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The 192 Page Autopsy

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In politics, the length of an official excuse is directly proportional to the magnitude of the failure. On Wednesday, the national…

INSIDE THE 19 MAY ELECTORAL PURGES

TEMPLE, TX — If you are still clinging to the mid-century romance of local constituent service, institutional incumbency, or ideological independence, the state-certified ledgers…

TEMPLE’S ENGINEERED REBELLION COLLAPSES IN ASH

TEMPLE, TX — It turns out that screaming into a microphone in a municipal gymnasium does not actually alter the mathematical realities of the…

THE DESCENT OF THE DATA CENTER REBELLION

TEMPLE, TX — It began with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer for civic unity. It ended with warnings of government mind-control frequencies…

The Oval Office Thumb

AUSTIN, TX — For over two decades, Senator John Cornyn has served as the steady, immovable center of gravity in Texas Republican politics. He…

Test Large Payload

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KILLEEN’S DAIS THEATER AND THE FIRST SPLIT

KILLEEN, TX — If you want to understand how power redistributes itself after a municipal realignment, don’t look at the smiles during the ceremonial…

A TRUCE AMONG THE TOMBS: THE SEVENTY-TWO HOUR REPRIEVE

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the grey dawn of this Friday, the machinery of modern slaughter has been ordered to a halt. President Donald Trump,…

The Ghost Taxpayer: Separating Fact from Science Fiction in the Data Center Debate

If you attended the recent city council meeting in Temple, you might have walked away thinking the apocalypse was breaking ground in Central Texas.…

THE MANOR EXPERIMENT: ACCOUNTABILITY’S GRIM RECKONING IN BELL COUNTY

KILLEEN, TX — In the hallowed, often stifling halls of the Killeen Independent School District’s central office, a decision was reached this spring that…