Brant Bingamon

@lynnsdavenport @FortWorthISD @teainfo Really interesting observation Lynn!

Think about this… Ashley Paz was on the @FortWorthISD school board during the period when they were being scrutinized by @teainfo and forced to attend the Lone Star Governance training with Crabill. Fort Worth ISD is now being taken over by the state. So why would she be hired to coach the Austin ISD school board? @BrantBingamon @KendallGPace @GinaHinojosaTX austinchronicle.com/news/meet-lone… “But what does focusing on test scores mean for the district? Even the trustees are still figuring that out. To help them do so, @AustinISD hired Ashley Paz in September to coach its board members on Lone Star Governance. She also consults with Houston ISD following that district’s takeover by TEA in March.”

@11nafisher Love you Lina

Some news: I was laid off by the Austin Chronicle last week. Back to freelancing for now! You can find my first piece for the Austin Monitor here: austinmonitor.com/stories/2024/0…. Expect to still see my byline in the Chron too. DMs open to any and all opportunities!

@jsmccullou @mclarkmadison woah that's awesome!

Cat's out of the bag: I am working at the NY Times investigating rural Texas criminal justice for the next year!

@mydeitch @TravisCountyTX @AustinChronicle Thanks @mydeitch !

Thoughtful and in-depth article by @BrantBingamon about the future of youth justice in @TravisCountyTX. The Debate Over How and Whether to Jail Kids in Austin Is Just Getting Started austinchronicle.com/news/2024-01-2… via @austinchronicle

@BrigitteBandit So beautiful!!!

went to see my old community college govt professor yesterday and he sent me this today. I never imagined I’d be doing what I am now when I was sitting in his class a decade ago. what a full circle moment🥲

I gotta retweet this shit yo!

This actually happened. Amendment from @RepWalle to ensure State of Texas isn't in the business of putting children under the age of 11 in jail. But author "respectfully" opposes. #txlege

The next time you hear someone saying “moderate Republican House members” in TX…remember, they ALL just voted for HB4. They all agreed to marginalize and endanger other human beings. Not a single one of them is moderate. Being a moderate R is history from another time and place.

A video of neo-Nazis eating at Torchy's Tacos in Fort Worth went viral earlier this month. With a bit of sleuthing I was able to identify two of them, as well as two other Texas neo-Nazis responsible for antisemitic fliers. My latest for @TexasObserver. 1/ texasobserver.org/unmasking-texa…

🧵Last August, I was listening to a feed of a heated North Texas school board meeting while juggling my nightly dad duties. Which is why I was getting my 3-year-old to bed when I heard a mom make a shocking statement that @ahylton26 and I have now spent a year investigating. 1/

The big boss gotta at least fire Fuentes' friend. If he really wants to turn the page he needs to fire Stickland.

I'm starting to kind of like this guy.

The man

@awesomejoolie Love you Joolie!

Here's one I'm pretty pleased with. I got to speak with these amazing, inspirational queer people. They're the ones trying to save our society, y'all ... austinchronicle.com/news/2023-09-2…

@GregAbbott_TX is outraged by false report that @LeanderISD is refusing to hand out the Constitution. Unclear how familiar Abbott is with the Constitution, given # of unconstitutional bills he's signed, but whatever @BrantBingamon t.ly/fJqg8

In his tele townhall, @GregAbbott_TX says if vouchers don't pass in an October special, he’ll call another, and then he’ll send it to the voters in GOP primaries: "There’s any easy way to get it done, and there’s a hard way. Either way, I’m in this to win this.” #txlege

A thread of questions I sent the @TDCJ that they did not answer - How frequently will inmates have access to respite during the lockdown? 🧵 shorturl.at/bchMY

EXCLUSIVE: In four months, two longtime associates of Mayor Kirk Watson and Interim City Manager Jesús Garza were paid nearly $150,000 for vaguely defined consulting services, without authorization from City Council. austinchronicle.com/news/2023-09-1…

Threats of violence from Moms for Liberty