@jasonheid

Health, Business, and Innovation Editor @TexasMonthly | Cubs fan | Frontiers are where you find them.

 Austin, TX
Joined December 2010
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Just thought I'd mention since everyone is swarming to cover Talarico that I profiled him in December texasmonthly.com/news-politi…

The Last Temptation of James Talarico

The insurgent Democrat wants religion out of politics. And he won’t stop preaching about it.

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Texas Republicans used to debate. This cycle, they won't. (Gift link). texasmonthly.com/news-politi…

Texas Republicans Used to Debate. Not This Cycle.

With early voting already underway, we're likely to close out this election cycle without a single debate between top-of-the-ticket candidates. Why?

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Inside the Conservative Takeover of the University of Texas

A secretive president. A crusading provost. A domineering legislature. What are UT’s new leaders building?

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Forrest Wilder@Forrest4TreesOct 20
Hey y'all, tomorrow @texasmonthly is publishing a story I've been working on for a while—a deep dive into the conservative takeover at UT. It's the Nov. cover story. If you've been seeing the headlines, but confused abt what's happening @ the 40 Acres, check back here in the AM!
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has for years claimed the church-state wall doesn't exist. Now, with a friendly president and U.S. Supreme Court, Patrick and his allies are working to codify their views into federal policy. (Gift link). texasmonthly.com/news-politi…

Inside the Texan-Led Movement to Tear Down the Church-State Wall

Dan Patrick calls the separation of church and state a lie and has worked to infuse Christianity into Texas institutions. Trump is helping him take that strategy nationwide. 

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Matthew Weiner’s great talent is much the same as Don Draper’s: passing off self-indulgent inscrutability as profundity. Mad Men is pretty good.
Jeremy Gordon@jeremypgordonSep 25
MAD MEN is the #1 show of the century, probably all-time. Unparalleled depth, performances, themes, emotions; the best drama that is also somehow the best comedy. I know this; you know this; your mom knows this. We don't have to be babies who pretend otherwise.
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One of Texas's biggest swing counties is now led by a Republican—who was appointed by a judge from a different county. @mkerrhardy explains the mess in Fort Bend County: texasmonthly.com/news-politi…

How Republicans Hijacked One of Texas’s Biggest Swing Counties

After the swing county’s top executive became mired in scandal, Republicans—with some unwitting help from a Democratic activist—installed one of their own.

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Always an honor to edit my biological sister @sammiecarrots, back in Texas Monthly today with a piece on the border buoys in Eagle Pass and the man trying to reclaim the river texasmonthly.com/news-politi…

In Eagle Pass, I Floated the River While I Still Could

For years, the boat ramp at Shelby Park was the center of a power struggle between the State of Texas and the federal government. Local outfitter Jessie Fuentes launched an effort to get people back...

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Houston’s top-notch medical research could be brought to bear on a mysterious disease that has arrived in Texas, but that can’t happen because of whom the condition affects: immigrant workers. texasmonthly.com/news-politi…

A Mysterious Kidney Disease Has Arrived in Texas

The condition, linked to heat on a warming planet, is affecting immigrants from Central America and Mexico. As scientists race to track the growing epidemic, its victims have been driven further into...

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If you've found yourself confused about what the hell is happening with the wall: the video team at @TexasMonthly got me, @sammiecarrots, and @Forrest4Trees on CAMERA to explain what is actually going on in the Big Bend texasmonthly.com/news-politi…

Watch: What’s Actually Going On in Big Bend?

Amid a flurry of fast-changing news and misinformation, it can be hard to keep track of the border-security plans in the Big Bend region. We’ve got you covered.

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After 16 months on the sidelines, far-right billionaire Tim Dunn is getting involved in the Texas race for US Senate. Dunn's entry comes as Ken Paxton, whose political life he once bankrolled, trails in some polls and is getting killed in spending. texasmonthly.com/news-politi…

Ken Paxton’s Far-Right Billionaire Backer Has Returned

Tim Dunn, once among Paxton’s biggest donors, seemed to pull back from financially supporting the candidate in 2025. A recent campaign-finance report shows he’s finally getting involved in the Senate...

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I was there and it was indeed disgusting texasmonthly.com/news-politi…

How “Anti-Sharia” Crusaders Turned a City Council Meeting Into Pure Chaos

City council members unanimously approved the expansion of a nearly thirty-year-old mosque—over the objections of angry residents riled up by right-wing messaging.

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Carlos Turcios
@Carlos__TurciosAug 6
🚨MCKINNEY, TEXAS🚨We obtained an internal email showing the McKinney City Manager telling city employees that he was “disgusted” by some of the people who attended the contentious City Council meeting over the proposed mosque site. Follow: @Carlos__Turcios @DallasExpress
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Trump's border wall is set to bulldoze the site of the 1918 Porvenir Massacre, in which 15 unarmed Mexican-American boys and men were killed by the Texas Rangers. The land is considered sacred by descendants of the victims. via @peterjholley @TexasMonthly texasmonthly.com/news-politi…

Trump's Border Wall Is Set to Bulldoze a Vital Piece of Texas History

The Porvenir massacre site is considered sacred ground for the descendants of those killed in a mass execution. The Trump administration’s border wall threatens to erase it from history.

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Ugly scene as a woman in a hijab spoke: “A man standing near the exit shouted, “Pigs!” A woman near him joined in, but quieter: “Dogs!””
Allegra Hobbs@AllegraEHobbsAug 6
McKinney City Council met Tuesday night for what was supposed to be a routine site plan approval for a new mosque. It may not surprise you to hear that it turned into something else entirely. texasmonthly.com/news-politi…

How “Anti-Sharia” Crusaders Turned a City Council Meeting Into Pure Chaos

City council members unanimously approved the expansion of a nearly thirty-year-old mosque—over the objections of angry residents riled up by right-wing messaging.

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Nate Schatzline is a hardline Christian nationalist who believes the 2020 election was stolen + that he is at spiritual war with "powers of darkness" that control Austin. Gov. Abbott just gave him a $275K job as a senior advisor on "election integrity." texasmonthly.com/news-politi…

He Sees Politics as a Spiritual Battle Against Demonic Forces. Now He’s Advising the Governor.

Meet Nate Schatzline, the Christian nationalist and former state representative who is helping Greg Abbott manage “election integrity.”

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One of the best jobs in journalism today—staff writer for @TexasMonthly— is available now. Details here: texasmonthly.com/about/jobs-…

Jobs and Internships

Since 1973, Texas Monthly has chronicled life in contemporary Texas, reporting on vital issues such as politics, criminal justice, the environment,

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Mike and Maci Berkeley could be comfortably retired in Aspen. Instead they're here: "poverty and medical problems have created an atmosphere of hopelessness. And then there is the constant danger of the menacing and omnipresent Sinaloa drug cartel." texasmonthly.com/news-politi…

In Mexico’s Mountains, a Houston-Based Nonprofit Offers Health Care to an Isolated People

Mike and Maci Berkeley have spent more than twenty years bringing medical and spiritual attention to the impoverished Tarahumara.

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You know what's great? Books. What's better than books? Nothing. Join me at @texasbookfest tomorrow at 1:15, when I'll talk to @jessica_goudeau and Tim Z. Hernandez about their latest books, which uncover hidden histories and the ghosts of our collective past.
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Consulting with Dr. Hologram once or twice would be kinda fun, but isn't the fact that we often can't easily get doctors in the same room as their patients a sign that we need much bigger, systemic fixes to health care? texasmonthly.com/news-politi…

Can Holographic Doctors Save Struggling Hospitals?

A small medical center south of Dallas is the nation’s first to offer 3D telehealth visits, and its CEO believes the technology is a “game changer.”

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The crack @TexasMonthly politics team is blogging through election day and night. Join me in following along. Can Allred's strategy of campaigning like he's a moderate Republican yield any better results against Ted "Cancun" Cruz than Beto managed in 2018? texasmonthly.com/news-politi…

Texas Election 2024 Live Updates: Who is Winning?

Follow along for analysis and coverage of Trump's victory in Texas, Cruz's triumph over Allred, the GOP civil war in the Texas Legislature, and more.

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Now that you've presumably read @mkerrhardy's stellar @TexasMonthly tale about Othram, the Texas DNA lab cracking cold cases, you should check out the story of Pecos Jane, also penned by Michael and featuring Othram. Much mystery remains in this one: texasmonthly.com/true-crime/…

Decades After Mysteriously Drowning, Pecos Jane Has a Name

The young woman who mysteriously drowned in the Ropers Motel pool in 1966 might have remained anonymous forever, if not for cutting-edge genetics, old-fashioned genealogy—and the kindness of a small...

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