Faith Bugenhagen

the way my aura is fully restored the second my foot hits the ground in Houston, Texas 😭 I love my home 😭

NEW: Former #TX31 GOP primary candidate Valentina Gomez disclosed making more than $30k on X, listing "triggering liberals" as her sole source of income aside from home rental revenue. I wrote about what her & other TX influencers' campaigns say about our political moment:

Roughly 100 Texas GOP lawmakers are in Washington today for White House meeting about ... we dunno yet houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

@FBugenhagen_ I’m sure that Texans will care so much about this considering gas is $4 a gallon

This Talarico meat-gate is really taking on a mind of it's own...

Charles Exum, the Border Patrol agent who shot Marimar Martinez five times, texted a group chat with fellow agents a few days after the shooting. “I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys,” he wrote. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2Gq1Fq

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Ibogaine advocacy, "This is what I want to do for the rest of my life." @statesman @sxsw statesman.com/news/article/r…

Notably, Marcus Luttrell, of the “Lone Survivor” story joins Perry on stage—Perry credits Luttrell for the reason why he got involved in Ibogaine advocacy

Here at former Texas governor Rick Perry’s session on Ibogaine—a recent popular point of advocacy for Perry @sxsw @statesman

NEW @TexasTribune: 136 measles have been are reported in TX so far this year. Most of them are in federal detention facilities, @TexasDSHS told me. 99 cases are at the West Texas Detention Facility, which is run by LaSalle Corrections in Hudspeth County. shorturl.at/SAPiS

President Donald Trump promised his endorsement was forthcoming in the GOP Texas Senate runoff and said he wanted whoever he didn’t pick to drop out. But now — preoccupied with the Iran war and a doomed voting bill — he’s missed a critical deadline. cnn.it/4dtwoHD

UPDATE: Looks like Dallas voters will be able to vote at any polling place countywide. Dallas County GOP chair Allen West just said that sticking with precinct-only voting for the May runoff will exposed the party "to increased risk and voter confusion." #txlege

Following Carmen Mejia’s story for the @statesman, I spent time with her during her first week free. After 22 years behind bars for a wrongful conviction, she is navigating the rush and novelty of a new world: statesman.com/news/local/art…

Today is the deadline for Cornyn or Paxton to drop out of the race for U.S. Senate. This morning, Cornyn's camp is out with an ad featuring an AI Paxton and two AI mistresses partying in a condo with an AI Nate Paul, the Austin developer from whom Paxton was accused of accepting bribes.

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.

some texas house and senate republicans headed to dc for white house meetings this week at the request of president trump per sources : bit.ly/3NabfHX #txlege

I just spoke with the head of Dallas Co elections. After widespread confusion on primary election day this month, he told me they are now considering returning to countywide voting for the May runoff. Doing that would require the OK of both the county Dems and GOP. #txlege

Pope Leo urged journalists on Monday to highlight the suffering caused by war, cautioning against ​news reports that risk sliding into propaganda by ‌glorifying conflicts or serving as "a megaphone" to amplify the voices of those in power. For @Reuters reuters.com/business/media…

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil discusses free speech and "horrendous" conditions for immigrants inside federal detention centers at SXSW panel - "I never imagined that such injustices were happening on U.S. soil" spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news…

ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS, directed by Joshua Seftel, wins the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. A journalist and a photographer set out to memorialize the bedrooms left behind by children killed in school shootings.