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Republicans, Democrats and independents working together? Oh my! Yes, this is real, folks!

As SpaceX raves about data centers in space, China is way ahead with its feet on planet earth, submerging data centers in water!

Some well established, longtime loyal Republican Texans are moving in not-so-mysterious ways to work across party lines in this extraordinary election

From Quorum Report, September 23, 2026: Texas Senate District 5, Charles Schwertner's seat includes all of Bastrop, Brazos, Freestone, Leon, Limestone, Madison, Milam, Robertson, San Jacinto, and Walker counties and parts of Williamson County. Lt. Gov. Patrick tells supporters that some of his senators and GOP candidates for Texas Senate are trailing democrats, per sources Patrick also apparently said he and Abbott are both in tight races while Paxton is tied with Talarico Lt

Veteran Caitlin Rourk is running for Congress in CD 10 against Chris Gober, who gerrymandered the district for himself, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Greg Abbott and a host of advocates for perpetual war at our expense. Gober's new CD10 includes: parts of northwest Austin, parts of Pflugerville, all of Rollingwood, Bee Cave, West Lake Hills, Lago Vista and half of Huntsville. These entire counties are in CD10: Brazos, Polk, Grimes, San Jacinto, Houston, Burleson, Leon, Trinity, L

There is one remaining Public Hearing on the Proposed Desired Future Conditions (DFCs) for aquifers within Groundwater Management Area 12 [GMA-12

LIV's Luke Hayes, Bastrop pecan farmer with Liz Sumter Gajdos, independent candidate for Hays County Judge, August 5, Texas State University Family Farm Conference, San Marcos Though it's true that most everyone these days complains about politics and politicians, they -- we -- do little about it. How come? There's no place for voters to come together on the things we agree on. And, the parties simply won't allow it...until now, at least. LIV Hubs are a place for people from

Thanks to the kit and kaboodle of legislators and statewide officials who work for "the lobby," while pretending to represent Texans, Texas is finally in play.

We were a bit taken aback this morning when it appears that the Bastrop County Commissioners Court decided to violate the Texas Open Meetings Act after our warning.

As always, we appreciate the fine work of our friends at the Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund for producing this important water report, • 512.545.4779 • www.simsborowaterdefensefund.org There are two remaining Public Hearings on the Proposed Desired Future Conditions (DFCs) for aquifers within Groundwater Management Area 12 [GMA-12]. POSGCD - Tuesday, September 15, 2026 @ 5:30pm LPGCD - Wednesday, September 16, 2026 @ 3:30pm Claire Marks from LPGCD was quoted about the

L to R: LIV proudly endorses Steven Brown (District 1), Neha Shah (District 3, David Weinberg (District 5), Jeffrey Bowen (District 8), and Katie Kam (District 9). Click on their names to visit their websites. LIV proudly issues our Austin City Council endorsements. City Council races in Texas are nonpartisan. Austin holds its council elections in November. LIV used a 70-point scoring system to evaluate candidates based on 7 questions addressing the Council’s “secret” vote

We watched with embarrassment the skillful questioning by State Rep. Shelby Slawson (R-Granbury). of Bastrop City Manage Sylvia Carrillo and Mayor Ishmael Harris. We think the two got busted by their own testimony

Will King Greg Abbott use his emergency powers to kneel to regular Texans?

This petition case goes to court tomorrow on September 1. It wouldn't surprise us if the Judge immediately rules from the bench.

Since they didn't pass the amendment today, the Judge or any three of the four commissioners may call a special meeting with 72 hours notice and pass a resolution to send to TCEQ. If you want them to do this

If Pacifico Energy is truly listening to Cedar Creek residents, they should drop the plan to skirt around full public input with claims their 710MW gas-fired power plant will be a "minor source" air polluter. Call Sen. Schwertner and Rep. Gerdes to urge they get TCEQ to deny Pacifico a minor source air quality permit. Another Bastrop Town Hall was held last night focused on Pacifico Energy's plan to build a major gas plant and AI hyperscale data center in Cedar Creek, a rural

This 12-hour State Affairs Colmmittee hearing was a doozy! We applaud Senfronia Thompson's wise challenge the "China syndrome" dudes in suits!

Joshua Biddle is a local Bastrop writer with his own Substack platform at De Jure Media. We don't always agree, but Joshua works hard, is very smart and knows how to use AI to dig for information and how to verify it.

Residents of the scene of the "wild, wild west of Western Bastrop County," continue to show up and be counted at meeting after meeting about the plans to grow data centers and power plants willy nilly near thousands of residences.

Today, US District Court Judge Robert Pitman issued an order refusing to place Mike Collier on the ballot as an independent for Lt. Goveror against Dan Patrick.