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In the words of a botanist Youtuber who visited a Starr County site being cleared for Greg Abbott's #border wall: "This is fuckin’ morbid man. #Texas just does not give a fuck.”

Read more in the cover story from our July/August 2023 magazine: https://www.texasobserver.org/abbotts-billion-dollar-barrier/

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Abbott's Billion-Dollar Barrier

Texas’ border wall is rearing its head—concerns about wildlife, public thrift, and property rights notwithstanding.

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In this month's issue, the winning #poem in the “What #Juneteenth Means (To Me)” contest organized by Cyrus Cassells, 2021-22 #Texas poet laureate. https://www.texasobserver.org/poem-the-pantoum/

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Poem: The Pantoum

The winning poem in the “What Juneteenth Means (To Me)” contest organized by Cyrus Cassells, 2021-22 Texas poet laureate.

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In our most recent Political Intelligence Column, Staff Writer @justinmiller asks ... Just how slippery can Ken Paxton get?

From our magazine:
https://www.texasobserver.org/paxton-senate-impeachment/

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Paxton’s Ninth Life: Will the Senate Save Texas’ Embattled AG?

The walls may finally be closing in on allegedly criminal Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, but the Senate could offer a lifeline.

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From the magazine, McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @josephinelee interviews two of Greg Abbott's key opponents about their ongoing plan to fight against #vouchers at public #schools: https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-school-vouchers-special-session/

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Will Greg Abbott Keep Losing on School Vouchers?

"If Abbott calls a special session to get a voucher program, we've been told by a lot of House members that the opposition to a voucher program will increase. "

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@TexasObserver @josephinelee He walks on stilts and he's badly built, watch he don't fall on you