The Austin Editor 
Trump & His GOP Enablers Incite Insurrection Remove Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene Jan 29—Now it’s critical that we kick this campaign up a notch. Can you take a moment to make a phone call to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer? Speaker Pelosi 202-225-4965 Senator Schumer 202-224-6542 When you call, introduce yourself and … Read more
Conservatism is not an ideology, it is an aesthetic. The most brief investigation into what their politicians do would enrage these people if they actually cared about these things. They don’t. American “conservatives” say they’re are against big government. They are in fact the opposite when it comes to a huge ass military, huge police forces, … Read more
Tax cuts for the wealthy have long drawn support from conservative lawmakers and economists who argue that such measures will “trickle down” and eventually boost jobs and incomes for everyone else. But a new study from the London School of Economics says 50 years of such tax cuts have only helped one group — the … Read more
My wife got me a four-pack (well, someone nicked one, so I ended up with a three-pack) of this fantastic 8% abv. 4th anniversary beer from Houston’s City Acre. A Belgian Quadruple made with estate loquats and kumquats. She knows how much I love loquats. Kumquats are good, too. We have one kumquat tree in … Read more
A hack of Austin-based SolarWinds’ Orion IT software is “ongoing,” and is “remarkable for its scope, sophistication and impact,” in the words of Microsoft president Brad Smith. Russian government hackers have infiltrated the systems of up to 18,000 SolarWinds customers who downloaded a compromised Orion software update. The “supply chain attack” works by hiding malicious … Read more
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ACLU Apps For Filming Police Taking photographs and video of things that are plainly visible in public spaces is a constitutional right—and that includes police and other government officials carrying out their duties. However, there is a widespread, continuing pattern of law enforcement officers ordering people to stop taking photographs or video in public places … Read more
In honor of their 35th anniversary, Keep Austin Beautiful is hosting its first Love Where You Live Day Saturday, Nov. 21. Whether it’s on the street in front of your house or the pocket park around the corner, you can pick up some litter, mow your yard, weed a garden bed, or rake some leaves. Share … Read more
Trump needed a roast beef hoagie full of raw meat, and Giuliani gave him half a can of leftover Vienna sausages Via Deke Dickerson: Under the Electoral College system, which we’re stuck with for now, Biden won by the slimmest of margins, much the same way that Trump did in 2016. More than 75 million … Read more
Following the November 3rd General/Local elections, the League of Women Voters has confirmed the following runoff races: Austin City Council District 6 (Travis and Williamson County) Austin City Council District 10 Austin ISD Board of Trustees District 5 Austin ISD Board of Trustees District 8 At-Large Georgetown City Council District 2 (Williamson County) LWV will … Read more