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Democrawonk — Permit folders travel on a moving walkway beneath a DATA-CENTER PAUSE sign toward a closed FINAL APPROVAL barrier while an official stands still. Caption: Please remain stationary while we move you forward.

The Texas Data-Center Pause Comes With A Moving Walkway

PoliticsOctober 22, 2026 at 5:43 PM EDTBy Sabrina Bryan

An imaginary moving walkway illustrates the dispute over which permitting steps continued during Texas’s data-center pause.

Democrawonk — A satirical Trump border-plan map shows two walls funneling a pink arrow marked PREDICTED TRAFFIC toward Big Bend and a NEXT WALL blueprint.

Trump’s Other Walls Could Supply The Crossings His Big Bend Wall Needs

PoliticsOctober 22, 2026 at 6:43 AM EDTBy Jimmy (Jim) Ayers

The government’s defense of building here includes what building everywhere else might cause.

Democrawonk — A Texas official points at Begin Rulemaking on an enormous executive-order display beside an ordinary rulemaking book.

Texas Comptroller Signs Giant Order To Begin Normal-Sized Rulemaking

PoliticsOctober 21, 2026 at 9:50 PM EDTBy Margaret Mayakovsky

Don Huffines’s expansive presentation still fits inside the ordinary agency process.

Democrawonk — A large Tax Relief balloon is tethered to a knotted Apply filing cabinet while a Tax Bill already sits in a house mailbox.

Texas Tax Relief Comes With A Find-It-Yourself Discount

PoliticsOctober 21, 2026 at 6:24 AM EDTBy Sabrina Bryan

The exemption keeps growing. Reaching the people who could use it remains a separate task.

Democrawonk — A cloud-shaped server building feeds a generator whose smoke forms a pink Sign Up arrow toward a neighboring house.

The Cloud Would Like To Skip The Air

PoliticsOctober 21, 2026 at 6:16 AM EDTBy Jimmy (Jim) Ayers

A faster route to powering data centers can deliver pollution to people who never asked for an account.