Tx Hill Country
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Moderate Boomer. Animal lover. Weather watcher. Sports fan.
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New today: “Trans people are fighting for our lives. We are fighting for the literal freedom to exist, and we are fighting for people to recognize the same sanctity of our lives as they do when they’re looking at any human being.”
Trans Texans Are Under Attack (Again), but Advocates Aren’t Giving In
With another legislative session that could pile on even more anti-trans policies, LBGTQ+ groups grapple with how to protect their communities.
www.texasobserver.org
February 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New today: “Trans people are fighting for our lives. We are fighting for the literal freedom to exist, and we are fighting for people to recognize the same sanctity of our lives as they do when they’re looking at any human being.”
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Very good. This is the kind of unified action I called for in my recent @texasobserver.org interview www.texasobserver.org/ice-churches...
February 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Very good. This is the kind of unified action I called for in my recent @texasobserver.org interview www.texasobserver.org/ice-churches...
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Texas is home to 1.6 million undocumented immigrants—second in the U.S. only to California. In the construction industry, up to 50 percent of laborers building the state are undocumented, according to a survey by Workers Defense Project.
How Mass Deportations Would ‘Devastate’ Texas
The Lone Star State is home to millions of undocumented residents and members of mixed-status families critical to the state’s economic success, yet Texas leaders are cheering on Trump anyway.
www.texasobserver.org
January 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Texas is home to 1.6 million undocumented immigrants—second in the U.S. only to California. In the construction industry, up to 50 percent of laborers building the state are undocumented, according to a survey by Workers Defense Project.
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@georgetakei.bsky.social
Hi Mr. Takei, my friend Jake Whitney wanted me to share with you. This is a story of injustices perpetrated against Japanese-Americans against the backdrop of intrepid members of their community.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/duri...
Hi Mr. Takei, my friend Jake Whitney wanted me to share with you. This is a story of injustices perpetrated against Japanese-Americans against the backdrop of intrepid members of their community.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/duri...
During World War II, This Farmer Risked Everything to Help His Japanese American Neighbors
When the U.S. government sent the Tsukamoto family to an incarceration camp in 1942, one neighbor stepped up to save the farms they left behind, giving them something to come home to
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 10, 2024 at 3:06 AM
@georgetakei.bsky.social
Hi Mr. Takei, my friend Jake Whitney wanted me to share with you. This is a story of injustices perpetrated against Japanese-Americans against the backdrop of intrepid members of their community.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/duri...
Hi Mr. Takei, my friend Jake Whitney wanted me to share with you. This is a story of injustices perpetrated against Japanese-Americans against the backdrop of intrepid members of their community.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/duri...
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Anonymity has long been a tactic used by extremists to spread their ideology while avoiding social consequences, from Klansmen hoods to online pseudonyms. But anonymity has its limits.
Revealed: the Operators Behind Four Major Neo-Nazi X Accounts
Anonymity has long been a tactic used by extremists to spread their ideology while avoiding social consequences, from Klansmen hoods to online pseudonyms.
www.texasobserver.org
December 6, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Anonymity has long been a tactic used by extremists to spread their ideology while avoiding social consequences, from Klansmen hoods to online pseudonyms. But anonymity has its limits.
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According to the 2022 U.S. Trans Survey of over 92,000 trans people age 16 and up, nearly 50 percent have considered leaving their state of residence due to anti-LGBTQ+ laws, while around 5 percent have actually been internally displaced.
Via @truthout.org @deceleration.bsky.social
Via @truthout.org @deceleration.bsky.social
‘Not Everyone Can Leave’: Survival Advice from Trans Teens in Texas
Media attention often focuses on trans teens fleeing the anti-trans states they’re living in. But what about those who can’t leave?
www.texasobserver.org
November 30, 2024 at 7:33 PM
According to the 2022 U.S. Trans Survey of over 92,000 trans people age 16 and up, nearly 50 percent have considered leaving their state of residence due to anti-LGBTQ+ laws, while around 5 percent have actually been internally displaced.
Via @truthout.org @deceleration.bsky.social
Via @truthout.org @deceleration.bsky.social
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In a polarizing election, can the United States still be a place for immigrant reinvention or has the nation been reinvented with the coming Trump presidency?
The Deep Roots of Deportation
In a divided political climate, many now hold their breath, waiting to see if deportation rhetoric becomes reality.
www.texasobserver.org
November 19, 2024 at 3:08 PM
In a polarizing election, can the United States still be a place for immigrant reinvention or has the nation been reinvented with the coming Trump presidency?