Mister T
@texano713.bsky.social
Member of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, Navy vet, parent, neurodivergent, former gearhead, occasionally un-serious
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Mister T
@texano713.bsky.social
· Aug 22
There have been ICE raids in Texas, mainly in its major cities. After seeing neighborhood patrols instituted in California, it's time to do the same in Texas. Because it's Texas, it needs to go a step farther, that is, include armed patrols.
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Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
Texas Women’s Privacy Act Complaint Form (SB 8) | Office of the Attorney General
The Texas Women’s Privacy Act requires a political subdivision or state agency, including public schools, open enrollment charter schools, and state institutions of higher education, to designate each...
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov
December 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
But if my employer subsidizes my health care insurance, that means it's effing great?
People die due to lack of access to health care. I don't know how it could be any clearer that the health care insurance market is a total failure.
People die due to lack of access to health care. I don't know how it could be any clearer that the health care insurance market is a total failure.
FOX: The ACA has never been more popular. Republicans are losing on this messaging. How do you talk to Americans who say the Republicans don't have a plan?
REP. BUDDY CARTER: You explain it by explaining it's not working. When the govt has to subsidize a program, that means it's not working
REP. BUDDY CARTER: You explain it by explaining it's not working. When the govt has to subsidize a program, that means it's not working
December 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
But if my employer subsidizes my health care insurance, that means it's effing great?
People die due to lack of access to health care. I don't know how it could be any clearer that the health care insurance market is a total failure.
People die due to lack of access to health care. I don't know how it could be any clearer that the health care insurance market is a total failure.
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Find free winter coat drives and locations in NYC. Open to all, donations welcome. documentedny.com/2025/11/26/f...
Where To Get or Donate Free Winter Coats in NYC - Documented
Find free winter coat drives and locations in NYC. Get equipped for winter with warm layers and coats. Open to all, donations welcome.
documentedny.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Find free winter coat drives and locations in NYC. Open to all, donations welcome. documentedny.com/2025/11/26/f...
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Checa estos lugares de Nueva York donde estan dando abrigos gratis durante el invierno. Abierto a todos, sin importar estatus migratorio. documentedny.com/2025/12/12/l...
Lugares en Nueva York donde obtener abrigos gratis todo el invierno - Documented
Encuentra colectas y repartos gratuitos de abrigos de invierno en Nueva York. Abierto a todos, sin importar estatus migratorio.
documentedny.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Checa estos lugares de Nueva York donde estan dando abrigos gratis durante el invierno. Abierto a todos, sin importar estatus migratorio. documentedny.com/2025/12/12/l...
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Dear neighbor,
This morning, ICE surrounded a construction site with Latino workers in this dangerously cold weather. One worker had to leave in an ambulance because they were forced to stay on the roof of the construction site as ICE attempted to kidnap them. 1/
This morning, ICE surrounded a construction site with Latino workers in this dangerously cold weather. One worker had to leave in an ambulance because they were forced to stay on the roof of the construction site as ICE attempted to kidnap them. 1/
December 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Dear neighbor,
This morning, ICE surrounded a construction site with Latino workers in this dangerously cold weather. One worker had to leave in an ambulance because they were forced to stay on the roof of the construction site as ICE attempted to kidnap them. 1/
This morning, ICE surrounded a construction site with Latino workers in this dangerously cold weather. One worker had to leave in an ambulance because they were forced to stay on the roof of the construction site as ICE attempted to kidnap them. 1/
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I say again, this time about Democrats in particular, "God, we are such little bitches."
"House Democrats on Thursday voted to return Rep. Henry Cuellar to his leadership role on the House Appropriations Committee following his presidential pardon on federal corruption charges."
JICYMI - Shameful, repulsive move by House Democrats and their leaders. Disgraceful.
JICYMI - Shameful, repulsive move by House Democrats and their leaders. Disgraceful.
Democrats Return Henry Cuellar to Powerful Spending Post After Trump Pardon
“We got ratified,” Cuellar told reporters after the vote.
www.notus.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I say again, this time about Democrats in particular, "God, we are such little bitches."
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I'm about to go to TJ Maxx and buy a bunch of stuff for this if any of you clowns want to Venmo me a few bucks. I'm at Sara-Cress.
I do work in the DV space and know that shelters are really struggling after a year of funding cuts, so I decided today to do a little donation drive for the Houston Area Women's Center.
I have a box on my porch. I'm putting my address on main. If you're in the area, feel free to drop off stuff.
I have a box on my porch. I'm putting my address on main. If you're in the area, feel free to drop off stuff.
December 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I'm about to go to TJ Maxx and buy a bunch of stuff for this if any of you clowns want to Venmo me a few bucks. I'm at Sara-Cress.
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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Meidas: Kristi Noem Walks Out of Hearing During Cross-Exam #blogpost
Meidas: Kristi Noem Walks Out of Hearing During Cross-Exam
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Kristi Noem walking out of a congressional hearing because she couldn’t handle the cross-examination by Democratic lawmakers like Seth Magaziner and others who exposed her lies.
littlegreenfootballs.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Meidas: Kristi Noem Walks Out of Hearing During Cross-Exam #blogpost
Who had "piracy" on their bingo card?
Bloomberg News Now is a comprehensive audio report of today's top stories. Hear the latest news, updated throughout the day, covering global business stories in just a few minutes.
US Forces Seize Oil Tanker off Venezuela Coast - Bloomberg
Bloomberg News Now is a comprehensive audio report of today's top stories. Hear the latest news, updated throughout the day, covering global business stories in just a few minutes.
bloom.bg
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Who had "piracy" on their bingo card?
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So today I found out that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was TED’s most watched talk of the year.
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
So today I found out that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was TED’s most watched talk of the year.
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
"Give us a couple of Friedman Units, give or take. By then we'll have basic agenda."
Roger Marshall on Republicans replacing the ACA: "It's gonna take us a while to figure out the right way to do it"
December 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Give us a couple of Friedman Units, give or take. By then we'll have basic agenda."
Egypt and Iran ask Fifa to prevent LGBTQ+ Pride celebration at World Cup 2026 match
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Egypt and Iran ask Fifa to prevent LGBTQ+ Pride celebration at World Cup 2026 match
Egypt’s football body says Pride event would clash with values as Iran also raises objections to plans organised by local Seattle group
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Egypt and Iran ask Fifa to prevent LGBTQ+ Pride celebration at World Cup 2026 match
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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So Trump basically admits that he has no clue, and issues pardons and executive orders because people telling him to.
(insert obligatory "...in any other administration a major scandal yada yada yada..." here)
(insert obligatory "...in any other administration a major scandal yada yada yada..." here)
POLITICO: You pardoned the former president of Honduras even though he was convicted in a massive intl drug trafficking scheme. How is that 0 tolerance on drug trafficking?
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
December 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
So Trump basically admits that he has no clue, and issues pardons and executive orders because people telling him to.
(insert obligatory "...in any other administration a major scandal yada yada yada..." here)
(insert obligatory "...in any other administration a major scandal yada yada yada..." here)
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December 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Practically guarantees that this scumbag will never leave the US.
Breaking News: Honduras has issued an international arrest warrant for its former president who was recently pardoned by President Trump.
Honduras Issues Warrant for Juan Orlando Hernández
The country’s attorney general said he had issued an international arrest warrant for Juan Orlando Hernández.
nyti.ms
December 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Practically guarantees that this scumbag will never leave the US.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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I told y'all a while ago that white leftists would turn on Jasmine Crockett the minute she outlived her usefulness to them.
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I told y'all a while ago that white leftists would turn on Jasmine Crockett the minute she outlived her usefulness to them.
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That's what they said at least one Friedman Unit ago.
Mike Johnson says the GOP healthcare plan will be announced in about two weeks.
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
That's what they said at least one Friedman Unit ago.
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If you’re one of the millions of AT&T customers affected by a pair of data breaches the company disclosed last year, it’s time to make sure you get paid.
Here’s your guide to what happened, and what you need to do:
Here’s your guide to what happened, and what you need to do:
How to claim your share of AT&T’s $177 million data-breach settlement
The telecom giant owes millions a slice of its settlement fund, but time is running out to file a claim.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If you’re one of the millions of AT&T customers affected by a pair of data breaches the company disclosed last year, it’s time to make sure you get paid.
Here’s your guide to what happened, and what you need to do:
Here’s your guide to what happened, and what you need to do:
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URGENT Please donate or repost! 💙
This was an email I received this morning:
“Unfortunately, they are struggling to receive donations from the community and they are unsure when they will be able to fulfill our request.”
we have always participated in a community gift program..
Cont. in comments..
This was an email I received this morning:
“Unfortunately, they are struggling to receive donations from the community and they are unsure when they will be able to fulfill our request.”
we have always participated in a community gift program..
Cont. in comments..
a woman in a lab coat stands in front of a sign that says please help!
ALT: a woman in a lab coat stands in front of a sign that says please help!
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
URGENT Please donate or repost! 💙
This was an email I received this morning:
“Unfortunately, they are struggling to receive donations from the community and they are unsure when they will be able to fulfill our request.”
we have always participated in a community gift program..
Cont. in comments..
This was an email I received this morning:
“Unfortunately, they are struggling to receive donations from the community and they are unsure when they will be able to fulfill our request.”
we have always participated in a community gift program..
Cont. in comments..
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Valentina Gomez announced her run for Texas’ 31st Congressional District with one of the most vile racist messages I’ve ever seen:
“Vote for me so we can kick every dirty Muslim out of Texas.
Save your daughters from getting ra**d by Muhammad”
America 2025
“Vote for me so we can kick every dirty Muslim out of Texas.
Save your daughters from getting ra**d by Muhammad”
America 2025
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Valentina Gomez announced her run for Texas’ 31st Congressional District with one of the most vile racist messages I’ve ever seen:
“Vote for me so we can kick every dirty Muslim out of Texas.
Save your daughters from getting ra**d by Muhammad”
America 2025
“Vote for me so we can kick every dirty Muslim out of Texas.
Save your daughters from getting ra**d by Muhammad”
America 2025