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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · about 1 hour ago

"[S]avor the fact that Texans chose not to elect the most openly fascist statewide candidate in recent memory." "The guy who said Native Americans should be deported, to somewhere." #Texas #USA #Transportation #Voting #FossilFuels #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

www.texasobserver.org

Texans Decide that Bo French Was the 'Problem'

The guy who said 100 million people in America should be deported was himself removed from contention for elected office, along, it seems, with the entire ticket around him.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · about 14 hours ago

"[R]ampant Islamophobia in this election cycle has been intermingled with Republican efforts to frame the [...] war with Iran as a spiritual conflict." "Trump has a constituency that he really needs to turn out, and that's evangelicals." #Texas #USA #Iran #Israel #Military #Nuclear #Weapons #Voting

inkstickmedia.com

How Islamophobia Became the GOP's Closing Midterms Pitch

Republican candidates have exploited anti-Muslim sentiment to sell the war in Iran and manufacture concern about Democrats across the country.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 2 days ago

"Houston arms embargo campaign is calling on Texans to join their week of action to confront logistics executives complicit in unfathomable violence [...] at the 2026 Houston International Maritime Conference." #Texas #USA #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Labour #Protest #Weapons #Military #Genocide

truthout.org

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.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 2 days ago

"[H]e was already brain dead." "So the deputies pulled out an ink pad, grabbed Greer's limp hand, pressed his thumb on the ink and then onto the signature line of the release form." "Greer was pronounced dead the next day." #Texas #USA #Incarceration #Healthcare #Policing

boltsmag.org

In Texas, Jailers Rush to Release Dying People to Evade Scrutiny

Deputies in Tarrant County put the thumbprint of a man who was brain dead on his release form, highlighting how jails scramble to keep deaths from being investigated. His family, organizers, and a local commissioner want answers.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 6 days ago

"Voters in the Houston area are turning their grief into political power by memorializing Lorenzo Salgado Araujo." "Hundreds of community members have been placing their 'I voted' stickers at the site where he was murdered to encourage others." #Texas #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Voting

theemancipator.org

Houston Voters Are Turning Grief Into Political Power Against ICE Brutality

Voters in the Houston area are turning their grief into political power by memorializing Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in July.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 6 days ago

"Supreme Court stripped immigration judges of the ability to pause certain deportation proceedings." "'[E]gregious collusion' between the Justice Department and the state of Texas." #Texas #USA #Courts #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

truthout.org

Supreme Court Clears Texas-DOJ Deal Slammed as "Collusion," Barring Judges From Pausing Deportations

The agreement between the DOJ and Texas at the center of the case was labelled as "egregious collusion" by opponents.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 13 days ago

"Houston's systematic oppression of students was thus exported into national policy." "Educational equity, here, means stripping Black and brown communities of the ability to educate their children." #Texas #USA #AI #Surveillance #Censorship #Education

scalawagmagazine.org

A History of No Child Left Behind and the HISD Takeover

Rather than improving educational outcomes, HISD testing created punitive and limiting environments for non-white students.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 14 days ago

"In a cash bail system, justice depends on the size of your bank account." "[I]f you cannot pay, the fastest way out of a cell is to plead guilty, not to win and not to be found innocent but to give up." #Texas #USA #Banking #Bail #Courts #Healthcare #Incarceration

www.texasobserver.org

In a Cash Bail System, Justice Depends on Your Bank Account

Ken Paxton is attacking Harris County's bail consent decree. If he succeeds, the county may need a new jail for the additional low-income defendants.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 14 days ago

"Texas' rapidly growing data center industry could reverse much of the state's progress on air quality by the end of the decade." "At least 288 data center projects are planned across the state." #Texas #USA #Air #Climate #AI #Technology #Electricity

truthout.org

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.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 15 days ago

"[B]usiness as usual for data centers." "A group of Texans believe they've discovered evidence that the state's environmental regulatory agency has continued to issue permits to data centers despite Governor Greg Abbott's call for it to stop." #Texas #USA #Technology #Air #Climate

www.404media.co

'It Ain't Right:' Texas Said It Would Halt Data Center Permits. The State is Pushing Ahead Anyway

"The Caldwell Technology Park [...] the Stargate facility, and a bunch of other very large hyperscale facilities have gotten regulatory approvals [...] so it's not like a real pause."

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