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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a flap on a Boeing 737’s wing partially broke off before landing in Texas on Tuesday. Delta Air Lines Flight 1893 was flying from Orlando International to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport when passengers noticed… pic.twitter.com/2eAMVLRzxJ — Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) August 21, 2025
“Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison, who has written local legislation to end ‘immoral’ and ‘unethical’ property taxes, said that the predictions of sky-high sales taxes to make up for lost revenue were overstated… ‘They don’t want to upset cities, counties and school districts that are getting rich, hand over fist, taxing Texas citizens out of …
The largest illegal imm*grant detention facility in the history of the United States is being built in El Paso. It will enable Texas and the Trump Administration to quickly deport illegal imm*grants and dangerous criminals. We will Make America Safe Again.
BREAKING: The Texas Senate has PASSED the new state redistricting map, which adds 5 Republican seats. Democrats staged a walkout in protest. The map must now pass the Texas House, which currently has no quorum due to Texas House Democrats fleeing the state. pic.twitter.com/PIIC2CvPeY — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 12, 2025 Texas taking out the trash! …
Microsoft and the Army Corps pulled 463 million gallons out of San Antonio between 2023 and 2024. https://www.sacurrent.com/news/san-antonio-data-centers-guzzled-463-million-gallons-of-water-as-area-faced-drought-38116670 The city was under Stage 3 drought rules. Residents could water lawns once a week. https://www.newsweek.com/texas-data-center-water-artificial-intelligence-2107500 In 2025, Texas data centers are projected to use 49 billion gallons. By 2030, the number jumps to 399 billion gallons …
Introducing: Richland High School Opening next week in Prosper, Texas Nobody builds high schools like North Texas pic.twitter.com/sIqzLfXeAQ — Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) August 7, 2025 Prosper ISD’s debt load is $5 billion with interest. “Prosper ISD’s 2023 bond package is the largest on Texans’ ballots… the total cost to taxpayers would be $5 billion with …
Abbott wants Gene Wu out. Filed with the Texas Supreme Court. Called him “ringleader of the derelict Democrats.” Wu skipped the vote with 50 others. Abbott says that’s abandonment. https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-files-lawsuit-seeking-removal-of-texas-democrat-caucus-chair-representative-wu The Texas Supreme Court has now ordered the runaway ring leader of the derelict Democrats to respond to my lawsuit by Friday. pic.twitter.com/AS2OaX0zPF — Greg …
Blue states are now offering sanctuary to threatened legislators from red states—an unprecedented scene in U.S. politics this year. “Texas Democrats are leaving the state in an attempt to prevent the state House from holding a vote Monday on new congressional maps,” the AP reported. https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/texas-democrats-flee-state-to-block-gop-redistricting-vote-amid-threats-of-arrest-republican-seats This marks the second such walkout since 2021, as …
Texas Democrats left the state again to stop a new congressional map that would add five GOP seats. “Dozens of Texas Democrats plan to flee the state amid a special session Sunday afternoon, making a last-ditch effort to disrupt a mid-decade redistricting attempt forced by President Donald Trump,” Politico reported. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/03/democrats-flee-texas-redistricting-00491487 This is the second …
A Texas House panel advanced a GOP plan to redraw districts. That kind of move is admitting you can’t win without cheating. In 2022 New York’s Democratic legislature drew a map that courts called unconstitutional and threw it out. That ruling forced a redraw by an independent official. TEXAS HOUSE PANEL ADVANCES GOP GERRYMANDER PROPOSAL …
The cracks are showing. DR Horton booked $1.02 billion in net income for Q3 2025, a sharp drop from $1.35 billion a year ago. Revenue slid 7% to $9.2 billion. Closings fell to 23,160. The backlog shrank 16%. Order value dropped 19%. Gross margin slipped to 22.7%. Incentives increased. Liquidity held steady at $5.5 billion. …
Fourteenth suspect taken down in coordinated FBI crackdown. Benjamin Song is a member of a North Texas Antifa cell & multiple comrades abetted him. I've been reporting on the cell, including about the firearms militancy training Song provided. There are others to arrest, but they are likely destroying all evidence. https://t.co/1PpxyvabZX — Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) …
BREAKING – Nine Democrats have been indicted in South Texas for a massive vote harvesting scheme including former Bexar County Democrat Chair Manuel Medina and ex-House candidate Cecilia Castellano. Prosecutors say votes were bought using cash app. https://x.com/KurtSchemers/status/1943676604137582798 KSAT Investigates received the indictment paperwork of nine suspects, including a former candidate for the Texas House …
In the second quarter of 2025, the auto finance market crossed a threshold that’s hard to ignore. Total auto loan debt in the United States has now reached $1.63 trillion, officially surpassing the student loan balance for the first time. According to Edmunds, 19.3% of new car buyers committed to monthly payments of $1,000 or …
From July 4 through July 9, 13 states across the U.S. were hit with flash flooding, some of it catastrophic. The worst damage came out of Central Texas, where a 26-foot surge along the Guadalupe River killed at least 115 people, including 27 children and camp counselors at Camp Mystic. That makes it the deadliest …
Charlie Kirk suggests the high death toll from the Texas flooding tragedy was because of DEI: “The death toll likely would not have been as high if it wasn't for DEI.” pic.twitter.com/iZFDLt6CGa — Republican Accountability (@AccountableGOP) July 9, 2025
Flash flooding has struck three states in rapid succession, with Chicago now facing emergency rescues following a sudden deluge of more than 5 inches of rain in just 90 minutes. The National Weather Service confirmed that a personal weather station near the United Center recorded 5.14 inches during the evening of July 8. Streets on …
by Michael Why does the U.S. just continue to get pummeled by historic storm after historic storm? We keep being told that what we are witnessing is “normal”, but there is definitely nothing “normal” about any of this. A couple of decades ago, it was extremely rare for the U.S. to be hit by a …
This urgent report features a chilling timelapse video capturing the dramatic and devastating flash flood of the Llano River in Texas on July 4th. TEXAS FLOOD TRAGEDY: One of those missing was 8 year old Sarah Marsh from Mountain Brook, a student at Cherokee Bend Elementary. It is confirmed that she lost her life in …
https://twitter.com/Mollyploofkins/status/1941242043105525987 At least 20 girls are missing from an all-girls Christian summer camp in south Texas after catastrophic floods struck the area in the wake of severe overnight storms. In a press conference Friday afternoon, Dan Patrick, the lieutenant governor of Texas, said “20-some” girls attending Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, remained unaccounted for, later …
Texas and Florida are no longer waiting on Washington. Both states have now passed laws recognizing gold and silver as legal tender, with Texas going further by building a full transactional infrastructure to support it. These moves are not symbolic. They are operational. The legislation is signed. The timelines are set. The systems are being …
Texas is putting metal back in the money. House Bill 1056 is now law. It gives Texans the ability to use gold and silver for everyday purchases through a state-backed debit card system. The law passed both chambers and was signed by Governor Greg Abbott in June. It goes live May 1, 2027. Here’s how …
Congrats! pic.twitter.com/Wur50Gov4l — Tesla (@Tesla) June 28, 2025
Texas is actually going to start buying byu/VeterinarianFun5418 inButtcoin
Texas Just Sent a Warning Shot to the Rest of the U.S. Economy Consumer spending in Texas has collapsed, and the data from the Dallas Fed is worse than anyone expected. Retail sales activity fell off a cliff in May, hitting levels not seen since April 2020. Inventories are piling up, work hours are being …
Here’s why Texas is banning all THC products byu/BoringStockAndroid inconspiracy Source. This flyer was at Dan Patrick’s press conference yesterday. Dan Patrick is the Lieutenant governor of Texas and here(video) what he said when a reporter asked him about the ban. He also received a $250k political donation from a beverage company. source.
Truck driving was once a reliable path to middle-class stability, but that reality is changing fast. Autonomous trucks have officially hit the highways in Texas, and drivers are sounding the alarm. This shift is not just about efficiency. It is about livelihoods, and the consequences could ripple across the entire economy. Aurora Innovation has launched …
School making parents cash app them $15 to get their child’s phones back American mother in Texas: “My sixth grader got caught with his phone this afternoon. They brought it to the office, told him I had to come pick it up after school, so I did that. And then they proceeded to tell me …
