Josephine Lee

David McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @TexasObserver

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2024-09-18 03:28:13

We’re raising $5K in 5 days. Please help donate to the Texas Observer and support investigative journalism in the state of a Texas here! 👇 https://t.co/EUtI9XyBOD

2024-09-16 17:54:33

Months after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted of impeachment on corruption charges, new details of additional corporate fraud surrounding the Paxtons & Friends are still being uncovered. Read this story by @by_jmiller for more 👇 https://www.texasobserver.org/paxtons-lobbyist-ceo-alleged-fraud/

2024-08-31 18:06:30

“The Biden administration’s economic record? Terrific. The president’s stance toward Israel and Gaza? Hers is the same. His position on the border? She shares it.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/us/politics/harris-walz-interview-cnn-takeaways.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HE4.Y6n1.a_EaGGd2Necd&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2024-08-29 20:19:25

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Here is an interactive map showing when and where cooling centers opened following Hurricane Beryl: https://texasobserver.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/slider/index.html?appid=a08b2032cc7244cfa1c450257180736f

2024-08-29 19:00:26

After Hurricane Beryl, Cooling Centers Were Few and Slow to Arrive for Houstonians of Color—Some Died of Heat Exposure https://www.texasobserver.org/hurricane-beryl-cooling-centers-heat/

2024-08-01 00:45:10

To poets out there in Texas!👇
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2024-07-26 14:45:03

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Or from The Hechinger Report:
https://hechingerreport.org/how-could-project-2025-change-education/

2024-07-26 14:44:01

This is what is at stake for public Ed if Trump becomes president: funding for low income students, student’ civil rights, incl for LGBTQ students, special education, and public schools altogether. Read more from @TexasAFT 👇 https://www.texasaft.org/membership/higher-ed/sounding-the-alarm-on-project-2025-the-far-rights-blueprint-to-dismantle-public-education-and-workers-rights/

2024-07-19 19:00:23

“The sense of abandonment that Houstonians feel, at the hands of state and local politicians and regulators, has been building for a while. Storm after storm, flood after flood… ” https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/houston-beryl-power-outages-abbott/?utm_source=texasmonthly&utm_medium=email&user_email_address=577ec8d01a88af472bb23475eaf31ee32b0112982d02a340851e1ce7bfa641d5&utm_campaign=TM%20Today%207-19-24&utm_term=TM%20Today

2024-07-15 19:52:21

Texas’ Plantation Prisons: Inside a 200-Year History of Forced Labor Shrouded in Secrecy. “The South really did not lose [the Civil War] when it came to maintaining this form of free labor.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-prison-plantations/

2024-07-08 02:03:22

“In a world without Chevron, the court will rely not on expertise but on whatever tools catch its fancy or whatever sources of evidence appear in amicus briefs filed by ideological fellow travelers.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/29/opinion/supreme-court-chevron-loper.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2024-07-08 01:16:31

SCOTUS made the U.S. president “king above the law,” Justice Sotomayor wrote. “The court effectively creates a law-free zone around the president, upsetting the status quo that has existed since the founding.” https://truthout.org/articles/the-supreme-court-has-made-it-official-us-presidents-are-now-monarchs/

2024-07-07 23:14:47

SCOTUS ruling authorizes cities to ban outdoor sleeping encampments: “Cities are now further emboldened to ignore effective housing-based solutions, opting instead to punish those with no alternative but to sleep on the streets.” https://truthout.org/articles/scotus-ruling-sets-stage-for-battle-over-camping-bans-against-unhoused-people/

2024-07-07 22:59:04

The @AAUP’s paper “Manufacturing Backlash” details how 11 right wing think tanks have coordinated legislative efforts to undermine academic freedom: attacking DEI, weakening tenure and accreditation, executing academic gag orders. https://www.aaup.org/sites/default/files/Manufacturing_Backlash_final.pdf

2024-07-07 22:01:16

“At half a mile a week, Gov. Greg Abbott’s border wall will take around 30 years and $20 billion to build.” https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/03/texas-mexico-border-wall-greg-abbott-progress-cost/?utm_source=Texas+Tribune+Newsletters&utm_campaign=8792fab5ff-trib-newsletters-thebrief&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-8792fab5ff-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=8792fab5ff&mc_eid=81ead3d78f

2024-07-07 20:34:07

https://x.com/hemmatimona/status/1809685366909403418?s=46&t=D9oB1vGmE8uNFOak2EbQrg

2024-07-03 21:10:30

Effects of SCOTUS’ overturning Chevron Doctrine: “Health systems should brace for more uncertainty… Even routine govt functions such as deciding the rate to pay doctors for treating Medicare beneficiaries could become embroiled in long legal battles.”https://abcnews.go.com/Health/supreme-court-limited-federal-power-health-care-feeling/story?id=111582784

2024-06-25 21:08:52

“Texas schools stuck in middle of federal, state fight over LGBTQ+ student protections: Texas AG Ken Paxton has directed school districts to ignore the Biden administration’s new rules related to the Title IX federal nondiscrimination law.” @MirandaKDunlap https://houstonlanding.org/texas-schools-stuck-in-middle-of-federal-state-fight-over-lgbtq-student-protections/

2024-06-25 21:01:26

35,500 Texans travelled out of state for an abortion last year. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/13/us/abortion-state-laws-ban-travel.html
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2024-06-03 23:35:04

It is incredible the utter lack of urgency with which Texas and the U.S. is responding to destructive storms and extreme heat, which have come earlier and more intense than last year: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/us/heat-wave-map-tracker.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w00._R7v.9LmjJPCK2b0S&smid=url-share
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2024-06-03 18:34:11

BIDEN Expected to Sign Executive Order Restricting Asylum: “The move, expected on Tuesday, would allow the president to temporarily seal the border and suspend longtime protections for asylum seekers in the United States.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/us/politics/biden-immigration-asylum-order.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w00.tjY1.9KasfAtQ08aM&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2024-05-13 17:53:33

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Parent organizer Rochelle Cabe to Mike Miles: Don’t shut our schools down and tear them apart by removing their leadership.”
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2024-05-12 23:23:50

Right wing groups around the country are judge shopping in the Northern District of Texas to get a favorable ruling challenging Biden administration policies. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/shopping-for-the-judge-you-want-honed-to-perfection-in-texas

2024-05-12 22:58:53

Ten Ways Billionaires Avoid Taxes on an Epic Scale: https://www.propublica.org/article/billionaires-tax-avoidance-techniques-irs-files

2024-05-12 22:55:32

“Cy-Fair ISD board votes to remove chapters teaching vaccines and cultural diversity from textbooks.” So… they want children to grow up and be completely clueless about how to address the problems they’ll inherit. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/cyfair-textbooks-climate-change-vaccines-19445145.php

2024-05-12 22:38:58

First the Katy ISD board goes after transgender students and now immigrant students? They should not have this power over children’s futures. “These Katy ISD board member calls for legislative action to allow tracking immigration status of students.”https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/katy/article/katy-isd-trustee-calls-tracking-student-19444072.php

2024-05-09 17:27:39

Modern moonshiners want to decriminalize making booze at home. But they are caught between the interests of the federal government, spirits industry bigwigs, and even the Federalist Society. https://www.texasobserver.org/distillers-decriminalize-home-booze/

2023-09-02 00:08:41

SCOOP from @npub1pn3…khxu- yet more Paxton fraud! The Paxtons' pricey European tour included a sidetrip to Kosovo to promote the shell company of an ex-Texas lobbyist: https://www.texasobserver.org/angela-ken-paxton-frinzi-multiband/

2023-08-18 17:43:01

HISD superintendent stars in his own musical, “depicting how the new superintendent will rekindle the extinguished spirits of burnt-out teachers, give hope to hopeless students, and bestow a visionary plan to save public education.” Teachers were not amused. #hisd #txed https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-isd-takeover-the-musical/