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Eater
30-06-2025
- General
- Eater
The Best Dishes Eater Ate in San Antonio in June
The amount of excellent food available in San Antonio is dizzying. With your Eater editors dining out frequently, that means coming across lots of standout dishes and drinks that need to be shared. 200 E Grayson Street, #100 It's hard to choose a favorite from the magnificent dishes I had here, but the Pishkado crudo was a shared plate I ate entirely by myself, which speaks pretty loudly to its quality. This iteration was made with a base of red snapper cut into squares, mixed simply with cucumber, red onion, and radishes in equal-sized pieces, plus cilantro, mixed into a tahini-based vinaigrette with dollops of rich olive oil. The small touch that made it stand out was the use of whole coriander seeds, rather than ground coriander. At just the right moments, they added a bigger crunch than the vegetables, and a jolt of flavor in an otherwise mild dish. 812 South Alamo Street, Suite 103 The tasting menu at Michelin-starred Mixtli celebrates a 20-ish year period in history, up until the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848. Through that lens, the kitchen uses cooking techniques and ingredients from Mexicans, Texicans, Spaniards and other Europeans, as well as Indigenous Americans who roamed the larger land that was Mexican territory. There are many standout dishes, but one that captured my attention was a course of acorn and pecan mole over root vegetables with amaranth, a South American seed similar to quinoa. The sous chef who served it that evening explained that the acorn in the mole is in the form of flour, which was taste-tested from the few varieties available until they found the right flavor. Pecans, acorns, and root vegetables are all things the Indigenous peoples of the area would have gathered. The chef left them uncut and imperfect, with long, twisted growths and roots intact. Most of the people waiting in line ahead of me at Pinkerton Barbecue for lunch were there for the meat. I was there for the Baller Mac and Cheese — a large serving that comes with a scoop of moist brisket, and a serving of extra cheese spooned over the top. The mac and cheese here is already great, with slightly oversized noodles and a good combination of cheeses that makes it nostalgic, similar to the boxed stuff, but melty enough that you know they used the good stuff. 221 Newell Avenue, the Pearl If there are beets on the menu, I am ordering them. And anyone who loves beets should order the version on Isidore's menu right now. The embered vegetables are roasted over the already-fired grilled bones from some of their steaks, and served in a fermented black persimmon-based sauce. The secret ingredient hidden under the beets is pecan butter — something the staff says is always on the menu here in some form or another. It would have never occurred to me to put these ingredients together, but they work so well. The creaminess and sweetness of the pecan butter mixed with the earthy beets do not change the profile of the ingredient, but bring out a little of their ripe sweetness. The sauce also has a touch of acid that balances the dish.
Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Mexican Senate president says LA is essentially Mexico: I'd ‘pay for the wall' if it ceded US southwest
Mexico would pay for the U.S. border wall if the border were redrawn to match the 1830s, when much of the American Southwest belonged to Mexico, the country's Senate president quipped this week. Gerardo Fernández Noroña spoke in Spanish in Mexico about the U.S. federal immigration raids in Los Angeles, which have sparked violent riots and protests featuring demonstrators waving Mexican flags on U.S. soil. Critics, including senior Trump advisor Stephen Miller, have branded scenes of people waving the Mexican flag as evidence Los Angeles is "occupied territory." In that regard, Noroña recounted telling President Donald Trump privately in New York in 2017 that Mexico would build and pay for the border wall he wants — under one condition. Maxine Waters Torched By Feds For 'Taunting' Guardsmen And 'Spewing Lies' About Riots, Trying To Enter Jail "We'll do it according to the map of Mexico from 1830," Noroña said, producing a cartogram. "This is what the United States was in 1830, and this was part of Mexico. Read On The Fox News App "I was at Trump Tower when President-elect Donald Trump said ... I said, 'Yes, we'll build the wall. Yes we'll pay for it, but we'll do it according to the map of Mexico from 1830." The cession of that amount of territory would account for at least 48% of the U.S. electoral vote, a standardized measure of population density. 'I Call It A Rebellion': Maxine Waters' History Of Enflaming Crowds From Rodney King To Today The member of the left-wing Morena Party lamented that Mexico was "stripped" of about one-third of its territory via the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War. The U.S. won that war but also suffered steep losses, including former Tennessee Rep. Davy Crockett's last stand at the Alamo. The treaty established rights for people who lived in what was Mexican territory that was about to be governed only a few months later in 1849 by President Zachary Taylor, a decorated commander of that war. "We settled there before the nation now known as the United States," Noroña said, claiming the treaty was "not respected." He claimed disaffected residents of Laredo, Texas, established Nuevo Laredo on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande because they did not want to be Americans. "With this geography, how can they talk about liberating Los Angeles — and California — the U.S. government; liberate from whom?" he said. "[For] Mexican men and women, [that has] always been their homeland." The top official then claimed Angelenos do not need to know how to speak English because of the historic prevalence of Spanish there. "This is part of the U.S., yes, and the U.S. government has the right to implement whatever immigration measures it deems appropriate. But they have no right to violate the dignity of migrants ... no right to subject them to suffering, persecution and harassment."Original article source: Mexican Senate president says LA is essentially Mexico: I'd 'pay for the wall' if it ceded US southwest
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Gulf Of What? A note from StormTracker 59 on hurricane season
GHENT, WV (WVNS) — President Donald Trump signed executive order #14172, 'Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness', on February 9th, 2025, where the Gulf of Mexico was renamed to the Gulf of America. The formally named Gulf of Mexico received its name from early European explorers that had to cross the body of water to arrive in Mexico1. Since the late 1600's, the name just stuck. Mexico, at the time, covered present day Mexico and several state that would become the United States of America including Texas, California, New Mexico, Arizona, portions of Colorado, and Wyoming. Spain controlled Gulf waters along Florida and France held control of much of the waters along Louisiana. For more than 400 years the name 'Gulf of Mexico' survived early colonization, the Louisiana Purchase in 18032, Texas independence in 18393, Texas statehood in 18454, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 18485, and the 1853 Gadsden Purchase6 where Mexico and the U.S., traded control over what is now the United States of America. Not to mention the internal changes in colonial Mexico from Spanish control. The Gulf of Mexico has been a long standing name for generations of citizens of several counties that border it and around the world. With recent changes from the February 2025 executive order, however, some contention has arose from the move bringing politics to a body of water's name that is highly important to the Atlantic Hurricane Season. Making it a name that will come up quite a bit from June to November during the 2025 hurricane season. For the most part, meteorologists have always shortened the name 'Gulf of Mexico', now 'Gulf of America', to simply 'The Gulf', as it is a body of water most audiences are familiar with, know their directional relationship to it, and where to find it on a weather map. If a hurricane is in the Gulf, like Helene from 2024, most of us know where to look. But with so much political turmoil over the recent changes from President Trump, meteorologist have found themselves under fire for following this practice as if it were a slight towards the President's order. It is not. Why spend 30 seconds during a severe weather event talking about where a location is when most already know where you are talking about? For your StormTracker 59 team, our main concern when it comes to natural disasters is always the safety and wellbeing of our community, first. Breaking in for tornado coverage, Facebook lives during major winter storms, or rising to the challenges in the community after historic flooding. We care more about our community's weather concerns than what the political world thinks about us. We are scientists, not political commentators you might find on 24-hour news networks. With that said, the Gulf of America the name of the body of water that runs along the western side of Florida, southern Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas by executive order and recognized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration whom we rely on throughout the year, especially during hurricane season. NOAA has already started issuing communications on alerts and discussions using the new name and as a result, when applicable to our forecast discussions, we will do the same. Again, our focus isn't on the name of the body of water the deadly CAT 4 hurricane comes from, but what impacts it will have to you when it does. However, after over 400 years of history, multiple years of combined education between our meteorologist during a time when the name was different, new things take time to adjust too and mistakes will be made. We may slip and refer to 'the Gulf' as the Gulf of Mexico. We will strive to call it what it is, the Gulf of America, but when we do or don't we are not jumping into the political world. We leave policy and politics where they belong, in the hands of elected officials. We let them answer for their choices as we do our best to follow those choices. Our hope, as the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season gets underway, is that it is a calm year that falls short of current forecasts and we don't have to see headlines like 'death toll rises in wake of another hurricane'. It is also our hope to continue to provide the best coverage of impactful weather events as we've always have without politics getting in the way of vital information that can keep you safe. Gulf of America or Gulf of Mexico, when hurricanes come, it won't matter to us, or you, when we're left picking up the pieces in the aftermath. We'll keep politics out of our weather forecasts as we have enough to deal with from Mother Nature than fighting political ideologies or policy. Our focus will always be on the weather and how it will impact you. That, at the end of the day, is all we care about. 1) Britannica – Gulf of Mexico/Gulf of America: National Office of the Historian – Louisiana Purchase 1803: & 4) Texas State Historical Society – The Texas Revolution: Key Events and Impact: National Archives – Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848): National Office of the Historian – Gadsden Purchase, 1853–1854: Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Lawmaker asks U.S. attorney to intervene in New Mexico common lands case
Rep. Miguel Garcia (D-Albuquerque) wants U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico Ryan Ellison to attend an interim legislative Land Grant Committee meeting this year. Garcia is showing speaking during the committee's first meeting since the most recent legislative session on May 30, 2025. (Photo by Austin Fisher / Source NM) A state lawmaker is asking the top federal prosecutor in New Mexico to reopen a case that allowed the American government to take millions of acres of commonly owned land promised to New Mexicans in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Rep. Miguel Garcia (D-Albuquerque) on May 28 sent a letter to U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico Ryan Ellison asking him to reopen a 128-year-old court case called United States v. Sandoval. Garcia is asking Ellison to attend one of this year's interim legislative Land Grant Committee hearings, at which land grant attorney Narciso Garcia will present the legal arguments and questions surrounding the case to either Ellison or his designee, and the committee will ask him to intervene. Last Friday, at the committee's first meeting since this year's legislative session, Garcia said he took it upon himself to make the request, and that Ellison's office is deliberating how to respond to it. Ellison's office declined to comment. The case deals with commonly owned land — locally managed lands meant to sustain communities — in seven areas in New Mexico granted by the Spanish Empire and later recognized by Mexican law. The justices ruled that the common lands were actually owned by the Spanish Empire, and therefore became the U.S. government's property as a result of the the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the end of the Mexican-American War. During this period, land speculators, including U.S. government officials, took advantage of adverse U.S. Supreme Court decisions to defraud communities of their common lands, Arturo Archuleta, director of the New Mexico Land Grant Council and the University of New Mexico Land Grant-Merced Institute, told the committee. The Sandoval decision resulted in the seven land grants shrinking from an average of 450,000 acres to 1,500 acres, Garcia wrote. He wrote that the ruling was a travesty of justice, and told the committee that it resulted in the depopulation of some land grant communities who could no longer herd as many cattle and sheep or produce as many forestry products. 'This was devastating for these communities because this is what brought on poverty in our state,' Garcia told the committee. 'This is a good example of how our land grant communities were turned from a vibrant, self-sustaining community to an impoverished community.' Garcia attached to the letter a 2018 working paper written by John Mitchell, who argues that after Mexico ceded the Territory of New Mexico to the U.S., Congress failed to incorporate it and allowed a temporary government to grant common lands to the inhabitants, which took away jurisdiction from the U.S. Supreme Court concerning land titles in the territory. 'Ultimately, the decision still belongs to the New Mexico Supreme Court who could hold that the de facto government did in fact grant common lands under existing law,' Mitchell wrote. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
Chicago Tribune
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Today in History: Obama directs public schools to accommodate transgender students
Today is Tuesday, May 13, the 133rd day of 2025. There are 232 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 13, 2016, the Obama administration issued a directive requiring public schools to permit transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity. Also on this date: In 1846, the United States Congress formally declared war against Mexico, following battles along the disputed U.S.-Mexico border in the preceding weeks; the Mexican-American War would continue for nearly two years until the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in February 1848. In 1940, in his first speech to the House of Commons as British prime minister, Winston Churchill said, 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.' In 1973, in tennis' first so-called 'Battle of the Sexes,' Bobby Riggs defeated Margaret Court 6-2, 6-1 in Ramona, California. (Billie Jean King soundly defeated Riggs at the Houston Astrodome later that year.) In 1980, a tornado struck downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, killing five people and injuring 79. In 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter's Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Ağca. (Ağca was sentenced to life in prison in Italy in July 1981, but was pardoned in 2000 at the Pope's request.) In 1985, a confrontation between Philadelphia authorities and the radical group MOVE ended as a police helicopter dropped two bombs onto the group's row house, igniting a fire that killed 11 people (including five children) and destroyed 61 homes. Today's Birthdays: Actor Harvey Keitel is 86. Musician Stevie Wonder is 75. Screenwriter-producer David Simon ('The Wire') is 66. Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman is 64. TV host/comedian Stephen Colbert is 61. Musician Darius Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) is 59. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., is 48. Actor Samantha Morton is 48. Actor-writer-director Lena Dunham is 39. Actor Robert Pattinson is 39. Actor Debby Ryan is 32. Country musician Morgan Wallen is 32.
