https://www.texasobserver.org/let-a-hundred-mamdanis-bloom/

Taylor Rehmet is not a socialist (or at least, does not call himself one), but he is a trade unionist. And he trounced Leigh Wambsganss, a Trump-endorsed and certified MAGA candidate, in a Texas state senate district in Tarrant county, a traditionally very Republican county. If Rehmet can do it in Tarrant county, then there is *ample* opportunity for fruitful struggle in Texas, even at the state level --- which has traditionally been the gatekeeper blocking and overturning whatever progress gets made locally.

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https://www.texasobserver.org/veterans-texas-healthcare-doge-trump/

>As a night-shift charge nurse, on any given evening she and a team of five other nurses have to attend to 80 to 90 mostly homeless veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse, communicate with law enforcement, and deescalate conflicts.

That's, at *best*, a 1:13 patient ratio. And that's if the "charge" nurse isn't actually "charging" and is really just another nurse doing rounds. Even for a psych floor, that's a crazy ratio compared to California's 1:6 in-patient psych ratio (freestanding psych units, so far as I know, aren't required to have 1:6 yet; but the article implies this facility the quoted nurse is in is an in-patient facility).

And, spoiler, they're pulling from medsurg too:

>Instead of hiring new nurses, Rowland said the hospital transferred nurses in from other units, resulting in fewer staffed beds in the medical surgical unit.

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SO, IN OTHER WORDS, JUSTIN MILLER IS ACCUSING TEXAS DEMOCRATS OF USING A TRUMP TACTIC

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Once again, #Texas officials betray the public trust and place citizens' lives at risk by green-lighting massive subsidized energy projects.

In Abilene, Stargate Project Puts AI Boom Ahead of Human Health

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The #History of #Eugenics in #Texas Isn't What You Think https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-eugenics-book-review-history/

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