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The Egg on Elon Musk’s Face Cost More Than $440 Million
Musk’s astronomical campaign contributions were no match for outraged voters across the US.
Republicans Spent Nearly $200 Million on Ads Attacking Trans People — and Lost
The election was a stunning rebuke of anti-transgender politics, and Democrats should take note moving forward.
Houston Activists Are Working to Disrupt the Flow of Weapons to Israel
Organizers and workers around the world are highlighting the invisible complicity of logistics companies in genocide.
Trump Says Venezuela Gave Him 1M Barrels of Oil as “Gift” as US Seizes Revenues
The president said he is giving the oil, taken by the US as part of its seizure of Venezuela, to “you people.”
Supreme Court Bars Judges From Pausing Deportations While Appeals Are Decided
The agreement between the DOJ and Texas at the center of the case was labelled as “egregious collusion” by opponents.
New Ad Calls Out GOP for “Creepy Fetish of Monitoring Children’s Bathrooms”
The Progress Action Fund, a left-wing PAC, is running ads to “disrupt the right-wing media bubble.”
Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Greg Abbott Ordered a Pause
A new report identified 35 permitting actions taken by regulators in Texas in the weeks after the governor’s moratorium.
Nearly 300 Planned Data Center Projects Threaten Texas’s Air Quality Progress
Particulate matter, what some call the deadliest form of air pollution, could increase to levels not seen since 2006.
Man Dies in ICE Custody at Texas Jail Operated by GEO Group
The daughter of Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias said staff at the facility wouldn’t “give him his medications.”
Texas Woman Sues Anti-Abortion Group Under Law It Helped to Pass
The woman is suing Students for Life for the cost of raising the children of two unplanned pregnancies.