Yaya
@yayasa1.bsky.social
Grandmother, Liberal, Art-Lover, West Texan in San Antonio and loving it!
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🚨BREAKING: 2 fed courts have issued orders blocking Trump’s attempt to defund SNAP. Congrats to @democracyforward.org, its co counsel and clients, and Dem State AGs.
October 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🚨BREAKING: 2 fed courts have issued orders blocking Trump’s attempt to defund SNAP. Congrats to @democracyforward.org, its co counsel and clients, and Dem State AGs.
RIP Flaco Jimenez ❤️
The San Antonio native took his Hohner three-row button accordion to the stages of the world. bit.ly/41gUFK4
August 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
RIP Flaco Jimenez ❤️
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People who value truth are at a disadvantage because truth is hard and, as a result, there is a massively larger market for fantasy.
People who value truth are at a disadvantage. Liars and conspiracy theorists will repeat widely debunked info as if new, without minding in the slightest that it’s false, repeatedly shown to be false, and often never made sense to begin with. Because they’re anti-truth. They really don’t value it.
As someone who tracked the Russia probe closely and then tracked the effort to discredit the Russia probe closely, its brain-breaking (though not surprising) to see the administration trot out the same old debunked, cherry-picked shit in an effort to retcon Trump’s 2016 campaign.
July 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
People who value truth are at a disadvantage because truth is hard and, as a result, there is a massively larger market for fantasy.
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"...without the tiny government agencies like the NWS and FEMA that MAGA loves to hate, there’s not a damn thing standing between us and the flood."
- @therickwilson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
- @therickwilson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
In Texas The Water Rises: A Reckoning
By now, the South should know better.
open.substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"...without the tiny government agencies like the NWS and FEMA that MAGA loves to hate, there’s not a damn thing standing between us and the flood."
- @therickwilson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
- @therickwilson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
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"Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials," per NYT.
July 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials," per NYT.
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In just four counties in Central Texas--Hayes, Williamson, Bexar, and Kerr--700,000 people voted for Vice President Harris.
Just those four counties had more votes for VP Harris than the total votes for her in 14 states and D.C.
I understand you're angry, but that anger is very misplaced.
Just those four counties had more votes for VP Harris than the total votes for her in 14 states and D.C.
I understand you're angry, but that anger is very misplaced.
I wish it wasn't the case, but liberals are running out of empathy. We just can't keep caring about people that don't care about us.
I'm truly sorry for the families affected by this, but we have so many problems and only liberals care about actual solutions.
I'm truly sorry for the families affected by this, but we have so many problems and only liberals care about actual solutions.
Your regular reminder that most people in this country can't afford to move to another state and the inclination to say they're getting what they voted for in the devastation of a hurricane or flood or whatever the hell is a failure of common sense and empathy on multiple levels.
July 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
In just four counties in Central Texas--Hayes, Williamson, Bexar, and Kerr--700,000 people voted for Vice President Harris.
Just those four counties had more votes for VP Harris than the total votes for her in 14 states and D.C.
I understand you're angry, but that anger is very misplaced.
Just those four counties had more votes for VP Harris than the total votes for her in 14 states and D.C.
I understand you're angry, but that anger is very misplaced.
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ICE in CA with Texas plates 🤔
June 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
ICE in CA with Texas plates 🤔
Want to join me for this No Kings event?
June 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Want to join me for this No Kings event?
San Antonio-based H-E-B is No. 1 company for social impact in U.S., says Forbes survey
www.expressnews.com/lifestyle/ar...
www.expressnews.com/lifestyle/ar...
H-E-B is No. 1 company for social impact in U.S., says Forbes survey
The survey of U.S. customers put the San Antionio-based grocer at No. 1, USAA at No. 15, and Blue Bell ice cream at No. 66.
www.expressnews.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
San Antonio-based H-E-B is No. 1 company for social impact in U.S., says Forbes survey
www.expressnews.com/lifestyle/ar...
www.expressnews.com/lifestyle/ar...
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From TTU Book History Club fundraiser, hand-printed in Letterpress Lab.
April 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
From TTU Book History Club fundraiser, hand-printed in Letterpress Lab.
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Patrick Crusius believed he was acting at the direction of President Donald Trump when he murdered 23 people and wounded 22 others at an El Paso Walmart in 2019, his defense lawyer told El Paso Matters.
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March 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Patrick Crusius believed he was acting at the direction of President Donald Trump when he murdered 23 people and wounded 22 others at an El Paso Walmart in 2019, his defense lawyer told El Paso Matters.
www.tpr.org/government-p...
www.tpr.org/government-p...
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If you want to know what Trump and Musk and the oligarchs want for the United States as a whole, just look at rural communities.
Hollowed out spaces with struggling schools, rotting infrastructure, no access to healthcare or daycare, and factory farms moving in.
Hollowed out spaces with struggling schools, rotting infrastructure, no access to healthcare or daycare, and factory farms moving in.
March 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
If you want to know what Trump and Musk and the oligarchs want for the United States as a whole, just look at rural communities.
Hollowed out spaces with struggling schools, rotting infrastructure, no access to healthcare or daycare, and factory farms moving in.
Hollowed out spaces with struggling schools, rotting infrastructure, no access to healthcare or daycare, and factory farms moving in.
Our local food bank lost its funding ($3 mil) and now this.
Catholic Charities lays off 200 – half its staff – due to Trump cuts
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Catholic Charities lays off 200 – half its staff – due to Trump cuts
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Catholic Charities lays off 200 as Trump cuts put agency 'in crisis'
The head of the San Antonio nonprofit calls the cuts “brutal,” saying his agency is “in crisis.”
www.expressnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Our local food bank lost its funding ($3 mil) and now this.
Catholic Charities lays off 200 – half its staff – due to Trump cuts
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Catholic Charities lays off 200 – half its staff – due to Trump cuts
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
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Fire crews from across the region are fighting a large grass fire north of Fredericksburg that has spread to 9,700 acres.
The blaze near Lower Crabapple Road started around 1:45 p.m. Saturday
Fredericksburg Fire EMS reported on Mon the fire was at least 65% contained.
www.tpr.org/environment/...
The blaze near Lower Crabapple Road started around 1:45 p.m. Saturday
Fredericksburg Fire EMS reported on Mon the fire was at least 65% contained.
www.tpr.org/environment/...
March 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Fire crews from across the region are fighting a large grass fire north of Fredericksburg that has spread to 9,700 acres.
The blaze near Lower Crabapple Road started around 1:45 p.m. Saturday
Fredericksburg Fire EMS reported on Mon the fire was at least 65% contained.
www.tpr.org/environment/...
The blaze near Lower Crabapple Road started around 1:45 p.m. Saturday
Fredericksburg Fire EMS reported on Mon the fire was at least 65% contained.
www.tpr.org/environment/...
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Everyone knew this could happen. Abbott vouchers are a cash cow for grifters.
“It’s more government, more bureaucracy, more money, and there’s no oversight. And it’s taxation without representation,. The taxpayers don’t get to pick who these private companies are that our tax dollars are going into. So that is not a free market.”
How Voucher Vendors Could Make Millions from ‘School Choice’ in Texas
The Legislature’s current proposals put a handful of private contractors in the driver’s seat. Other states have already seen problems.
www.texasobserver.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Everyone knew this could happen. Abbott vouchers are a cash cow for grifters.
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Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.
March 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.
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Around 250 protestors turned out at San Antonio City Hall on Monday and called on Congress to stand up to the Trump administration.
'Not my Presidents Day' protesters gather at San Antonio City Hall
www.tpr.org
February 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Around 250 protestors turned out at San Antonio City Hall on Monday and called on Congress to stand up to the Trump administration.
Great read:
Attention all my🇺🇸 friends!
I highly recommend delving into Umberto Eco's essay on Fascism. It is the ultimate guide to understanding the core of this ideology. Though brief, it is essential reading for grasping the fundamentals of fascist beliefs.
#NAFO
www.nybooks.com/articles/199...
Attention all my🇺🇸 friends!
I highly recommend delving into Umberto Eco's essay on Fascism. It is the ultimate guide to understanding the core of this ideology. Though brief, it is essential reading for grasping the fundamentals of fascist beliefs.
#NAFO
www.nybooks.com/articles/199...
Ur-Fascism | Umberto Eco
I think it is possible to outline a list of features that are typical of what I would like to call Ur-Fascism, or Eternal Fascism. These features cannot be organized into a system; many of them contra...
www.nybooks.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Great read:
Attention all my🇺🇸 friends!
I highly recommend delving into Umberto Eco's essay on Fascism. It is the ultimate guide to understanding the core of this ideology. Though brief, it is essential reading for grasping the fundamentals of fascist beliefs.
#NAFO
www.nybooks.com/articles/199...
Attention all my🇺🇸 friends!
I highly recommend delving into Umberto Eco's essay on Fascism. It is the ultimate guide to understanding the core of this ideology. Though brief, it is essential reading for grasping the fundamentals of fascist beliefs.
#NAFO
www.nybooks.com/articles/199...
