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0PEN LETTER TO TRUMP ON GEN. SULEIMANI ASSASSINATION
By Jon K. SchmidJanuary 6, 2020, Although four of five Americans support your recent action and remarks, I must go on the historical record and object. Please permit me to suggest that Americans and...
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PART 2 OF: RANCHERO'S LIES DEMONIZE JUAN N. CORTINA
(Ed.'s Note: When Juan N. Cortina went into battle with the Mexican Army against Zachary Taylor on May 7-8, 1846, he was fighting on his own land, a part of his mother's share of the Espiritu Santo...
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BROWNSVILLE : HOWARD HUGHES, BLOCKADE, THE CIVIL WAR
"On 4/04/1976 an intravenous drip was started, but doctors wishing to respect his privacy waited too long. Hughes was loaded into his private jet and died over Brownsville, TX on 4/05/1976 at 1:27 PM,...
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PORT OF BROWNSVILLE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR DEBBY DUKE RETIRES; IS...
Deborah Duke retired at the end of 2019 after more than 35 years of service to the Port of BrownsvilleIf you needed information on elections, personnel, or policy decisions, Debby Duke, the Port' of...
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IS IT A "SWIM", A "FLIGHT", A "SUNNING", A "GULP", OR A "ROOKERY" OF...
(Ed.'s Note: This placid scene of the Town Resaca along Calle Retama reflects nearby palm trees off the water as a "flight", "gulp", "rookery", "sunning", or "swim" of cormorants stand atop the...
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TORRES, "MR. BASEBALL", INDUCTED INTO LAT. AMERICAN HOF
By Roy Hess Brownsville HeraldRio Grande Valley/border sports historian and writer Rene Torres, 73, of Brownsville was inducted Saturday into the Latin American International Sports Hall of Fame in...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE KING! ELVIS WOULD HAVE BEEN 85
elvis presley - in the ghetto - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com › watch▶ 2:42Apr 11, 2006 - Uploaded by ramondaelvis in the early 70s!!!! "Avaible on Special Edition DVD by Warner Bros"(Click to...
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AS USUAL, TRUMP BLAMES OBAMA FOR HIS IRANIAN TROUBLES
By Glenn Kessler and Salvador RizzoThe Washington PostFact CheckerPresident Trump’s address to the nation after Iran’s missile attacks on bases in Iraq where U.S. troops are stationed contained a...
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GEOGRAPHY OF POVERTY: BROWNSVILLE STILL IN EPICENTER
The most vulnerable Americans are being crushed by the grip of poverty, from the deserts of the Southwest through the black belt in the South, to the post-industrial, rusting factory towns that dot the...
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BERNAL NAMES BRYANT WALKER ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe City of Brownsville City Managers's office just got a little bigger.City Manager Noel Bernal has added Bryant Walker - the director of the Brownsville-South Padre Island...
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DESPITE SLIGHT PROGRESS, CITY STILL SEEN AS GHOST TOWN
By Trymaine LeeMSNBCGhost TownBrownsville and other border cities have a symbiotic relationship with Mexico. Not only are most residents of Mexican descent, but the economies on either side of the...
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SHADES OF MCNAIR! CHARROS TO BE SAMANO-BREEDEN DAYS?
Special to El Run-RrunWill Charro Days be renamed the Breeden-Samano (or Samano-Breeden) Days in honor of the three generations of these families' scions?That's what appeared might happen when the idea...
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DENIED ASYLUM SEEKER TAKES HIS LIFE ON PHARR BRIDGE
PHARR (Reuters) - A Mexican asylum-seeker slit his own throat on a bridge across the Rio Grande after being denied entry into the United States, two Mexican security officials said on Wednesday.Then he...
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WALKER, BHA BOARD MEMBER, DOTH PROTEST TOO MUCH
Special to El Rrun-RrunWe notice where local architect and Brownsville Historical Association board member Calvin Walker complains in a letter to the local daily about having to "endure political...
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BISD TRUSTEE ERASMO CASTRO RESIGNS EFFECTIVE TODAY
January 10, 2020Sent Via Hand DeliveryBISD Board of Trustees1900 E Price RdBrownsville, Texas 78521In re: ResignationDear Board Secretary, Superintendent and BISD Trustees:Please be advised that I...
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WTF? TEXAS D.P.S.: BEWARE OF A LONER WITH A BONER
By Bob BinghamRawStoryMisogynistic men who identify as part of the “Involuntary Celibate” movement are domestic terrorism threats, according to a new report.The Texas Department of Public Safety...
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OOPS! DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT TO THE PORTA POTTY!
(Ed.'s Note: Did someone have a little accident? Deja tu, el peste. We hope everything came out well for this hapless driver. Looks like he was in a hurry.)
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CAN ANYONE GUESS WHAT THIS IS? AND THE THREE 6s?
(Ed.'s Note: Someone sent us this photo and we tried to decipher the meaning of the 9V and the three 6s (or are then 9s?) in a circle. Does anyone out there know what the symbol 9V and the three...
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