Since Odessa voters elected a right-wing city council majority in November, the west Texas town has descended into political gridlock and partisan rancor. During a reporting trip for @TexasMonthly I discovered a city tearing itself apart. Read on! 🧵texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
In 2020 Odessa voters elected Mayor Javier Joven, a 57-year-old small business owner who promised to declare the West Texas town of 115,000 residents a "sanctuary city for the unborn." Two of Joven's allies, Denise Swanner and Matt Matta, were also elected to the council.
Aug 6, 2022 • 127 tweets • 10 min read
*Shinzo Abe
Cites his victory in the CPAC straw poll. "The next one [DeSantis] got 24 percent and the rest got almost nothing. You know, it's very respected that straw poll." (Ron Paul won multiple times)
Aug 6, 2022 • 341 tweets • >60 min read
And I'm back for the third and final day of CPAC Dallas! I've been here all week for @TexasMonthly and will be live-tweeting today's talks. Today's speakers include Nigel Farage, Matt Gaetz, Ronny Jackson, Lauren Boebert, Glenn Beck, Tudor Dixon, Kari Lake, and Donald Trump.
If you want to catch up on the proceedings so far, check out my report from Day 1: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
Aug 5, 2022 • 93 tweets • 10 min read
Welcome to Day 2 at CPAC Dallas! Next up: Ted Cruz. Later: Mayra Flores, JD Vance, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jack Posobiec, and Ken Paxton. I'll be live-tweeting all day.
Here's my report from Day 1 texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
Aug 4, 2022 • 139 tweets • 19 min read
I’m in Dallas covering the 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) for @TexasMonthly. Speakers include Donald Trump, Viktor Orban, Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick, Mike Lindell, Ken Paxton, Glenn Beck, & Sean Hannity. Follow along as I live-tweet the 3-day conference!
Will Trump announce his 2024 candidacy? Will Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban make another speech about “race mixing”? Will Glenn Beck bring out a chalkboard? Follow along and find out! First celebrity sighting: Ben Carson taking selfies in lobby of Hilton Anatole
Oct 15, 2021 • 27 tweets • 5 min read
BREAKING: Rhonda Barchak, the former Texas district clerk who separated jury panels by race and geography, took the stand this afternoon in Brazoria County and pleaded the 5th to every question except to give details of her employment history.
ICYMI, here's the background: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
Oct 9, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
SCOOP: For at least six years, a Texas district clerk divided up jurors by race and geography before assigning them to trial panels (venires). The Texas Rangers are investigating and thousands of verdicts could be challenged texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
Rhonda Barchak, a Republican elected official, was the district clerk of Brazoria County, south of Houston, since 2010. She resigned in August and is now under state investigation. Her method of jury selection was highly unusual and possibly violated state law
Feb 18, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Just drove by Ted Cruz’s house in Houston. His lights are off but a neighbor told me the block got its power back last night. Also, Ted appears to have left behind the family poodle.
Just to clarify, this was taken around 1pm central on Thursday. It's possible Ted brought the poodle back from Cancun with him, or that a family member was staying behind to take care of the dog.
