Sometimes things work out about as symbolically perfect as could possibly be. That was certainly the case when Donald Trump, around 2:30 AM last Wednesday morning, framed the ongoing counting of votes as causing cancellation of a party for him. “We were getting ready...
“There’s no road map gonna tell us where we are.” Eliza Gilkyson. That line comes from Austin’s own Eliza Gilkyson in her song Promises to Keep from her incredibly prescient album entitled 2020. It was released in April of this year. Like much good art, this line is...
Texas has burst into the national headlines over the last few days for something absolutely, totally unprecedented — high voter turnout. More Texans voted early this year than voted in the entire 2016 election — that is more than the 2016 early, mail-in and election...
As folks have probably already heard, a caravan of Trump supporters in pickup trucks surrounded a Biden campaign bus on IH 35 last Friday. They were evidently trying to force the bus to stop completely, but only succeeded in slowing it down to about 20 miles per hour....
by Daryl Slusher The Austin Independent is proud this week to feature photos from veteran Austin photographer Alan Pogue. The photos are from President Donald Trump’s June 20 rally in Tulsa . So in a way this story is dated, but the photos still provide a view into...
by Daryl Slusher This publication will be primarily dedicated to local and regional issues in the Austin area. Occasionally, however, we will branch out beyond the metropolitan boundaries when I think there is something to be added; and this is one of those times....
