Long Tall Texan!
@lngtalltxan.bsky.social
NeverTrumper. Antifascist. Woke. Billionaires (and millionaires) are not part of normal society.
If you resort to childish namecalling, I probably will not follow you and might block.
(I have an acct here and at FB and at mas.to)
If you resort to childish namecalling, I probably will not follow you and might block.
(I have an acct here and at FB and at mas.to)
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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When you're not Jimmy Kimmel, this is how it goes
The Associated Press has an excellent story about how FCC boss Brendan Carr bullied a Bay Area AM radio station for the crime of reporting on local ICE activity.
facing existential collapse it immediately demoted journalists end replaced political coverage with safe public interest cack:
facing existential collapse it immediately demoted journalists end replaced political coverage with safe public interest cack:
How an AM radio station in California weathered the Trump administration's assault on media
Six days into President Donald Trump's new administration, the San Francisco Bay-area radio station KCBS-AM and other outlets reported on local immigration raids.
apnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
When you're not Jimmy Kimmel, this is how it goes
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People need to read history from source materials. Or responsibly researched / cited retelling of facts.
The enshittification is far older than it is typically framed. An alarming amount of cultural, historical, and more recently, scientific works are confidently stood on a foundation of trustmebro
The enshittification is far older than it is typically framed. An alarming amount of cultural, historical, and more recently, scientific works are confidently stood on a foundation of trustmebro
Notes on Nationalism | The Orwell Foundation
"By ‘nationalism’ I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labelled...
www.orwellfoundation.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
People need to read history from source materials. Or responsibly researched / cited retelling of facts.
The enshittification is far older than it is typically framed. An alarming amount of cultural, historical, and more recently, scientific works are confidently stood on a foundation of trustmebro
The enshittification is far older than it is typically framed. An alarming amount of cultural, historical, and more recently, scientific works are confidently stood on a foundation of trustmebro
“Overcrowded” is a four-part series that examines the cost of the carceral system on Arkansans, and how state policies and recidivism have packed the state’s prisons. Read all of this reporting from the @arkansasadvocate.com team here:
Overcrowded Series Archives | Arkansas Advocate
Forrest Abrams of Fayetteville was 18 years old when he was found dead in a Little Rock alleyway with four bullets in his back. Darrell Dennis was convicted of the 2013 murder. A man with a lengthy…
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December 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I do not feel bad about this. If all you can point to is never voting with the Rs, well, someone else can do that too. www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
‘They’re attacking their own’: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line | CNN Politics
When Rep. Dan Goldman first ran for Congress in 2022, he was cheered on the left as the party’s top lawyer during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.
www.cnn.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I do not feel bad about this. If all you can point to is never voting with the Rs, well, someone else can do that too. www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
"...decades’ worth of research shows that, even though employers pay most of workers’ premiums, those costs are passed on to workers in the form of lower wages and fewer jobs." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o... #healthcare #employment #wages #insurance
Opinion | $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That?
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"...decades’ worth of research shows that, even though employers pay most of workers’ premiums, those costs are passed on to workers in the form of lower wages and fewer jobs." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o... #healthcare #employment #wages #insurance
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The people have created an alert system - using horns and whistles - to protect communities during ICE raids— and it’s working ❤️🔥
When Customs and Border Protection and Commander Gregory Bovino move into town, so does Whistlemania.
Activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby.
Activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The people have created an alert system - using horns and whistles - to protect communities during ICE raids— and it’s working ❤️🔥
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Elise Stefanik’s journey: moderate Republican (2015) to MAGA warrior (2019 onward) to House leadership (2021) to potential VP (wasn’t picked) to maybe Speaker (didn’t run) to UN Ambassador nominee (withdrawn) to NY governor candidate (ended campaign) to retiring. All in a decade.
December 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Elise Stefanik’s journey: moderate Republican (2015) to MAGA warrior (2019 onward) to House leadership (2021) to potential VP (wasn’t picked) to maybe Speaker (didn’t run) to UN Ambassador nominee (withdrawn) to NY governor candidate (ended campaign) to retiring. All in a decade.
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Quite a journey bsky.app/profile/sahi...
Elise Stefanik’s journey: moderate Republican (2015) to MAGA warrior (2019 onward) to House leadership (2021) to potential VP (wasn’t picked) to maybe Speaker (didn’t run) to UN Ambassador nominee (withdrawn) to NY governor candidate (ended campaign) to retiring. All in a decade.
December 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Quite a journey bsky.app/profile/sahi...
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NEW: After months of the government telling the court under penalty of perjury that the US Attorney alone made the decision to charge Kilmar Abrego with a crime, there is now EVIDENCE tying Todd Blanche to the decision. More to come on Substack... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#272 in United States v. Abrego Garcia (M.D. Tenn., 3:25-cr-00115) – CourtListener.com
NOTICE of Defendant's Supplemental Brief on United States' Motion to Quash (Redacted) by Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (Hecker, Sean) (Entered: 12/19/2025)
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December 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
NEW: After months of the government telling the court under penalty of perjury that the US Attorney alone made the decision to charge Kilmar Abrego with a crime, there is now EVIDENCE tying Todd Blanche to the decision. More to come on Substack... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Did you know that the US hasn’t had an ambassador in Moscow in 6 months?
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
December 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Did you know that the US hasn’t had an ambassador in Moscow in 6 months?
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
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Records show ICE has already paid BI $1.6 million, with the potential for the contract to grow to as much as $121 million by the time it concludes in 2027. interc.pt/4599xMw
December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Records show ICE has already paid BI $1.6 million, with the potential for the contract to grow to as much as $121 million by the time it concludes in 2027. interc.pt/4599xMw
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Minneapolis’ police chief is criticizing ICE:
Minneapolis police chief criticizes ICE tactics after clash with protesters | CNN
Minneapolis’ police chief is criticizing federal immigration agents after a confrontation with protesters and an attempted arrest of a woman in which an officer kneeled on her back as she lay atop a s...
edition.cnn.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Minneapolis’ police chief is criticizing ICE:
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Outside an entrance to the Second Avenue subway station in the East Village, street artist Doug Groupp has spray-painted an artwork portraying ICE officers detaining the statue of Liberty.
New York Graffiti Shows ICE Arresting the Statue of Liberty
The artist says he drew inspiration from the subway art of Keith Haring.
hyperallergic.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Outside an entrance to the Second Avenue subway station in the East Village, street artist Doug Groupp has spray-painted an artwork portraying ICE officers detaining the statue of Liberty.
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We’re ending the year with Trump in the weakest he’s been since election. That was not a forgone conclusion. We appreciate everything you all did to make that happen.
December 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
We’re ending the year with Trump in the weakest he’s been since election. That was not a forgone conclusion. We appreciate everything you all did to make that happen.
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"A U.S. Army Reserve lawyer detailed as a federal immigration judge has been fired barely a month into the job after granting asylum at a high rate out of step with the Trump administration’s mass deportation goals"
Military lawyer swiftly fired after defying Trump deportation push
An Army Reserve lawyer detailed as a federal immigration judge has been fired after granting asylum at a high rate.
www.militarytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"A U.S. Army Reserve lawyer detailed as a federal immigration judge has been fired barely a month into the job after granting asylum at a high rate out of step with the Trump administration’s mass deportation goals"
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“.. After a series of public humiliations delivered to her by President Trump .. Ms. Stefanik on Friday afternoon announced she’d had enough.” 🤡
@anniekarni.bsky.social #NYgov
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
@anniekarni.bsky.social #NYgov
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
“.. After a series of public humiliations delivered to her by President Trump .. Ms. Stefanik on Friday afternoon announced she’d had enough.” 🤡
@anniekarni.bsky.social #NYgov
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
@anniekarni.bsky.social #NYgov
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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People power this movement. And now there’s a new way to show it.
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Our official Talarico merch line just dropped: store.jamestalarico.com
People power this movement. And now there’s a new way to show it.
Proudly USA-made and union-made — and just in time for the holidays!
Our official Talarico merch line just dropped: store.jamestalarico.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
🚨 MERCH DROP 🚨
People power this movement. And now there’s a new way to show it.
Proudly USA-made and union-made — and just in time for the holidays!
Our official Talarico merch line just dropped: store.jamestalarico.com
People power this movement. And now there’s a new way to show it.
Proudly USA-made and union-made — and just in time for the holidays!
Our official Talarico merch line just dropped: store.jamestalarico.com
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Certified banger
too much bad news lately, so I’m sharing this song my son wrote. it is the most annoying song I’ve ever heard in my entire life.
![It is to my very great chagrin that I hav written out alt text for these song lyrics:
I'm smarter than you
I'm smarter than you
eat a bowl of poo- poo
PoOPy PooPy d00- doo
youre dumber than me
you're dumber than me
wash that down with Pee-pee
tinkle winkle wee - wee
nya nya nya nya nya nya nya nya nya hya
I know more than you
you know less than me
nya nya nya nya nya hya nya nya nya nya
Dont forget to eat your Poo-poo
Don’t forget to drink your pee-per
[repeat from top]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hyj5gdgpkql2bz7rbset3h33/bafkreiddcstf7y72jzfjs6mw7r44tvjpmojuxupkwzdqnvtpkeugwaossa@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Certified banger
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EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
Opposed to Data Centers? The Working Families Party Wants You to Run for Office
The influential progressive third party announced Thursday that it was putting out a recruitment call for candidates specifically opposed to data centers.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
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NEW: Trump’s raids are wrecking construction crews, worsening labor shortages, and threatening homeowners’ rights. So why won’t the industry that’s getting crushed say anything?
@crampell.bsky.social takes a look in the latest edition of Receipts.
@crampell.bsky.social takes a look in the latest edition of Receipts.
December 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
NEW: Trump’s raids are wrecking construction crews, worsening labor shortages, and threatening homeowners’ rights. So why won’t the industry that’s getting crushed say anything?
@crampell.bsky.social takes a look in the latest edition of Receipts.
@crampell.bsky.social takes a look in the latest edition of Receipts.
