Newsletter Subject

The State of Texas: What does Alex Jones do now?

From

texasmonthly.com

Email Address

email@texasmonthly.com

Sent On

Thu, Aug 9, 2018 01:51 PM

Email Preheader Text

What Texas is talking about today No Images? August 9, 2018 QUOTE OF THE DAY ?To roll back the clo

What Texas is talking about today No Images? [Click here]( [Discover Shreveport-Bossier: Louisiana's Other Side]( [Texas Monthly]( August 9, 2018 QUOTE OF THE DAY “To roll back the clock and risk the health of millions of Americans is not only irresponsible, it’s dangerous.” —California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, on a lawsuit that was heard in federal court on Wednesday in which Texas, leading a coalition of twenty states,[tried to end Obamacare](. Becerra and his state led a counter-coalition of sixteen states fighting the lawsuit. THE LATEST [What Does Alex Jones Do Now?]( DAN SOLOMON The beleaguered Infowars boss has been pulled from the two largest media platforms in the world. Now what? [Read more.]( QUIZ 1. The cathedral-like beer garden at [Saint Arnold Brewing Company]( features alcoves painted with scenes of the brewery's namesake, who warned his parishioners of the dangers of drinking _________ and encouraged them to stick to beer. 2. [Dockless rental bikes]( have met their end in Dallas through a number of gruesome fates: toppled in a ditch, tossed beneath the cloudy surface of White Rock Lake, and even one improbably placed atop a _________. 3. [San Antonian Shea Serrano]( has released a new ten-part series of essays titled Conference Room, Five Minutes. The essays represent reflections on the hit TV show _________. 4. A Dallas overpass known as the [High Five](reaches an astounding _________ feet in height. 5. [Governor Greg Abbott]( created a brief furor on Twitter after his account posted a meme that misquoted _________. Look here every Thursday for our weekly news quiz—and check back on Friday for the answers! [Talk Like a Texan podcast: Listen Now!Discover Shreveport-Bossier: Louisiana's Other Side]( OUR TOP STORIES [Senator John Cornyn Is Pulling for Pop Singer Demi Lovato]( The second ranking Republican expressed admiration for the Dallas diva following reports of her drug overdose and entering rehab. [Read more.]( [Robert Griffin III and Johnny Manziel, a Study in Contrasts]( Both of the Texas college greats suited up to play football again. Only one of them looked rusty. [Read more.]( [The Rise and Fall of Dockless Bike Sharing in Dallas]( In memoriam. [Read more.]( THE STATE OF TEXAS Robert E. Lee Survives Going against the grain of much of the nation, the Tyler school board decided to [keep the name of its local high school Robert E. Lee](. In a precursor to today's movement against Confederate symbols, in 1972 the school changed its mascot from Rebels to Red Raiders, and they retired the school's Confederate flag as well as the school song, "Dixie." But when one of the board members this week made a motion to change the school's name, the rest of the board sat silently. The motion died and Robert E. Lee survived one more battle. When heroes and despots are [the same person]( "I Warned Him" A Houston grandmother told police she gave the intruder fair warning this week after he exposed himself and began masturbating in front of her. As she retreated into her house and locked the door, the 38-year-old man followed her and tried to gain access to the house—despite her warning that she would shoot him. [And shoot him she did](, pulling a gun and firing through her front door, striking him once in the chest. Police said the man was treated at a local hospital and is expected to survive. "I don't get in nobody's business," the 68-year-old grandmother said. "It's just me and him, and like I keep saying, I warned him." The shooting of [another intruder ]( She Did Cover Up A photo of an Austin woman responding to someone asking her to cover up as she breastfed her child is going viral. Melanie Dudley was nursing her child in the extremely humid Mexican resort town of Cabo San Lucas when someone approached her and asked her to cover up. Dudley dutifully grabbed a swaddling blanket and [threw it over her head,]( leaving her nursing baby undisturbed. "I’ve never met her, but I think she’s AWESOME!!! (Please share! With permission, I’ve made this post public — I’m SO over people shaming women for nursing!!!," wrote Carol Lockwood, who posted the photo, which has generated more than 16,000 comments and 202,000 shares, on Facebook. Is Beyonce [the perfect spokeswoman]( for breastfeeding? THE CULTURE [The Beauty and the Ugliness of “Random Acts of Flyness”]( DOYIN OYENIYI Dallas native Terence Nance’s new HBO series is a dream with a dark edge. [Read more.]( [Living the Bold Life: Arnold Moede]( [Living the Bold Life: Arnold Moede]( When Arnold Moede turned 88, he set his driver’s license on fire. “I wanted to protest getting old,” Moede says. He doesn’t drive anymore, but he gets around just fine. His story is part of “Living the Bold Life,” a new series with Texas Monthly and Whataburger. [Read More]( [Discover Shreveport-Bossier: Louisiana's Other Side]( MORE FROM TEXAS MONTHLY [The Government Reunited Some Immigrant Families—Then Took the Children Away a Second Time]( ROBERT MOORE [The Texanist: Why Does Texas Have So Many Insanely Tall Overpasses?]( DAVID COURTNEY [Electric Deregulation Is Working in Texas, Says Lawmaker Who Led the Effort]( BRUCE HIGHT [Witness to More Than 400 Executions, Michael Graczyk Reflects on His Career]( WILLOW HIGGINS [Subscribe to Texas Monthly and Save!]( Subscribe to Texas Monthly for $1.08 an issue. [SUBSCRIBE]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Website]( Texas Monthly PO Box 1569 Austin, TX 78767 Texas Monthly has sent you this alert because you signed up to receive it either online at texasmonthly.com, at the website of one of our business partners, or when you filled out a reader response card. You may opt-out from Texas Monthly newsletters at any time. Please see our Privacy Policy. If you would like to manage which Texas Monthly Editorial newsletters you are receiving, click Preferences, below. To unsubscribe from our Editorial newsletters, click Unsubscribe. [Like]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](

Marketing emails from texasmonthly.com

View More
Sent On

06/12/2024

Sent On

05/12/2024

Sent On

05/12/2024

Sent On

04/12/2024

Sent On

04/12/2024

Sent On

02/12/2024

Email Content Statistics

Subscribe Now

Subject Line Length

Data shows that subject lines with 6 to 10 words generated 21 percent higher open rate.

Subscribe Now

Average in this category

Subscribe Now

Number of Words

The more words in the content, the more time the user will need to spend reading. Get straight to the point with catchy short phrases and interesting photos and graphics.

Subscribe Now

Average in this category

Subscribe Now

Number of Images

More images or large images might cause the email to load slower. Aim for a balance of words and images.

Subscribe Now

Average in this category

Subscribe Now

Time to Read

Longer reading time requires more attention and patience from users. Aim for short phrases and catchy keywords.

Subscribe Now

Average in this category

Subscribe Now

Predicted open rate

Subscribe Now

Spam Score

Spam score is determined by a large number of checks performed on the content of the email. For the best delivery results, it is advised to lower your spam score as much as possible.

Subscribe Now

Flesch reading score

Flesch reading score measures how complex a text is. The lower the score, the more difficult the text is to read. The Flesch readability score uses the average length of your sentences (measured by the number of words) and the average number of syllables per word in an equation to calculate the reading ease. Text with a very high Flesch reading ease score (about 100) is straightforward and easy to read, with short sentences and no words of more than two syllables. Usually, a reading ease score of 60-70 is considered acceptable/normal for web copy.

Subscribe Now

Technologies

What powers this email? Every email we receive is parsed to determine the sending ESP and any additional email technologies used.

Subscribe Now

Email Size (not include images)

Font Used

No. Font Name
Subscribe Now

Copyright © 2019–2025 SimilarMail.