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  • Flood fallout: Austin Firefighters' union wants chief fired over delayed deployment

    07/09/2025 7:49:57 PM PDT · by SmokingJoe · 9 replies
    YouTube ^ | 07/08/2025 | LiveNOW
    As the flood in Texas continues, the Austin fire chief Joel Baker has been accused of delaying help for Kerr County during this dire situation. He faced a 'No Confidence' vote against him by the Austin firefighters union due to his delayed response. The Austin Firefighters Association posted about Baker on their Facebook page, calling it "absolutely outrageous" and an "egregious dereliction of duty" and calling for Baker to be held accountable. AFA says that on Tuesday, July 8, Austin firefighters plan to start a vote of no confidence on Baker. The Austin Fire Department responded to the accusation with...
  • REVEALED: Austin fire chief who denied resources ahead of Texas flooding prioritized 'increasing diversity'

    07/09/2025 8:25:34 AM PDT · by bitt · 49 replies
    https://thepostmillennial.com ^ | Jul 9, 2025 | Libby Emmons
    "What's important is that I'm not the last African American fire chief." The Austin Firefighters Association intends to hold a vote of no confidence on Fire Chief Joel G. Baker over his failure to deploy advance teams to flood ravaged Kerr County ahead of the destruction. Now, it has been revealed that Baker, the first black fire chief in Austin, prioritized diversity goals shortly after coming onto the job. He's been accused of not deploying Austin's specialized teams ahead of the destruction, despite having been asked by the state to do so, because Texas was delayed in reimbursing the department...
  • Austin firefighters' union calls for 'no confidence' vote against AFD chief

    07/07/2025 4:33:07 PM PDT · by TigerClaws · 7 replies
    The Austin Firefighters Association claims Chief Joel Baker delayed sending firefighters to help with rescue efforts in Kerrville until it was too late. AUSTIN, Texas — Austin's firefighters’ union is calling for a vote of "no confidence" against Austin Fire Department Chief Joel Baker over his response to the deadly Central Texas flooding. The Austin Firefighters Association claims Baker delayed sending firefighters to help with rescue efforts in Kerrville until it was too late. The union says lives were likely lost because of his decision. Union President Bob Nicks will hold a press conference on Tuesday morning at 11 a.m....
  • Sellers are flooding the home market while buyers sit on their hands in these US cities — creating a historic imbalance

    06/16/2025 2:57:27 PM PDT · by Angelino97 · 39 replies
    New York Post ^ | June 16, 2025 | Mary K. Jacob
    After years of sellers calling the shots, some of the hottest pandemic-era housing markets are now grappling with a surplus of listings — and not enough willing buyers. According to real estate brokerage Redfin, April saw nearly half a million more homes listed than buyers in the market, the largest gap since at least 2013. But this supply surge hasn’t translated into a wave of closings. Instead, home sales have stalled in many areas, particularly across the Southeast and Southwest, where inventory has ballooned past pre-pandemic norms. In Miami, for example, there were almost three times as many sellers as...
  • Texas Capitol Locked Down After Threats to Lawmakers, One Person Arrested

    06/14/2025 8:22:03 PM PDT · by Morgana · 9 replies
    Breitbart ^ | June 14, 2025 | Bob Price
    Law enforcement officers locked down and evacuated the Texas Capitol Saturday afternoon due to a threat against lawmakers planning to attend the “No Kings” rally. The grounds re-opened and the protest continued after Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrested a man in connection to the threat. A traffic stop near La Grange, Texas, led to the arrest of a man who allegedly made threats against lawmakers planning to attend the “No Kings” protest scheduled for Saturday evening in Austin. La Grange is located about 65 miles southeast of the Texas Capital City. Troopers briefly shut down and evacuated the...
  • Anti-ICE mayhem explodes in Austin and Dallas as cops confront protesters demanding an end to Trump's deportations

    06/09/2025 9:37:58 PM PDT · by Morgana · 23 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | June 9, 2025 | MARYANN MARTINEZ
    Protesters in two of Texas' largest cities clashed with police on Monday night to show solidarity with demonstrations in Los Angeles against President Donald Trump's sweeping deportation raids. As Trump mobilized 700 Marines to deal with the mayhem in LA, tensions quickly escalated in Dallas and Austin at anti-Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) rallies. Dallas police began arresting individuals just before 9pm after they pleaded with protestors to stay off the Margret Hunt Hill Bridge, a busy thoroughfare into downtown filled with cars zooming by. As darkness fell on the city, a line of cops blocked the advance of the protestors...
  • Fears of a serial killer prowling Texas after 38 bodies pulled from lake in three years

    06/05/2025 11:08:01 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 21 replies
    metro.co.uk ^ | June 05, 2025 | Staff
    Rumours of a serial killer in a major U.S. city are swirling after 38 bodies have been pulled from a lake in three years. The most recent discovery was found by a paddleboarder in Lady Bird Lake in Austin Texas, on Tuesday morning. The discovery has renewed fears that a mass murderer, dubbed the ‘Rainy Street Ripper’, is on the loose in the city with close to a million residents. Austin’s police force has insisted a killer is not roaming the streets, and has said only one of the cases was a homicide. But half a dozen of the bodies...
  • This Austin book club has been reading the same book for 12 years. They’re not even close to done.

    05/19/2025 8:51:43 AM PDT · by Borges · 54 replies
    KUT News ^ | 5/14/25 | Sean Saldana
    In 1939, Irish author James Joyce published Finnegans Wake, a piece of literature that defies comprehension. “riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s,” it begins, “from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.” The book starts and ends with a sentence fragment, combines multiple languages and has no clear or linear plot. It’s a work that’s so dense, one group that started in Austin has been working on it for more than a decade. “We’re only reading one page at a time,” said Peter Quadrino, founder and organizer...
  • Lord Buffalo drummer Yamal Said detained by border patrol, European tour cancelled

    05/14/2025 2:32:10 PM PDT · by Brookhaven · 13 replies
    Lambgoat ^ | May 14, 2025 | Alison Narro
    Austin, TX psych-sludge act Lord Buffalo have been forced to cancel their upcoming European tour after drummer Yamal Said was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday, May 12th at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The band explained that Said, a Mexican citizen and U.S. green card holder, was forcibly removed from the flight while attempting to travel to Europe. The exact circumstances of the detainment remain unclear, but the band confirmed that the situation has made it impossible to continue with the planned tour. The Austin Chronicle reports that Said has lived in Austin, TX since the...
  • Another ‘undercover interview’ leads to Texas AG investigation into Austin ISD

    05/05/2025 6:22:19 PM PDT · by T Ruth · 7 replies
    KXAN ^ | May 5, 2025 | Jala Washington, Kelly Wiley
    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking legal action against the Austin Independent School District after his office said it was made aware of a claim that top officials “implemented an unwritten policy of developing and teaching curricula in the (district) in violation of state law prohibiting instruction on critical race theory (CRT) and related topics,” a court document said.Critical race theory is a concept that looks at how race relations have shaped the current social, cultural and legal world in the present time. It was banned from being taught in Texas classrooms in 2021.Paxton’s office is accusing AISD’s school...
  • News Young white mother killed in cold blood by a career criminal…

    04/28/2025 6:49:46 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 23 replies
    Revolver News ^ | April 28, 2025 | Staff
    A white mother from Austin, Texas, was allegedly murdered by a black career criminal — and once again, the propaganda media shrugs their shoulders, while the politicians look the other way. In today’s upside-down America, there’s only outrage when it fits the regime’s narrative. We all know by now that if the races were reversed, this story would be flooding every news channel, with riots raging in the streets. But when a white victim dies at the hands of a violent black criminal, the media does everything it can to bury it — or worse, pretend that it’s an isolated...
  • WarRoom: Americans don’t realize their roads are swarming with foreign truck drivers…

    04/17/2025 6:50:34 AM PDT · by george76 · 39 replies
    Revolver News ^ | April 17, 2025
    Most Americans have no idea what’s happening on their highways. While we’re all stuck debating the border, our roads have also been totally overrun — not just with bad policies, but with foreign truck drivers who don’t belong behind the wheel or on our streets.. Shannon Everett from American Truckers joined Steve Bannon’s WarRoom to blow the lid off this growing and dangerous trend. According to Everett, what’s happening right now should terrify anyone who drives. That’s scary and disturbing, but it gets even worse… An American trucker says illegals — possibly Jamaican or Haitian—are being given commercial driver’s licenses,...
  • Teen suspect free on bond after allegedly stabbing Texas track star Austin Metcalf to death

    04/15/2025 4:06:26 AM PDT · by blueyon · 30 replies
    Foxnews ^ | 4/14/25 | Peter D'Abrosca
    After a significant bond reduction Monday morning, the 17-year-old accused of stabbing Frisco, Texas track star Austin Metcalf to death has been released from jail. Karmelo Anthony, 17, faces first-degree murder charges in Metcalf's death. His bond was dropped from $1 million to $250,000 Monday morning, FOX Dallas Ft. Worth reported. Anthony's bond conditions include house arrest and an ankle monitor, and he will only be able to leave his home with the judge's permission.
  • Democrats in the Texas House LOSE IT because of @AndyHopperTX amendment to defund UT Austin due to its DEI and Trans programs.

    04/12/2025 1:22:57 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 9 replies
    X.com ^ | 2:30 PM · Apr 12, 2025 | Carlos Turcios✓ @Carlos__Turcios
    Hopper clearly stated there are only TWO GENDERS! Thank you, Representative Hopper, for the amendment! TX FIRST! Lara Logan✓ @laralogan This is common sense. The insanity is that this is regarded as controversial at all.
  • Multiple bombs found inside Tesla showroom in Texas as threats against Elon Musk continue

    03/24/2025 5:43:18 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 36 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 03/24/2025 | Emma Richter
    Multiple incendiary devices were found inside a Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas, on Monday morning as nationwide threats against CEO Elon Musk continue. Austin Police Department officers were called to the electric vehicle showroom just after 8am after an anonymous caller reported that there were bombs placed inside the building. Authorities rushed to the scene and located multiple 'suspicious devices' at the Tesla dealership. The Austin Police Department Bomb Squad were also called to help. The incendiary devices - which are designed to cause large-scale, explosive violence - were taken into police custody without incident, the department said. It is...
  • Police find multiple “incendiary” devices placed at Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas

    03/24/2025 10:17:38 AM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 27 replies
    Police find multiple “incendiary” devices placed at Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas
  • Breaking Exclusive! Infowars Host Owen Shroyer Swatted Overnight In Latest Democrat Assassination Attempt

    03/19/2025 11:05:19 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 47 replies
    InfoWars ^ | March 19, 2025 | Kelen McBreen
    Owen Shroyer, the host of Infowars’ War Room, was the latest victim of the Democrat terrorist swatting campaign plaguing the nation after police called him out of his home late Tuesday night due to a hoax 911 call. Shroyer’s home security video system captured the incident: VIDEOS AT LINK..................... Watch more footage of Austin, Texas, police calling Shroyer out of his home and having him slowly walk towards them with his hands on his head. Owen posted a video detailing the chilling moment, thanking the Austin Police Department for doing their jobs and calling for the Democrat Party’s street thugs...
  • InfoWars reporter Jamie White ‘brutally murdered’ near Austin residential area, outlet says

    03/11/2025 5:49:25 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 40 replies
    NY Post ^ | 03/11/2025 | Shane Galvin
    InfoWars reporter Jamie White was “brutally murdered” near his Austin, Texas, home on Sunday night, according to the outlet. Alex Jones, the founder of InfoWars, revealed the shocking news in a statement shared by the outlet on Monday. “We are deeply saddened to inform you that InfoWars Reporter Jamie White was brutally murdered around midnight Sunday night due, in part, to the policies of the Soros Austin, TX D.A. Jose Garza,” Jones wrote. “We pledge that Jamie’s tragic death will not be in vain, and those responsible for this senseless violence will be brought to justice,” the statement added.
  • InfoWars Journalist Jamie White Murdered in Austin, Texas

    03/10/2025 9:51:40 PM PDT · by Morgana · 11 replies
    Breitbart ^ | March 10, 2025 | Bob Price
    InfoWars journalist Jamie White was murdered just before midnight Sunday night in Austin, Texas. InfoWars founder Alex Jones called White a “one-of-a-kind man who poured his devotion into anything he did.” Shortly before Midnight on Sunday, Austin police officers responded to a “shoot/stab hotshot” call at an apartment complex in the 2300 block of Douglas Street. Responding officers found a male in the parking lot with “obvious signs of trauma,” KXAN NBC reported. EMS crews transported the man to a local hospital, where he died a short time later from his wounds. Austin Detective Leah Ratliff told reporters that officers...
  • Infowars Reporter ‘Brutally Murdered’ in Texas: ‘Blood All Over the Parking Lot’

    03/10/2025 5:37:28 PM PDT · by Beowulf9 · 40 replies
    https://www.mediaite.com ^ | March 10 2025 | Charlie Nash
    Jamie White, a reporter for Alex Jones’ Infowars, was killed in a suspected homicide outside of his home in Austin, Texas just before midnight on Sunday. “We are deeply saddened to inform you that Infowars Reporter Jamie White was brutally murdered around midnight Sunday night due, in part, to the policies of the Soros Austin, TX D.A. Jose Garza,” announced Jones in a social media post on Monday. “We pledge that Jamie’s tragic death will not be in vain, and those responsible for this senseless violence will be brought to justice.” Austin Police Department found White outside his apartment complex...