Jessica Montoya Coggins
@jmcoggins.bsky.social
Writer & Journalist; Executive Director of The Texas Signal; Occasional runner; Cheese aficionado; Dillydallier
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A good portion of the cartoons I watched as a child dealt with magnet plots wtf is he talking about lol
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A good portion of the cartoons I watched as a child dealt with magnet plots wtf is he talking about lol
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#BREAKING: Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS denies Kim Davis's petition asking the justices to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (which recognized federal constitutional protections for same-sex marriage):
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
#BREAKING: Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS denies Kim Davis's petition asking the justices to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (which recognized federal constitutional protections for same-sex marriage):
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
Watching Democrats once again on the cusp of unnecessary capitulation, I’m reminded that the January 6th Senate impeachment trial was truncated because members had Valentine’s Day plans
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Watching Democrats once again on the cusp of unnecessary capitulation, I’m reminded that the January 6th Senate impeachment trial was truncated because members had Valentine’s Day plans
A very neat thing about the Texas Book Festival is the amount of good boys and girls serving as therapy dogs that are always around: here’s Lucy
November 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A very neat thing about the Texas Book Festival is the amount of good boys and girls serving as therapy dogs that are always around: here’s Lucy
Just curious if we are also going to get a story on the white supremacist accounts the Vice President of the United States follows.
James Talarico, a Texas Democrat running for U.S. Senate who has put his faith at the forefront of his campaign, follows several adult film performers, escorts and OnlyFans models on Instagram, according to an Axios review.
Faith-forward Texas Senate candidate follows porn actors, escorts online
James Talarico has become a sensation in Texas politics by talking about how his Christianity is the basis for his progressive politics.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Just curious if we are also going to get a story on the white supremacist accounts the Vice President of the United States follows.
And a reminder that the Texas Railroad Commission has nothing to do with trains, but is extremely important in regulating the oil and gas industry
INBOX: On the first day for candidate filing in the midterm elections, State Rep. @jon-rosenthaltx.bsky.social officially files to run for Texas Railroad Commissioner
November 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
And a reminder that the Texas Railroad Commission has nothing to do with trains, but is extremely important in regulating the oil and gas industry
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UPDATE: Justice Jackson temporarily blocks SNAP benefits order to allow appeals court to rule.
DOJ asked SCOTUS for a stay as USDA was in the middle of completing its process for making full payments. Jackson's order came a little past 9 p.m.
Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
DOJ asked SCOTUS for a stay as USDA was in the middle of completing its process for making full payments. Jackson's order came a little past 9 p.m.
Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
Justice Jackson temporarily blocks SNAP benefits order to allow appeals court to rule
DOJ asked SCOTUS for a stay as USDA was in the middle of completing its process for making full payments. Update: Jackson's order came a little past 9 p.m.
www.lawdork.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
UPDATE: Justice Jackson temporarily blocks SNAP benefits order to allow appeals court to rule.
DOJ asked SCOTUS for a stay as USDA was in the middle of completing its process for making full payments. Jackson's order came a little past 9 p.m.
Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
DOJ asked SCOTUS for a stay as USDA was in the middle of completing its process for making full payments. Jackson's order came a little past 9 p.m.
Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
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So to cap their horrible week, Senate Republicans refused a deal to reopen the government in exchange for just helping people with health insurance and now the president wants the Supreme Court to say he doesn’t have to obey the law and feed the hungry.
Amazing.
Amazing.
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
So to cap their horrible week, Senate Republicans refused a deal to reopen the government in exchange for just helping people with health insurance and now the president wants the Supreme Court to say he doesn’t have to obey the law and feed the hungry.
Amazing.
Amazing.
I am at the Texas Book Festival and there are at least twenty authors who won’t be here this weekend because of the flight cancellations
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I am at the Texas Book Festival and there are at least twenty authors who won’t be here this weekend because of the flight cancellations
I have always been pretty up on pop culture, but I guess with everything happening *gestures broadly everywhere* that's fallen by the wayside. Kim Kardashian is on a show with... Glenn Close? Glenn Close!
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I have always been pretty up on pop culture, but I guess with everything happening *gestures broadly everywhere* that's fallen by the wayside. Kim Kardashian is on a show with... Glenn Close? Glenn Close!
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
I'm actually speechless
“We had agents with guns who were walking around the facility with teachers inside, with children inside"
“We had agents with guns who were walking around the facility with teachers inside, with children inside"
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
‘I have papers’: Child care worker detained by ICE officers inside a Chicago day care
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I'm actually speechless
“We had agents with guns who were walking around the facility with teachers inside, with children inside"
“We had agents with guns who were walking around the facility with teachers inside, with children inside"
"Cy-Fair ISD's board president and vice president lost their re-election bids Tuesday as a slate of nonpartisan newcomers broke a politically conservative majority in the Houston-area school district, according to results released by the Harris County Clerk's Office."
Trio of candidates break conservative majority on Cy-Fair ISD board | Houston Public Media
The victories Tuesday by Kendra Camarena, Lesley Guilmart and Cleveland Lane Jr. mean conservative board members, who gained a 6-1 majority in 2023, will now be outnumbered 4-3 in the Houston-area dis...
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Cy-Fair ISD's board president and vice president lost their re-election bids Tuesday as a slate of nonpartisan newcomers broke a politically conservative majority in the Houston-area school district, according to results released by the Harris County Clerk's Office."
Checking in on Tarrant County and the special election to fill a state senate seat (which Trump won by over 17 points in 2024) and Democrat union leader Taylor Rehmet is leading the way and headed to a runoff
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Checking in on Tarrant County and the special election to fill a state senate seat (which Trump won by over 17 points in 2024) and Democrat union leader Taylor Rehmet is leading the way and headed to a runoff
Please tell me that Barstool man isn't going to move to Austin
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Please tell me that Barstool man isn't going to move to Austin
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Every single constitutional amendment on the ballot in Texas passes, enshrining "parental rights" in the state constitution and making it easier for Greg Abbott to pack the state commission that disciplines judges, as well as tax breaks for "border security infrastructure."
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Every single constitutional amendment on the ballot in Texas passes, enshrining "parental rights" in the state constitution and making it easier for Greg Abbott to pack the state commission that disciplines judges, as well as tax breaks for "border security infrastructure."
A real bad place post from the governor of Texas
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A real bad place post from the governor of Texas
Tim Curry, from Muppet Treasure Island
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Tim Curry, from Muppet Treasure Island
We have not had a lot of luck at getting trick or treaters, so I will share my costume here.
🎶 There must be more than this provincial life! 🎶
🎶 There must be more than this provincial life! 🎶
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 PM
We have not had a lot of luck at getting trick or treaters, so I will share my costume here.
🎶 There must be more than this provincial life! 🎶
🎶 There must be more than this provincial life! 🎶
Just a reminder to all Texans that today is the last day of early voting in our constitutional amendment election!
October 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Just a reminder to all Texans that today is the last day of early voting in our constitutional amendment election!
This bloated program helps feed 1 in 10 Texans, including 1.7 million children
Brooke Rollins: "I guess the silver lining in all of this is that we're having a national conversation on our SNAP program. This has shined a light on a program that especially under the last administration has just become so bloated."
October 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This bloated program helps feed 1 in 10 Texans, including 1.7 million children
Just an FYI that in 1993 an FBI Director was dismissed for "serious deficiencies in judgment," which included using an FBI plane to visit his family -- all outlined in a report written by Bill Barr
October 30, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Just an FYI that in 1993 an FBI Director was dismissed for "serious deficiencies in judgment," which included using an FBI plane to visit his family -- all outlined in a report written by Bill Barr
A major hallmark of authoritarianism is the targeting and suppression of political opposition
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A major hallmark of authoritarianism is the targeting and suppression of political opposition
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This is exactly the same argument — and, in parts, even the same language — that segregationists advanced to argue that white people had a “right” not to live next to people who were different from them.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is exactly the same argument — and, in parts, even the same language — that segregationists advanced to argue that white people had a “right” not to live next to people who were different from them.
Another day waking up to crazy headlines and messages about the Texas Attorney General
October 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Another day waking up to crazy headlines and messages about the Texas Attorney General