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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Request for my military brothers and sisters... If you don't mind, please let us know when your "warrior dividend" check (direct deposit?) arrives. If Christmas comes and goes, please let us know if you didn't receive it? I have a theory...

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

This is me. I am this guy. Yes, the hair is different. Regardless, your campaign donations will still be used responsibly and for good. Joe Mayes - YES for Texas!

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

What's the website, please?

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

At the Young Democrats of Denton County Holiday party and ballot draw today. #JoeMayesForTexas

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Hogsbreath woulda been Neidermeyer-ed in the 'Nam.

JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Some people are just too stupid for their own good. It's me. Im some people. Joe Mayes for Texas House District 106. #JoeMayesforTexas

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I hate walking in on the middle of a movie...

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BREAKING NEWS: The Raiders are not a good football team. In related news, scientists have determined that wearing team apparel has no bearing on a team's on-field performance. Follow me for more breaking NFL news.

We feel you, fam. We face the same uphill battle every year. (We = @patchoulijoes.bsky.social in Denton, TX). The challenges this year seem even more insurmountable. We'll keep climbing, one foot in front of the other, until we can't.

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I propose a Bowl game in Hawaii: the Trask Bowl, commemorating the contribution of women to the game of football, loved by so many men. How would one go about making this magic happen?

What I'm hearing about J.J. McCarthy, Jerry Jones' trade steal and more

To wit: check out this line from @diannarussini.bsky.social at The Athletic: "Every question has a cousin, and suddenly they’re multiplying." Every syllable perfect. EB White would be proud. So would Grantland Rice, Frank Deford, and Shirley Povich. Brava. www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...

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Every sports fan believes they have what it takes to be a sports journalist. Some even start podcasts (#OldDogYoungBull on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts). But it's the ability to WRITE exceptionally well that make the greats into legends. (1/2)

JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Hi, @amytrask.bsky.social ...my wife and I sat behind Antoinette Brown and Carl Monday night at Allegiant. I mentioned you and she said you were every bit as great in person!

JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

SPEAK TRUTH! www.facebook.com/share/r/1DJJ...

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Redirecting...

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Oooh! We're coming to one of my favorite parts of the story arc, where the sycophants like Bondi think they're smart enough to hide shit, only to later get caught and go to prison. I like to call it the "Ehrlichman interlude."

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Every accusation a confession.

JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

"Hear me out...the Venn diagram of pickup truck drivers and the environmentally conscious is practically a circle..." - Former Ford employee

JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

In related news, CMTT (Cankles McTaco Tits) is also working to reduce the costs of dementia and cankle medications. Probably.

JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Sometimes I just sit back and think about what happened to Jimmy Gatz, and smile...

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Sometimes I just sit back and think about what happened to Jimmy Gatz, and smile...

JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Isn't it about time we started referring to it as the "Republican government shutdown?"

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

What's with all the book lists? (Also available on YouTube, iHeart, Apple, and wherever you get your podcasts.) spotify.link/FKWKgn9rQXb

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

This keeps sounding more and more like a Chuck Wendig/Chuck Tingle collaboration. @chucktingle.bsky.social

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 27/10/2025

🔔 First, listen to this PSA from @johncusack.bsky.social on the need to unpaywall public records reporting. Then, RSVP to our webinar and hear @josephcox.bsky.social and @katie-drummond.bsky.social discuss why this is so essential. 🗓️ Oct. 29, 2 p.m. EDT freedom.press/unpaywalled

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

"Iowa, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming joined Tennessee in filing the brief." www.wjhl.com/news/regiona...

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Law enforcement agencies, by literal definition, enforce laws. It's right there in the name. Given the demonstrated actions of ICE agents, it does not appear they are enforcing laws. Ergo, ICE is not law enforcement. How *would* they be classified?

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

"Trump on Thursday had touted the $130 million donation, which he said came from 'a friend of mine' with the aim of covering military shortfalls. He declined to identify the donor, saying 'he doesn’t really want the recognition.'" First time I've seen "culpability" spelled "recognition."

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

It's almost like they're DARING us to eat them...

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 24/10/2025

Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon says Trump is "gonna get" an unconstitutional 3rd term and that there's a "plan" to make it happen. "We have to finish what we started," Bannon said, adding that Trump "is an instrument of divine will."

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Bannon Says Trump Will Run for an Unconstitutional 3rd Term Because 'He's a Vehicle of Divine Providence'

"Their plan to overturn the constitution and democracy," warned journalist Mehdi Hasan. "They’re not hiding it. They’re bragging about it."

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I love it when people mispronounce a word because they read it somewhere. It means they're reading. I love them for that.

JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The Old Dog Young Bull podcast welcomed @jeffpearlman.bsky.social into the (virtual) Patchouli Podcast Studio to discuss his new book, ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME: THE MANY LIVES OF TUPAC SHAKUR. Jeff also has opinions on Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

From a security perspective, the more information a bad actor has about a potential target's structure, the more precise they can be in planning action. In other words, it's stupid as fuck to tear this down in the clear. There are reasons why sensitive construction projects are generally shielded.

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Interesting. I got an AI generated video of a fat woman in a cowboy hat standing next to Bigfoot in a bikini.

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

"...probably..." "...a distribution..." "...some of the tariff money..." "...next fairly short period of time..." "...to people." Even he can't spew his own shit without hedging...

JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

What you get from a ménage à trois with audio books, Cliffs/Spark notes, and 2 BFFs. These two may completely change the high school cheating on reading assignments game! spotify.link/9IoBy1meEXb

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Yapisode 4: Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus)

JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Topic for Four Friends and a Book podcast tomorrow: DNF's. Which books? Why'd you DNF? Do you go back to that author? What makes a book DNF-able? Do you feel guilty? Do you feel bad for the author or are you mad at them and/or the publisher? New episode drops Tuesday morning, US central time.

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JL Mayes @jlmauthor.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

For all you Chiefs fans celebrating Rashee Rice's 7 receptions and 2 touchdowns in his first game back from his 6-game suspension, I'll say this: I'd rather have good people on my team who don't score than someone like Rice. Naw, just kidding. Just Win, Baby.™️ #FreeHenryRuggs

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