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Texas lawyer. Blue always. Canoeing, kayaking, birding, music and now serious concern about the future of our country.
I forget. Which commandment deals with stealing Montblanc pens from fellow lawyers?
Ken Paxton to school districts: Comply with Ten Commandments law or face potential legal action
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Ken Paxton to school districts: Comply with Ten Commandments law or face potential legal action
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Ken Paxton to 'vigorously enforce' Ten Commandments requirement amid lawsuits
Attorney General Ken Paxton advised schools to comply with Senate Bill 10, promising the state would take on legal fees to defend the law in court.
www.houstonchronicle.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I forget. Which commandment deals with stealing Montblanc pens from fellow lawyers?
Ken Paxton to school districts: Comply with Ten Commandments law or face potential legal action
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Ken Paxton to school districts: Comply with Ten Commandments law or face potential legal action
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
That Oval Office keeps getting worse.
August 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
That Oval Office keeps getting worse.
Exactly.
“Putin would eat you for lunch.”
Today, exactly that happened.
Today, exactly that happened.
August 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Exactly.
Ah, how nice. Two war criminals meet in person.
August 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Ah, how nice. Two war criminals meet in person.
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Trump: "Last month, I signed one big beautiful bill and allowed no tax on Social Security for our great seniors." (This was not in the bill.)
August 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Trump: "Last month, I signed one big beautiful bill and allowed no tax on Social Security for our great seniors." (This was not in the bill.)
Does anyone have advice on how to best support those Texas Democrats who had to leave the state to attempt to prevent Trump cheating again? I feel I need to pitch in to help.
August 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Does anyone have advice on how to best support those Texas Democrats who had to leave the state to attempt to prevent Trump cheating again? I feel I need to pitch in to help.
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Abbott wants Texas Dems to be removed from office for "abandoning" their voters for 10 days. Yet my Congressman Sylvester Turner died on March 5th & Abbott didn't call for a replacement election until November with an expect runoff in December. I'll go 10 months without representation. Weird, right?
August 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Abbott wants Texas Dems to be removed from office for "abandoning" their voters for 10 days. Yet my Congressman Sylvester Turner died on March 5th & Abbott didn't call for a replacement election until November with an expect runoff in December. I'll go 10 months without representation. Weird, right?
Yes. That needs to be pointed out every time.
Fellow journalists:
The president doesn't have the power to impose tariffs, with extremely limited exceptions.
Failing to point out that only Congress has the power to impose tariffs is bad journalism.
The president doesn't have the power to impose tariffs, with extremely limited exceptions.
Failing to point out that only Congress has the power to impose tariffs is bad journalism.
August 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Yes. That needs to be pointed out every time.
Protest of planned Texas redistricting today. One of 5 in Harris County.
July 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Protest of planned Texas redistricting today. One of 5 in Harris County.
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This sentence, typed in her dissent, should scare the living fuck out of everyone in this country.
"This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law."
– Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
"This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law."
– Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
June 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This sentence, typed in her dissent, should scare the living fuck out of everyone in this country.
"This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law."
– Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
"This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law."
– Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
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“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
June 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
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The Supreme Court just trampled the Constitution—allowing deportations without due process, without hearings, without basic rights. They’re not interpreting the law—they’re enabling lawlessness. This is a direct assault on the Fifth Amendment. No trial. No warning. Just state-sanctioned cruelty.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to rapidly deport undocumented immigrants to countries where they have no ties.
Supreme Court OKs rapid deportations to countries where immigrants have no ties
The high court’s majority offered no explanation for its ruling.
www.politico.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The Supreme Court just trampled the Constitution—allowing deportations without due process, without hearings, without basic rights. They’re not interpreting the law—they’re enabling lawlessness. This is a direct assault on the Fifth Amendment. No trial. No warning. Just state-sanctioned cruelty.
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He wants to see it play out in real time too!
June 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
He wants to see it play out in real time too!
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Seeing as Emil Bove personally fired me from DOJ in retaliation for prosecuting January 6 rioters, I don’t think he should be confirmed to a lifetime seat as a federal judge. But that’s just me.
And ... this (Emil Bove nominated to a court of appeals) appears to be happening?
May 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Seeing as Emil Bove personally fired me from DOJ in retaliation for prosecuting January 6 rioters, I don’t think he should be confirmed to a lifetime seat as a federal judge. But that’s just me.
Right on.
I will block any arms sale to a nation that is doing direct personal business with Trump. We should have a full Senate debate and vote.
UAE's investment in Trump crypto and Qatar's gifting of a plane is nuclear grade graft. An unacceptable corruption of our foreign policy.
UAE's investment in Trump crypto and Qatar's gifting of a plane is nuclear grade graft. An unacceptable corruption of our foreign policy.
May 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Right on.
Doesn't sound like there is a UK trade deal at all. What an embarrassing fool.
May 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Doesn't sound like there is a UK trade deal at all. What an embarrassing fool.
Watching this moron and his presser with the Canadian PM. He very clearly would not pass Econ 101 at any school in the world. Does not understand trade, international relations or public relations. Embarrassing.
May 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Watching this moron and his presser with the Canadian PM. He very clearly would not pass Econ 101 at any school in the world. Does not understand trade, international relations or public relations. Embarrassing.
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He has no authority to do MOST of the things he's done so far.
The world isn't bowing down to him. They're laughing at US.
The mountain in Alaska is: Mt. Denali.
The area of water beneath Texas & bordering MEXICO is: The Gulf of Mexico.
THIS is reality.
The MSM should NOT normalize insanity.
The world isn't bowing down to him. They're laughing at US.
The mountain in Alaska is: Mt. Denali.
The area of water beneath Texas & bordering MEXICO is: The Gulf of Mexico.
THIS is reality.
The MSM should NOT normalize insanity.
May 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
He has no authority to do MOST of the things he's done so far.
The world isn't bowing down to him. They're laughing at US.
The mountain in Alaska is: Mt. Denali.
The area of water beneath Texas & bordering MEXICO is: The Gulf of Mexico.
THIS is reality.
The MSM should NOT normalize insanity.
The world isn't bowing down to him. They're laughing at US.
The mountain in Alaska is: Mt. Denali.
The area of water beneath Texas & bordering MEXICO is: The Gulf of Mexico.
THIS is reality.
The MSM should NOT normalize insanity.
The corruption is off the charts and neverending with this guy. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
Trump Pardons Executive Whose Family Sought to Publicize Ashley Biden’s Diary
The pardon of Paul Walczak, who had been convicted of tax crimes, comes as the president uses clemency to reward allies and swipe at perceived enemies.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The corruption is off the charts and neverending with this guy. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
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Democratic members of Congress should probably be made to understand that unless they throw everything they have at this, they are next.
Bondi declares war on the courts: "What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me ... they are deranged ... we are sending a very strong message today ... we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you."
April 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Democratic members of Congress should probably be made to understand that unless they throw everything they have at this, they are next.
In a year full of dumb news stories, this may be the dumbest.
April 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In a year full of dumb news stories, this may be the dumbest.
Very soon American English will have a new lexicon. Ponzi scheme will be known as a Trump Scheme. A Traitor will be known as a Trump not Benedict Arnold. A bad US car will not be an Edsel but a cyber truck. There are many more examples.
April 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Very soon American English will have a new lexicon. Ponzi scheme will be known as a Trump Scheme. A Traitor will be known as a Trump not Benedict Arnold. A bad US car will not be an Edsel but a cyber truck. There are many more examples.
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The tell was that Trump posted it was a good time to buy this am. He needed a few days for friends and fam to get their money in place, bet they made a killing in all this chaos. Such manipulations used to be considered a crime in USA.
April 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The tell was that Trump posted it was a good time to buy this am. He needed a few days for friends and fam to get their money in place, bet they made a killing in all this chaos. Such manipulations used to be considered a crime in USA.
Proving again that this is not a smart guy. Your mea culpa is way too late.
my humble opinion is that if your job is to manage risk and make big decisions about markets and you screw up your judgement this badly you should be disqualified from ever managing money and also shunned completely from speaking on the subject in public again
April 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Proving again that this is not a smart guy. Your mea culpa is way too late.