Professor Emeritus & Conservation Ecologist - I study rivers & their fishes. Here to fight & discredit pseudoscience. Trump is all over the Epstein files.
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Christopher Taylor retweeted
Talarico extending olive branches is great:
“I’m a big fan of SpaceX and Tesla. He is a great business leader and entrepreneur and innovator. I want him to stick to those things… I will work with him when it comes to technology and innovation.”
Christopher Taylor retweeted
When Gina Hinojosa says that there are no "rules or laws" right now on the issue of data centers, one thing to understand is that counties in Texas generally lack authority to issue zoning and noise regulations. That authority rests with cities and the state at large. The problem is that in much of Texas, there is no proper city. It's just unincorporated land. That's how you get these horror stories of loud data centers setting up shop right across the fence from rural communities.
In those communities, there's a sense of political betrayal at the fact that "blue" areas like California and the Northeast have all these notoriously aggressive regulatory constraints that Texas lacks, which has caused the affected areas in Texas to become something like a "trash can" for the rest of the country.
For traditional industrial pollution, e.g., a dirty coal plant or a refinery setting up shop across the fence from someone's home, there's TCEQ, which has to give approval. But for a loud, resource-guzzling data center, there's not a lot that a rural community can lean on to ensure that its interests get respected. And there's a growing sense that the GOP, with Greg Abbott at the helm, is ultimately responsible for that state of affairs.
Gina Hinojosa on data centers in Texas:
"We have always been a pro business state in Texas, but what changes now with me as governor is it has to be a partnership that benefits Texans. And right now what has happened is data centers have moved into mostly rural communities and there are no rules and laws to protect Texans and Texans are being taken advantage of. So the difference is we will have laws to protect Texans and we need to stop what we are doing with data centers until we have those protections."
"It is not that I hate data centers. I hate the way they are taking advantage of Texas and that stops when I'm governor."
Via @CNN
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Christopher Taylor retweeted
WARNING: Tonight, you’ll hear it all:
“They found ballots at 3 a.m.!”
“Dead people are voting!”
“We were winning, and then we lost!”
Before you share a viral election fraud claim, watch this.
I break down 10 claims you’re likely to hear and explain what questions we should be asking.
Watch and share:
Christopher Taylor retweeted
This is terrific.
Christopher Taylor retweeted
This is Nate Paul.
He was under FBI investigation for fraud. His real estate empire was collapsing after 18 properties filed for bankruptcy in a single year.
He wrote Ken Paxton a $25,000 check.
Then Paxton directed his AG’s office to hand Paul confidential investigative files.
They blocked foreclosure sales on his properties.
And they sided with Paul against the charity he was accused of defrauding.
Nate Paul even employed Paxton's mistress at Paxton’s recommendation.
Paxton's own senior staff reported his corruption to the FBI. They were fired.
This is what Ken Paxton does when he’s in a position of power — and it’s why he should be nowhere near the U.S. Senate.
Christopher Taylor retweeted
.@JamesTalarico on Texas officially banning THC:
“This bill is insane.
Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. Texans will still use THC — but instead of getting it safely from a local small business, they’ll go back to getting it from the black market. From the drug cartels.
This ban is a gift to the cartels.
We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst.
Instead of fully funding our schools, guaranteeing healthcare, or making childcare more affordable — this Legislature is focused on banning a product that gives people a little peace.
We’re making people’s lives harder, not easier.
I want to leave you with a quote: ‘It is time to end needless arrests and incarcerations of adults for small amounts of marijuana for personal use.’ That wasn’t a Democrat. That was President Donald Trump.
To my Republican colleagues, I’m asking you to oppose the cartels, stand with President Trump, and vote no on this insane bill.”
Christopher Taylor retweeted
This is Ken Paxton's mugshot.
He was indicted on 3 felony counts for fraud.
He enriched himself by $27 million in public office.
He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery.
He was impeached by his own party for corruption.
Tomorrow, we will stop him.
Christopher Taylor retweeted
ARE TEXAS REPUBLICANS ALREADY CHEATING!!
WHAT IS GOING ON?
1. Harris County: More than 100,000 voters missing from the statewide display
On October 30, Spectrum News reported that Texas's Election Administration Management system, known as TEAM, was displaying approximately 835,000 early votes for Harris County.
The county's own election website reported approximately 953,000.
That represents a difference of roughly 118,000 voters.
The figures were preliminary and may not have reflected precisely identical reporting cutoffs. Nevertheless, the discrepancy was substantial.
County election officials described a process in which counties submit data files to the state, receive acknowledgments, and sometimes receive error reports requiring additional information.
The reporting indicated that absentee-ballot processing was a particularly significant source of difficulty.
Rice University political scientist Mark Jones distinguished these reporting problems from the systems responsible for determining candidate vote totals.
That distinction is essential.
A voter missing from a statewide turnout display is not necessarily a voter whose ballot has disappeared.
But a reporting discrepancy of this magnitude deserves a documented explanation.
Source: Spectrum News, October 30, 2026
2. Bexar and Fort Bend: The problem extends beyond one county
The Houston Chronicle documented additional discrepancies involving Bexar and Fort Bend counties.
In Bexar County, the state's displayed mail-ballot figure was dramatically below the number recorded locally.
In Fort Bend County, county-reported in-person turnout substantially exceeded the statewide figure.
The examples matter because they involve different voting categories.
Mail-ballot reporting requires tracking multiple stages, including receipt, acceptance, rejection, and correction. In-person voting generally follows a different administrative process.
If both categories are producing substantial discrepancies, investigators need to determine whether they share a technical cause or reflect separate problems.
Fort Bend County provides an important public verification opportunity: its election office publishes downloadable early-voting statistics, including Excel reports.
Those records can be compared against state reports using consistent dates and reporting categories.
Christopher Taylor retweeted
When Democrats win, I am going to dedicate the next two years of my working life to ensure that protecting our natural lands and wildlife does not get tossed aside.
I want to see Doug Burgum IMPEACHED and someday, perp walked for his crimes against our public lands.
Christopher Taylor retweeted
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis: “To call Ken Paxton 'ethically challenged' is to call Jeffrey Dahmer suffering from an eating disorder.”
Christopher Taylor retweeted
Trump wants to open the Olympic Peninsula's ancient forests and wild salmon rivers to logging.
In August, we know the admin moved to scrap the Roadless Rule. It protects about 45 million acres of national forest. Today I want to talk about one of those areas: the Olympic National Forest in Washington State, and some of the rivers that start there.
One is the Humptulips River, a top-ten trophy fishing river in Washington. Its headwaters sit in the Moonlight Dome Roadless Area.
Another is the Quilcene Roadless Area. It feeds the drinking water supply for Port Townsend.
These are ancient forests, and their rivers are home to wild salmon. Scrapping the rule means logging and new roads.
And this isn't the first try. In 2025, budget drafts listed 300,000 acres of Olympic National Forest as eligible for sale. That was removed.
The Wild Olympics Campaign, a coalition working to protect the Olympic Peninsula's forests and rivers, says these areas could be open to industrial development in 2027.
More than 1 million people told the Forest Service to keep the Roadless Rule. The administration is barreling ahead anyway. And this isn't just one forest. Roadless areas across the country are at risk.
There's a fix for this area. The Wild Olympics Act would protect these lands permanently, by law. Washington Senator Patty Murray first introduced it in 2012. About 800 tribes, businesses and groups back it.
Now sportsmen and lawmakers are racing to pass it by the end of 2026. If it doesn't pass by then, it dies with this Congress and has to start over.
Sign the petition in the first reply. Washingtonians need to call Senators Murray and Cantwell. And if you have any friends in the state, please share this with them as well. It's imperative we reach everyone there.
#DemsUnited
Christopher Taylor retweeted
A BADGE IS NOT A LICENSE TO BRUTALIZE.
Without video evidence, imagine how ICE would claim the agent was attacked by a vicious protester.
Blocking an ICE vehicle does not erase your constitutional rights. Reasonable force may be lawful. Excessive force is not. An agent who willfully violates those rights and causes bodily injury can face up to 10 years under 18 USC §242.
PAXIS.app is FREE. Know your rights. Record EVERYTHING .
Help keep PAXIS free: gofundme.com/f/PAXIS
Christopher Taylor retweeted
EL-SAYED to TRUMP: I will go through a metal detector if you will sit for a lie detector. My first question, Epstein. Second question, did you win the 2020 election? I will go through a metal detector every day if you sit through a lie detector one time.
