Howdy! I’m the publisher at The Barbed Wire. If you’re new to our site, we’re a next-generation digital media property absolutely obsessed with all-things Texas. If you’re returning after reading our kick-ass coverage of tiny lizards, Russian wrestlers, video games, and civil rights,
The stars at night are big and bright in our Lone Star State, so we are dedicating a special section of our little internet corner to reading them, deciphering them, and finding some patterns deep in the heart of Texas. Every month, Jasmin Alejandrez-Prasad, also known as Esoteric Esa,
If you’re someone who enjoys quality meats, we have a devastating story for you. Authorities confiscated more than 700 pounds of bologna at the Texas-Mexico border on Monday, when Border Patrol agents busted a woman who apparently had an uncontrollable addiction to cold cuts. In addition to seizing
Like a reality show audience buckling up for yet another “most dramatic season ever,” Americans once again find themselves hurtling toward an historic, pivotal presidential election. One candidate would be the first woman elected to the country’s highest office. She’d also be the first South Asian president. The
Turns out that kicking millions of people off Medicaid is really bad! The Texas Tribune and ProPublica investigated how Texas behaved in the aftermath of COVID-19, and — surprise!! — we were extremely shitty toward poor people who needed healthcare. To briefly sum up, we kicked more than two million people
Growing up in West Side San Antonio, Congressman Joaquin Castro’s world was wholly different than the one on his TV or downtown at the Aztec Theatre. “What I would see on screen almost never matched what I saw when I stepped out my front door and into my neighborhood,
The state attorney general, Ken Paxton, is on a roll. Lately he’s targeted endangered lizards, the State Fair of Texas, and transgender Texans of all ages — and this time he’s suing the Biden Administration to make sure there are no protections for LGBTQIA+ children in foster care (a
Great news! Alex Jones’ shitty media empire could be dead soon! The former Austin public access TV host may finally be suffering some consequences for his disgusting lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting being fake, which led to grieving parents being harassed for years by Jones’ followers. (One
When Hector Flores turned 18, he had to pay to vote. More than 60 years later, he can’t remember the exact rate of the poll tax, maybe $2.50 or $2.75. But vivid in his mind is that the fee was roughly the price of a couple gallons
The fall is a magical time of year for Texans. It brings all the best stuff, like football, frigid 89-degree temperatures, and election season. It also brings lots of disgusting crickets that get everywhere, stink to high heaven, and make us wonder which vengeful god we’ve pissed off
Most of the “Trump Train” supporters have officially beaten voter intimidation allegations in a civil trial after a federal jury decided that they weren’t financially liable for swarming a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris campaign bus on Interstate 35 in 2020. Well, all except one. A lone Trump supporter, however,
Texas hasn’t gotten its due as a major piece in the complex puzzle of American art. We’re here to rectify that. Every two weeks, H. Drew Blackburn will conduct a thoroughly scientific analysis of the 254 essential (one for every county) books, movies, tv shows, albums, podcasts, songs,