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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.

What's a LIV Hub? You're about to find out if you're up to joining the 49% of voters who identify as independent

Texas independents are seeing the color purple -- a mixture of red and blue.

Sid Miller, Texas Ag Commissioner, is teaching us that policy, not politics, is what you need in a crisis developing due to the data center gold rush.

Make sure to reserve a seat. We expect a full house!

We thank the Bastrop County Democrats and the Bastrop County Republican Club for co-sponsoring this event with LIV! Click on the picture for the Data Center Event Page to RSVP for Ju;ly 22.

Sid Miller issued a press release urging the Governor to call a Special Session to address data centers before 2027,, when it's too late

Of the millions of words said or written about AI, we turn to independent writer, Charles Hugh Smith's whose own work was -- legally -- expropriated by AI. He so simply makes a great case that, "Without Subsidies, AI is Unaffordable."

So, you may have caught the announcement by Tucker Carlson that he has left the Republican Party and is pledging his support for a new independent party..

July 4th is the 250th birthday of the United States of America. We'll talk about how independents can celebrate it at this Monday night's meeting with Mike Collier, independent candidate for Lt. Governor.. LIV meets every Monday night at 8 pm online: RSVP now Our June 29th meeting with special guest, Mike Collier, will focus on his court battle on petition obstacles to place his name on the November ballot. Mike is running as an independent for Lt. Governor, arguably the mos

We were there with Mike Collier when he filed his petitions to run independent against Dan Patrick