Candice Bernd
@candicebernd.bsky.social
Special Investigative Correspondent @texasobserver.org • bernd@texasobserver.org • Signal: Candice.49
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Author-to-be @haymarketbooks.org
(back on socials in 2026)
Other writing in @thenation.com, @prospect.org, @truthout.org, @salon.com, @inthesetimes.com
Austin local Stephanie Gómez explains why she helped organize the protest:
November 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Austin local Stephanie Gómez explains why she helped organize the protest:
Shareholders are set to vote on the largest pay package in history here just hours from now. Musk has threatened to quit if they don’t approve it.
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Shareholders are set to vote on the largest pay package in history here just hours from now. Musk has threatened to quit if they don’t approve it.
An APD officer also showed up to the scene shortly after. Protesters chanted “Money for the needy, not for the greedy.”
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
An APD officer also showed up to the scene shortly after. Protesters chanted “Money for the needy, not for the greedy.”
NOW: A small group of protesters briefly blockaded the entrance to the Tesla Gigafactory in Austin to demand shareholders reject a $1T pay package for the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.
The blockade dispersed after a Travis Co. Sheriff threatened to arrest protesters without any official warning.
The blockade dispersed after a Travis Co. Sheriff threatened to arrest protesters without any official warning.
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
NOW: A small group of protesters briefly blockaded the entrance to the Tesla Gigafactory in Austin to demand shareholders reject a $1T pay package for the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.
The blockade dispersed after a Travis Co. Sheriff threatened to arrest protesters without any official warning.
The blockade dispersed after a Travis Co. Sheriff threatened to arrest protesters without any official warning.
Auditorium Shores Park
October 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Auditorium Shores Park
#NoKings Austin marching from the Texas State Capitol to Auditorium Shores park, where local organizations have set up tables and stations to get folks further organized.
October 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
#NoKings Austin marching from the Texas State Capitol to Auditorium Shores park, where local organizations have set up tables and stations to get folks further organized.
@gregcasar.bsky.social addresses the crowd
October 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
@gregcasar.bsky.social addresses the crowd
We squeeze around a corner on 4th and Red River.
June 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
We squeeze around a corner on 4th and Red River.
Crowd has moved in toward the police line
June 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Crowd has moved in toward the police line
Some are sitting-in against the police line while others are moving off to the west
June 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Some are sitting-in against the police line while others are moving off to the west
OK our separate march just linked up with those standing off against cops in front of the JJ Pickle building, which houses ICE. Most of the marchers are gathered here now. Police are issuing warning to “stay on the sidewalk”
June 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
OK our separate march just linked up with those standing off against cops in front of the JJ Pickle building, which houses ICE. Most of the marchers are gathered here now. Police are issuing warning to “stay on the sidewalk”
Folks turned around. Dancing down Brazos currently.
June 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Folks turned around. Dancing down Brazos currently.
Mounted patrol pushing folks back.
June 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Mounted patrol pushing folks back.
Held up at San Jacinto and 10th
June 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Held up at San Jacinto and 10th
Finally got a good elevated vantage
June 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Finally got a good elevated vantage
Folks sitting and holding vigil in front of the police line
June 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Folks sitting and holding vigil in front of the police line
Police blocking off Congress
June 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Police blocking off Congress