Paxton and Nate Paul, the developer linked to corruption allegations.
Paul hired a woman who sources tell us had an affair with Paxton. Story w/ @MorrisReports:
dallasnews.com/news/investig… #txlege
Morgan Smith retweeted
Kidding aside, Texas reporters are national reporters. It's y'all who still believe news committed in those older news centers outweighs the news here who are more regional reporters than anyone.
Morgan Smith retweeted
I am sometimes stunned that anyone w kids manages to even exist, let alone work. So I totally get the praise — and intrigue and questions — for Amy Coney Barrett. But I simply think the same standard should apply to men — many of whom, believe it or not, are also parents.
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Many congratulations! I have read her work since the beginning.. The House on Marshland, 1971, @eccobooks
"You have to live your life if you’re going to do original work. Your work will come out of an authentic life ..."
- Louise Glück, awarded this year's #NobelPrize in Literature.
Read more in this Q&A with the poet: pw.org/content/internal_tape…
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US Rep Chip Roy is calling on his former boss Texas AG Ken Paxton to step down roy.house.gov/media/press-re…
Morgan Smith retweeted
Today, I talked to the mothers of Garrett Foster, the man shot and killed last night at the protest in Austin, and his fiancee Whitney Mitchell.
The couple met in North Texas when they were teens. Foster cared for Mitchell, a quadruple amputee, full-time.
dallasnews.com/news/texas/20…
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I wrote about the warped framing of @AOC as disruptive, norm-shattering and savvy and how it contrasts with the invisibility of Yoho’s opportunism and ambition: thecut.com/2020/07/aoc-speec…
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Yesterday, @dallasnews and @AlDiaDallas journalists announced our intent to form a union. We’ve asked the company to voluntarily recognize us. RT or like if you support us! 🌟
