Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
The Karmelo Anthony trial - regardless of the verdict - displays the inequities that are hard-wired into our justice system for the Black community: https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/85-years-of-american-justice
...The right-wing agitators outside the building during the trial are only the latest example of escalating racial tension in Frisco and Collin County: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/06/09/texas-city-was-already-struggling-with-racial-divisions-then-came-bitter-murder-trial/
A new AI deepfake ad attacking James Talarico is evidence of the desperation the right wing is experiencing, even this early in the final run to November: https://newrepublic.com/post/211578/maga-group-ai-generated-ad-james-talarico
Republican-dominated rural counties, like Caldwell south of Austin, have been left defenseless against AI data center developers by the very Republicans they have elected to power, who stripped local officials of regulatory control: https://www.texasobserver.org/data-center-boom-rural-gop-local-control/
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