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Happy election day!!! The Texas Democratic primary for U.S. Senate has been a wild ride, and while we wait for results to roll in, @thebarbedwire.com is hosting a live stream where we’ll unpack it all at 6pm CT.

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LIVE: Experts, Journalists Talk Texas Democratic Senate Primary on Election Day YouTube video by The Barbed Wire

Tonight I'm producing an election night live stream panel on the Democratic Senate Primary for The Barbed Wire. Tune in to experts talk about electability, voter turn out, and more: www.youtube.com/live/DI6bdkm...

Woman with I voted sticker

Woman with I voted sticker

Woman and man in front of voting sign

Have you voted yet? 🗳️ Send us a pic with your "I voted" sticker, and you could end up on our social media.

Whistleblower Says Radioactive Fracking Waste Site Melted His Jaw. Now There’s an Elementary School There. Then an elementary school was built on top of it.

EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells @thebarbedwire.com he spent years burying radioactive fracking waste, which melted the bones in his neck and jaw. Then a residential community — and an elementary school — was built on top. 🧵

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joaquin Castro posted about his visit with Liam at Dilley Detention Center

Liam Ramos, 5, who is being held at Dilley Detention Center

U.S. Rep. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social visited Liam Ramos today — the 5-year-old boy who was used as bait in Minneapolis, then sent to Texas, where is now being held at Dilley Detention Center. Protests have occurred both inside and outside the facility since he arrived.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Man tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at town hall in Minneapolis.

Sometimes I realize how well adjusted I am for someone who watched America’s Next Top Model at 8 years old

Jasmine Crockett Was Asked About Her ‘Electability’ Again. Some Say That’s Just a ‘Pretext’ for Race. Crockett and state House Rep. James Talarico faced off in their first U.S. Senate primary debate on Saturday.

When asked about her electability on Saturday, Jasmine Crockett said: “I’m not a likely story.”

“We are not looking at politics as usual,” she added. “I’ll do the things the political consultants will never tell you to do.”

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Houston weekend freeze: Will it snow or be like 2021? Here's a weather timeline Freezing rain, not snow, could pose the biggest risk for Houston as arctic air moves in this weekend. See timing, model trends and what to expect.

Freezing rain, not snow, could pose the biggest risk for Houston as arctic air moves in this weekend. See timing, model trends and what to expect.

On the eve of starting my new job I'm a little nervous and excited..... @thebarbedwire.com here I come!!

What Can I Teach? Will Martin Luther King’s Work Be Censored Next? I’ve taught “Letter From Birmingham Jail” more than 100 times and have never questioned whether I’d be violating university policy. Now I am.

What Can I Teach? Will Martin Luther King’s Work Be Censored Next? thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/19/w...

As North Texas schools deal with a rash of hoax threats, experts say the effects are real Hoax threats have disrupted school days across Dallas-Fort Worth over the last week. The immediate scare passes, but here's the damage it can do.

School districts across the DFW area have been dealing with a rash of hoax threats for the past couple of weeks. Experts say the impact of those threats is real, even if the threats themselves aren't. www.dallasnews.com/news/educati...

This Fort Worth yarn shop is helping combat LGBTQ youth suicide “This is very important to us and a core value of our shop to be inclusive,” Julie Hatch Fairley said.

Last week I met up with a member of LGBTQ Saves at a local yarn store to learn how this store helps combat LGBTQ youth suicide. www.star-telegram.com/news/local/f...

🚨 NEW: This morning, WA and Idaho newsrooms will sit down at the same table with McClatchy to start work on our 2nd contracts.

We are excited! But as we bargain for better pay, protections + benefits, we hope they keep in mind who really "powers" the company: The people! ✊

Book quote: I am not a historian, and I have never carried out a successful revolution. I’m just a journalist, and so I have no lessons to impart

I love this quote

I saw the commercial for the new Judy Blume adaptation. Track and field and falling in love count my sentimental butt in. Here’s my full reaction: candibolden.substack.com/p/anticipati...

I wrote something for me and now I’m sharing it after some editing. Give it a read if you want to hear my take on vulnerability, writing as a teenager vs adult, and a little about when my teacher told me a story about the Beats movement in the 1950s-60s

This is my new favorite headline

Since I can’t freak out on my family involved socials yet I’m doing it here and on threads.

I tell my fiancé one time early in the relationship that I would consider pulling a gone girl and now he needs to know stuff like my blood type and enemies.

And my favorite: is Dayton your dad?

So I’ve been asking my four year old nephew to be my ring bearer. His responses:
No I’m not a bear.
No I want to get married.

My parents 15 years ago: don’t believe everything on the internet.
My parents now: according to this man on YouTube. Trump voters are being deported

I just asked chat gpt to plan my wedding and honestly I don't hate it.

Don’t let critics censor Fort Worth photo exhibit because they see iniquity, not art | Opinion Yes, Sally Mann’s photos of her nude children are part of a stunning work at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. But it’s a reach to call them child pornography. | Opinion

Wrote about Sally Mann, her censored exhibit at the Fort Worth Modern, and why Texas leadership's inability to discern art from iniquity says everything about them and nothing about you

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Me to my fiancé : do you know they call it the orange bowl cause every few years they replace the football with an orange?

Salt, paprika and pepper from Blues Clues

I never knew I needed this until now….

This holiday season my mom finally wrote down some family recipes and gave it to me and my sister. Now I'm wondering what to do with it. Should I make a family cookbook and digitize the recipes so future generations of my family can have them?

Bill Hanna, spokesman for Tarrant County and former Star-Telegram reporter, dies ​Hanna died “peacefully and unexpectedly” while on vacation with his family in Mexico.

This is really sad to hear... I remember him telling a few of the younger reporters at one point that we were the future of journalism. He was a very kind man and I loved reading his stuff. www.star-telegram.com/news/local/f...