NTxBlueDot

NTxBlueDot

@embeebalm.bsky.social

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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NTxBlueDot
@embeebalm.bsky.social

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!

NTxBlueDot
@embeebalm.bsky.social

I couldn’t be there, but I did wear my Fuck Trump shirt everywhere I went yesterday. Otto Folio on Etsy has some great choices, plus tea towels. Good for a Mother’s Day gift — hint, hint.

NTxBlueDot
@embeebalm.bsky.social

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??

NTxBlueDot
@embeebalm.bsky.social

The perfect summary for this administration’s trade policy!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

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?"

NTxBlueDot
@embeebalm.bsky.social

If one there had been a way to predict china’s response.🤷‍♀️ This is history classes should be taken seriously.

Mohamed A. El-Erian@elerianm.bsky.social

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%.

NTxBlueDot
@embeebalm.bsky.social

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.

CAKE@thebandcake.bsky.social

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

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.

NTxBlueDot
@embeebalm.bsky.social

Absolutely heartbreaking!

Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social

“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.”

time.comWhat the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador ExperiencedExclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
NTxBlueDot
@embeebalm.bsky.social

This used to be our goal as Americans. I miss those days.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

"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

NTxBlueDot
@embeebalm.bsky.social

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?

NTxBlueDot
@embeebalm.bsky.social

Texas is auctioning off education to the highest bidder.

Josephine Lee@josephinelee.bsky.social

“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...

texasobserver.orgHow Voucher Vendors Could Make Millions from ‘School Choice’ in TexasThe Legislature’s current proposals put a handful of private contractors in the driver’s seat. Other states have already seen problems.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

“…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

NTxBlueDot
@embeebalm.bsky.social

Terrifying!

Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social

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/

NTxBlueDot
@embeebalm.bsky.social

Color me shocked.🙄

Texas Observer@texasobserver.org

“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.”

texasobserver.orgAbbott’s Border Disaster Has Created a No-Bid Bonanza for Private ContractorsThere is now a powerful, well-heeled constituency that has built up around Operation Lone Star.

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Boo!-per Lund
@cooperlund.online

An underrated part of this video is you can watch the Dow go down in real time in the bottom right

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Tomorrow, tariffs -- 25 percent on Canada and 25 percent on Mexico. And that'll start."

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Beth [REDACTED]!!
@realbeth.bsky.social

Replying to @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social

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!

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NTxBlueDot
@embeebalm.bsky.social

Rep. McCormick appears to be a snowflake.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

WaPo Page One: “If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said .. “But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

NTxBlueDot
@embeebalm.bsky.social

My newest tactic with John Cornyn’s office…I hear Ken Paxton plans to primary you. Let him have it & retire. You’d be 80 at the end of the next term anyway. You really want to be Diane Feinstein or Kay Granger? Retire and vote your conscience as a lame duck like Mitch.

NTxBlueDot
@embeebalm.bsky.social

Finally some good news!

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social

BREAKING On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.

popular.infoBREAKING: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grantsAn internal memo issued February 12 was obtained by Popular Information.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

On Monday, USAID's IG warned that Trump's agency cuts have made it harder to root out fraud and abuse — and that nearly $500M in food was about to spoil due to Trump's foreign aid freeze. On Tuesday, Trump fired him. So much for transparency.

cnn.comUSAID IG fired day after report critical of impacts of Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency | CNN PoliticsThe inspector general of the US Agency for International Development was fired on Tuesday, a day after his office released a report critical of the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

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Londyn Robinson, MD
@londyloo.bsky.social

I have a confession . . . I was an “overhead cost”. I was a beaker washer, agar plate pourer, research secretary. I was paid by “overhead cost” fees. Loved it. Those “overhead cost” jobs allowed this rural kid to become a physician. Please tag how #OverheadCostJob impact u.