The Big Deal You Don’t Know About City Hall

"One property owner we spoke to acknowledged that Tolbert and members of Council have toured their property. That owner has not heard back to learn if any site was cut from an initial list of about 15, including Red Bird Mall, a large warehouse in The Cedars, Cityplace, The Epic, Fair Park, Comerica Tower, Bryan Tower, Plaza of the Americas, and others."

https://www.dmagazine.com/micropost/aint-no-meeting-like-a-city-hall-meeting-because-a-city-hall-meeting-dont-stop/

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Activists Want the City to Enforce Code Against the Dallas ICE Field Office. Can It Be Done?

Cities across the state and nation are finding ways to hold ICE accountable. Will Dallas?

https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2026/02/activists-want-the-city-to-enforce-code-against-the-dallas-ice-field-office-can-it-be-done/

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Steven Monacelli on How Communities in Texas Are Mobilizing Against Rising Far-Right and Anti-LGBTQ+ Forces

On this episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we speak with journalist Steven Monacelli of Protean Magazine on how communities across so-called Texas are mobilizing in the face of increasing far-Right violence and harassment. https://twitter.com/stevanzetti/status/1546323420866125824 During our discussion, Steven talks about how far-Right grifters act as online megaphones for the wider movement, finding targets...

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Anatomy of the Great Replacement Panic feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips - It Could Happen Here | iHeart

<p>Around the world, racist influencers have instigated a panic over shadowy global elites who have supposedly conspired to flood white-majority countries with immigrants from Latin America, Africa and Asia in order to destroy Western civilization.  This idea, called the Great Replacement Theory, has inspired mass shootings from New Zealand to Buffalo, NY.</p> <p>This episode outlines the history of the Great Replacement Theory and explores the toxic political and social atmosphere that led to the murder of 23 Mexicans and Mexican-Americans and the wounding of 22 others at a Walmart in El Paso, TX on August 3, 2019.</p> <p><strong>Further Reading:</strong></p> <p>Richard Wolin, ''The Leprosy of the Soul in Our Time': On The European Origins of the 'Great Replacement Theory'</p> <p>Richard Slotkin, 'Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth Century America.'</p><p>See <a href='https://omnystudio.com/listener'>omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

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Via #StevenMonacelli, special investigative correspondent for the @TexasObserver, @ 1:57pm EDT on Sept 23, 2024

#SCOOP:

The email address of a Senior Advisor to #DonaldTrump, #JasonMiller, appears in the #AshleyMadison data leak. The username of the associated account is JJames. Miller's middle name is James. Miller was married at the time, per court documents.

X Purges Prominent #Journalists, Leftists With No Explanation including Texas Observer journalist #StevenMonacelli, #KenKlippensten of #TheIntercept, podcaster #RobRousseau, and #AlanMacLeod of MintPress News. The ban didn’t just hit journalists either. Several prominent-left leaning accounts were also purged from the #Twitter, including the account for the #TrueAnon podcast and #zei_squirrel, a cartoon squirrel that tweets media criticism of figures like #GlennGreenwald. https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d948x/x-purges-prominent-journalists-leftists-with-no-explanation
X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists With No Explanation

Ken Klippenstein, Steven Monacelli, and Alan MacLeod were all suspended from the platform.

Texas Legislature May Weaken Anti-slapp Laws

Texas has a very strong anti-slapp law, and that's a good thing. Laws preventing strategic lawsuits against public participation are probusiness. In absence of a strong law preventing the

https://www.masonpelt.com/texas-legislature-may-weaken-anti-slapp-laws/

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Texas Legislature May Weaken Anti-slapp Laws - Mason Pelt

Texas has a very strong anti-slapp law, and that’s a good thing. Laws preventing strategic lawsuits against public participation are probusiness. In absence of a strong law preventing the player on the board with the most money from launching frivolous claims that other players cannot afford to defend, the game is broken. Executive Roof Services sued […]

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