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Did you miss last night’s debate on PBS? Never fear, it’s up on YouTube!

Live from the Anwar Family Studio (Syed Anwar is August Pfluger’s largest donor), sponsored by Diamondback Energy (another Pfluger donor, and a company he owns stock in).

Which I say only because it should be known that Claire Reynolds will NEVER shy away from defending the people of Midland, Odessa, and the rest of TX-11 no matter how biased the forum may be!

Totally unrelated to the above, catch her on KWEL AM radio this morning (October 6, 2026) at 9am!

The Midland Reporter-Telegram ran a profile of Texas Democrat Claire Reynolds today. Quoting:

>Claire Reynolds is running to become the U.S. representative for Texas' 11th Congressional District, representing the Democratic Party and serving as the first electoral opposition to Republican incumbent August Pfluger. Reporter-Telegram sat down with her to talk about her life, why she is running for office and her expectations for a term in office.

Do please check your voter registration before October 5th, this Monday, since that's the voter registration deadline!

Hey all -- I could use some beta testing on the new voting guide we just published. It's shortlinked at https://voting.claire11.org, and the real URL is https://www.clairereynoldsforcongress.org/volunteer-and-vote .

If you'd be a dear and review this for accuracy, typos, etc, I sure would appreciate it! The goal is to make sure that anyone who wants to vote has enough information to get their democracy on, but not so much detail that it feels intimidating. I just know that we have a ton of new voters in Pflugerville and the rest of TX-11, the maps are confusing, the rules and laws can be intimidating, and the primary turnout numbers imply a historic groundswell among Democrats is in the making this year.

In the end, I want to encourage basically everyone who can vote early to actually vote early, and specifically not to rely on mail-in ballots for reasons described on the site that hopefully aren't too doomer and dour.

Basically, I want to do anything I can to help people in Pflugerville to vote this fall (October 19-30, and November 3).

Brant Bingamon from the Austin Chronicle covers a recent road trip through Texas’s new Congressional District 11 that stretches from North Austin, through San Angelo, and all the way out to Midland and Odessa.

Your challengers, everyone. People who actually give a shit about the district. That's a nice change from past election years.

Claire Reynolds, candidate for US House of Representatives covering Odessa, Midland, San Angelo, Pflugerville, and North Austin wrote a short op-ed and posted it up on her website. Happy Fourth, everyone!

Two Congressional candidates for TX-11 respond to identical questions. Transcribed from live audio, so kind of a time-shifted debate format.

I wonder if they’ll agree to a real debate before the election.

Update: unpaywalled! Thanks MRT!

Does anyone else secretly giggle a little / experience unspeakable dread when reading mainstream news articles about Anthropic Mythos, the LLM?

I've taken to spelling it

M Y T H 🐙 S

in chat.