Who would have thought?

According to a new report detailing "severe shortages" in local news, the number of journalists working in the US has dropped by more than 75% since the start of the century — from 40 journalists for every 100,000 residents to just 8.2 journalists now. muckrack.com/research/local…

Buc-ee's has reached Colorado. Locals (and a ranch-owning billionaire) are fighting back, against what they call an affront to the spirit of the American West wsj.com/us-news/bucees… via jim carlton

"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it" waste, fraud, etc: it costs $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000 theatlantic.com/health/archive…

El Salvador’s government sent more than 250 Venezuelans it was holding in a maximum-security prison to Caracas in exchange for 10 Americans detained by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government wsj.com/world/americas… via Vera Bergengruen Kejal પ્રવીણ Vyas

ICYMI: As expected, the government filed a motion to dismiss two charges against U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar on Friday #rgv

Attorneys for U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar have filed a motion to delay his trial until March 30, 2026 — after the Democratic Party primary #rgv

NEW: Despite having $3.4 million in reserves, the Upper Guadalupe River Authority in Kerr County chose to cut taxes and turn down a 0% interest loan from the state rather than fund a $1 million flood warning system upgrade. W/Keri Blakinger houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…

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Trump's border wall is back-- and more expensive, with $46 billion in new funding. That means battles with South Texas landowners are also back, many for a second time as farmers and ranchers try to keep their properties from being walled-off wsj.com/politics/polic…

Tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees in the U.S. will begin losing legal protections Friday without action from the Trump administration, leaving them vulnerable to possible arrest and deportation. wsj.com/us-news/ukrain…

Cloak Room in a red district. Texas Chili Parlor in a blue district #txlege #redistricting

Forget summer

In the first investigation of its kind, the UN is studying whether Mexicans are being disappeared 'in a generalized or systematic way' — with the connivance of the government. wapo.st/45FRGxw