#TexasObserver, legendary crusading liberal magazine, is closing and laying off its staff. The 68-year-old #progressive publication, which published Ronnie Dugger, #MollyIvins and Kaye Northcott, hit financial troubles and wasn’t able to broaden its audience, board members said. https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/26/texas-observer-shutting-down/

"I believe in practicing prudence, at least once every two or three years." — Molly Ivins — — — #MollyIvins #quote #quotes #quip #snarky #patience #prudence #humor #humorous #funny #

Gov. Ann Richards (D-TX), left, vetoed a handgun carry bill in TX in 1993 because “it would promote violence on our streets and in our neighborhoods.”

Molly Ivins, right, was a maverick journalist, political columnist for NYT and co-editor for #TexasObserver who lampooned “the self-seeking, the corrupt & the incompetent in positions of public trust.”

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#Women #Politics #ThrowBackThursday #AnnRichards #MollyIvins #Texas #SpeakTruthToPower #Icons

Gov. Ann Richards (D-TX), left, vetoed a handgun carry bill in TX in 1993 because “it would promote violence on our streets and in our neighborhoods.”

Molly Ivins, right, was a maverick journalist, political columnist for NYT and co-editor for #TexasObserver who lampooned “the self-seeking, the corrupt & the incompetent in positions of public trust.”

📸 Mark Perlstein/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

#Women #Politics ThrowBackThursday #AnnRichards #MollyIvins #Texas #SpeakTruthToPower #Icons

Regarding #GeorgeSantos, #SpeakerGeorgeSantos, and #SpeakerSantos, I agree with #MollyIvins' friend's remedy. #Santos is just another lifeless chicken, and #TheThurd are shit-eating, chicken-killing dogs. #Santos2024! https://www.creators.com/read/molly-ivins/11/04/molly-ivins-november-4-3e5a6201

#GeorgeSantos is #MollyIvins' "chicken" and the #GOP her chicken killing dog.

Do you know how to cure a chicken-killindog?

Molly hilariously knows.

https://www.creators.com/read/molly-ivins/11/04/molly-ivins-november-4-3e5a6201

"Those who think of freedom in this country as one long, broad path leading ever onward and upward are dead damned wrong. Many a time freedom has been rolled back – and always for the same sorry reason: fear."

#MollyIvins