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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.
Thanks @DMagazine ! Read it here; texasobserver.org/ken-paxton…
"The scheme is complicated and buried inside a Russian nesting doll, as all great right-wing schemes are... If you want to get up to speed, read this Texas Observer story written by sometime D Magazine contributor Steven Monacelli."
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Last week: The poll found that likely voters favor Bobby Pulido 51% to 44% over Republican Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz. Among Latino likely voters, the gap widens, with about 57% for Pulido, compared with 40% for De La Cruz. texasobserver.org/poll-bobby…
The race between Ken Paxton & James Talarico remains nail-bitingly close, & the GOP & their surrogates are trying everything to take down Talarico.
New: @stevanzetti on attempts at an "October Surprise," including anti-transgender mailers flooding Texas. texasobserver.org/ken-paxton…
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NEW: For @texasobserver, I dug into the ginned up “October surprises” in the Senate race in Texas. Most notably, the bogus transgender mailers, which trace back to a printing shop whose owners are major Republican donors with ties to Dallas megadonors.
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New from @CandiceBernd: How did the world’s largest asset manager go from a blacklisted enemy to GOP darling?
It’s a nearly 5-year-long tale that reflects the profound impact the one-party governing apparatus of Texas can wield in the name culture wars. texasobserver.org/blackrock-…
“Republicans [are] on the wrong side of this data center issue.”
A recent poll claims 60% of rural Texans oppose data centers in their communities. This long-shot Democratic candidate hopes to win votes by appealing to an increasingly bipartisan cause. texasobserver.org/jim-highto…
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Earlier: Bobby Pulido's determined to podcast, sing, and dance his way to Congress, brushing off every scandal that seeks to poison his good-vibes campaign.
Can this moderate Dem reclaim the hearts, minds and votes of this border district? texasobserver.org/bobby-puli…
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From Reagan E. Thomas: If Ken Paxton succeeds in forcing Harris County to vacate a court order protecting the poor, the courts could be flooded with so many low-income defendants that they'd need to construct a new jail. texasobserver.org/cash-bail-…
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Between 1920 and 1932, Black Texans built 527 "Rosenwald Fund" buildings in 52 counties: 464 schools with room for 57,330 children, 31 teachers’ homes, and 32 vocational shops. texasobserver.org/rosenwald-…
“You’re not going to put that genie back in the bottle.”
Top story: The chaotic state of campaign advertising in the Texas midterm elections suggest that AI slop is here to stay. What does it mean for the future of democracy? texasobserver.org/ai-slop-er…
In books: Fady Joudah, a Palestinian American and an internal medicine physician at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, has released a powerful literary survey of Palestine that charts complicity and erasure with medical precision. texasobserver.org/after-geno…
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I went into this story wondering if it's possible to put guardrails on the use of AI in political ads or to ban it entirely because most Americans find it deeply concerning. I spoke with a media law expert to find out... @TexasObserver
New from @Eden_Shamy: AI is transforming the political landscape & contorting conventional ideas about truth, free speech, and fair elections. Experts say the law is failing to keep pace as candidates and consulting firms use the technology to caricature. texasobserver.org/ai-slop-er…
Between 1920 and 1932, Black Texans built 527 "Rosenwald Fund" buildings in 52 counties: 464 schools with room for 57,330 children, 31 teachers’ homes, and 32 vocational shops. texasobserver.org/rosenwald-…
“We’re seeing questionable ads that are using various AI technologies all around the country, but the ads in Texas take it to a different level. This kind of synthetic content creation really messes with people’s traditional sense of what they can trust.” texasobserver.org/ai-slop-er…
Featured story: From 2020 to 2025, the number of confirmed overdose deaths in Texas prisons rose from just four to at least 131. Despite this, the TDCJ did not request any additional funding to expand its drug rehabilitation programs. texasobserver.org/surge-pris…
New from @Eden_Shamy: AI is transforming the political landscape & contorting conventional ideas about truth, free speech, and fair elections. Experts say the law is failing to keep pace as candidates and consulting firms use the technology to caricature. texasobserver.org/ai-slop-er…
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“These actions do not signal an agency trying to pause.”
Last week, from @DylanBaddour at @insideclimate: Regulators in Texas did not stop processing permits for data center projects when Gov. Greg Abbott publicly ordered a pause last month. texasobserver.org/texas-cont…
South Texas voters who embraced Trump two years ago have largely soured on him, and many of them are now smiling on a Tejano music star who’s running as a Dem. texasobserver.org/poll-bobby…
From @ajcorchado and @dqalthaus, published by @ExpressNews, @el_pais, and @PUENTE_NEWS_.
From @ceresa_robert: People with no vote in the white primaries that decided Texas elections of the time, no seat on the boards that ran their schools, and no authority over public education, built 527 public buildings and made the state keep them. texasobserver.org/rosenwald-…