@shawnkevin.bsky.social
Husband of Kathryn the Great
Retired rugger, active rugby fan.
Army Infantry Veteran
Independent who caucuses with Democrats
B.A. English, University of Texas San Antonio 1992
J.D. University of Texas School of Law 1996
*Don't DM me if you don't know me.*
Retired rugger, active rugby fan.
Army Infantry Veteran
Independent who caucuses with Democrats
B.A. English, University of Texas San Antonio 1992
J.D. University of Texas School of Law 1996
*Don't DM me if you don't know me.*
I remember warning a lawyer at our firm and he scoffed and declared himself an expert on nazism because he had been to Ludwigsbrücke bridge.
Ok, I've read Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, and Hannah Arendt, but you saw a bridge. You got me.
Ok, I've read Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, and Hannah Arendt, but you saw a bridge. You got me.
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I remember warning a lawyer at our firm and he scoffed and declared himself an expert on nazism because he had been to Ludwigsbrücke bridge.
Ok, I've read Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, and Hannah Arendt, but you saw a bridge. You got me.
Ok, I've read Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, and Hannah Arendt, but you saw a bridge. You got me.
"Today, it's not the most capable who rise, but the least scrupulous."
My first Reith Lecture is now out in video form: A Time of Monsters.
On moral decay, elite cowardice, and why we need a moral revolution. Watch here 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=fUJ-...
(With one tiny edit at 4:28, for those who notice such things 😉)
On moral decay, elite cowardice, and why we need a moral revolution. Watch here 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=fUJ-...
(With one tiny edit at 4:28, for those who notice such things 😉)
Are we living through the fall of civilisation? | The Reith Lectures 2025
YouTube video by BBC Sounds
youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Today, it's not the most capable who rise, but the least scrupulous."
An enduring masterpiece of cinematography and soundtrack to match.
David Lean's multi Academy Award winning 🇬🇧 British epic historical drama film “LAWRENCE OF ARABIA” premiered #OnThisDay in 1962 at the Criterion Theatre in New York City
🎬 Columbia Pictures
🎬 Columbia Pictures
December 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
An enduring masterpiece of cinematography and soundtrack to match.
This one hits hard, especially right after Raul Malo.
First saw Joe at the Agora Ballroom in Houston 1982, then again a few months later when he joined The Clash on stage for their show at the Majestic in San Antonio.
Off to put Musta Notta Gotta Lotta on the turntable.
First saw Joe at the Agora Ballroom in Houston 1982, then again a few months later when he joined The Clash on stage for their show at the Majestic in San Antonio.
Off to put Musta Notta Gotta Lotta on the turntable.
Joe Ely, Progressive Texas Country Legend Who Toured With the Clash, Dead at 78
Joe Ely, the Texas singer, songwriter, and member of the Flatlanders, who influenced the Clash and Bruce Springsteen, has died at 78.
www.rollingstone.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This one hits hard, especially right after Raul Malo.
First saw Joe at the Agora Ballroom in Houston 1982, then again a few months later when he joined The Clash on stage for their show at the Majestic in San Antonio.
Off to put Musta Notta Gotta Lotta on the turntable.
First saw Joe at the Agora Ballroom in Houston 1982, then again a few months later when he joined The Clash on stage for their show at the Majestic in San Antonio.
Off to put Musta Notta Gotta Lotta on the turntable.
Feeling alright...
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Feeling alright...
86 Democrats voted with Republicans to condemn socialism.
Irony abounds.
Irony abounds.
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
86 Democrats voted with Republicans to condemn socialism.
Irony abounds.
Irony abounds.
So much winning.
Paxton will have to have to get a decision from SCOTUS before 12/8, a very short deadline, if he wants to reverse this ruling.
Paxton will have to have to get a decision from SCOTUS before 12/8, a very short deadline, if he wants to reverse this ruling.
Federal court blocks new Texas congressional map for 2026
The decision is a major blow for Republicans, in Texas and nationally, who pushed through the mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump. Attorney General Ken Paxton said he woul...
www.texastribune.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
So much winning.
Paxton will have to have to get a decision from SCOTUS before 12/8, a very short deadline, if he wants to reverse this ruling.
Paxton will have to have to get a decision from SCOTUS before 12/8, a very short deadline, if he wants to reverse this ruling.
I'm.an.ordinary guy.
November 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I'm.an.ordinary guy.
Memphis, Tennessee
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Memphis, Tennessee
I'm down to two sources of broadcast and streaming media: PBS and Netflix.
As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I'm down to two sources of broadcast and streaming media: PBS and Netflix.
Or, in the immortal words of Jello Biafra:
NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF!
Footnote: Strange times when Bill Kristol is spreading the punk ethos.
NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF!
Footnote: Strange times when Bill Kristol is spreading the punk ethos.
“If you’re coming under the punk-rock banner and you voted for that f*****g guy, and you support that f*****g s**t that they’re doing, you’ve twisted your mind into knots. The far right ain’t the new punk—you heard it here first.”
open.substack.com/pub/ofthebra...
open.substack.com/pub/ofthebra...
WATCH: The Punk Rock Frontman Calling Out Trump's BS
Dropkick Murphys’ Ken Casey to MAGA supporters: “You’ve twisted your mind into knots.”
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Or, in the immortal words of Jello Biafra:
NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF!
Footnote: Strange times when Bill Kristol is spreading the punk ethos.
NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF!
Footnote: Strange times when Bill Kristol is spreading the punk ethos.
Embarrassing.
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Embarrassing.
Fascists are reliably stupid and arrogant. I expect the only lesson they'll learn from this is to escalate their voter suppression efforts between now and the mid-terms.
We've landed on Normandy, but we still have to march to Berlin. Be encouraged.
We've landed on Normandy, but we still have to march to Berlin. Be encouraged.
Surprised he heard about it.
Mike Johnson: "What happened last night is blue states and blue cities voted blue. We all saw that coming. And no one should read too much into last night's election results."
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Fascists are reliably stupid and arrogant. I expect the only lesson they'll learn from this is to escalate their voter suppression efforts between now and the mid-terms.
We've landed on Normandy, but we still have to march to Berlin. Be encouraged.
We've landed on Normandy, but we still have to march to Berlin. Be encouraged.
From the bottom of my Texas heart, thank you California.
The Trump Regime finally entering the FO stage of FAFO.
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
From the bottom of my Texas heart, thank you California.
Texas Shawn standing with D.C. Sean Dunn today.
Let justice be served with onions and mustard.
Let justice be served with onions and mustard.
November 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Texas Shawn standing with D.C. Sean Dunn today.
Let justice be served with onions and mustard.
Let justice be served with onions and mustard.
I wonder why...
November 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I wonder why...
Gladys was the baddest.
November 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Gladys was the baddest.
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever." - George Orwell
"Bovino wants the community he is embedded in to see him not as a law enforcement officer but as an occupying military commander. He has not tried to establish a working relationship with the city; he has tried to dominate it."
This Man Is the Face of the Future
Greg Bovino is next.
www.thebulwark.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever." - George Orwell
Reposted
"Bovino wants the community to see him as an occupying military commander. Going out of his way to look like the driver of a military operation is part of the attempted subjugation. This is how fascists behave during the consolidation phase of their drive to power."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
This Man Is the Face of the Future
Greg Bovino is next.
open.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Bovino wants the community to see him as an occupying military commander. Going out of his way to look like the driver of a military operation is part of the attempted subjugation. This is how fascists behave during the consolidation phase of their drive to power."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
I think by now they've already revealed themselves, and I anticipate they'll continue proving the cruelty is the point.
I mean, for fuck's sake, she shot a puppy and Bovino gets his rocks off ordering commando raids.
I mean, for fuck's sake, she shot a puppy and Bovino gets his rocks off ordering commando raids.
Pritzker: "I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and to DHS leadership asking them to pause all of their federal agent operations for the entirety of the Halloween weekend. I'm asking for basic human decency. I think their response will be revealing. Give the children and families of Illinois a break."
October 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I think by now they've already revealed themselves, and I anticipate they'll continue proving the cruelty is the point.
I mean, for fuck's sake, she shot a puppy and Bovino gets his rocks off ordering commando raids.
I mean, for fuck's sake, she shot a puppy and Bovino gets his rocks off ordering commando raids.
Reposted
Boom: Hakeem Jeffries endorses Zohran Mamdani. About damn time.
October 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Boom: Hakeem Jeffries endorses Zohran Mamdani. About damn time.
For those who complained that our protest was just a party if we don't do more.
Good article.
While we support mass demonstrations and boycotts - and think they have an effect - we are quickly moving to the general strike stage. That should begin with ICE occupied cities and, if and when needed, be followed by a national one.
#RadioFreeAmerica
While we support mass demonstrations and boycotts - and think they have an effect - we are quickly moving to the general strike stage. That should begin with ICE occupied cities and, if and when needed, be followed by a national one.
#RadioFreeAmerica
What’s next for No Kings movement? Here’s what its organizers say
Leaders of left-leaning groups behind mass protests against Trump administration map out their vision
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
For those who complained that our protest was just a party if we don't do more.
About 1,000 people showed up in deep red New Braunfels, Texas.
October 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
About 1,000 people showed up in deep red New Braunfels, Texas.
We should all send Stephen Miller an email claiming to be the leader of ANTIFA.
I'm Spartacus - Spartacus (8/10) Movie CLIP (1960) HD
YouTube video by Movieclips
www.youtube.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
We should all send Stephen Miller an email claiming to be the leader of ANTIFA.
Folks, the only things that matter to corporate media are ratings and ad revenues. Send this guy a note. Let him know you'll be boycotting ABC and why. Cancel your Disney+ subscription and give them feedback on why.
Gary Weitman
EVP & Chief Communication Officer
972-373-8800
gweitman@nexstar.tv
Gary Weitman
EVP & Chief Communication Officer
972-373-8800
gweitman@nexstar.tv
September 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Folks, the only things that matter to corporate media are ratings and ad revenues. Send this guy a note. Let him know you'll be boycotting ABC and why. Cancel your Disney+ subscription and give them feedback on why.
Gary Weitman
EVP & Chief Communication Officer
972-373-8800
gweitman@nexstar.tv
Gary Weitman
EVP & Chief Communication Officer
972-373-8800
gweitman@nexstar.tv