Rodrigo

Rodrigo

@groverhtx.bsky.social

Social worker, Houstonian, (he/him/his) cis- We're all doing the best we can with what we know. -i don't know Regulated, Connected Kids who Feel Safe and Know What to Do Behave Well. -Robyn Gobbel My favorite muppet is Grover

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Musk once again proving to just be a mass murderer on a world-historic scale.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

Three-byline alert: 🚨 “.. Last week, Musk capped the speeds at which Ukrainian hardware could stay connected to the satellite-based network .. .. One of the people also claimed Musk and Trump discussed the matter prior to the decision ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...

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We finally found the paid protesters Trump keeps talking about

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

If success were measured in how much personal wealth had been corrupted by the officeholder, then i would agree that this has been the most successful presidency in American history.

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You frightened wockaflockas really let them gut our country and make it their personal piggy bank? I hope shittin' on folks who were different from you was worth it.

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Here are the details: literally any time, any place, any network.

Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social

Fox host: President Trump said you all should have a debate… Is that in the works? Are you requesting one with him? Ken Paxton (lying): Oh well, no, look... We can never quite work out the details.

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all those people who called me "irresponsible" for advocating air strikes against specific data centers better be eating crow.

Gabriele Svelto@gabrielesvelto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy

I double-checked this on a couple of Xitter stat sites and it's true. Average views of the main AfD account dropped 90% and average engagement dropped by 60%. This is commercial social media for you: bots, damn bots and Russian bots.

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Putin told Iran the locations of our warships. Today, Trump rewarded him by lifting sanctions and allowing American dollars to fuel Russia’s war machine. Our troops are in harm’s way, and the President cut a deal with the adversary putting a target on their backs.

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The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.

Jared@jaredmcclain.bsky.social

Things got more insane just about as soon as I posted this last night. DHS is now arguing that we cannot even put the names of ICE officers in our lawsuit against those officers. Their position is that, if a defendant works for DHS, they cannot be named in a lawsuit. Never seen anything like it.

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They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.

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Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.

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🚨TRIGGER WARNING🚨 Discussion of rape/sexual violence & strong language. ☑️ Bear ☐ Man This spoken word poem stopped me in my tracks The bear was never really the point. The point is why so many women understood the answer immediately Listen to her words. They matter. —Claire Donohoe🐻💜 #SheShed

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ICE has notified me that another person has died in their custody. This is the 58th death under ICE’s watch since Trump returned to office. That’s 58 too many. We need to dismantle ICE, eliminate private, for-profit detention centers, and reform our broken immigration system.

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Replying to @courtneymilan.com

The best way to console ourselves about the international shit sandwich buffet that we will have to consume in the coming years is to build out a massive train network, provide health care to all, and take out our aggressions on the billionaires.

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I first started reporting on Texas’ systematic heat torture of prisoners over a decade ago. It’s taken far too long to get here, and 2029 is far too long a time to allow this suffering to continue. Nonetheless, it’s good to finally bear witness to this ruling.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

A federal judge has ordered Texas to air condition all of the state’s prisons by the end of 2029 High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled.

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Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim"

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NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.

nytimes.comF.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan CollinsThe inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.

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Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party. Seems like it should be a story?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."