Texas Gopher

Texas Gopher

@texasgopher.bsky.social

Semi-retired educator /tennis coach. Fan of all things Minnesota sports related, especially university of Minnesota Gophers ! Liberal Dem from way back.

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Sarah Trone Garriott has spent her career helping Iowa families navigate healthcare crises. Her platform focuses on restoring Medicaid funding, protecting ACA premium subsidies and expanding coverage options via a public option. Elect Sarah Trone Garriott Iowa's 3rd Congressional District

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James Talarico is tackling corruption head on. Watch & listen as he lays out what his anti- corruption bill will be: • Overturn Citizens United • Ban corporate PACs & super PACs • Ban members of Congress from trading stocks It's time to defeat this corrupt system!!! 💪🏻🗳️ #USDemocracy

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Iowans can’t buy homes because of predatory hedge funds driving up prices, family farms are falling victim to foreign investors, & data centers are being paid with Iowa tax dollars to raise our utility prices. Enough is enough. The choice is clear: Rob Sands for Iowa Govornor.

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Donald Trump posted a graphic targeting Abdul El-Sayed and his wife, comparing them to him and Melania with the caption “Two Very Different America’s.” Here’s how El-Sayed flipped it right back on him live on CNN:

Lots of trolls out there today trying to stir up crap after a gracious concession message by Haley Stevens. Those folks are only seeking to divide us and boost Mike Rogers. Do what good Dems do, block and ignore, do not engage #VoteBlueNoMatterWho #DoNotFeedTheTrolls

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Paxton has his aide step and doesn't answer when someone asks him "how come on a government salary you own over 15 houses?"

Speeches at memorial services usually remind you of the reasons why you should think a person wasn’t all bad. JD Vance’s speech just reminded me what a shitty Senator Graham was and how frequently he was willing to sell out to be “relevant”. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

nbcnews.comWashington says goodbye to Sen. Lindsey GrahamA special ceremony at the Capitol and a funeral service at the National Cathedral on Tuesday will be private, but both events will be livestreamed for the public.

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🚨Caught on camera: Ken Paxton PANICS when asked about owning 15 homes worth $9 million on a $153,000 government salary. Paxton dodges, stammers, then says “I’d like to keep today to law enforcement!” Classic Paxton—refuses to answer, cuts the presser short. Texans deserve better.

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One year ago, 218 House Republicans voted for the largest cut to healthcare in American history just to give a tax cut to billionaires. This November, Democrats will take back power and fight to restore healthcare funding.

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Nehls on how House GOP will make case for affordability back home: Nehls: What are you talking about? I'm gonna get me lobster tails. Some nice rib eyes. Reporter: Do you think the 60% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck can afford that? Nehls: Maybe not. Maybe they don't work as hard as me.

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Sean Duffy has a 7-year-old daughter with Down syndrome. Sean Duffy: “Let’s give a big round of applause for our military band and singers. They’re way better than the libtards who canceled on us.”

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Alito authoring opinion saying fixing a racial gerrymander is also racist and then musing, 2 hours later, during oral argument about Trump's racist effort to end humanitarian protections against deportation for Haitians, about how he doesn't like dividing up people by race I loathe this man so much

Any criticism of Israel's Gaza policy or its supporters is immediately branded as antisemitism. If you think the policy is right @repdangoldman.bsky.social defend it. You marched with Bezalel Smotrich, a proud Homophobe and proponent of ethnically cleansing Gaza. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.comNew York lawmaker says it’s ‘sad’ that a cafe banned him over his pro-Israel viewsPoetica Coffee in Brooklyn now faces DoJ investigation after sharing post criticizing Democrat Dan Goldman

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Ossoff: Because in our time, what those who build ballrooms and monuments to themselves, who rake in billions through foreign princes while the people's savings vanish, along with their hospitals, what they hate the most is when the people try to hold them accountable at the polls.

EXACTLY ! It didn't work in the 70s and it won't work now.

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Remember when the US auto industry refused to make small cars with fuel efficient engines because they made more money by making huge cars with big engines? Sales tanked and they were forced to change course. Now, the same automakers want to ban affordable electric vehicles from China. Insanity!!

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Women Winning endorsed me in my first Senate race, and I’m proud to have their support to be Minnesota’s first woman Governor.