Phil
@philintx.bsky.social
Father, Husband, Texan. Spatial data scientist in the oil & gas industry. Houston, TX.
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Truly amazing and distressing how far down the road to authoritarianism we’ve come in a short time and how easily folks adapt to the new reality. Even those of us who oppose it.
Reading about this in history books is one thing; living it is quite another.
Reading about this in history books is one thing; living it is quite another.
October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Truly amazing and distressing how far down the road to authoritarianism we’ve come in a short time and how easily folks adapt to the new reality. Even those of us who oppose it.
Reading about this in history books is one thing; living it is quite another.
Reading about this in history books is one thing; living it is quite another.
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The new John Roberts portrait just dropped
September 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The new John Roberts portrait just dropped
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For every idiot like Ted Cruz, Bill Ackerman and Josh Hawley you find at Harvard, there are people like Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, a 1st generation American who finished with a 5.0 at MIT and got her doctoral degree in theoretical physics at Harvard. Many people call her the next Einstein.
July 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
For every idiot like Ted Cruz, Bill Ackerman and Josh Hawley you find at Harvard, there are people like Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, a 1st generation American who finished with a 5.0 at MIT and got her doctoral degree in theoretical physics at Harvard. Many people call her the next Einstein.
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The reason I now believe ICE should be abolished is not that I don't think we need some kind of agency to deal with immigration and customs, but rather that this particular agency has so soiled its reputation and is operating so far out of bounds in a democracy that the only solution is to end it.
July 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The reason I now believe ICE should be abolished is not that I don't think we need some kind of agency to deal with immigration and customs, but rather that this particular agency has so soiled its reputation and is operating so far out of bounds in a democracy that the only solution is to end it.
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One of those times that words fail....
“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
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June 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
One of those times that words fail....
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An advance look at “On Parade,” David Plunkert’s cover for next week's issue. #NewYorkerCovers
June 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
An advance look at “On Parade,” David Plunkert’s cover for next week's issue. #NewYorkerCovers
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The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle.
Don't give them one.
Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
Don't give them one.
Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
June 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle.
Don't give them one.
Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
Don't give them one.
Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
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In considering our President's so-called Memorial Day message, I am really filled with sadness. Anger too but where does anger get us? I am broken hearted over what is happening to us as a country.
Let us try to ignore him the best we can. Let us remember that this day is about the fallen.
Let us try to ignore him the best we can. Let us remember that this day is about the fallen.
May 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In considering our President's so-called Memorial Day message, I am really filled with sadness. Anger too but where does anger get us? I am broken hearted over what is happening to us as a country.
Let us try to ignore him the best we can. Let us remember that this day is about the fallen.
Let us try to ignore him the best we can. Let us remember that this day is about the fallen.
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That's about the sum of it.
May 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
That's about the sum of it.
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When you’re getting lectured by the <checks notes> German government on failing to account for the dangers posed by right-wing extremism, it might be time to take a seat.
May 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
When you’re getting lectured by the <checks notes> German government on failing to account for the dangers posed by right-wing extremism, it might be time to take a seat.
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Re: the Milwaukee judge.
Let’s say that the judge did commit a crime. In a normal time, such an allegation would be a matter to be handled with the utmost care, to ensure that a judge is not given special treatment because they are a judge, but also to make certain that if a judge is to be arrested
Let’s say that the judge did commit a crime. In a normal time, such an allegation would be a matter to be handled with the utmost care, to ensure that a judge is not given special treatment because they are a judge, but also to make certain that if a judge is to be arrested
April 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Re: the Milwaukee judge.
Let’s say that the judge did commit a crime. In a normal time, such an allegation would be a matter to be handled with the utmost care, to ensure that a judge is not given special treatment because they are a judge, but also to make certain that if a judge is to be arrested
Let’s say that the judge did commit a crime. In a normal time, such an allegation would be a matter to be handled with the utmost care, to ensure that a judge is not given special treatment because they are a judge, but also to make certain that if a judge is to be arrested
Houston, here’s the reason you lost the game. Sorry about that.
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has made an appearance at the Final Four championship game, despite fans claiming that when the Texas senator attends the game for the team he is rooting for, they are "cursed" and lose the game.
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April 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Houston, here’s the reason you lost the game. Sorry about that.
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He hates the military. We are just props.
April 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
He hates the military. We are just props.
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The top 7 donors in the 2024 election — all GOP — gave a combined $1B to buy Trump a second term.
It's a gigantic amount of money in total — but it's just pocket change to them.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
No one from either party should be able to buy an election.
It's a gigantic amount of money in total — but it's just pocket change to them.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
No one from either party should be able to buy an election.
March 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The top 7 donors in the 2024 election — all GOP — gave a combined $1B to buy Trump a second term.
It's a gigantic amount of money in total — but it's just pocket change to them.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
No one from either party should be able to buy an election.
It's a gigantic amount of money in total — but it's just pocket change to them.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
No one from either party should be able to buy an election.
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This isn't how gov't is supposed to work: The acting commissioner of Social Security admitted “I was ticked at the governor of Maine for not being real cordial to the president,” so I ended a program in Maine. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/25/s...
Social Security official ended program for Maine newborns because he was ‘ticked’ at Mills
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said the rationale given by Lee Dudek, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, is 'infuriating and absurd.'
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March 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This isn't how gov't is supposed to work: The acting commissioner of Social Security admitted “I was ticked at the governor of Maine for not being real cordial to the president,” so I ended a program in Maine. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/25/s...
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"The vaccination has stuff we don't trust," said the father of the 6-year-old girl who died from measles at the end of last month. Tom Bartlett visited with a family confronting an unthinkable tragedy:
The Texas Girl Who Died From Measles
Her father tells her story.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"The vaccination has stuff we don't trust," said the father of the 6-year-old girl who died from measles at the end of last month. Tom Bartlett visited with a family confronting an unthinkable tragedy:
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Absolutely insane! I’m convinced that Trump is a Russian asset.
Absolutely insane! I’m convinced that Trump is a Russian asset.
Trump criticises Ukraine after US-Russia talks
The US president was speaking after Russian and American delegations met for talks in Saudi Arabia.
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February 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Absolutely insane! I’m convinced that Trump is a Russian asset.
Absolutely insane! I’m convinced that Trump is a Russian asset.
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The Trump official currently dismantling USAID was caught in a secret meeting with a group of pro-Russian separatists in the Balkans.
Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/
Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/
February 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Trump official currently dismantling USAID was caught in a secret meeting with a group of pro-Russian separatists in the Balkans.
Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/
Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/
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This man Emil Bove can go straight to hell.
I'm sorry, nothing and I mean nothing can make me angrier than this kind of slander against an attorney who followed her oath, while his means nothing to him.
An affront to every single lawyer who has ever tried their best to follow the rules.
I'm sorry, nothing and I mean nothing can make me angrier than this kind of slander against an attorney who followed her oath, while his means nothing to him.
An affront to every single lawyer who has ever tried their best to follow the rules.
February 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This man Emil Bove can go straight to hell.
I'm sorry, nothing and I mean nothing can make me angrier than this kind of slander against an attorney who followed her oath, while his means nothing to him.
An affront to every single lawyer who has ever tried their best to follow the rules.
I'm sorry, nothing and I mean nothing can make me angrier than this kind of slander against an attorney who followed her oath, while his means nothing to him.
An affront to every single lawyer who has ever tried their best to follow the rules.
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Trump is the consequence rather than the cause of the anti-democratic surge.
Here's how the Supreme Court's infamous Citizens United decision — issued 15 years ago today — overwhelmed our political system with money and brought us to our current moment.
Here's how the Supreme Court's infamous Citizens United decision — issued 15 years ago today — overwhelmed our political system with money and brought us to our current moment.
How Citizens United Got Us Trump | Robert Reich
Robert Reich explains what people can do to beat Trump, stop our move towards oligarchy and kickstart a new era of people-powered democracy.Watch More: Why B...
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January 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Trump is the consequence rather than the cause of the anti-democratic surge.
Here's how the Supreme Court's infamous Citizens United decision — issued 15 years ago today — overwhelmed our political system with money and brought us to our current moment.
Here's how the Supreme Court's infamous Citizens United decision — issued 15 years ago today — overwhelmed our political system with money and brought us to our current moment.
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Every now and then I think back to all the times growing up when we were solemnly warned in church of the dangers of “moral relativism”….
January 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Every now and then I think back to all the times growing up when we were solemnly warned in church of the dangers of “moral relativism”….
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Earth Explodes
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January 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Earth Explodes
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Donald Trump launched a crypto currency. This is going to go down in history as the most corrupt self centered President in history. I PROMISE
January 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Donald Trump launched a crypto currency. This is going to go down in history as the most corrupt self centered President in history. I PROMISE
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In 1968 top corporate tax was 53%. It is 21% today, but most big corporations pay far less
Top individual tax was 70%. It is 37% today, but the wealthiest Americans pay an effective tax of just 8%
US national debt was 39% of GDP. Today, it is 123% of GDP
The wealthy do not pay their fair share
Top individual tax was 70%. It is 37% today, but the wealthiest Americans pay an effective tax of just 8%
US national debt was 39% of GDP. Today, it is 123% of GDP
The wealthy do not pay their fair share
January 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
In 1968 top corporate tax was 53%. It is 21% today, but most big corporations pay far less
Top individual tax was 70%. It is 37% today, but the wealthiest Americans pay an effective tax of just 8%
US national debt was 39% of GDP. Today, it is 123% of GDP
The wealthy do not pay their fair share
Top individual tax was 70%. It is 37% today, but the wealthiest Americans pay an effective tax of just 8%
US national debt was 39% of GDP. Today, it is 123% of GDP
The wealthy do not pay their fair share