Those Secret Videos of Texas Lawmakers Are Apparently Not So Newsworthy
Breitbart Texas has opted not to release the videos made with hidden cameras by the American Phoenix Foundation after all, leading to questions about what was really on them.
Dan Solomon writes about politics, music, food, sports, criminal justice, health care, film, and business. Dan started working with Texas Monthly as a freelancer in 2013 before becoming a staff writer, covering topics from the Baylor sexual assault scandal to the gentrification of Austin barbecue to the legacy of Texas outsider artist Daniel Johnston. His reporting has appeared in the New York Times, GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, Fast Company, Billboard, and Deadspin.
Breitbart Texas has opted not to release the videos made with hidden cameras by the American Phoenix Foundation after all, leading to questions about what was really on them.
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The highest flood ever recorded in the state of Texas wreaked havoc on the Blanco and tore through downtown Austin over Memorial Day weekend.
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Farewell, sweet bronc.
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Well then.
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Waco police estimate that they found 318 weapons.
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“I can’t breathe.” Yet again.
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In addition to being synonymous with “biker gang violence,” the Addison-based breastaurant chain’s internal communications reveal some serious contempt for their customers.
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Time-out is an age-old punishment. But do the controversial “calm rooms” and “focus rooms” employed in Plano and New Braunfels go too far?
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The last Texas team standing has their work cut out for them in a series against the white-hot Golden State Warriors. But it just may be time for a relaunch of Clutch City.
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More McConaughfacts for you to bring up at the next McConaissance Faire.
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After a Sunday afternoon in a Waco strip mall ended with nine people shot to death in broad daylight, people are questioning how differently the police and media react to this sort of violence when the perpetrators are white.
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Before you bust out your checkbook, there’s a big catch you should be aware of.
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A Pew Research Study of religion in all fifty states suggests that the shift toward a less religious America may not just be on the coasts.
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In the waning weeks of the 84th Texas Legislature, abortion remains a hot topic in the Capitol. Where do things stand—and where are they going?
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No word yet on the specifics of the cootie-avoidance techniques recommended.
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Solid reporting from the University of Texas School of Journalism investigates the gender and racial makeup of law enforcement in Texas.
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Fail.
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“Liberal” being a relative term, naturally.
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No one can do it better, including getting plaques that were stolen from him back from a pawn shop in North Texas.
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With an endangered population that continues to be poached for its horns, every preventative measure—even odd ones—should be considered.
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There is something weird going on in Christoval ISD.
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Standard-fare ACL acts like the Foo Fighters and the Strokes are joined by Drake, The Weeknd, Alabama Shakes, A$AP Rocky, and more.
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A Garland community center held a contest offering a $10,000 prize for the best drawing of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and it ended with two dead and a third injured.
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We can see how that looks bad.
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Or a 9MM or a Ruger deer rifle. No, this is not a fake ad.
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Seems like a #GreatUseOfTime, #right?
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He had one job.
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It’s rare for a major corporation to get involved in a contentious, racially charged political protest, but the Austin-based supermarket chain decided to take a side in Baltimore.
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The Austin-based Levitation Festival—formerly the Austin Psych Fest—builds anticipation with an exclusive mixtape.
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Nobody expected much out of the Astros this year, but a month into the season, the team is sitting pretty atop the AL West, five games above .500. How did that happen?
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If a natural gas company builds a fracking well a half a mile from your house, and then the water coming out of your hose catches fire, you might want to keep it to yourself.
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The Taco Cannon, which debuted at Fun Fun Fun Fest in 2012, once again fights to be recognized as the world’s first.
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How does Chico the Chihuahua stack up against Ballapeño the anthropomorphized jalapeño? How about Swatson & Moe versus Rocky the Hound?
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The way Texas punishes truancy is downright Kafka-esque—and it’s finally getting a lot of attention.
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“Full hearts, clear eyes, don’t rape” is a motto worth shouting.
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Kristen Lindsey, the Brenham veterinarian who bragged about killing a cat with a bow and arrow on Facebook, is persona non grata on social media now.
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Just when the company thought it had the problem licked, another listeria contamination shuts down production.
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With the Cowboys aggressively pursuing Adrian Peterson—and with Greg Hardy already in the fold—now is a good time to consider how the NFL could try to resolve its domestic violence problem.
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The 120-pound California woman proved her steak-eating bona fides by consuming three 72-ounce porterhouses in twenty minutes at Amarillo’s Big Texan competitive eating contest.
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A big ol’ slice of red-dirt country cheese.
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More like awwwstronaut, right?
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Activist and author Joan M. Cheever has been taking her food truck out to feed hungry people for a decade, and now she faces a hefty fine.
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Burleson County law enforcement apparently prefers officers use a different standard than rock-paper-scissors when determining infractions.
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More like the fun police, are we right?
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The best player in the NFL filmed himself doing a 61-inch box jump. How high is that, really?
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Lots of bad news—often caught on camera.
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What is the world coming to?
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Twenty-five thousand folks dressed in Astors, Oilers, and Texans gear waited in an hours-long line for the chance to set foot inside the building one more time.
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Dallas Observer music editor Jeff Gage published a weird paragraph last year in reference to how a female punk singer looked—and Gawker is still holding his feet to the fire for it.
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An unnamed teacher at Foster High School, in Richmond, distributed a lesson that included “If taken hostage by radical Islamists, what to do,” and a very broad estimate of how many jihadists there are around the world.
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