NTxBlueDot
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I work in finance, 5’3” middle aged, brown eyes…empty nester who loves shenanigans and witnessing the FO part of FAFO.
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IOWA: “It is a complete pleasure to hear somebody speak in complete sentences.”
*Pete Buttigieg gets a rousing Ovation at the #VoteVetsTownHall* 👏🏽
*Pete Buttigieg gets a rousing Ovation at the #VoteVetsTownHall* 👏🏽
May 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
IOWA: “It is a complete pleasure to hear somebody speak in complete sentences.”
*Pete Buttigieg gets a rousing Ovation at the #VoteVetsTownHall* 👏🏽
*Pete Buttigieg gets a rousing Ovation at the #VoteVetsTownHall* 👏🏽
It appears that #spinlessJohnCornyn, the tone deaf Senator who posed for pictures in front of Trump Burger in H-town last week, has removed the ability to send his office a message on the mobile version of his website. Spineless indeed!
May 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It appears that #spinlessJohnCornyn, the tone deaf Senator who posed for pictures in front of Trump Burger in H-town last week, has removed the ability to send his office a message on the mobile version of his website. Spineless indeed!
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This is throwing off Nancy Mace 2022 in front of Trump Tower vibes after he endorsed her opponent in the primary. Cornyn will still be doing these even after Trump endorses Ken Paxton.
May 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is throwing off Nancy Mace 2022 in front of Trump Tower vibes after he endorsed her opponent in the primary. Cornyn will still be doing these even after Trump endorses Ken Paxton.
My favorite protest signs from the May Day protests.
May 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
My favorite protest signs from the May Day protests.
I can’t be the only one mad as hell that my representatives in Congress are spineless John Cornyn, soulless Ted Cruz, and senseless Keith Self. Why do Texans keep voting for these three??
April 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I can’t be the only one mad as hell that my representatives in Congress are spineless John Cornyn, soulless Ted Cruz, and senseless Keith Self. Why do Texans keep voting for these three??
The perfect summary for this administration’s trade policy!
Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
April 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The perfect summary for this administration’s trade policy!
If one there had been a way to predict china’s response.🤷♀️
This is history classes should be taken seriously.
This is history classes should be taken seriously.
Retaliate, de-escalate, or wait -- that is what is being debated in countries on the receiving end of Wednesday's US tariff announcement.
Just now, China opted for retaliation. It will impose 34% tariff surcharges on all US goods as of April 10.
US stock futures are down 2% on the news and oil 5%.
Just now, China opted for retaliation. It will impose 34% tariff surcharges on all US goods as of April 10.
US stock futures are down 2% on the news and oil 5%.
April 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
If one there had been a way to predict china’s response.🤷♀️
This is history classes should be taken seriously.
This is history classes should be taken seriously.
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The @financialtimes.com is not mincing words
"America’s astonishing act of self-harm"
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"America’s astonishing act of self-harm"
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April 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The @financialtimes.com is not mincing words
"America’s astonishing act of self-harm"
on.ft.com/3YjtOLV
"America’s astonishing act of self-harm"
on.ft.com/3YjtOLV
One of our town’s founding families lost 1 child a year for 5 years to smallpox. Vaccines could have saved those parents the heartache and grief of burying most of their children.
March 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
One of our town’s founding families lost 1 child a year for 5 years to smallpox. Vaccines could have saved those parents the heartache and grief of burying most of their children.
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Because of the pay gap, women have lost out on more than $60 trillion in wages since 1967.
Yes, trillion.
On an hourly basis, women were paid 18.0% less on average than men in 2024.
We must ensure fair wages for all.
Yes, trillion.
On an hourly basis, women were paid 18.0% less on average than men in 2024.
We must ensure fair wages for all.
March 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Because of the pay gap, women have lost out on more than $60 trillion in wages since 1967.
Yes, trillion.
On an hourly basis, women were paid 18.0% less on average than men in 2024.
We must ensure fair wages for all.
Yes, trillion.
On an hourly basis, women were paid 18.0% less on average than men in 2024.
We must ensure fair wages for all.
Absolutely heartbreaking!
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Absolutely heartbreaking!
This used to be our goal as Americans. I miss those days.
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
March 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This used to be our goal as Americans. I miss those days.
Is anyone else having flashbacks to when they were an American student in the UK during W’s administration, and our sponsoring organization recommended we sew Canadian flags to our backpacks?
March 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Is anyone else having flashbacks to when they were an American student in the UK during W’s administration, and our sponsoring organization recommended we sew Canadian flags to our backpacks?
Texas is auctioning off education to the highest bidder.
“The Legislature’s current proposals put a handful of private contractors in the driver’s seat. Other states have already seen problems.” @byjustinmiller.bsky.social @joshcowenmsu.bsky.social @texasaft.org @democracymoms.bsky.social www.texasobserver.org/school-vouch...
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 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Texas is auctioning off education to the highest bidder.
I’m going to go with the market doesn’t trust this president!
March 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I’m going to go with the market doesn’t trust this president!
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“…the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.” - FDR, 1938
March 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“…the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.” - FDR, 1938
Terrifying!
Peter Thiel backs the Hallow prayer app, which is now promoting “The Way,” a book composed by Josemaría Escrivá, the initiator of Opus Dei. Leonard Leo (Federalist Society, Teneo) reportedly belongs to Opus Dei. 1/
March 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Terrifying!
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What a front cover...
March 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
What a front cover...
Color me shocked.🙄
“Rank favoritism, such as a sole-source award to a contractor who is a major donor to the governor, leads past waste to outright corruption, for the motivation of the award is not the bid’s economy but the governor’s campaign treasury.”
Abbott’s Border Disaster Has Created a No-Bid Bonanza for Private Contractors
There is now a powerful, well-heeled constituency that has built up around Operation Lone Star.
www.texasobserver.org
March 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Color me shocked.🙄
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An underrated part of this video is you can watch the Dow go down in real time in the bottom right
Trump: "Tomorrow, tariffs -- 25 percent on Canada and 25 percent on Mexico. And that'll start."
March 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
An underrated part of this video is you can watch the Dow go down in real time in the bottom right
The market doesn’t like the FO part of FAFO.
March 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The market doesn’t like the FO part of FAFO.
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During the Speaker of the house vote.
Self … was taken in the back room by M. Johnson right after M. Johnson lost the first round. While in the back room trump was on the phone, Self was promised something. Self changed his vote! Johnson won.
You all voted for him vote him the fuck out next time!
Self … was taken in the back room by M. Johnson right after M. Johnson lost the first round. While in the back room trump was on the phone, Self was promised something. Self changed his vote! Johnson won.
You all voted for him vote him the fuck out next time!
speaker.vote
March 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
During the Speaker of the house vote.
Self … was taken in the back room by M. Johnson right after M. Johnson lost the first round. While in the back room trump was on the phone, Self was promised something. Self changed his vote! Johnson won.
You all voted for him vote him the fuck out next time!
Self … was taken in the back room by M. Johnson right after M. Johnson lost the first round. While in the back room trump was on the phone, Self was promised something. Self changed his vote! Johnson won.
You all voted for him vote him the fuck out next time!
Not looking forward to flying next month.😬
The FAA is investigating a near-miss collision between a private jet and a Southwest Airlines plane Tuesday morning in Chicago.
Southwest flight nearly collides with jet at Chicago's Midway Airport
Video showed Southwest Flight 2504 nearly touching down on the runway before lifting off again to avoid a jet that entered the runway.
www.nbcnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Not looking forward to flying next month.😬