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🚨For the first time in their entire history, BBC, Reuters, AP & AFP say their journalists on the ground face death by starvation

“All of the ex-prisoners recalled days spent in a punishment cell known as “the island,” a dark room with no water where they slept on the floor. Those days, the only light they could see came from a dim lightbulb in the ceiling that illuminated a cross” theatlantic.com/international/…

There was only one Ozzy 💙 Look back to Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame"

anyone in Dallas who cares about their city should do anything within their power to stop this

We have a fun new tool on the @HoustonChron website... ✨a city budget explorer✨ Curious what cash went into or was taken from your city services under this year's budget? @matt_zdun and I break it down here: houstonchronicle.com/projects/2025/…

ICYMI yesterday, we got confirmation that Widmer Josneyder Agelviz Sanguino, the refugee who was detained in Houston last year and imprisoned in El Salvador, was among the 250+ Venezuelans sent back to Venezuela last Friday houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

The biggest target for Abbott? Houston. It’s pretty brazen too. In documents calling for the special session, it’s 3 Black and Hispanic districts in Houston that are on the menu. I had more on this here: houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

Exclusive: Most Kerr County homes hit on July 4 had no flood insurance houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

People who think this is going to alienate his base forget those are the same people who call him "Daddy Trump"

The front pages of the @HoustonChron, @ExpressNews + @Statesman are all dedicated to the same story today: Remembering the lives lost to the catastrophic Kerr County floods.

Amid so much pain and devastation in Texas I keep getting this paid ad on Twitter for the *checks notes* Texas Railroad Commissioner, who is currently running for *checks notes again* state comptroller. Focusing on the issues 👍🏼

A day after the Texas floods, FEMA laid off hundreds of call-center workers. Then, records show, the agency did not answer thousands of calls to its disaster assistance line.

Trump has just wrapped up the presser after only taking a handful of questions where all were critical of the “left-wing.” We didn’t learn if the death toll or the number of those missing has changed. @cbsaustin

3-4 questions in and every reporter Trump has called on so far has scrutinized democrats and “the left-wing” and “fake news.” The reporters asking these questions haven’t given their names or specified what affiliation they are with.

As Texas seems prepared to mess with the boundaries of 3 congressional districts located wholly or mostly in Harris Co, a look at pop changes since the 2020 census. The county has added an astonishing 280k people - all of it from Latino, Black, and Asian communities. #txlege

If you haven’t read this stunning account of the Guadalupe flood from our TM colleague Aaron Parsley yet, please make some time to today. It’s the most powerful thing you’ll read this year. 🩶 texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

NEW: As the #Texans, #RodeoHouston and Harris County decide NRG Park’s future, what will happen to the Astrodome? Looked into the past, present and future of the “Eighth Wonder of the World,” and found that after 60 years, it’s reached a breaking point. houstonchronicle.com/sports/texans/…

🧵 The stories out of #Texas have been tough this last week. Hearts are broken over what's unfolded – and so many are grieving for loved ones, friends, traditions, and places in Hill Country that so many hold dear.

NEW: So what happens when a seat on Houston City Council opens before a member's term is up? I spoke with the city attorney to walk through the process and what voters should expect next: houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst… via @HoustonChron

NEW w/@neenareports : After the July 4 flood, a Kerr County official said “nobody saw this coming." But it seems they did - a 2016 study recommended key flood alert system improvements. The county has been trying to get the state to fund it ever since: houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…