Robert Downen
@RobertDownen_
Senior writer @TexasMonthly. Formerly Texas Trib & Houston Chron. Helped expose the Southern Baptist abuse crisis. Send me music.
The Senate redistricting cmte members: Rs: King (chair), Creighton (vice chair), Hughes, Parker, Paxton, Sparks Ds: Alvarado, Hinojosa, Miles #txlege
.@PhilKingTX says he hopes the Senate redistricting cmte can meet on Friday. #txlege
My stock in the tin foil industry just skyrocketed
TX Senate debate on redistricting goes black. Returns when @RolandForTexas mentions Jeffrey Epstein files. #txlege
The White House is removing the Wall Street Journal from the pool of reporters covering Trump's weekend trip to Scotland in retaliation for the paper's new reporting on Trump and Epstein. politico.com/news/2025/07/2…
Federal DEI funding cuts threaten the work of the few remaining Black farmers in East Texas bit.ly/46L7P5B
“Democrats are here today because we had a consensus that this was the right strategic move to make — we want to hold Gov. Abbott and Republicans accountable,” @GeneforTexas. “Our fear is that the legislation and money to save lives will be buried by the political mess.”
Reporters while editors are in the 3PM meeting:
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.
Under one of the proposed Texas redistricting maps, driving around Houston’s outer loop would mean crossing a congressional district border 8 times.
It’s not just PBS & NPR. Small community radio stations run by historically Black colleges, like KTSU at @TexasSouthern are going to lose key funding These stations were critical during the pandemic in getting info to hard to reach communities houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…