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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
San Antonio will soon have its own Cathedral of Trees on the Southeast Side! 🌳🌳🌳 sanantoniotourist.net/san-antonios...
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San Antonio's Arboretum celebrates trees - San Antonio Tourist
Thanks to the brainchild of former Mayor Henry Cisneros, San Antonio's Southeast Side will house a 185-acre museum of trees.
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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Ever wondered about the observatory next door to the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts? Tours are available of The Maverick Carter House the first and third Sundays of the month from noon to 3! ¡Viva San Antonio! sanantoniotourist.net/san-antonios...
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San Antonio's Maverick Carter House reaches for the stars - San Antonio Tourist
Alfred Giles, an architect from England who lived in San Antonio, designed this magnificent 23-room home of quarried limestone.
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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
You never know what treasure you’ll find at Lasting Impressions! ¡Viva San Antonio! sanantoniotourist.net/san-antonios...
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San Antonio's antique shop creates Lasting Impressions - San Antonio Tourist
In the many years that I've been shopping at Lasting Impressions Antiques, located at 600 W. Hildebrand, I've never walked out empty handed.
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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
My blog is celebrating its Sweet 16. It’s my beso to San Antonio. Thanks for reading/commenting/following along! sanantoniotourist.net/san-antonio-...
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
New York City’s Muslim democratic socialist mayor has an unlikely new friend — the archbishop Pope Leo XIV handpicked to lead the nation’s largest city. Inside the bromance between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Archbishop Ronald Hicks, drawn together by the Knicks and a love of the poor.
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New York’s Odd Couple: A Muslim Democratic Socialist Mayor and Pope Leo XIV’s New Archbishop
What Mayor Mamdani and Archbishop Hicks share turns out to matter more than what divides them.
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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
James Talarico’s clapback sets Patrick straight. Republicans have been in control for the past 30 years, and Texas ranks 49th in healthcare, 29th in education, and 49th in wages.
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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
More evidence supporting why Vikki Goodwin must be elected Texas’ next lieutenant governor in November. This quote is just one of Dan Patrick’s many eyebrow raisers from the recent Republican Party Convention. (Image from Jeremy Wallace’s column, San Antonio Express-News, 6/17/26, p. A4.)
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Ken Paxton was indicted for scamming his own friends. He convinced them to invest hundreds of thousands in a company while secretly pocketing a commission. Paxton sold out his own friends for a quick buck. What makes you think he won't sell you out in the Senate?
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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
With grocery and gas prices at an all-time high, FREE is something we can all get behind this summer. Here are my top five FREE things to do in San Antonio. What are yours? sanantoniotourist.net/five-free-th...
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Five free things to do in San Antonio! - San Antonio Tourist
With grocery and gas prices at an all-time high, FREE is something we can all get behind this summer in San Antonio, Texas.
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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Give Takas Park in Windcrest a whirl! sanantoniotourist.net/takas-park-s... ¡Viva San Antonio!
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Takas Park sparkles in San Antonio's NE quadrant - San Antonio Tourist
Takas Park is one of Bexar County's most well-rounded public parks. Benches along its tree-lined pond are perfect for a picnic.
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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Our bluebonnets, the state flower of Texas, endorse @vikkigoodwintx.bsky.social for Lt. Governor, as do we! 💙 Early voting for the runoffs is May 18-22. Election Day is Tuesday, May 26.
Vikki Goodwin for Lt. Governor sign with Texas’ state flower, bluebonnets.
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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Four of my favorite signs at today’s #NoKings March in San Antonio, Texas. Great turnout. Folks are fired up. ¡YA BASTA!
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
"Demand is so great that programs to mentor attorneys to file habeas cases are emerging... “I’m on all these listservs where people are saying, who can help me in Arizona, who can help me in Mississippi, and people are stepping up and helping each other...” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Lord, help us.
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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Treat yo’self to brunch at La Fonda on Main! sanantoniotourist.net/savor-san-an...
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Savor San Antonio's best brunch at La Fonda on Main - San Antonio Tourist
La Fonda on Main, San Antonio's oldest Mexican restaurant, offers the Alamo City's best brunch. Add in its beautiful setting, and you can't beat it.
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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Behold this beautiful BLUE-strong infographic! Democratic voters in San Antonio and the surrounding region are saying enough is enough at the ballot box. ¡Ya basta! 💙
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/02/2026
Kinda weird that the party that controls the House, the Senate, and the White House claims there's rampant voter fraud.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
MAGA, MAGA.👇
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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Democracy is not a spectator sport. Early voting starts on Tuesday in Texas and runs through Feb. 27. Election day is March 3. SUIT UP! www.marchmatters.org
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March Matters
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
👀 👀
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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
THIS.
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Steven D. Greydanus @decentfilms.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Wow. The White House is officially *defending* filthy racist imagery of the Obamas as monkeys or apes and dismissing “fake outrage.” The masks are now 100 percent off, friends. At this moment, the Trump administration is not just de facto racist, but officially, openly, declaredly racist.
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Trump posts racist image of Obamas, White House defends it and slams 'fake outrage'
The depiction of the Obamas, posted from Trump's Truth Social account, was included in a video pushing a conspiracy theory about 2020 election voting machines.
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Democrats @democrats.org · 05/02/2026
The difference could not be more stark.
A graphic comparing President Obama and President Trump's comments at the National Prayer Breakfast.

2016 National Prayer Breakfast (Obama): "For me, and I know for so many of you, faith is the great cure for fear."

2026 National Prayer Breakfast (Trump): "They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I really have a big ego."
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Name them shame them
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Trump must be upset about the loss in Texas.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
People are making fun of him for this, but I feel pretty confident that the new Trump Kennedy Center will be as much of a success as the Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Vodka, Trump Shuttle, Trump Mortgage, Trump Steaks, and Trump University.
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Jenny Staff Johnson @htownjenny.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Get in, losers, we’re flipping Texas.
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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Looking for something fun to do this weekend? sanantoniotourist.net/picapica-pla... #SanAntonio
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PicaPica Plaza spices up San Antonio's South Side - San Antonio Tourist
PicaPica's offerings won't be found in the malls across America. Pica means spicy in English. Their wares are not bland!
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Walz: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal government that can kill, injure, menace and kidnap its citizens off the streets or on the side of a nurse at the V.A. who died bearing witness to such government
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I spent the morning at the San Antonio immigration court. It’s out of control. Crawling with ICE - arresting legal immigrants showing up for court appearances. I asked one officer who they are prioritizing. His answer: everyone. I need to share with you what I saw.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the United States said in a strongly worded statement that America's "moral role in confronting evil around the world" is in question for the first time in decades — a critique of the Trump admin's principles.
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Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy
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Greg 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🇬🇱🇺🇦🇩🇰🇨🇦💙 INDIVISIBLE El Dorado @sjposaune.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Trump and the broligarchy have already changed the world order By surveillance. #surveillance youtube.com/shorts/C8Iwv...
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"We are already living inside the architecture of totalitarianism.” – Carole Cadwalladr #TEDTalks
YouTube video by TED
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20/01/2026
Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
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US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search
Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns drawn and led him outside in his underwear in freezing conditions.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 07/01/2026
MAGA can't whitewash what happened on January 6, 2021 because of the uncontradicted J6 Report and because the insurrectionists themselves photographed and videotaped their crimes. We’ll continue to tell the story of how brave police officers defended the Capitol against Trump’s rampaging mob.
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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Donald Trump is doing such a great job as “Acting President of Venezuela” that the U.S. embassy is warning Americans to evacuate immediately. Trump sucks at running Venezuela and he sucks at running the United States.
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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Ted Cruz’s mailbox is full. I called to demand that he grow a pair and stop ICE from kicking down people’s doors & snatching them without a warrant. This is America, not Russia. Maybe he & his staff will get this message? Download the 5calls app to call your senators and rep right now. #HoldTheLine
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Excellent instructional video pass it on
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Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. @dbrsat.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
It’s a goon squad.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 11/01/2026
President Trump is declaring victory in Venezuela. Critics are decrying a breach of checks and balances. Listen as leading Brennan Center experts discuss the legal issues at play and what Congress can do to respond. apple.co/3Ytt7iU
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An Emergency in Venezuela
Over the weekend, the Trump administration launched a military operation in Venezuela to capture President Nicolas Maduro. Such an aggressive use of war powers
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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
“They’re eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats.” “The 2020 election was stolen.” “January 6th was Nancy Pelosi’s fault.” “She’s a domestic terrorist.” “I’ll lower grocery prices on day one.” “No new foreign entanglements.” Lies. All lies.
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DianaResists @dianaresists.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Former FBI Director Christopher Wray consistently testified that racially or ethnically motivated white supremacists are the "most persistent and lethal” domestic terrorists. He confirmed that many rioters in the January 6th Capitol attack were members of far-right anti-government militia groups.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Clarity, @aoc.bsky.social speaks with clarity
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 08/01/2026
Just mentioned this piece on air, in relation to Vance’s attacks on the media: they not only try to create a narrative while facts are being determined, they then use that narrative to cast conflicting facts as untrustworthy. www.pbump.net/o/trumpism-d...
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Trumpism depends on the fog of incomplete information
On Thursday morning, multiple major news outlets published analyses of videos from the killing of Renee Good by federal officials in Minneapolis. The New York Times. The Washington Post. CNN. Each nea...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
Chart showing "Detention Population, Among Those Arrested in the interior, by Criminal Record, May 2019 through January 27, 2026. There are three lines on the graph: prior conviction, pending criminal charges, and no criminal record. from 2019 through January 2025, "prior conviction" is by far the highest, followed by pending charges much lower down and "no criminal record" the lowest. During the Biden admin, very few people arrested by ICE in the interior and detained had no criminal record. Beginning in January 2025, all three lines jump, but the highest spike is among those with no criminal records. By September, that has become the single largest. Since that point, there are now thousands more people in detention with no criminal record than people with prior convictions.
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SATX Indivisible @satx-indivisible.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Photo from this morning's #VisibilityBrigade in San Antonio, TX. #January6th #Jan6thInsurrection #Jan6 #Jan6insurrection #insurrection #treason #SanAntonio @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @50501satx.bsky.social @indivisiblenb.bsky.social
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/01/2026
Remember that there is a legitimately elected president of Venezuela: Edmundo Gonzalez. He won the election in 2024.
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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
My statement on Trump’s actions in Venezuela.
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