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12 articlesNetflix sued by Texas for allegedly spying on children, addicting users
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Netflix alleging the company collected user data without consent, falsely claimed it didn't share data, and designed its platform to be addictive. The suit contends Netflix tracked user habits and sold them to data brokers and advertising companies for profit.
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Civil rights groups file lawsuit seeking to block Texas law allowing cops to arrest illegal migrants
Civil rights groups including the ACLU filed a lawsuit Monday to block a Texas law that would permit state police to arrest migrants who cross the southern border. The article reports the legal challenge without additional context about the law's provisions or the groups' specific constitutional arguments.
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As License Plate Readers Expand in Texas, Privacy Advocates Are Fighting Back
The City of Kyle, Texas approved a police grant for license plate reader technology despite recent activist victories against surveillance expansion in Central Texas. Privacy advocates have been fighting the proliferation of this technology across the region, with this vote representing a setback to their efforts.
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Trumpβs New Tool to Speed Up Wall Construction May Be a Trap for Texas Landowners
The article reports that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is offering Texas landowners letters to voluntarily allow border wall construction on their property before the federal government pursues purchase or condemnation. The headline frames this process as potentially disadvantageous to property owners.
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A Looming Execution Raises Questions of Race, Responsibility, and Rap
James Broadnax was executed by Texas via lethal injection on April 30, asserting his innocence from the gurney. The article frames the execution through questions of racial justice, legal responsibility, and the defendant's connection to rap culture. Curtis Riser's unspecified concerns are mentioned but not detailed in the provided excerpt.
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LATE SPRING ENDING WITH LUNAR ECLIPSE
This appears to be a literary or poetic piece describing a spring outing interrupted by spider webs and a drying river, with mention of a lunar eclipse in the headline. The actual news content is unclear due to truncation and fragmented prose.
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The Gas Peddle
This article is part two of an investigative series supported by the Pulitzer Center and Ida B. Wells Society, reporting on an event that occurred at Texas Southmost College in Brownsville in late March 2025. The headline 'The Gas Peddle' appears to be a play on words, though the full content is truncated in the provided excerpt.
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When the AI Cloud Comes for Texas Water
A Texas state representative raises concerns about water usage and chemical additives at a proposed AI data center in Hays County, noting she received unclear answers from developers about the facility's water treatment processes. The article examines potential environmental impacts of large-scale data center development on Texas water resources.
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Brownsville bajo la influencia
Unable to assess. The provided excerpt contains only a headline, editor's note referencing a two-part series, and an incomplete article preview. No substantive content is available for analysis.
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What Does the Allred-Johnson Runoff Tell Us About Texas Dems?
The article examines a Texas Democratic runoff between Colin Allred and Julie Johnson, two politicians who both entered office during the 2018 blue waveβAllred by defeating Republican Pete Sessions for Congress, Johnson by defeating Matt Rinaldi for the Texas House. The piece uses their shared electoral history to frame questions about what their runoff reveals about the current state of Texas Democrats.
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Editorβs Letter: Introducing Our May/June 2026 Issue
An editor's letter introduces the Texas Observer's May/June 2026 issue while framing an upcoming Texas political runoff between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton. The piece uses cryptic, cyclical language and notes that Trump's endorsement timing remains uncertain.
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Texasβ Top Criminal Court Has Stymied the Stateβs βJunk Scienceβ Law. Will SCOTUS Intervene?
Texas' highest criminal court is accused of blocking enforcement of the state's 'junk science' law in capital cases. The article uses Charles Flores' death sentenceβobtained partly through hypnotized witness testimonyβas a test case for whether SCOTUS will intervene in Texas judicial procedures.
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