mimi swartz

The gaslighting happening now in the Texas Senate is something else: Republicans arguing they need to correct accusations of racial discrimination in congressional district maps that the same Republicans have argued contain no racial discrimination #TxLege

The governor's special session agenda calls for, "legislation further protecting unborn children and their mothers from the harm of abortion.” Since Abbott’s abortion ban went into effect, maternal mortality has risen 56%. Texans need protection from Republican extremism.

In the ⁦@HoustonChron⁩, it’s “@Hearst to Purchase @DallasNews.” But in the News, it’s “DallasNews Agrees to Merge With Hearst.” dallasnews.com/news/2025/07/1…

Clear, fair minded answers from @Forrest4Trees Downed Weather Balloons and Missing Gauges: What Went Wrong With the Central Texas Floods texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

The Beauty and the Danger of the Guadalupe River Good explaining from @BekahMcneel texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

The loss of the Austin/San Antonio office’s Warning Coordination Meteorologist was a direct result of DOGE. kxan.com/weather/weathe…

I could not possibly be filled with more rage after seeing Texas Republicans blame the National Weather Service forecast for the unspeakable tragedy that hit the girls camp. You were warned this would happen if you fired everyone!

There is no end to the graft and corruption in Trump’s Big Ugly Bill. Texas will be reimbursed to the tune of $11B for border related expenses—- unaudited expenses. Several of major vendors became big contributors to Abbott. Sadly this money was not dedicated to public schools.

Quite a news conference: Little Gov @DanPatrick accused the governor of acting in bad faith and said Abbott wants recreational marijuana to be legal, argued it's a matter of life and death, but then said Abbott's version of THC legislation might pass the Texas Senate anyway.

Wow! Amazing story by @Forrest4Trees How a Vegas Billionaire’s Plan to Bring Casinos to Texas Went Bust texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

I debated whether to share my story on here, but I guess I will. I think there's an idea out there that millions of violent criminals are pouring across the border, carrying machetes and drugs, looking to harm Americans. Certainly, while some people fall into that category, the…

Disgusting, Gov Abbott was rewarded for his delay in setting an election date to replace Sylvester Turner. The ugly budget bill passed by one vote because there was no one to vote from Turner’s district. But for Abbott’s election delay, the most cruel, mean-spirited budget ever…

I have a lot of friends both in New York and Washington DC at investment banks, commercial banks, hedge funds, pension funds, etc. that get face time with the administration. They are almost all unanimously telling me something similar and very disturbing. Regardless of the…

Just how hard is it to save even the most vulnerable pregnant women in Texas? texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

The Life of the Mother Act is now on the Senate floor. Read @mimiswartz on how bill, whose apparent aim was to save women’s lives, turned into a partisan battle. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

If he's gonna bitch non-stop that's the Texas House is not working enough, @brianeharrison could bother to show up when it's time for work. Brian was a no-show this morning when Chair @leachfortexas tried to hold a hearing on Harrison's own legislation #txlege

Colorado soccer coach detained by ICE at airport—24 hours later family still don't know where he is. Sulayman Nyang has green card, is married to U.S. citizen & has 3-month-old son. "He's just a youth soccer coach, he'll be fine," neighbors thought. He has no criminal record —…

SURPRISE!!!! The NYT did an analysis of the press room and exposes how Karoline Leavitt relies on planted stooges in the room to throw propaganda soft balls she uses to lie to the public. This is how authoritarian states are run.

Per source, NIH has been instructed to hold off from issuing ALL awards to Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Northwestern (including med schools) Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants

“Department of Government Efficiency.”