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Assclown Alert: Railing against God haters and refugees with Dan Patrick
Patrick told a church gathering that the 2024 election is a battle between Bible-believing Christians and those who ‘hate God.’
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Manny Pelaez may have an early jump on San Antonio’s mayoral election, but it’s still wide open
Political observers say Pelaez’s missteps and voters’ thirst for an outside candidate make the next election hard to predict.
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Herding Cats: How one local woman is fighting to tame San Antonio’s stray problem
More than 150 formerly stray cats live at Bear Den Cat sanctuary outside of San Antonio.
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Bad Takes: Sylvia Gonzalez’s Supreme Court fight with Castle Hills is one worth waging
The grandmother arrested by the San Antonio suburb is fighting to ensure she and others can criticize government officials without fear of retribution.
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Assclown Alert: Poisoning public discourse with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
Alex Jones and InfoWars have contributed to the world’s dangerous glut of misinformation.
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At Your Service: Is San Antonio keeping up with residents’ basic needs?
The city’s most recent community satisfaction survey shows residents are content with services, but some say their neighborhoods remain neglected.
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With downtowns drying up, San Antonio owes more than empty promises about an NBA arena
Downtown office vacancy rates in big cities have reached unheard-of highs as workers who shifted to working from home during the pandemic stayed.
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Bad Takes: Texas’ attacks on libraries are attacks on valuable public institutions
Recent religiously motivated campaigns in the Lone Star State seek to ban books and saddle libraries with onerous censorship regimes.
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Still stinging from St. Mary’s construction, businesses are wary about new VIA bus line
San Antonio business owners fear VIA’s Green Line will experience construction delays, but officials with the transit authority said they want the project to move quickly while minimizing harm.
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Bad Takes: Leaders should dump Trump over his disastrous immigration plan
Dennis Nixon, chair of Laredo-based International Bancshares Corp., criticized the border wall and Operation Lone Star yet still backs Trump.
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Assclown Alert: Refusing to give up on batshit election claims with Sidney Powell
‘Study finds that Trump almost certainly won in 2020,’ the Dallas attorney and election denier blasted out in her recent newsletter.
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Is San Antonio a possible pro baseball market? The numbers say it’s no home run.
ESPN recently said the San Antonio area could be in line for an MLB team, but experts say economic realities may get in the way.
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Connection Lost: Millions of low-income Texans are losing access to affordable broadband service
Although widely praised, the Affordable Connectivity Program will disappear as early as April due to Congress’ budget squabbling.
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San Antonio’s airport touted a banner year, but the numbers suggests otherwise
Despite longtime pressure from city leaders for more nonstop flights, we remain a relatively poor city, and our passenger numbers reflect that.
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Bad Takes: Texas AG Ken Paxton’s anti-cannabis crusade is the opposite of small government
Pursuing low-level cannabis charges is a waste of time and money, and Texas’ top law-enforcement official should recognize that.
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To Texas With Love: What Russia’s support of TEXIT tells us about the frayed nature of U.S. politics
Russian bots are among the most vocal supporters of ‘TEXIT’ on social media. It’s not the first time they’ve spread online comments on Texas politics.
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Assclown Alert: Watering down a condemnation of white supremacy with the Texas GOP
A new resolution adopted by the party slashed language from an earlier one that sought to ban people from membership if they ‘tolerate’ neo-Nazi ideology, Holocaust denial and antisemitism.
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Bexar DA Joe Gonzales’ dealings with outside group not alarming, experts say
Critics blasted the DA for seeking messaging advice from reform group Wren Collective, but legal experts say prosecutors talk to outside organizations all the time.
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Worries arise that Gov. Greg Abbott’s ‘invasion’ rhetoric will spill over into violence
Democrat lawmakers and extremism experts said the governor’s amped-up statements could incite another tragedy similar to the El Paso Walmart massacre.
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Counting the Uncounted: A cold, rainy night documenting the unhoused on San Antonio’s streets
The annual Point in Time Count provided snapshots of San Antonio’s unhoused population and showed the conditions often faced by those without shelter.
