Texas Krusty
@texaskrusty.bsky.social
Fightin’ Texas liberal. 30-year D flack. Cat and dog dude. Don’t do drugs (unless you brought enough to share). Clinically diagnosed Justice Complex. Still 6' 5". ATX
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EXCLUSIVE: My @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation reveals: 'memo' which sparked President Donald Trump to threaten a $1bn lawsuit against BBC was written by lobbyist at firm paid by pro-Trump tech giants and Trump donors bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
EXCLUSIVE: My @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation reveals: 'memo' which sparked President Donald Trump to threaten a $1bn lawsuit against BBC was written by lobbyist at firm paid by pro-Trump tech giants and Trump donors bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
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The math:
North Carolina had nearly 8 million registered voters last fall.
More than 2 million didn’t vote.
Trump won NC by less than 200,000 votes.
If just 1 out of every 11 registered voters in NC who didn’t vote had voted for Harris instead of staying home, she would have won NC.
North Carolina had nearly 8 million registered voters last fall.
More than 2 million didn’t vote.
Trump won NC by less than 200,000 votes.
If just 1 out of every 11 registered voters in NC who didn’t vote had voted for Harris instead of staying home, she would have won NC.
Why do I say this?
Well, first of all, Trump would not even be President if just 1 out of every 11 registered voters in North Carolina who didn't vote along with 1 out of 17 registered voters in Georgia and Pennsylvania had voted for Harris instead of staying home.
Well, first of all, Trump would not even be President if just 1 out of every 11 registered voters in North Carolina who didn't vote along with 1 out of 17 registered voters in Georgia and Pennsylvania had voted for Harris instead of staying home.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The math:
North Carolina had nearly 8 million registered voters last fall.
More than 2 million didn’t vote.
Trump won NC by less than 200,000 votes.
If just 1 out of every 11 registered voters in NC who didn’t vote had voted for Harris instead of staying home, she would have won NC.
North Carolina had nearly 8 million registered voters last fall.
More than 2 million didn’t vote.
Trump won NC by less than 200,000 votes.
If just 1 out of every 11 registered voters in NC who didn’t vote had voted for Harris instead of staying home, she would have won NC.
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BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the GOP’s latest gerrymander ruling that lawmakers violated the state constitution. This restores a voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering and enacts a fairer map for 2026.
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the GOP’s latest gerrymander ruling that lawmakers violated the state constitution. This restores a voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering and enacts a fairer map for 2026.
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The key here is @they’re gonna feel like entrepreneurs.”
Trump knows that this is always a pathway for support from a certain segment of Americans - mostly men. The desire to “invest” and be an “entrepreneur.” Even without expertise, capital, or the resilience to endure failure.
Trump knows that this is always a pathway for support from a certain segment of Americans - mostly men. The desire to “invest” and be an “entrepreneur.” Even without expertise, capital, or the resilience to endure failure.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The key here is @they’re gonna feel like entrepreneurs.”
Trump knows that this is always a pathway for support from a certain segment of Americans - mostly men. The desire to “invest” and be an “entrepreneur.” Even without expertise, capital, or the resilience to endure failure.
Trump knows that this is always a pathway for support from a certain segment of Americans - mostly men. The desire to “invest” and be an “entrepreneur.” Even without expertise, capital, or the resilience to endure failure.
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One important result of the Dems' surrender on the shutdown: It is already producing a rebellion from the party's base.
Which is a good thing! Anger is the most powerful force in politics.
I explore in my latest for Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...
Which is a good thing! Anger is the most powerful force in politics.
I explore in my latest for Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...
Cue the rebellion
The Democratic base is enraged at their party's capitulation — and that's a good thing.
www.publicnotice.co
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
One important result of the Dems' surrender on the shutdown: It is already producing a rebellion from the party's base.
Which is a good thing! Anger is the most powerful force in politics.
I explore in my latest for Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...
Which is a good thing! Anger is the most powerful force in politics.
I explore in my latest for Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...
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your first response might be that bari weiss is incredibly incompetent, but your second response should be that this is exactly what she was hired to do
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
your first response might be that bari weiss is incredibly incompetent, but your second response should be that this is exactly what she was hired to do
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Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to “prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible.”
The Latest Defense Against ICE: 3D-Printed Whistles
Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to “prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible.”
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to “prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible.”
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Democrats need to call Republicans what they are: un-American. Every Republican going along with Trump’s destruction wears that label, and it’s time to make them own it. Watch LP’s Stuart Stevens on MSNBC:
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Democrats need to call Republicans what they are: un-American. Every Republican going along with Trump’s destruction wears that label, and it’s time to make them own it. Watch LP’s Stuart Stevens on MSNBC:
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Hold on, I've seen this one before.
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Hold on, I've seen this one before.
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Lightning is 10 but has the face of a puppy. Obviously uses an excellent moisturizer. His owner passed away, leaving him in need of a new home. If you adopt him, he promises to share his beauty secrets.
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Lightning is 10 but has the face of a puppy. Obviously uses an excellent moisturizer. His owner passed away, leaving him in need of a new home. If you adopt him, he promises to share his beauty secrets.
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⚡️Giving Ukraine fighter jets was not a crime, Slovak prosecutor says.
Slovakia's transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in 2023 was not a crime, the Bratislava prosecutor's office said Nov. 10, according to POLITICO.
Slovakia's transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in 2023 was not a crime, the Bratislava prosecutor's office said Nov. 10, according to POLITICO.
Giving Ukraine fighter jets was not a crime, Slovak prosecutor says
Slovakia's transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in 2023 was not a crime, the Bratislava prosecutor's office said Nov. 10, according to POLITICO.
kyivindependent.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
⚡️Giving Ukraine fighter jets was not a crime, Slovak prosecutor says.
Slovakia's transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in 2023 was not a crime, the Bratislava prosecutor's office said Nov. 10, according to POLITICO.
Slovakia's transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in 2023 was not a crime, the Bratislava prosecutor's office said Nov. 10, according to POLITICO.
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Sortition is a form of representative gov't, kinda like jury service, in which representatives are chosen by lottery. 1 plus is leaders who match US on class, sex, etc. 1 knock is that reg people may not know or be smart enough to govern well, even w/ supports.
But this is what we have now, so... 👇
But this is what we have now, so... 👇
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Sortition is a form of representative gov't, kinda like jury service, in which representatives are chosen by lottery. 1 plus is leaders who match US on class, sex, etc. 1 knock is that reg people may not know or be smart enough to govern well, even w/ supports.
But this is what we have now, so... 👇
But this is what we have now, so... 👇
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at the end of the day, market insurance cannot provide insurance for sick people. It isn’t because insurers are greedy (though they are); it’s because every insurer would go bankrupt.
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
at the end of the day, market insurance cannot provide insurance for sick people. It isn’t because insurers are greedy (though they are); it’s because every insurer would go bankrupt.
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The new Republican plan same as the old Republican plan: Fucking die already.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The new Republican plan same as the old Republican plan: Fucking die already.
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FULL SEQUENCE: Victor Wembanayama hits the 3 to tie the game, Blocks the layup on the other end & hits another 3 to take the lead!
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
FULL SEQUENCE: Victor Wembanayama hits the 3 to tie the game, Blocks the layup on the other end & hits another 3 to take the lead!
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The basic problem of health insurance: if you want sick people to be able to get insurance, then the insurance product ceases to be traditional insurance, bc the insurer cannot price risk. Once you accept that sick people should get insurance, you must accept some variety of a socialized system.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The basic problem of health insurance: if you want sick people to be able to get insurance, then the insurance product ceases to be traditional insurance, bc the insurer cannot price risk. Once you accept that sick people should get insurance, you must accept some variety of a socialized system.
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Protecting our neighborhoods from the invasions and random violence of ICE agents might be a nice goal for a future date but we have to stick to realistic, achievable aims, like making it impossible for a Senator (that's me!) to ever be held accountable for anything he does, even literal crimes.
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Protecting our neighborhoods from the invasions and random violence of ICE agents might be a nice goal for a future date but we have to stick to realistic, achievable aims, like making it impossible for a Senator (that's me!) to ever be held accountable for anything he does, even literal crimes.
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“I’d like a ticket for one R-rated movie please”
Chris Cuomo is trying to make this atrocious little mustache happen even though it looks like he drew it on with a ballpoint pen
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
“I’d like a ticket for one R-rated movie please”
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Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them. | Fact check
Fact check: Trump’s lying spree about inflation
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them. | Fact check
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Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Right. You knew when you saw who voted for it this was all about cover. They realized Trump would be fine if Americans died on the WH lawn and figured they’d try this all again after the holidays.
Yup. I said this earlier today, but it was only a guess. Thanks for confirming it. It is no coincidence that of the 8 who came forward to do this, none of them are running in 2026. But they ran cover for some who are.
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Right. You knew when you saw who voted for it this was all about cover. They realized Trump would be fine if Americans died on the WH lawn and figured they’d try this all again after the holidays.
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What a move and finish from Cooper Flagg.
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
What a move and finish from Cooper Flagg.