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Over 100 years ago, El Paso became the first city in the USA to ban marijuana. Now, #Texas is renewing its commitment to tradition with a bill that will destroy 10,000s of jobs if it goes into effect, fully banning all products with THC despite years of normalization of their usage in our state.

My latest for the @TexasObserver: https://www. texasobserver.org/dan-patrick-texas-devastating-thc-ban/

#drugs #health #cannabis #news #politics #USpol #TXlege #law #police

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Over 100 years ago, El Paso became the first city in the USA to ban marijuana. Now, #Texas is renewing its commitment to tradition with a bill that will destroy 10,000s of jobs if it goes into effect, fully banning all products with THC despite years of normalization of their usage in our state.

My latest for the @TexasObserver: https://www. texasobserver.org/dan-patrick-texas-devastating-thc-ban/

#drugs #health #cannabis #news #politics #USpol #TXlege #law #police

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NEW: "The State of #Texas has long been an experimental project of fascism for this country. Which strategies can they equip themselves with, what strategies are effective in forcing public opinion and forcing local municipalities to do whatever they want?"

Here's the extended interview with San Marcos City council member Amanda Rodriguez as a FREE bonus on my Patreon:
https://www. patreon.com/posts/free-bonus-a nd-130206440

#Palestine #Texas #activism #politics #USpol #news #capitalism #SanMarcos #fascism #GregAbbott

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NEW: "The State of #Texas has long been an experimental project of fascism for this country. Which strategies can they equip themselves with, what strategies are effective in forcing public opinion and forcing local municipalities to do whatever they want?"

Here's the extended interview with San Marcos City council member Amanda Rodriguez as a FREE bonus on my Patreon:
https://www. patreon.com/posts/free-bonus-a nd-130206440

#Palestine #Texas #activism #politics #USpol #news #capitalism #SanMarcos #fascism #GregAbbott

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“Palestinian Liberation has always shown us that everything is interconnected.”

Out today in Deceleration: San Marcos' city council wouldn't acknowledge the genocide in #Gaza, so Amanda Rodriguez ran for city council and won. My interview with her and others from Palestine Solidarity SMTX. https://deceleration.news/gaza-ceasefi re-vote-a-first-in-texas-san-marcos/

#Texas #politics #USpol #news #GregAbbott #Palestine #democracy #solidarity #activism

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“Palestinian Liberation has always shown us that everything is interconnected.”

Out today in Deceleration: San Marcos' city council wouldn't acknowledge the genocide in #Gaza, so Amanda Rodriguez ran for city council and won. My interview with her and others from Palestine Solidarity SMTX. https://deceleration.news/gaza-ceasefi re-vote-a-first-in-texas-san-marcos/

#Texas #politics #USpol #news #GregAbbott #Palestine #democracy #solidarity #activism

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“I am part of the queer community and the queer rights movement. I am an anti-fascist; I’m not neutral about fascism. I’m not neutral about genocide. I’m not neutral about the environment, and many other topics.”

I'm so excited to share this: a profile of my career is out today in the Columbia Journalism Review! I've been waiting to share this for months, and I'm thrilled with how it turned out. https://www. cjr.org/the_profile/kit-oconne ll-austin-movement-journalism.php

#journalism #nonbinary #LGBTQIA+ #Texas #politics #trans

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“I am part of the queer community and the queer rights movement. I am an anti-fascist; I’m not neutral about fascism. I’m not neutral about genocide. I’m not neutral about the environment, and many other topics.”

I'm so excited to share this: a profile of my career is out today in the Columbia Journalism Review! I've been waiting to share this for months, and I'm thrilled with how it turned out. https://www. cjr.org/the_profile/kit-oconne ll-austin-movement-journalism.php

#journalism #nonbinary #LGBTQIA+ #Texas #politics #trans

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Hi everyone. I'm going to share a new #introduction.

I'm a #nonbinary (they/them) movement journalist in my 40s, currently based in Central #Texas. From 2022 until today's layoffs, I was Digital Editor at the @TexasObserver. I've been a writer, journalist, editor since at least 2011, when I got my start on the primordial political blog Firedoglake. My involvement with the Occupy Wall Street movement helped make me a journo and I've always worn my bias on my sleeve. (1/?)

#journalism #LGBTQIA+

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Hi everyone. I'm going to share a new #introduction.

I'm a #nonbinary (they/them) movement journalist in my 40s, currently based in Central #Texas. From 2022 until today's layoffs, I was Digital Editor at the @TexasObserver. I've been a writer, journalist, editor since at least 2011, when I got my start on the primordial political blog Firedoglake. My involvement with the Occupy Wall Street movement helped make me a journo and I've always worn my bias on my sleeve. (1/?)

#journalism #LGBTQIA+

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