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Al in TX

@al-tx.bsky.social
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Independent, left leaning. Anti MAGA/Elon/Trump. Interested in current affairs, sports, science, and engineering.

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Bunny Stroganoff @bunnystroganoff.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"The world’s largest penguin colony has declined by two-thirds since 2011, most likely because of the climate crisis, a study has revealed." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World’s largest penguin colony suffers ‘enormous population crash’
Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island in Antarctica down by two-thirds since 2011, probably due to climate crisis
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DSP💙#🟦✡️ @drawstickpeople.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Parliament House, Canberra Thank you 🩵
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. whenweallvote.org
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Al in TX @al-tx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“officials ..attempted to administer two lethal doses of pentobarbital to Pike but she survived and was taken to hospital. Her medical condition is unclear. “ Unbelievable! I hope Brett Kavanaugh is happy with this. He authorized it without bothering to give an explanation.
bbc.com
Tennessee halts executions after death row inmate Christa Pike survives hers
Christa Pike was transported to hospital after the failed attempts. Her condition remains unknown.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jack Smith is an American hero 👇
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pathetic…..
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ICE has wasted tens of millions to carry out Trump’s mass detention agenda. This is about Trump and Millers obsession with segregation. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE has wasted tens of millions to carry out Trump’s mass detention agenda – report
GAO documents array of costly problems as ICE pursues controversial plans to rapidly increase detention capacity
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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Who’s Gonna Tell Him… #Blues
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huronbluechief.bsky.social @huronbluechief.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Maddow Reality Check Cartoon Break
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“From Bordeaux to Paris, via Rennes in Brittany and Die in the southeast, thousands – 120,000, according to organizers – turned out ‘for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.’”
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
RFK Jr, a conspiracy theorist and quack is jealous of trumps grift so he and his wife join in. Advances and Gifts: Financial disclosures Kennedy got $4 million in book advances from Skyhorse Publishing that Tony Lyons-heads a network of MAHA entities. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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RFK Jr received $4m in book advances from Maha allies over past year
In 2024 ethics filing, US health secretary pledged to ‘not engage in writing, editing, marketing or promotional services for any of these books during government service’
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Another detainee has died in Louisiana detention center.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
With 50 days until the midterms, I urge you all to: 1) Help get out the vote. 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference. 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism. We are the only ones who can end this nightmare. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A 76-year-old man holding permanent US residency and grappling with stage four prostate cancer is reportedly being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in Tacoma, Washington. What the fuck are we doing here? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE holds man with stage 4 cancer in detention despite permanent US residency
ICE spokesperson says Loreto Javar failed to disclose criminal conviction in Philippines when he applied for visa
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
How the Tech World Turned Evil Once upon a time, they were counterculture idealists bringing power to the people. Today they’re greedy monopolists who’d sooner destroy our democracy than be reined in by government in any way—and they have to be stopped. newrepublic.com/article/2088...
newrepublic.com
How the Tech World Turned Evil
Once upon a time, they were counterculture idealists bringing power to the people. Today they’re greedy monopolists who’d sooner destroy our democracy than be reined in by government in any way—and th...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?
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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My friend Jim, made another video against ICE! Take a moment to listen. ICE OUT. #Pinks #USDemocracy
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ICCooler @iccooler.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Coincidence? www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/amer...
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Hundreds of America’s wild horses reportedly sent to slaughter under Trump
America's wild horses and burros deserve protection, not betrayal.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 13/08/2026
Texans are rallying to halt destructive border construction in Big Bend National Park. Even if you're not in Texas, call your representatives and urge them to call for the halt of the destruction.
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
He didn’t change. They did.
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Al in TX @al-tx.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Yet another scam from Trump and his family business.
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Trump Media: More than 10 firms pay up to $100,000 a month for fast-access data feed
Trump Media expects the controversial service, which launched this month, to provide a new revenue stream, as it posts a quarterly loss.
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voteinthemidterms.bsky.social @voteinthemidterms.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
THIS IS AMERICA this killer remains free, even though, we all saw him on VIDEO murder Renee Good In cold blood
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Anna from Ukraine @annafromukraine.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
@realjakebroe.bsky.social IN UKRAINE INTERVIEW: FEDOROV, LAURA LOOMER, NAFO youtu.be/t8yFT1neP64
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JAKE BROE IN UKRAINE INTERVIEW: FEDOROV, LAURA LOOMER, NAFO
YouTube video by Anna from Ukraine
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Detainees at Adelanto ICE Processing Center claim that staff have provided them with water from an unknown source that is routinely contaminated. A video L.A. TACO received backs this up. The full story: lataco.com/contaminated... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
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Al in TX @al-tx.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Wordle 1,869 2/6 🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That’s so lucky 😄
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
@ProudSocialist "This is barbaric. New video released of ICE agents kidnapping a teenage boy in Glendale, CA. The teen can be heard crying out for help and crying for his mother as ICE takes him away. 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗜𝗖𝗘. @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
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Al in TX @al-tx.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Let’s see how Trump is going to play this. No doubt he’ll deny any setbacks.
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US economy slowed more than expected as the Iran war took hold — ABC News
The U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.5% in the second quarter.
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Cami 🐸Truth Matters💙Good Troublemaker💙No DMs🚫No Posts=No Follow🚫 @cami4change.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
F'ing regime. 😡🤬 "Longoria said he didn’t know why the agents stopped his truck, but suspects it was racial profiling. He and his family remain traumatized by their experience. 'What I have lived through, I don’t wish that upon others,' he said." #RacialProfiling #AbolishICE #RacistRegime #Pinks
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He was shot at by ICE, then wrongfully accused. His nightmare had only just begun
After masked agents fired on his truck, Francisco Longoria was ambushed, charged and jailed – only for the case against him to fall apart. Now he and his family are seeking justice, and says the harro...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 26/07/2026
Egg producers got caught colluding to inflate prices—and Trump let them off with a measly $3.3 million fine. One company alone made $1.2 billion in profit last year. Big corporations cheat, and Trump lets them off the hook.
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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 20/07/2026
ICE has STOLEN an Indigenous Tribal ELDER from NM, who was on her way to CHEMO. She stopped for gas, ICE then approached her, she showed all of her proper, legal documentation. They still stole her away. They're denying her of life saving CHEMO. When will it be enough. #ShedShed #ViVaHerAlliance
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EktaShahMD @ektashahmd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
As we mourn Miss Denise may I share you three receipts of some of her finest moments! Saving forever This makes me smile God I already miss her so much
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Ruben Garcia @gorubenruben.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Guerrero 3 years old daughter will never see her Papi again. #EndICE #Maine #USDemocracy
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Al in TX @al-tx.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
It’s TACO Tuesday again 😆
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Trump backs away from plans to charge fees in the Strait of Hormuz as attacks intensify — The Associated Press
President Donald Trump took a day to reverse his plans to charge a 20% toll on cargo going through the Strait of Hormuz, saying that Middle Eastern countries will instead make investment and trade dea...
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The sheer injustice in Houston is sickening. Lorenzo was just going to work to support his family when his life was stolen by ICE. Seeing his father on his knees, consumed by raw, agonizing grief, is a heartbreaking reminder of the human cost of systemic violence. He deserves justice.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This has to END NOW! Lorenzo Salgado Araujo spent 35 years building homes and supporting his family, only to be killed on his way to work. ICE’s "self-defense" claim cannot just be taken at face value. We need a completely independent investigation and full transparency now. JUSTICE NOW!
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Al in TX @al-tx.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
All young males, all wearing masks. That tells a lot.
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Masked Patriot Front white nationalists stage July 4 march in DC
YouTube video by Reuters
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🧵 ICE agents threaten poll worker in Syracuse. She said she has no intention of signing it or removing her social media posts. Perry Grossman, a lawyer for the New York Civil Liberties Union, told syracuse.com that the behavior was designed to be a “scare tactic.” www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...
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Civil rights experts: ICE warning to Syracuse woman was scare tactic against citizen critic
ICE agents warned a Syracuse woman to remove a social media account that mentions the agent who killed Renee Good
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Sonia Silva ❤️ @vallygirl.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Standing ovation for Rep. Beatty, who sued Trump over the renaming of the Kennedy Center, took him to court, and won!
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Russian artillery shelling of Kherson killed a man. His wife and two daughters, aged six and three, were injured - they suffered blast injuries and shrapnel wounds. The family was at a children's playground at the moment of the attack. Horrible.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Last night, ICE purposefully targeted medic, pacifist & veteran Adam Marshall, an organizer with Eyes on ICE, while he was trying to help protestors at Delaney Hall who had been gassed three times. They slammed him to the ground and ripped off his gas mask. He was arrested and dumped 10 miles away.
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Al in TX @al-tx.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
So much for Trump’s deal then 😏
bbc.com
US launches new strikes on Iran, targeting missile sites and boats
US Central Command says the strikes were taken in "self-defense". It comes as senior Iranian negotiators arrive in Qatar for talks to end the war.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Bruce Springsteen shows up for Stephen Colbert and slams Trump. He also mentioned Larry Ellison. #Pinks 🔥
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MFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I call them traitors.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Today's cartoon by Chris Britt:
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