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Nithya Raman is right, and it shouldn’t be a point of contention. DSA urgently needs to improve on housing. Hardline anti-development NIMBYs play useful idiot to the bourgeoisie. Property owners’ investments increase in value when demand is high and supply is scarce.

Even in a bad year like 2024, there are more Democrats voting in Texas than there are people TOTAL in 30 other states. Even in a bad year like 2024, Texas had more Democrats voting than ANY state except California. Collective punishment and “you deserve it” bullshit have no place in our fight.

Texas is growing and urbanizing, making new demands for efficient modes of travel between homes, shops, workplaces, and more. We need to act like it. All Texans deserve safe streets and robust transit options. Better TxDOT spending that prioritizes maintenance — not expansion — of roads would help.

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The burden of virtualizing consumption is massive. Folks from Amarillo to Del Rio were here, bearing the cost of getting all the way to Austin to make us look it in the eye. They face acute, local impacts every day so we can chat with AI from the privilege of glass towers. We need to hear them.

Incredible testimony from all over Texas today about the impacts of data centers and implications of expansion. Texans are standing up for health, safety, fairness, and our water. We deserve better than sweetheart deals that benefit billionaires and take scarce resources from our rural communities.

Last year, the Texas Legislature passed SB 840, a landmark reform allowing housing in commercial zones. Already, it has unlocked 8,000 homes. The bill is limited to our largest cities and failed to prevent some dubious efforts to get around it. It’s time we fix the policy and broaden its scope.

New housing laws resulted in thousands of homes in TexasThe laws, which make it easier to build apartments, face stiff resistance from North Texas suburbs. State lawmakers vow to force cities to comply.www.texastribune.org

Have you planted the seeds of trees whose shade you will never enjoy yet today??

This weekend, three Austin Police murdered a 17 year old. Judge, jury, and executioner, Alexis Cruz, Jake Pitcher, and Avery Zucchi sentenced a kid to death and emptied their guns into his body. Holding a water bottle while Black is a capital offense here. And now they’re blaming their victim.

Austin police fatally shoot unarmed teenager in what they say may be 'suicide by police'Officers responded to a report of a person brandishing a gun but later found that there was no firearm at the scene.www.kut.org