@forrest4thetrees.bsky.social
As we transition into an unseasonably hot and dry spring, let's look at the state of Texas' water supply—a looming calamity told in charts. Reservoirs on three of the state's major river basins (Nueces, Guadalupe, and Rio Grande) are at or near all-time lows.
March 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
As we transition into an unseasonably hot and dry spring, let's look at the state of Texas' water supply—a looming calamity told in charts. Reservoirs on three of the state's major river basins (Nueces, Guadalupe, and Rio Grande) are at or near all-time lows.
God bless the Texas Legislature. The state is the epicenter of a measles outbreak that has already killed one child and the response from GOP lawmakers is to eliminate mandatory vaccines in schools.
capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/...
capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/...
March 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
God bless the Texas Legislature. The state is the epicenter of a measles outbreak that has already killed one child and the response from GOP lawmakers is to eliminate mandatory vaccines in schools.
capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/...
capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/...
NEW from me: National DOGE attacks on the media have reinvigorated attempts
in Texas to weaken independent media by using state power to cut off governments doing business with media (advertising, sponsorships, and subscriptions). www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
in Texas to weaken independent media by using state power to cut off governments doing business with media (advertising, sponsorships, and subscriptions). www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
DOGE Has Reinvigorated the Right-Wing Crusade Against Texas Media
Political operatives want to crush the state’s independent press. They’re using a crude messaging strategy.
www.texasmonthly.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
NEW from me: National DOGE attacks on the media have reinvigorated attempts
in Texas to weaken independent media by using state power to cut off governments doing business with media (advertising, sponsorships, and subscriptions). www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
in Texas to weaken independent media by using state power to cut off governments doing business with media (advertising, sponsorships, and subscriptions). www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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New from Justin Miller: This state of disaster has been continuously renewed, even as border apprehensions have fallen precipitously. Now four years old, the Texas Legislature has allocated more than $11 billion in funding.
Abbott’s Border Disaster Has Created a No-Bid Bonanza for Private Contractors
There is now a powerful, well-heeled constituency that has built up around Operation Lone Star.
www.texasobserver.org
March 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New from Justin Miller: This state of disaster has been continuously renewed, even as border apprehensions have fallen precipitously. Now four years old, the Texas Legislature has allocated more than $11 billion in funding.
And now this: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
March 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
And now this: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
NEW from me: Bianca Sicich, a 30-year-old Texan, was abruptly fired by DOGE two weeks ago. She's so dedicated to protecting the endangered Attwater prairie chicken that she's been working her federal job at a Texas ntl wildlife refuge *without pay* ever since.
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
After Elon Musk Fired Her, She Kept Showing Up to Work—for Free
The billionaire and his followers are out to cull federal employees they think are lazy and overpaid. But without people like Bianca Sicich, the Attwater’s prairie chicken could go extinct.
www.texasmonthly.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
NEW from me: Bianca Sicich, a 30-year-old Texan, was abruptly fired by DOGE two weeks ago. She's so dedicated to protecting the endangered Attwater prairie chicken that she's been working her federal job at a Texas ntl wildlife refuge *without pay* ever since.
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
I accidentally added another 'e' to my email sign-off — 'beset' — and I think I might keep it...
February 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I accidentally added another 'e' to my email sign-off — 'beset' — and I think I might keep it...
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more than a year ago, the TM editorial staff concluded that we needed to cover this disaster in our backyard in the same way were then covering the uvalde shooting: with human depth and mightily resourced reporting. i’m so proud to see that effort come to fruition today.
More than two years after the worst immigration-related disaster in American history, traffickers involved in the deaths of 53 migrants are set to stand trial.
The Quintana Road tragedy was decades in the making. www.texasmonthly.com/interactive/...
The Quintana Road tragedy was decades in the making. www.texasmonthly.com/interactive/...
A Deadly Passage
It's been two years since the worst immigration-related disaster in American history, when 53 migrants were killed in San Antonio after being trapped in a sweltering tractor trailer. We spoke with the...
www.texasmonthly.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
more than a year ago, the TM editorial staff concluded that we needed to cover this disaster in our backyard in the same way were then covering the uvalde shooting: with human depth and mightily resourced reporting. i’m so proud to see that effort come to fruition today.
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NEW from me: How an argument over backyard swimming lessons sent a gated community in Dripping Springs off the deep end.
A question I tried to answer, and probably failed: How does a fight over almost nothing turn into a fight over everything?
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
A question I tried to answer, and probably failed: How does a fight over almost nothing turn into a fight over everything?
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
The Neighborhood Spat That Went Nuclear
How an argument over backyard swimming lessons sent a gated community off the deep end.
www.texasmonthly.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
NEW from me: How an argument over backyard swimming lessons sent a gated community in Dripping Springs off the deep end.
A question I tried to answer, and probably failed: How does a fight over almost nothing turn into a fight over everything?
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
A question I tried to answer, and probably failed: How does a fight over almost nothing turn into a fight over everything?
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
NEW from me: How an argument over backyard swimming lessons sent a gated community in Dripping Springs off the deep end.
A question I tried to answer, and probably failed: How does a fight over almost nothing turn into a fight over everything?
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
A question I tried to answer, and probably failed: How does a fight over almost nothing turn into a fight over everything?
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
The Neighborhood Spat That Went Nuclear
How an argument over backyard swimming lessons sent a gated community off the deep end.
www.texasmonthly.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
NEW from me: How an argument over backyard swimming lessons sent a gated community in Dripping Springs off the deep end.
A question I tried to answer, and probably failed: How does a fight over almost nothing turn into a fight over everything?
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
A question I tried to answer, and probably failed: How does a fight over almost nothing turn into a fight over everything?
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
First glance read this as “Daniel Perry”— the Army captain who was convicted of murder for shoot and killing a BLM protester in Austin and was then pardoned by Greg Abbott — but it’s hard to keep ‘em all straight. Hey it’s America and there is more than one killer vet named Daniel blessed by elites.
Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz has hired Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran who became a national figure after he used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider
Andreessen Horowitz Hires Daniel Penny After Subway Chokehold Acquittal
Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz has hired Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran who became a national figure after he used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider.
www.bloomberg.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
First glance read this as “Daniel Perry”— the Army captain who was convicted of murder for shoot and killing a BLM protester in Austin and was then pardoned by Greg Abbott — but it’s hard to keep ‘em all straight. Hey it’s America and there is more than one killer vet named Daniel blessed by elites.
today, i talked to a W. Texas county judge, who began the conversation by telling me a story. once, she worked at a hospital where she had to often call out unusual patient names. One kid was named "Sssst." the judge winged it: 'ssss-t?" The mom about took her head off. "It's pronounced 'Forrest'!"
February 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
today, i talked to a W. Texas county judge, who began the conversation by telling me a story. once, she worked at a hospital where she had to often call out unusual patient names. One kid was named "Sssst." the judge winged it: 'ssss-t?" The mom about took her head off. "It's pronounced 'Forrest'!"
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This reminds me of @forrest4thetrees.bsky.social and @dansolomon.com’s piece in @texasmonthly.bsky.social in 2023 ranking right-wing Texas photo ops at the border www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
February 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This reminds me of @forrest4thetrees.bsky.social and @dansolomon.com’s piece in @texasmonthly.bsky.social in 2023 ranking right-wing Texas photo ops at the border www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
let's do this, i guess
February 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
let's do this, i guess