Whoa! As often as I travel I have never witnessed this semi-organized chaos at @AustinAirport.
Pre-check ✅ line hundreds and hundreds deep.
Thank you to nice workers on megaphones 📢 directing us.
But sheesh!

A couple of other perspectives/pieces of context including from @blibal.bsky.social

Here’s what we know — and what we don’t — so far about Sunday’s immigration operations in Austin.

Texas Rep. Andy Hopper, endorsed by many of the state’s ultra conservatives, has filed a bill that would require approval of the state AG or local sheriff before before the feds could arrest any Texas citizen.
He says the feds have wrongly “tormented, bankrupted and jailed” thousands.

Winter in Austin.
Shoal Creek and Koenig.
❄️❄️

Austin had its hottest year on the record in 2024, following its second-hottest year in 2023.

New Orleans is magical in the holidays.
Merry Christmas to all. 💚❤️

This comment from RonNell Andersen Jones, a professor of law at the University of Utah, about the ABC News/Trump settlement is 👀

Thank you @texastribune.org for inviting me to interview my friend Craig Garnett, publisher of the Uvalde Leader-News about his newly released book, "Uvalde's Darkest Hour."
You can watch our conversation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v51...

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍂🍁
Enjoying this Austin tradition for the I-have-lost-count-how-many-years.

NEW: As Matt Gaetz withdraws his AG nomination, Texas AG Ken Paxton, a longtime Trump ally, is still floated in state political circles as a possibility.