The Texas Observer

There is, I have one other thing for you folks.

I conducted an interview with the editor of, the political editor of the Texas Observer, Justin Miller.

And I'm very excited to bring that interview with you.

And here it is.

And I think it's important to have people who have you know, followed it for a long time, you know, building up that institutional knowledge, I think is, is important.

Um, and so, yeah, I, you know, sometimes it can be, uh, draining and overwhelming and wish I didn't have to constantly follow, uh, Texas politics, but, you know, it's, I think it's, Texas is a very good state, I think, for just the practice of journalism and especially political journalism.

Justin Miller from the Texas Observer.

Thank you so much for joining the Outsider Podcast.

When wind developers arrived, the county traded tax breaks for a wish list, money for their Meals on Wheels program, the Senior Center, and new ball fields.

Journalist Becca Stolhansky-McNeil reported from the county seat, Ozona, for the Texas Observer and Grist.

I asked her to give us a sense of the town.

So Ozona is familiar to many Texans who are on their way somewhere else.

The connection to the printing company has drawn online scrutiny.

Texas Observer journalist Steve Monticelli reported co-owner Matt Zarus in social media features pictures of President Trump and conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

So what? I don't care about Republicans.

I don't like them.

We're about to find out how many of the rest of us have realized the real stakes in this election.

Back to Paxton and some great stuff from Stephen Monticelli at the Texas Observer who covers our illustrious AG's extraordinarily wet-noodled attempts to launch two October surprise attacks on James Tallarico and how both have failed spectacularly.

First, the comical claim that Tallarico had suffered an emotional breakdown and ended up in a mental health care facility in Ohio.

Paxton himself amplified that allegation, joined by the likes of Elon Musk.

Yes, that's a hoot.

And former Southlake Mayor John Huffman, who told Monticelli he left the Senate choice blank on his own ballot.

Speaking of dirty tricks and also from the Texas Observer, we recommend a new piece by Eden Shamey on how AI has infiltrated and infected the midterm election in Texas out of a combination of desperation and a lack of ethical restraint.

Republican campaigns have gone all in on creating convincing deep fakes of their opponents saying or doing things that never happen.

The connection to the printing company has drawn online scrutiny.

Texas Observer journalist Steve Monticelli reported co-owner Matt Zaruse on social media features pictures with President Trump and conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

So what? Social media creator Tizzy Ent, a filmmaker and activist named Michael McWhorter, amplified those connections in an Instagram video.

He showed political photographs and a wedding image featuring.