@jvet95.bsky.social
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NEW: Over the years, Texas legislators have declined to pass at least three bills that would create siren or alert systems, a tool that Kerr County officials tried to secure for years before the July 4 flooding.
By Lexi Churchill & @lomikriel.bsky.social, w/ @texastribune.org
By Lexi Churchill & @lomikriel.bsky.social, w/ @texastribune.org
Texas Lawmakers Largely Ignored Recommendations Aimed at Helping Rural Areas Like Kerr County Prepare for Flooding
Texas lawmakers’ inaction on flood prevention often hits rural and economically disadvantaged communities the hardest, experts said.
www.propublica.org
July 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
NEW: Over the years, Texas legislators have declined to pass at least three bills that would create siren or alert systems, a tool that Kerr County officials tried to secure for years before the July 4 flooding.
By Lexi Churchill & @lomikriel.bsky.social, w/ @texastribune.org
By Lexi Churchill & @lomikriel.bsky.social, w/ @texastribune.org
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Good morning 🫡
July 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Good morning 🫡
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Stealing from the poor, giving to the rich, at a time when inequality is already at record levels.
Inequality is the thing that holds us back most — and this Republican bill exacerbates it. (Again) #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
Inequality is the thing that holds us back most — and this Republican bill exacerbates it. (Again) #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
June 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Stealing from the poor, giving to the rich, at a time when inequality is already at record levels.
Inequality is the thing that holds us back most — and this Republican bill exacerbates it. (Again) #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
Inequality is the thing that holds us back most — and this Republican bill exacerbates it. (Again) #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
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Trivia for your next pub quiz — or perhaps trade negotiation: The United States already has a free trade agreement with Canada. It's called USMCA, and was negotiated by President Trump.
June 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Trivia for your next pub quiz — or perhaps trade negotiation: The United States already has a free trade agreement with Canada. It's called USMCA, and was negotiated by President Trump.
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Low enrollment, high costs, a backlog of more than 5,000 applications: Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program — the only one in the nation — offers a window into how the GOP’s nationwide proposal could impact your state 👇
Congress Is Pushing for a Medicaid Work Requirement. Here’s What Happened When Georgia Tried It.
GOP lawmakers want to nationalize Medicaid work requirements to offset Trump’s proposed tax cuts. Yet Georgia’s example shows that this could threaten health care for nearly 16 million Americans and…
www.propublica.org
June 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Low enrollment, high costs, a backlog of more than 5,000 applications: Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program — the only one in the nation — offers a window into how the GOP’s nationwide proposal could impact your state 👇
@mcuban.bsky.social
Maybe threads banning Tennessee Holler is your answer on how to increase BlueSky numbers. Eventually we just won’t have access to truth online. State run media brought to you by the tech bros and it will all soon be AI generated.
Maybe threads banning Tennessee Holler is your answer on how to increase BlueSky numbers. Eventually we just won’t have access to truth online. State run media brought to you by the tech bros and it will all soon be AI generated.
June 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
@mcuban.bsky.social
Maybe threads banning Tennessee Holler is your answer on how to increase BlueSky numbers. Eventually we just won’t have access to truth online. State run media brought to you by the tech bros and it will all soon be AI generated.
Maybe threads banning Tennessee Holler is your answer on how to increase BlueSky numbers. Eventually we just won’t have access to truth online. State run media brought to you by the tech bros and it will all soon be AI generated.
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#ICYMI: In April, we reported that at least a dozen members of Congress wrote to the Trump administration with questions about citizens detained, questioned and even held at gunpoint by ICE agents.
None of them received an answer.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
None of them received an answer.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Congress Has Demanded Answers to ICE Detaining Americans. The Administration Has Responded With Silence.
Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions.…
www.propublica.org
June 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
#ICYMI: In April, we reported that at least a dozen members of Congress wrote to the Trump administration with questions about citizens detained, questioned and even held at gunpoint by ICE agents.
None of them received an answer.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
None of them received an answer.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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There is no deal
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Thank you for your attention to this matter
June 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
There is no deal
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Thank you for your attention to this matter
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“When they are cracking down on peaceful protests at a small scale, you’ve got to organize peaceful protests at a large scale. That is what works.”
Leah and Ezra discussed #NoKings Day with @briantylercohen.bsky.social. We hope to see you in the streets on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Leah and Ezra discussed #NoKings Day with @briantylercohen.bsky.social. We hope to see you in the streets on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
June 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“When they are cracking down on peaceful protests at a small scale, you’ve got to organize peaceful protests at a large scale. That is what works.”
Leah and Ezra discussed #NoKings Day with @briantylercohen.bsky.social. We hope to see you in the streets on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Leah and Ezra discussed #NoKings Day with @briantylercohen.bsky.social. We hope to see you in the streets on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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It’s not just that the oligarchs don’t want to pay their fair share of taxes.
Many of them literally do not believe in the concept of government.
They are rich and powerful and have the “divine right” to do anything they want.
Many of them literally do not believe in the concept of government.
They are rich and powerful and have the “divine right” to do anything they want.
June 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It’s not just that the oligarchs don’t want to pay their fair share of taxes.
Many of them literally do not believe in the concept of government.
They are rich and powerful and have the “divine right” to do anything they want.
Many of them literally do not believe in the concept of government.
They are rich and powerful and have the “divine right” to do anything they want.
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Some people think the problem is a shortage of Nazis.
Ah yes, the classic startup playbook:
1. Build community
2. Add fascists
3. Monetize rage
4. Fire your ethics team, pivot to blockchain, radicalize some teenagers
5. IPO
If this is the “balance” we’re missing, I’m happy staying lopsided
Ah yes, the classic startup playbook:
1. Build community
2. Add fascists
3. Monetize rage
4. Fire your ethics team, pivot to blockchain, radicalize some teenagers
5. IPO
If this is the “balance” we’re missing, I’m happy staying lopsided
June 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Some people think the problem is a shortage of Nazis.
Ah yes, the classic startup playbook:
1. Build community
2. Add fascists
3. Monetize rage
4. Fire your ethics team, pivot to blockchain, radicalize some teenagers
5. IPO
If this is the “balance” we’re missing, I’m happy staying lopsided
Ah yes, the classic startup playbook:
1. Build community
2. Add fascists
3. Monetize rage
4. Fire your ethics team, pivot to blockchain, radicalize some teenagers
5. IPO
If this is the “balance” we’re missing, I’m happy staying lopsided
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Step 1. Announce arbitrary tariffs for each country
Step 2. When markets crash, pause those tariffs and say they're just leverage for deals
Step 3. Promise deals
Step 4. Fail to make deals
Step 5. Announce arbitrary tariffs for each country
...and yes, I find it hard to keep my cool, sometimes.
Step 2. When markets crash, pause those tariffs and say they're just leverage for deals
Step 3. Promise deals
Step 4. Fail to make deals
Step 5. Announce arbitrary tariffs for each country
...and yes, I find it hard to keep my cool, sometimes.
May 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Step 1. Announce arbitrary tariffs for each country
Step 2. When markets crash, pause those tariffs and say they're just leverage for deals
Step 3. Promise deals
Step 4. Fail to make deals
Step 5. Announce arbitrary tariffs for each country
...and yes, I find it hard to keep my cool, sometimes.
Step 2. When markets crash, pause those tariffs and say they're just leverage for deals
Step 3. Promise deals
Step 4. Fail to make deals
Step 5. Announce arbitrary tariffs for each country
...and yes, I find it hard to keep my cool, sometimes.
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Yes, we noticed. You're still here.
May 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Yes, we noticed. You're still here.
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We collected well over 180,000 signatures to put it on the ballot. It passed by 57%. These assholes don’t care about us.
STOP VOTING FOR THEM.
STOP VOTING FOR THEM.
May 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
We collected well over 180,000 signatures to put it on the ballot. It passed by 57%. These assholes don’t care about us.
STOP VOTING FOR THEM.
STOP VOTING FOR THEM.
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An X USER, to Grok: “Why are you launching into conversations about white genocide, unprompted?” 🤡
May 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
An X USER, to Grok: “Why are you launching into conversations about white genocide, unprompted?” 🤡
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There's always a tweet.
May 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
There's always a tweet.
I need to vent. If you can afford to go to Europe for a couple weeks, you can afford to treat your dog’s periodontal disease. Don’t give me BS excuses for letting your dog have a mouth full of rotten, infected teeth. It is THE major issue that will improve your pet’s QOL!
May 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I need to vent. If you can afford to go to Europe for a couple weeks, you can afford to treat your dog’s periodontal disease. Don’t give me BS excuses for letting your dog have a mouth full of rotten, infected teeth. It is THE major issue that will improve your pet’s QOL!
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The truth is most countries haven't had substantial tariffs on the United States in decades. As a result, most countries are walking in and they say, hey, you know what? We already don't tariff you. Why don't we write it down in an agreement where I say something that was already true 6 weeks ago."
May 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The truth is most countries haven't had substantial tariffs on the United States in decades. As a result, most countries are walking in and they say, hey, you know what? We already don't tariff you. Why don't we write it down in an agreement where I say something that was already true 6 weeks ago."
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“How much injustice will Americans take? Has the arrest of a judge crossed a line you cannot tolerate? How about the taking of three small American children out of the country in the middle of the night without due process? Have we crossed the Rubicon yet?”
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
How Much Injustice Will Americans Take?
A Saturday Prompt
open.substack.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“How much injustice will Americans take? Has the arrest of a judge crossed a line you cannot tolerate? How about the taking of three small American children out of the country in the middle of the night without due process? Have we crossed the Rubicon yet?”
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
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You know what Biden didn’t do? Fall asleep at the Pope’s funeral. He was there. Wide awake. Who’s the doddering old man again?
April 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
You know what Biden didn’t do? Fall asleep at the Pope’s funeral. He was there. Wide awake. Who’s the doddering old man again?
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Online, the company touted its use of “hidden food bags” — drugs concealed in shipments labeled as food. Its ads promised “strong safety delivery” with “packaging made to measure” to “guarantee” that illicit chemicals would elude border inspections.
Fentanyl Pipeline: How a Chinese Prison Helped Fuel a Deadly Drug Crisis in the United States
While China enforces strict laws against domestic drug trafficking, state-supported companies have openly shipped fentanyl to the U.S., investigators say. One prison-owned chemical company boasted…
www.propublica.org
April 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Online, the company touted its use of “hidden food bags” — drugs concealed in shipments labeled as food. Its ads promised “strong safety delivery” with “packaging made to measure” to “guarantee” that illicit chemicals would elude border inspections.
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In defiance of the Supreme Court & without any evidence, the White House claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a “terrorist,” who was “sent to the right place.”
This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent.
He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.
This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent.
He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.
April 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
In defiance of the Supreme Court & without any evidence, the White House claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a “terrorist,” who was “sent to the right place.”
This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent.
He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.
This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent.
He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.