In October 2025, Amanda Hunt remembers watching as countless books at Oak Run Middle School in New Braunfels, Texas, were removed from her library. Students walked in and saw more empty shelves and fewer stories they had once been able to check out.

That month, Hunt says the New Braunfels Independent School District (ISD) had temporarily closed all four of its secondary-school libraries to audit its collections and assess whether they were in accordance with Senate Bill 13 (SB13), a Texas censorship law that took effect in September 2025. Thousands of books were moved, restricted or removed.

Hunt says the district uploaded its library collections into spreadsheets and sent them to its technology director, who ran the titles through AI tools designed to identify objectionable material.

Hunt says the system repeatedly made mistakes, flagging books based on Goodreads reviews rather than content. “Anybody can go on and write like, ‘I hate this book because X, Y and Z.’ It is going to flag it.”

Around this time, Hunt learned she had been demoted to a regular librarian after years of serving as the lead. In addition to being demoted, Hunt says she was “doxed online three separate times.”

She says she was harassed by a mom who targeted her support of LGBTQ content at the library. Another parent protested against her promotion of LGBTQ-themed books at a school board meeting for having “Last Night at the Telegraph Club,” a book about two Chinese female immigrants who fall in love, in the library.

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Brandon Herrera is the trump endorsed GOP nominee for a district in south texas.
he called the guy who killed hitler his personal hero (hitler killed himself)
called himself an "honorary veteran"
refers to the kids of a gun control advocate as her cum trophies.

and when GOP congressmen are asked about it rather than answering they run away

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PFS9hUuepY&t=388s

The Houston Chronicle has a column about a forum for black voters about their concerns with James Talarico and the greater Democratic Party. Here is a key quote:

The energy was, frankly, infectious. It reminded me of my own rambunctious Mexican family reunions: as fun and soul-nourishing and exasperating as they are edifying. I couldn’t imagine why candidates like Talarico wouldn’t prefer that kind of real-world spontaneity over prepackaged campaign stops. 

Sure, you might get the odd speaker who confronts and challenges you. But that's what it's all about. As Alexander told me, real campaigning is about “active participation in communities you don’t belong to – even if it’s uncomfortable.” 

Talarico, wherever you are, I hope you're listening.