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It’s Kamala or chaos

Fascism doesn’t sit well in U.S. One good reason to vote in this year’s election is to prevent Trump’s MAGA nonsense from metastasizing into government policy. For all their talk of freedom, Trump partisans are eager to weaponize government against everyone who doesn’t look and think like them. They claim the Department of Justice has been weaponized against Trump by the Biden administration, despite Biden having bent over backwards not to interfere with DOJ — either to harm Trump or to...

DSHS secretly changes policy to deny gender marker changes on birth certificates

As of last Friday, Aug. 30, The Texas Department of State Health Services, following in the footsteps of the Texas Department of Public Safety Driver License Division, will no longer accept certified court orders to change gender markers on a person’s birth certificate, according to a report by KXAN.com. As KXAN points out, Texas law allows changes to a birth certificate if the information on the birth certificate is proven “by satisfactory evidence to be inaccurate.” (Previously, a court...

Stage Notes: Addison imposes changes to WaterTower; Texas Flamenco Festival announced

Stage Notes is a weekly aggregate post about theater, classical music and stage news, events, reviews and other pertinent information. Season announcements came in hot and heavy this week. Stage Notes Calendar Opening this week: Stage West: The Importance of Being Earnest, today-Sept. 22. Undermain Theatre: Athena, today-Sept. 29. Fort Worth Fringe Fest 2024, Friday-Sunday at Arts Fort Worth. Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra: Opening Weekend: Tchaikovsky’s Sixth and Sibelius’ Violin Concerto,...

It’s Kamala or chaos

Fascism doesn’t sit well in U.S. One good reason to vote in this year’s election is to prevent Trump’s MAGA nonsense from metastasizing into government policy. For all their talk of freedom, Trump partisans are eager to weaponize government against everyone who doesn’t look and think like them. They claim the Department of Justice has been weaponized against Trump by the Biden administration, despite Biden having bent over backwards not to interfere with DOJ — either to harm Trump or to...

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Electric muscle

2024 Kia EV6 GT: An all-electric, super-zippy, family-friendly performance car your Camaro-loving ancestors never imagined CASEY WILLIAMS | AutoCasey AutoCasey@AOL.com In the way to the grocery store the other night, I was sitting at a red light in the 2024 Kia EV6 GT AWD. Opposite me was a ’69 Camaro — revving its engine, looking for a fight. As I sat in near silence listening to Aretha on the Meridian audio system, it occurred to me how utterly the Kia would dispense with that iconic Chevy....

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Stage Notes: Addison imposes changes to WaterTower; Texas Flamenco Festival announced

Stage Notes is a weekly aggregate post about theater, classical music and stage news, events, reviews and other pertinent information. Season announcements came in hot and heavy this week. Stage Notes Calendar Opening this week: Stage West: The Importance of Being Earnest, today-Sept. 22. Undermain Theatre: Athena, today-Sept. 29. Fort Worth Fringe Fest 2024, Friday-Sunday at Arts Fort Worth. Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra: Opening Weekend: Tchaikovsky’s Sixth and Sibelius’ Violin Concerto,...

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