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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 4h

Last week, Greg Abbott deployed hundreds of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois and Oregon.

What does that tell us about the governor himself? https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/what-texas-national-guard-deployments-say-about-greg-abbott/

What the Texas National Guard Deployment Tells Us About Greg Abbott

Our governor can be a maddeningly inscrutable figure. His latest exercise in ordering troops around can help us understand him.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 5h

Happy "She Kills" release day! https://www.texasmonthly.com/press-room/true-crime-book-she-kills-skip-hollandsworth/

Announcing Our Newest Book, ‘She Kills,’ by Legendary True Crime Writer Skip Hollandsworth

The curated selection of the writer’s Texas Monthly work features stories of women whose often sensational crimes and circumstances put them on the wrong side of the law.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 7h

BJ Bradford wasn’t new to smoking, but coming into possession of a large amount of meat by chance kick-started his Bryan joint, What’s Tha Deal Barbecue. https://www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/whats-tha-deal-barbecue-bryan/

A Long-Haul Trucker Turned 25 Briskets Rejected by a Customer Into a Pitmaster Career

BJ Bradford smoked his way through a botched order and eventually opened What’s Tha Deal Barbecue, in Bryan.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 8h

Gonna need to grab your Stetson for this one, y'all. 🤠

An excerpt from new book, "Stetson: American Icon," explores how the archetypal Western hat got its start in Hollywood—and why it endured. https://www.texasmonthly.com/style/stetson-in-hollywood/

How the Stetson Got Its Start in American Movies—and Why It Endured

An excerpt from a new book explores how the archetypal Western hat got its start in Hollywood—and why it endured.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 9h

“Instead of stalking our ex-boyfriends online, we started a newspaper.”

Founded in 1966, during the Vietnam War, the original 'Rag' emerged out of a sense that free speech was under fire. It's back again. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/ut-underground-newspaper-the-rag-revived/

These UT Students Are Fed Up With Social Media. So They Revived a Newspaper From the Sixties.

“Instead of stalking our ex-boyfriends online, we started a newspaper.”

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 10h

Happy National Dessert Day! 🗣️

One of our favorites? Luby’s Chocolate Ice Box Pie. https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/lubys-chocolate-ice-box-pie/

The Best Dessert in Texas Comes on a Cafeteria Tray

The Texanist offers his pick for the Ultimate Taste of Texas. Did someone say Luby's?

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 12h

In today's word wrangler, search for ten true crime stories written by Texas Monthly’s Skip Hollandsworth. 🔍 https://www.texasmonthly.com/games/word-wrangler-october-14-2025/

Word Wrangler: October 14, 2025

Ten true crime stories written by Texas Monthly’s Skip Hollandsworth.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 1d

Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day.

Read our cover story from 2024 about the Karankawa, the people who inhabited the coastal plains and barrier islands of Texas: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/karankawa-people-today/

The Karankawa Want You to Know They’re Not Extinct

Emerging from a long history of oppression, slanderous folklore, and rumors of their demise, the Gulf Coast people are finding a place for themselves in the twenty-first century.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration’s immigration policies have made it much harder to find agricultural labor in the state—but that’s just the latest blow in a deepening, industry-wide crisis. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/is-this-the-end-of-texas-farming/

Are We Living Through the End of Texas Farming?

The Trump administration’s immigration policies have made it much harder to find agricultural labor in the state—but that’s just the latest blow in a deepening, industry-wide crisis.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 1d

Taylor Bruck, a county clerk in upstate New York, has been pulled into a legal battle that will test whether Texas can enforce its abortion laws in other states. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/ken-paxton-new-york-abortion-lawsuit/

How a Local New York Official Became Ken Paxton’s Most Wanted

The Ulster County clerk has been pulled into a legal battle that will test whether Texas can enforce its abortion laws in other states.

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Christopher Hooks @hooks.bsky.social · 4d

There’s something missing in Greg Abbott. Over the last decade, he seems to have learned to fill it by moving troops around, a hobby which is having a stranger and stranger effect on his country as time goes by: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

What the Texas National Guard Deployment Tells Us About Greg Abbott

Our governor can be a maddeningly inscrutable figure. His latest exercise in ordering troops around can help us understand him.

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 4d

“I’m sure there are a lot of folks who will only attend Oscar Wyatt’s funeral to make sure he’s dead. The Houston oilman, who died Wednesday at age 101, made plenty of enemies.” That @mimiswartz.bsky.social can write a lede, y’all www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

Oscar Wyatt Typified the Texas Tycoon. We May Never See His Like Again.

The shrewd, ruthless billionaire defied convention—and defined the mythology of the oilman.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 1d

In today's word wrangler, search for ten foods we’ve highlighted in our monthly Tex-Mexplainer column. 🌮🌟 http://texasmonthly.com/games/word-wrangler-october-13-2025/

Word Wrangler: October 13, 2025

Ten foods we’ve highlighted in our monthly Tex-Mexplainer column.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, they’re deep-fried. But that’s not the most important part.

These Tacos Are the Best Thing I’ve Ever Eaten at the State Fair of Texas

Yes, they’re deep-fried. But that’s not the most important part.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 2d

Independent media and tourism ventures have sprouted near the South Texas spaceport. But the City of Starbase’s new powers are making things more complicated.

Scrappy Streamers Watch SpaceX’s Every Move. Will Elon Musk’s Company Town Shut Them Down?

Independent media and tourism ventures have sprouted near the South Texas spaceport. But the City of Starbase’s new powers are making things more complicated.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 2d

Not long ago, both Texas MLC teams were world-beaters. Until, suddenly, they weren’t.

What Happened to the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers?

Here’s why Texas’s two baseball clubs missed the playoffs.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 2d

We spoke to Wesley Hunt, the congressman and Trump surrogate, about why he wants to oust Cornyn, whether he thinks he’s helping Paxton win, and what it would take to win Trump’s endorsement.

Texas’s Newest U.S. Senate Candidate Says It’s “Fine” if Ken Paxton Wins

We spoke to Wesley Hunt, the congressman and Trump surrogate, about why he wants to oust Cornyn, whether he thinks he’s helping Paxton win, and what it would take to win Trump’s endorsement.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 3d

Unlikely cheese? Don't mind if we do.

In El Paso, an Unlikely Cheese Reigns Supreme

Originating in medieval Alsace, this semisoft, orange-rind cheese is commonly used in Mexican dishes in the modern border region.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 3d

In some circles, September 1 marks the first day of fall. In others, it comes a little further into the month, on September 22.

In Texas, you have to laugh.

Signs It’s Time to Start Cosplaying Fall in Texas

In some circles, September 1 marks the first day of fall. In Texas, you have to laugh.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 3d

For over a decade, “Dreamers” have lived and worked in the U.S. without fear of detention. More than a dozen have been swept up in this year’s immigration crackdowns.

They Thought DACA Kept Them Safe From Arrest. They Were Wrong.

For over a decade, “Dreamers” have lived and worked in the U.S. without fear of detention. More than a dozen have been swept up in this year’s immigration crackdowns.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 3d

"Wyatt was sui generis. Love him or hate him, we may never see the likes of him again—he was an exemplar of the brash, wily, hell-for-leather Texan. J. R. Ewing was a cheap imitation," writes @mimiswartz.bsky.social of the late Oscar Wyatt.

Oscar Wyatt Typified the Texas Tycoon. We May Never See His Like Again.

The shrewd, ruthless billionaire defied convention—and defined the mythology of the oilman.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 3d

Turns out you can put a fringed hem on anything.

The best of ACL fashion, in photos:

What Folks Are Wearing at ACL Fest

Austin's Zilker Park has become a stage for personal style, from thrifted finds to custom accessories.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 3d

Base Power has become one of the buzziest young companies in Austin—drawing particular attention because of who’s running it: 29-year-old CEO, Zach Dell, the son of billionaire Michael Dell.

Michael Dell’s Son Raised $1 Billion to Upend the Texas Energy Market

Battery company Base Power hopes to convince homeowners to buy in to its new model of providing power.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 4d

We wrap up the first two months of the new Texas Book Club by discussing the enduring power of Larry McMurtry’s 1985 epic. 📚

Listen here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/podcast/tm-out-loud-book-club-lonesome-dove/

Why We Keep Returning to ‘Lonesome Dove’

We wrap up the first two months of the new Texas Book Club by discussing the enduring power of Larry McMurtry’s 1985 epic.

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Longreads @longreads.com · 4d

In our Weekly Top 5:

* The right to die (5280 Magazine)
* When the dart players come to town (Victory Journal)
* A warrior for justice (@texasmonthly.bsky.social)
* The rise of valley fever (@grist.org)
* The joy of a Revolutionary War battle (@theatlantic.com)

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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week - Longreads

This week we are featuring stories from Robert Sanchez, Amos Barshad, Mark Dent, Zoya Teirstein, and Caity Weaver.

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