JMR
@jamesfortexas.bsky.social
freelance writer covering art, the built environment, culture, people and politics, mostly in dfw and texas. quorum report’s newsclipper.
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They are going to make me more of a conspiracy theorist than the Jade Helm folks.
The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:32 PM
They are going to make me more of a conspiracy theorist than the Jade Helm folks.
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The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 10:57 AM
The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
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Occupy Democrats is a fake news/clickbait operation run by twin Floridian brothers who've also run a fraudulent enterprise that was shut down by the federal government. And no I don't mean the Krassensteins. It's a different set of guys
I have to say, I do not love this new trend of large liberal accounts with millions of followers identifying Jews.
February 11, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Occupy Democrats is a fake news/clickbait operation run by twin Floridian brothers who've also run a fraudulent enterprise that was shut down by the federal government. And no I don't mean the Krassensteins. It's a different set of guys
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A dive into Bob Dylan’s late career has produced the best book on the musician in ages. on.wsj.com/4ahnTMO
‘After the Flood’ Review: Dylan’s Rebirth
A dive into Bob Dylan’s late career has produced the best book on the musician in ages.
on.wsj.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A dive into Bob Dylan’s late career has produced the best book on the musician in ages. on.wsj.com/4ahnTMO
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If you’re in Chicago, I’ll be in conversation with architects and engineers from SOM to present my work on demolition, material “recycling,” and erasure on February 9. Come! www.eventbrite.com/e/replacemen...
Replacement and Reuse, Reconsidered
Join this dynamic talk focused on reuse over demolition—how existing materials can be repurposed to shape low-carbon urban futures.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:36 PM
If you’re in Chicago, I’ll be in conversation with architects and engineers from SOM to present my work on demolition, material “recycling,” and erasure on February 9. Come! www.eventbrite.com/e/replacemen...
Wow. For the first time in two months I feel like a functioning human today.
February 4, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Wow. For the first time in two months I feel like a functioning human today.
Convention centers aren't easy to design. Think of them as the refrigerators or dishwashers of public buildings. But what's replacing the flying saucer as part of our convention center expansion is a colloquial town hall for the future suburb of Alliance, Texas. www.star-telegram.com/news/local/f...
Here’s what’s replacing the ‘flying saucer’ at the Fort Worth Convention Center
The convention center is undergoing a $700 million expansion. The second phase will add significant space to the exhibit hall and ballroom.
www.star-telegram.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Convention centers aren't easy to design. Think of them as the refrigerators or dishwashers of public buildings. But what's replacing the flying saucer as part of our convention center expansion is a colloquial town hall for the future suburb of Alliance, Texas. www.star-telegram.com/news/local/f...
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These kinds of human scale, mixed-use Midwest dive bars are illegal to open and operate in most American neighborhoods.
February 1, 2026 at 3:54 PM
These kinds of human scale, mixed-use Midwest dive bars are illegal to open and operate in most American neighborhoods.
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It’s hard to understate how much the GOP candidate was disliked here. She was responsible for ruining the school boards of at least three districts (including mine), and ensuring that every school had the donated “In God We Trust” and 10 Commandments posters in each classroom.
Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
It’s hard to understate how much the GOP candidate was disliked here. She was responsible for ruining the school boards of at least three districts (including mine), and ensuring that every school had the donated “In God We Trust” and 10 Commandments posters in each classroom.
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Love watching the world learn these amazing Tarrant County facts
This race was such a massive swing blowout that Democrat Taylor Rehmet literally won a city called White Settlement
February 1, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Love watching the world learn these amazing Tarrant County facts
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Everyone should follow @emayfarris.bsky.social who has done amazing work on local politics and sheriffs.
But also any Dem who is running in the midterms or primaries. They should ignore their consultants and run on the left.
But also any Dem who is running in the midterms or primaries. They should ignore their consultants and run on the left.
The most important part of the Rehmet campaign (in my humble opinion as a local political scientist whose opinion nobody asked for) is that Rehmet ran as a union man.
Rehmet is a union president, and this was an unapologetically pro labor campaign.
Rehmet is a union president, and this was an unapologetically pro labor campaign.
February 1, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Everyone should follow @emayfarris.bsky.social who has done amazing work on local politics and sheriffs.
But also any Dem who is running in the midterms or primaries. They should ignore their consultants and run on the left.
But also any Dem who is running in the midterms or primaries. They should ignore their consultants and run on the left.
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“For families like mine in Wichita Falls, Texas, @pbs.org was oxygen,” writes @briangaar.bsky.social . “It was proof that humor could be silly, intellectual, and a little dangerous all at once.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/28/p...
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PBS Was a ‘Cultural Life Vest’ for Kids Like Me Before the Internet. The Fight to Keep Public Media Alive Feels Personal.
From late-night “Doctor Who” to “Monty Python,” PBS beamed in the wider world to kids in Texas.
thebarbedwire.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
“For families like mine in Wichita Falls, Texas, @pbs.org was oxygen,” writes @briangaar.bsky.social . “It was proof that humor could be silly, intellectual, and a little dangerous all at once.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/28/p...
thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/28/p...
(1/3) Two must-read under the radar stories from this weekend:
January 25, 2026 at 2:31 PM
(1/3) Two must-read under the radar stories from this weekend:
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No cookie booth sales this weekend for our kiddo to count to her “go to Girl Scout summer camp” goal (with 693 boxes to go), so if you might want cookies after the storm, here you go:
Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today
That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.
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January 24, 2026 at 3:24 PM
No cookie booth sales this weekend for our kiddo to count to her “go to Girl Scout summer camp” goal (with 693 boxes to go), so if you might want cookies after the storm, here you go:
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#198: Hubert Teschlade, Highway Chapel Roxel (1968-69)
January 20, 2026 at 4:13 PM
#198: Hubert Teschlade, Highway Chapel Roxel (1968-69)
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Now after beast games, another reality show that completely misses the entire point of the source material.
January 18, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Now after beast games, another reality show that completely misses the entire point of the source material.
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In Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, which led the nation in homebuilding permits between 2019–2023 at 350,000, 61% of the workers in the trades had immigrated to the country. @riordanfrost.bsky.social
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Report: Immigrants drive housing production in top US homebuilding metros - Chicago Agent Magazine National News
Immigrant laborers play a key role in the housing pipeline, especially for the nation’s top homebuilding metros, according to a new study,
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January 15, 2026 at 2:38 PM
In Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, which led the nation in homebuilding permits between 2019–2023 at 350,000, 61% of the workers in the trades had immigrated to the country. @riordanfrost.bsky.social
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chicagoagentmagazine.com/2026/01/14/i...
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This government needs to discuss Cuba policy urgently because it could blow up very badly for everybody if Trump and Rubio successfully choke off all the Venezuelan oil. Rubio could be the dog that finally caught the car -- and he has no plan for what to do the day after. 1/
Cuba is the ultimate manifestation of the Pottery Barn Rule. If they destabilize the govt & can’t rebuild the economy quickly, then they will face a tsunami of migration that will make the MASSIVE 1980 Mariel Boatlift look like a picnic. Rubio’s dream is Miller’s greatest nightmare. This is no joke!
January 8, 2026 at 9:11 PM
This government needs to discuss Cuba policy urgently because it could blow up very badly for everybody if Trump and Rubio successfully choke off all the Venezuelan oil. Rubio could be the dog that finally caught the car -- and he has no plan for what to do the day after. 1/
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i had editors reach out to me to write about today's supreme court arguments in the trans sports case. i didn't end up taking any of the assignments, not because i don't think the case is important, it is, but because there is nothing new i could write about this issue that i haven't said 100 times.
January 13, 2026 at 2:34 PM
i had editors reach out to me to write about today's supreme court arguments in the trans sports case. i didn't end up taking any of the assignments, not because i don't think the case is important, it is, but because there is nothing new i could write about this issue that i haven't said 100 times.
I only know a little bit about the show, but Landman's latest episode introduces a non-binary character who plays the lead daughter's initial roommate at TCU. Looked at comments about TCU, the character and the TV show. Not sure what to think. Should I watch this or other Sheridan shows?
January 13, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I only know a little bit about the show, but Landman's latest episode introduces a non-binary character who plays the lead daughter's initial roommate at TCU. Looked at comments about TCU, the character and the TV show. Not sure what to think. Should I watch this or other Sheridan shows?
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Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested.
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested.
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
good for orgs too! allows for new and creative programming
The theater and performing arts are also key parts of NYC’s cultural, and it’s good to get more people, and more diversity, into seats
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
January 10, 2026 at 1:53 PM
good for orgs too! allows for new and creative programming
RIP former Harris County Judge and state Sen. Jon Lindsay. He was one of the driving forces behind legalizing safe syringe exchange programs in the state while in the #txlege. Even as they have broad bipartisan support, they are still illegal in Texas, except in Bexar County.
January 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
RIP former Harris County Judge and state Sen. Jon Lindsay. He was one of the driving forces behind legalizing safe syringe exchange programs in the state while in the #txlege. Even as they have broad bipartisan support, they are still illegal in Texas, except in Bexar County.
Dumbroe Doctrine
Trump pulls out of long list of international organizations, conventions, treaties.... including (of particular note to digital rights folks) the Freedom Online Coalition. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Dumbroe Doctrine
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moose lodge #2171, angle 2, el camino real street, santa margarita, california, 1991
January 8, 2026 at 11:36 AM
moose lodge #2171, angle 2, el camino real street, santa margarita, california, 1991