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While I’m glad for the released man, the fact that Witkoff, Kushner, and Trump are trying to rehabilitate Putin’s image for profit makes me sick. Calling Putin a ‘Humanitarian,’ Witkoff Thanks Him for Releasing an American www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...

This NYT Article Is Relevant To This Announcement👇🏻 Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

This is the problem! Angela Paxton’s POS husband does not need to be in office for any party. Keeping a POS in office for the “seat” instead of electing someone for their public service, ideas, policies, and integrity is how we ended up with so many POS in office now.

In case anyone in Texas needed another reason to despise Ken Paxton: Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...

Can citizens of the world band together to say hello no? Talk about potential for unintended consequences for all of us. Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/w...

Ron White: Eight of Ken Paxton’s assistants turned him into the FBI for fraud... They sued and won $6 million. Guess who paid that $6 million? You and me paid the $6 million for his bribery. His own party impeached him. He’s a criminal.

I’m an editor. It seems I’m not the only one finding hallucinated references! OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ A.I. Behavior www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/t...

Can you imagine if this amount of creativity and effort had instead been applied to work that would actually help people living in the state? The Fix Was Almost In www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/o...

Texans, don’t sit this one out. PLEASE VOTE IN THE MIDTERM ELECTION! 📌 Register by: Oct. 5 🗳️ Early Voting: Oct. 19–30 🇺🇸 Election Day: Nov. 3 ⏰ Polls: 7 AM–7 PM Make a plan. Check your registration. Show up and cast your ballot. Official info: votetexas.gov #TexasVotes #Vote2026PLEASE

Texans: Make sure you are registered to vote. Being on the voter suspense list does not mean your voter registration has been purged. It simply means that local officials need an updated address before October 5th – the voter registration deadline in Texas.

Maureen Dowd nails how this administration has done so much harm in such a short time: Not So Supreme, Mr. Roberts www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/o...

Texans: No, you haven’t been “suspended,” but yes, you should still check your voter registration now and update it if necessary. The GOP relies on fear and confusion to supress the vote. This article is a great explainer. Read it and spread the knowledge. open.substack.com/pub/lonestar...

One thing the Trump era has taught me is that when I think the worst possible thing has happened. I'm usually wrong.

Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Imagine claiming your god is behind powerful and wealthy people stripping food assistance, healthcare, USAID, environmental protections, food protections, terrorizing immigrants, and senseless wars, then getting so offended when people reject your god.

"If you become a multimillionaire on a government salary and now own 15 homes on the public's dime, you should, then you should have to answer the public's questions." James Talarico re Ken Paxton

If I could get one message across to conservatives (Republican or Democrat), it's that competing ideologies arise in response to real problems in your own ideology. Hate the responses? Then address the problems yourself. No more plugging your ears & pretending your view is unassailably perfect

The hypocrisy of this administration eliminating programs that teach consent and healthy relationships… Government Overhauls Teen Pregnancy Program to Focus on Marriage and Starting Families www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #ONEV1 #DV1 🗣Governor: TX @ginafortexas.bsky.social, a current State Rep, has been fighting for better schools, healthcare, public safety & more. She’ll serve all Texans, not only the uber-rich. See her agenda. ginafortexas.com/about/

If you’re not alarmed you’re not paying attention. www.propublica.org/article/fede...

Someone in my family is a Texas social studies teacher. They are sending me screenshots from a workshop with the updated standards. I’m going to throw up. You have to teach history in a way that makes students feel patriotic and “develop pride rooted in the truth.” Whose truth??

Happy Fourth of July from Willie and me!

There is bound to be some way the Trump family will make money off of this. Parents Will Be Able to Enroll Newborns in Trump Accounts at the Hospital www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/y...

July 23, 2025: The White House rolls out a plan to deregulate AI companies. Also, July 23, 2025: Trump buys up to $5 million apiece in stock of Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon & Broadcom. Coincidence? Congress must BAN stock trading by the President, VP, and lawmakers.

Isn’t this the guy whose family bought the Epstein ranch in New Mexico? It seems like Abbott might want to avoid that entanglement. Texas Governor Appoints Former Hard Right Critic to Key Post www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/u...

Watching the Obama Center opening. The music and messages so far are wonderful. I love that it is being live streamed at no cost to anyone who wants to watch. I’ve missed this feeling of hope and belonging.

Great article—his statement that the purpose of claiming voting fraud is to delegitimize any Dem vote is spot on. If You Don’t Vote for Republicans, You Don’t Exist www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/o...

According to my weather app, Galveston was just issued a tropical storm watch, followed a few minutes later by a hard freeze advisory. We are doomed.

This is creepy as hell. Where Musk Is King www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/o...

Immigrants & asylum seekers are not our enemies. They are not responsible for the austerity, privatisation, erosion of civic life, thinning of democracy and concentration of power we suffer. But they're being punished for these things. Punished at the behest of the very people who *are* responsible.

It’s like they do know history after all but pull out all the worst bits. Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w...

We are set to cruise with 11 family members in less than 3 weeks. I think we need to be ready to cancel, depending on what is happening. Masks indoors for certain, even if things look better. I have no trust that we are monitoring exposed people appropriately. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/o...

This is one of the most hopeful things I have read in the news this year. What Would a Feminist Justice System Look Like? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/o...

If Lindsey Graham is introducing a bill to have taxpayers pay the $400,000,000 for the ballroom, where did all of those private donations go?

Yes. 🫶 🌍

The past terrifying week has caused me to wonder: How the hell did we get here? And how do we change course? Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-how-the-hell-did-we

I absolutely love this idea. I am curious about logistics, though, if people may need to work weekends or care for someone at home. How do they get those voices in the room? No Shy Person Left Behind www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/o...

I mean there it is.

"Donald John Trump, the man who once bragged about his inauguration crowd to the point where his own press secretary had a nervous breakdown on day fucking one, has finally drawn the biggest crowd in American history."