From TheGuardian.com: First articulated in 2005 by scholar Alexei Yurchak to describe the civilian experience in Soviet Russia, hypernormalization describes life in a society where two main things are happening. The first…
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The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITIZENS OF EL PASO MUST UNITE TO STOP THE DECK PLAZA: SAM ARMIJO TO THE EL PASO TIMES
[[{“value”:” Sam Armijo, Guest Columnist, May 28, 2025, 10:57 a.m. “During the November 2024 General Election campaign, the highest priority problem addressed by allcandidates was the crushing EI Paso property tax. Essentially…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – MAX GROSSMAN TO EPISD BOARD: DO NOT FIRE SUPERINTENDENT SAYAVEDRA
[[{“value”:” Yesterday, Max Grossman addressed the EPISD Board of Trustees at their Special Meeting, called by President Leah Hanany with the aim of firing Superintendent Diana Sayavedra for no apparent reason and…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EPISD TRUSTEE DANIEL CALL BLASTS BOARD PRESIDENT HANANY FOR PUSHING TO HIRE HER EMPLOYER AS SUPERINTENDENT!
[[{“value”:” During tonight’s special meeting, EPISD Board President Leah Hanany failed in her effort to fire Superintendent Diana Sayavedra. After 20 speakers blasted her relentlessly, the Board retired into executive session and…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EPISD SUPERINTENDENT DIANA SAYAVEDRA’S EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
[[{“value”:” We have appended below Diana Sayavedra’s employment contract with EPISD of December 8, 2021, the Amendment to that contract of January 17, 2023, and her current contract of January 26, 2024….
The Border Chronicle – How Musk’s Starbase Could Become the Most Powerful City in Texas
SpaceX Starship Flight 8 stationed near Orbital Launch Pad A ahead of a launch at Boca Chica beach on March 03, 2025. (Photo credit: Brandon Bell via Getty Images) Subscribe now Before…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – SAVE EPISD FROM BANKRUPTCY! SIGN UP TO SPEAK AT TOMORROW’S 5:30PM MEETING TO PREVENT HANANY FROM FIRING SAYAVEDRA
[[{“value”:” If you live within EPISD and care about the education of your children, please attend tomorrow’s 5:30pm Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees at 1014 N. Stanton St. and sign up to…
El Chuqueño Blog – No Mas la Puntita
From KVIA.com: El Paso City Council voted eight to zero to pass a resolution authorizing the submission of an application to the Office of Congresswoman Veronica Escobar requesting an appropriation from the…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – 37 LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR $5M FEDERAL GRANT FOR DECK PLAZA, ALL ADDRESSED TO ESCOBAR
[[{“value”:” Thanks to a public information request filed by our friend Sam Armijo, we have a copy of the City of El Paso’s application for a $5,000,000 grant from the FY26 Community…
El Chuqueño Blog – Gallium in Round Top Mountain
From EcoPortal.net, a story titled 36,000,000 kg under this American region ? It’s better than lithium and the end of China: A recent discovery may put an end to the most recent…