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Olivia Messer
@oliviamesser.bsky.social
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texan. editor in chief, the barbed wire. words in rolling stone, marie claire, slate, the daily beast, texas monthly, texas observer etc

for texas tips, email: olivia@thebarbedwire.com
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This was a really hard week but the hat y’all told me to buy arrived!!!!
Me wearing a hat that says “a pleasure to have in class”
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Time to get up!!!
Edith looking at me pouting
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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progressives in red states watching hasan piker lib out at the zohran victory party
Meme of a puppy pretending not to be sad Meme of baby being begrudgingly happy Meme of kid crying on local news interview Meme of a bachelor contestant pretending to be happy for another one
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Edith watching me work 👀
My dog watching me work Closer image of my dog
November 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Sunday is the day for movies about lady war correspondents
Movie poster for civil war Movie poster for LEE Whiskey tango foxtrot movie poster A private war movie poster
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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“His seat at UFCU Disch-Falk field — Section 3, Row 8, Seat 1 — will forever be hallowed ground. As of Friday, that throne is now covered in flowers and notes.”
Scott Wilson’s seat at UFCU Disch-Falk field
November 1, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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should i buy this hat for myself y or n

www.etsy.com/listing/4388...
a hat that says “a pleasure to have in class”
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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“I just really wanted it to happen before the baby comes,” Jaclyn told me that day. They were worried about the cost and logistics of having a baby — and being in the hospital — while not being married.

By 11 a.m., they had a marriage license.
“I just really wanted it to happen before the baby comes,” Jaclyn told me that day. They were worried about the cost and logistics of having a baby — and being in the hospital — while not being married. By 11 a.m., they had a marriage license
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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my dog trying my moisturizer
October 18, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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POV: you’ve just lain your head down on the pillow after taking a bath and applying expensive face moisturizer
My dog My dog My dog My dog
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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just still obsessing over the lore here
He told Texas Monthly that his “favorite” rumor about himself was easy to pick out. “Years ago, there was a story making the rounds that I threw Lynn down the stairs when she was seven months pregnant,” he said. “Can you imagine anything more ridiculous? For one thing, just think how expensive that would have been.” According to my mom, Oscar also kept a suite at the hotel next door to the office and was often seen going in between the buildings with his two German Shepherds and one or two blondes in tow. (He once told Vanity Fair he had nine pet German shepherds, some of which were trained to attack on site.) His first wife told Russell, “Oscar is the only man I know that has a mattress strapped to his back for convenience.” And later, when she asked about the rumor that he once had cancer, Wyatt mischievously answered his interviewer, “Cancer. Hmmm. Maybe I have. What was her last name?”
October 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Researching whether attorney-client privilege continues after death, and the example given by the American Bar Association to demonstrate it is, incredibly: Lizzie Borden’s defense team.

One kept her files confidential, one left them to an historical society.

www.americanbar.org/groups/litig...
Lizzie Borden’s attorneys have split in the 100+ years since her death into one camp of keeping all related notes privileged and another of giving them over to a local historical society
October 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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deeply embarrassing but she said “we all are” Woody Allen’s daughters and it set me off lol
Caitlin Flanagan saying Bari Weiss seemed “almost like a daughter” to Woody Allen and that “in a way” “we all are”
October 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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this was my face looking through the documents they had
meme of girl in high school being impressed and shocked
October 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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🎶 leave it with meeee 🎶
The album cover says Release the Epstein files The album cover says Release the Epstein files The album cover says Release the Epstein files The album cover says Release the Epstein files
October 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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wow those variants really slap huh

(credit *checks notes* to u/Bisexual_Trash_Panda)
The Life of a Showgirl but the words are Release the Epstein Files The Life of a Showgirl but the words are Release the Epstein Files The Life of a Showgirl but the words are Release the Epstein Files The Life of a Showgirl but the words are Release the Epstein Files
October 11, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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like.... what am I even doing!!!!
me arguing with a random lady on twitter who is defending ICE
October 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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in case you missed this, @wsj.com reported that Trump is — or is trying to at least — direct Pam Bondi via social media DMs, and that when he posted demanding the Comey indictment, it was an accident

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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If I were trying to undermine trust in the WSJ’s reporting, I, for one, would not compare a story about myself to the one about the Epstein letter that turned out to be real

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Attorney General Ken Paxton @KenPaxtonTX It's crystal clear that the Karl Rove-controlled WSJ's top targets for baseless hit pieces are President Trump and me. And just like the Democrats use the WSJ's Fake News to attack President Trump, John Cornyn uses the WSJ to attack me. In their latest Fake News piece against me, The WSJ just REFUSED to include my comment. Why? Because I called out the fact John Cornyn's Deep State handler Karl Rove is pushing these lies to hide the fact that Cornyn's triple-dipping into taxpayers' pockets and collecting at least three separate pensions on top of his Senate paycheck—and he even lied about it on financial disclosures for years.
October 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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GUESS WHOSE LIL WEBSITE IS FINALLY INDEXING ON GOOGLE NEWS!!!!!
October 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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I’m so damn spooked by this headline

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
National Guard poised to enter Chicago as Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders
October 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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October 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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girl you think I don’t know that????
Hi Olivia - 86% of Americans work desk jobs and spend a majority of their day sitting. The result? Stiffness, poor posture, and joint pain have become the norm.
October 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”
October 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Edith took a bath today 🥴
Puppy in bathtub Puppy in bathtub Puppy in sink Puppy in sink again
September 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM