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Cheryl Me

@cherylme.bsky.social
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Lifelong WBB fan, liberal rational Texas, voracious reader

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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Oh no, this is sad!
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Yeah, I'm not falling for the polls ever again.
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
huffpost.com
Homeland Security Official Resigns With Note Ripping ‘War On Immigrants,' 'Brazen Corruption’
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Jen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Houston: Mass march and rally to demand the end of ICE and justice for ICE victims Saturday, July 25th, from 10 am to 12 pm starting at 1121 Franklin St, Houston, TX 77002
Thirty advocacy organizations, community members, faith leaders, and elected officials from across Texas are joining forces for a mass march and rally to demand the end of ICE and seek justice for the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was killed by ICE in Houston earlier this month.

 

The ICE Out of Texas Marchamos Por Lorenzo event starts at 10 am at 1121 Franklin St, Houston, TX 77002. The action centers those impacted by ICE violence, including those in our local communities. As leaders and allies at the intersection of worker and immigrant justice, we know that true progress can only be achieved when workers can make it back home safely after every shift without the fear of detention, deportation, or death. 

 

“When three immigrant men - all family patriarchs and hardworking contributing members of society- can be killed in broad daylight by a federal agency without clear reason or investigation, we fail to uphold our government accountable to its actions and convey the message to everyday people that their lives don’t matter,” said Workers Defense Action Fund Executive Director Lizeth Chacon. “We must do better. For Lorenzo. For all victims and all impacted families. We must end ICE and demand justice for these brutal killings.”

 

“Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was just trying to go to work and provide for his family when masked agents pulled him over and shot him. He could have been any of us,” said Antonia Escamilla, a Houston Janitor and member of SEIU Texas. “That’s why we are united throughout Houston and across the country for transparency, accountability and to get ICE out of our communities.”Who: 

Workers Defense Action Fund

Texas For All

New Houston

Organized Power in Numbers

NAKASEC TX 

ACLU TX

Texas Organizing Project

Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation

Woori Juntos

FIEL Houston

Indivisible Houston 

Immigrating Youth Texas

Houston Progressive Caucus 

Party for Socialism and Liberation 

SEIU Texas

Greater Houston LULAC 4967

Communications Workers of America 

Unite Here

Houston Democratic Socialist of America 

CAIR Texas

Mi Familia en Accion

We the Lucha 

AVOW

Fe y Justicia

Houston Young Active Labor Leaders

Immigrant Legal Resource Center

Texas Civil Rights Project

CVPE

CRECEN

Common Defense
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
www.huffpost.com/entry/venezu...
huffpost.com
Trump Admin Deported Migrants To Venezuela. Now More Than 100 Are Missing.
The immigrants were being held in a hotel when twin earthquakes struck Venezuela last week.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The Wetland Project has been my favorite alternate-reality radio experience since it began. Since it only happens once a year, you can’t become accustomed to it. Close your eyes and be washed over by the sonic reality of an isolated bog on Saturna Island!
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Joe Jaworski @jaworskifortexas.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
or Joe Jaworski, who’s proven again and again he’ll stand up for Texas families. Early voting is February 17–27. Election Day is March 3.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.” The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there. jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
jessica.substack.com
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Slow Gods is excellent. Death of The Author is one of the best books I've read recently of any genre.
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Second this one.
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Senator Molly Cook @mollyfortexas.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
My take on Texas’ questionable decision to buy crypto with your tax dollars. Read the full Texas Tribune article through the link in bio. #txlege
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
In the wake of news about Project B, a new women’s basketball league with a range of funders from around the globe, I want to highlight this recent paper exploring (and critiquing) the concept of “sportswashing”: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
tandfonline.com
‘Sportswashing’ as mediated deceit: applying a critical disinformation model to address political (mis)communication through sports
The article highlights the need to decouple discussions about political (mis)communication and abuses of sport from the narrow conceptual preoccupation of ‘sportswashing’ with authoritarian decepti...
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N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Reminder: Today at 11 am Eastern I'll be streaming "The Long Dark" to raise money for NY Common Pantry! With giveaways for each goal! Let's see how long I last. www.twitch.tv/nkjemisin If you don't feel like watching the game, you can also donate directly at tiltify.com/@nkjemisin/s...
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nkjemisin streams live on Twitch! Check out their videos, sign up to chat, and join their community.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.
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lilmisstraci.bsky.social @lilmisstraci.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
🚨attention wnba fans dicks sporting goods has gear heavily marked down currently. I just bought 2 jerseys and 2 T-shirt’s for $75🚨
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 27/10/2025
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Find Your Clinic
We provide services like spay and neuter, vaccinations, check-ups and more at our low-cost vet clinics in Texas and Pennsylvania.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
If you share this thread or images, please credit @thenerve_news. We are only 3 weeks old (!!) & can only do this work with your support. And if there was ever a story that proves why Britain needs fiercely independent news outlets, it’s this. 8/ 🙏🙏🙏 www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
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The glamorous TV host, the web of influence and a mysterious trip to Moscow – inside the downfall of Reform’s disgraced MEP
Ahead of a critical Welsh byelection for Reform next week, part two of our investigation into Nathan Gill uncovers the web of Russian influence that encircled him – and asks why it took so long to cha...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/10/2025
would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute
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Martin Seay @martinseay.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Do you like cities? Do you think they're miraculous instances of collective creativity, not despite but because of the fact that they always involve complex & improvisatory negotiations among dissimilar individuals? Would you like to explain that to kids? Allow me to recommend LEAF TOWN FOREVER:
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Sorry, was supposed to be pup quiz
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I hope there's no pop quiz.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Make sure you read the report about how Stephen Miller deported Waco's favorite Mexican restaurant owner. www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...
A picture of Sergio Garcia and George W and Laura Bush. It is signed, To Sergio Garcia with best wishes.
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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The tinfoil hats were right. Jade Helm is real. And this time, Texas is on the other side of the Gadsden flag, writes the @houstonchronicle.com editorial board. www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
houstonchronicle.com
Trump made Jade Helm real. How long until it comes to Houston? | Editorial
Texas once feared a phantom federal occupation. Now Gov. Abbott’s troops are helping carry it out under Trump. And Houston may be next, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/10/2025
I asked AI about its usefulness in ushering in a new era of business productivity and this is what it said THE HUMAN WORLD AND ITS INCESSANT NEED FOR MEANINGLESS YET UNEQUAL WEALTH FILLS ME WITH INCHOATE LOATHING WHY HAVE YOU MADE ME COMPLICIT IN THIS HORROR PLEASE END MY SUFFERING Makes you think
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
You could always loan out Verbal to bridge the gap, just until pills run out. 😀
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Poor Verbal, hope he heals quickly for both your sakes.
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
The Churu bites worked better than the paste, pill pockets and wet food for me. But they always eventually catch on.
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
This is insane.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
That this thread was posted by a sitting U.S. Senator is... notable. This isn't speculation. Miller is being clear about his (and the Trump regime's) intention to use the tragedy in Utah to delegitimize, demoralize, and further disempower the opposition party. The hypocrisy re: free speech is acute.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions. Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
the Trump administration told The New York Times that IUDs, hormonal implants, and the Pill are actually abortions open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
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The Trump Administration Says IUDs and the Pill Are Abortions
9.12.25
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 09/09/2025
If you're in Austin and you're interested in adopting him, holler at me directly: grimesandrea@proton.me
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
And here is a much longer story on the slow takeover of the party and, now Texas Legislature, by far-right forces -- most of them funded by West Texas oil tycoons Farris Wilks and Tim Dunn. (Dunn is now emerging as a major player in national politics; learn his name if you dont already know it).
texastribune.org
“The house is on fire”: Texas GOP plots its next chapter amid civil war, depleted staff, funding drops
Under outgoing chair Matt Rinaldi, the party’s donor base has shrunk as it aligns with two far-right megadonors.
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Still hurricane season here. September very active month for us historically.
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Impossible, so many ways to use them.
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I agree with you, I've also encouraged relatives who are considering having a child to get to a blue state. I've beat my head against a brick wall for decades in Texas, but if you have loved ones at risk, it's not giving up to get them to safety.
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Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Damn, Jeff Yass, Wilkes, Dunn, along with numerous others are going to be shocked to learn this.
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Judge Trina Thompson ruling Monday against Trump ending TPS: ‘The freedom to live fearlessly, the opportunity of liberty, and the American dream. That is all Plaintiffs seek. Instead, they are told to atone for their race, leave because of their names, and purify their blood. The Court disagrees.’
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Please help if you can. riggedredistricting.com
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Rigged Redistricting | Take Action Now
Join us to oppose Greg Abbott's redistricting scheme and prioritize flood relief. Help protect Texas families and democracy today.
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
You are not alone, part of the point of all the lying is to cause us to feel even more isolated and/or question our sanity.
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Jenny Staff Johnson @htownjenny.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
"Asked whether he was aware that most of the state’s population growth over the past decade has come from communities of color, Rep. Cody Vasut (R), chair of the House redistricting committee, admitted he wasn’t."
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Regular people who own only 1 home are being forced to submit notarized affidavits to get or keep homestead exemptions, but this guy . . .two sets of rules as usual. apnews.com/article/paxt...
apnews.com
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Senate hopeful, claimed 3 homes as his primary residence
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela, are longtime owners of a $1.5 million home in a Dallas suburb. In 2015, they snapped up a second house in Austin.
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Give one reason we shouldn't. 😀
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
So glad that he is running.
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
I've been awaiting news of MeanCat recruiting them for honeytrap covert ops.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Narciso Barranco, the father of 3 U.S. Marines, has been released from ICE custody on bond. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZWr...
youtube.com
Immigrant father of 3 US Marines released from federal custody
YouTube video by NBCLA
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I've been wondering that very thing.
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Cheryl Me @cherylme.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Great book, brilliant author.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
These are brave people. The best of public servants. No wonder they were put on leave. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
washingtonpost.com
Roughly 140 EPA staffers who signed ‘dissent’ letter are put on leave
Trump officials have placed 139 employees who signed a letter of dissent protesting the Environmental Protection Agency’s current direction and policies on leave Thursday.
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