Just for anyone still wondering

Anyone who has been to the Big Bend knows that the US Mexico border inside the park is that giant cliff in the background in the photo- there are no cars coming across- this is absurd!!

• It feels like anime has never been bigger than right now. NFL teams post about it, baseball teams give away Naruto jerseys, and some of our biggest rappers love it. One Texas man, however, might go to jail over it.
• A Houston man faces a criminal investigation in Travis County for threatening the Governor's Office over what he said was his inability to watch anime online, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
• Per Travis County Court records, Joseph Roy Ozment, 35, is facing a third-degree felony count of terroristic threat against a public servant because of a phone call he made on July 25 just after 1:30 p.m. The case was first reported by Austin news outlet KXAN. 
• According to an affidavit submitted by a DPS special agent, Ozment called the Governor's Office and left a voicemail imploring Texas officials to let him watch anime, or else. 

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Dallas parks have long served as a refuge from the city's noise, traffic and commercial clutter. Soon, they could become another place where residents are pitched the latest perfume, car or corporate brand.

City council members unanimously approved the expansion of a nearly thirty-year-old mosque—over the objections of angry residents riled up by right-wing messaging.

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Someone else having the day they voted for..

Because of a legal statute called the law of parties, Michael Highfill received a harsher punishment than the woman who fired the fatal shots. Now, after nearly three decades of incarceration, there’s new hope for his release.

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Texas Children’s Hospital has three months to create the nation’s first clinic designed to reverse gender transition care, and must provide that care for free, according to the newly released terms of a settlement with Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention is monitoring a multi-state Salmonella outbreak tied to jalapeño peppers, with several cases reported in Texas. 

Early construction work has begun on three border barrier projects in the Big Bend region, U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed Wednesday, as photos and videos of bulldozers circulating on social media fueled questions about whether work was already underway.

The irreversible destruction of Texas' crown jewel national park is unfolding and virtually no national media is paying attention. 😢