Leslie Gross

Article II: The Gift that Keeps on Giving... Behind the scenes at In Good Faith

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Disaster at FEMA It’s getting harder for Americans to find relief under Trump’s vision of government.

It’s getting harder for Americans to find disaster relief under Trump’s vision of government, David A. Graham writes in The Atlantic Daily.

Texas Governor’s Office Says Its Emails With Elon Musk May Be, in Part, Too “Embarrassing” to Release to the Public We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is…

The Texas governor’s office charged The Texas Newsroom $244.64 up front to request Greg Abbott’s emails with Elon Musk.

After it cashed the check, the office told the newsroom it believed all the records were confidential.

By @lmcgaughy.bsky.social w/ @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org

Many Texas communities are dangerously unprepared for floods − lack of funding plays a big role There are ways the state could help these communities, as a team of disaster planning specialists explains.

What made the TX #floods deadlier? Underinvestment in drainage systems, older homes in harm’s way, and overwhelmed rural towns made a terrible storm even worse. The TX floods remind us that nature doesn’t check #political affiliations. Let’s focus on #solutions that #unite us: tinyurl.com/2s4avf3z

Mourning. Marching. Moving Forward. How We Respond Will Define Who We Are

Let’s say this clearly: protest is absolutely necessary, but it is not sufficient.

If we march in the millions, but fail to protect public servants from violence, then we have not fixed the system—we’ve just shouted at it. open.substack.com/pub/fixthesy...