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Chris Tomlinson @cltomlinson.bsky.social · 12h
Houston People! Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church has invited me to give the biennial Kilgore Lecture, and I'm going to be talking about Texas, and how to make it better. Reserve your free seat for 6:45, Friday, Oct.2. emersonhouston.org/event/kilgor...
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Kilgore Lecture - Chris Tomlinson - A Grand Unification Theory of Texas - Emerson UU Church | Houston, Texas
Emerson UU Church welcomes Tomlinson as 2026 Kilgore Lecturer Free community talk opens a weekend of events    How can history and faith join to create a future that works [...]
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
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404 Media @404media.co · 17h
BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned
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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h
The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice. The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 15h
in today's post, I actually attempt to converse with the White House's new AI chatbot, and dumbfuckery ensues. also, Eric Schmitt beclowns himself, and Jack Smith rules. thank you for your attention to this matter. link is here: bit.ly/4xSpp1q
What do you mean, you won’t respond to personal insults? That’s pretty fucking ironic, given whose White House this is coming from.

You mean, if I were to ask you — oh, let’s say, ‘what is that fucked-up tangle of bullshit on top of Donny’s big, dumb pumpkin head,’ you wouldn’t answer it?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h
Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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TX FReadom Fighters @freadomfighters.bsky.social · 17h
Oct 7, the Tx Senate Ed committee will hold a hearing regarding SB13's impacts. (and other bills also). Last session, book banners were ther, but we want to show real world impacts on teachers, librarians and parents. If you want to testify, please reach out to @txfreedomread.bsky.social or to us.
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San Antonio Current @sacurrent.bsky.social · 17h
The billionaire’s super PAC is also named in a legal filing alleging it used a corporate shell company to funnel even more money into politics and to bribe voters.
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Elon Musk has spent more than $6 million backing Ken Paxton's Senate race over recent weeks
The billionaire's super PAC is also named in a legal filing alleging it used a corporate shell company to funnel even more money into politics and to bribe voters.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17h
G.O.P. Nominee in Texas Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Ken Paxton, G.O.P. Nominee in Texas, Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him
Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 17h
1. On Tuesday morning, Trump unveiled America dot gov, which he described as “the ultimate product.” Right now, it is basically a chatbot that draws data from official government websites. As a result it is brutally efficient at debunking Trump’s lies.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 17h
here's today's post: "Are you smarter than the White House’s new AI chatbot? Let’s find out." — Also: Jack Smith is definitely smarter than every Republican. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
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Are you smarter than the White House’s new AI chatbot? Let’s find out.
Also: Jack Smith is definitely smarter than every Republican
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17h
If you need a refresher about the issues involved in release of Vol. 2 of Jack Smith’s report, you’re not alone. The case was briefed months ago, but has been sitting on the court’s docket waiting for oral argument. I wrote about it back then: joycevance.substack.com/p/trumps-pas...
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Trump's Past Is Catching Up With Him
We’ve discussed Trump’s ongoing efforts to prevent the release of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on the now-dismissed classified documents prosecution against the president.
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 17h
Oh??? Tell Texas MAGA voters what you really think, Kenneth.
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Capt.Ed @capt-ed.bsky.social · 17h
Too rich to ignore!
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 18h
Melania Trump tried to bully me into silence because she didn’t like what I had to say about her. Shouldn’t our First Lady have more important things to worry about?
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FEISTY😈 @crzyfkinworld.bsky.social · 19h
Publish the fucking essays, Cornell. And, while you are at it…
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Representative Mihaela E. Pleșa @plesafortexas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📞 Incoming call: #TeamPlesa Looks like the weekend is calling! 👟🚪 We’ll be out blockwalking across #HD70 this Saturday! Ready to get to work? Check out this weekend’s block walk & find all the details here: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... #PlesaForThePeople #CollinCounty
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reason #1,022 to impeach this lawless president.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “We had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump committed serious crimes”
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Karin Schall @karinschall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
35 days til we take back our country. It’s all so fucking exhausting right now. Voting is the light at the end of this unbelievably dark tunnel. @risenresistnyc
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
here's Tueday's post: "look, you idiots — Preznit Fuckwit isn’t giving you five thousand dollars, okay?" grow a brain, why don’t you. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
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look, you idiots — Preznit Fuckwit isn’t giving you five thousand dollars, okay?
grow a brain, why don’t you
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 29/09/2026
A brave hero, who took real risks to defend democracy and the American Constitution. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
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Burnt Texas Toast® @nailpounder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We're witnessing the Rapist-to-President and/or Rapist-to-Supreme Court Justice pipeline with this Cornell scandal.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Karin Schall @karinschall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tonight’s chalking. 36 days til midterms, when we can start to clean up this fucking mess and hold them all accountable. @riseandresist.bsky.social
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The Texas Signal @texassignal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The debate appears to be the first to be announced between any two statewide candidates this election cycle, as Democrats at the top of the ticket are pressuring their counterparts to participate."
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Jon Rosenthal says he and Bo French agreed to first major debate between Texas statewide candidates
The debate, which has not been confirmed by French, would be his first major public event since he attracted criticism over racist posts about UT students.
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@LanceASchart @lanceaschart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did you see the subtle reference to Texas MAGA Mouthpiece Congressman Keith Self in Madonna’s MTV #VMA opening dance number tonight?
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Lone Star Democrat @lonestardemocrat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
He wants his name on everything except the Epstein files
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A CNN @kfile.bsky.social investigation unearthed since-removed posts from Texas GOP candidate Bo French that repeatedly advocated public executions for political opponents, including former President Barack Obama www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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KFile: Texas GOP candidate Bo French has a history of calling for public executions | CNN Politics
Bo French, the Republican nominee for one of Texas’ most powerful statewide offices, is facing bipartisan criticism over a racist post about the crowd at a University of Texas football game.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
John Oliver lists off just some of Ken Paxton’s scandals: “Paxton spent nearly 9 years under indictment for securities fraud... He was also accused of bribery and abuse of office by eight of his own top deputies... But wait, because I'm still not done.”
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ever notice how everyone screaming about cutting social security as an 'entitlement' are the politicians who will retire with a comfy pension or the obscenely wealthy who have enough money for a thousand lifetimes? Raise the damn cap!!!
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"She wanted me to retract what I’d said and apologize, and when I wouldn’t, another letter would come, another accusation of defamation, another demand for money I didn’t have, until this woman’s wounded feelings had become something I had to consider every time I thought about my family’s future."
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How many of the recessed Congresspeople are attending these affairs that they refuse to keep in check?
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PhillipUSA @phillipusa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The insatiable greed of the Trump Administration is only eclipsed by their fucking gross incompetence.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When that orange asshole finally leaves the WH, and he WILL be leaving, the American people need to sue him and the rest of his criminal syndicate of a so-called family, for every fucking dime they stole from us. Every. Fucking. Dime.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026
Democrats vs. Republicans in a nutshell. This absolutely nails it.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
JUST FILED: Sitting behind her desk in central North Carolina, Amy Beros warned me: “It’s really hard for people in the United States to understand the scale……” of what’s about to unfold macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/they-dont-...
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh hell no!!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who could’ve foreseen that after the Supreme Court gave Trump immunity from prosecution for committing crimes while in office he would commit lots of crimes while in office?
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump is not himself the disease of our politics. He’s just the worst symptom. The disease is the system that allows corporations to buy and sell politicians so they can rig it against the rest of us. Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All.
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In case any of my followers are confused about my political leanings.
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@cornelluniversity.bsky.social - Jane Doe named 7 men in a gang rape lawsuit: M. Ingalls, J. Newell, W. Lee, G. Lopes, D. Sarabia, S. Norris, S. Kretzschmar. No criminal charges. Contact info 4 Cornell's prez below to express disgust. #StopRapeCulture
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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Zelensky stood up for Ukraine. Carney stood up for Canada. Trump sucked up to Putin, saluted Kim Jong Un's general, and ordered our military to fly communist flags over the White House. Nothing to look at here, conservative 'America First' Republican voters. Move along. --GOP
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We gotta start referring to data centers by both their mother and father's last names, Spain style. The Microsoft-Chevron data center, the Meta-ExxonMobil data center, and so forth. Absolutely no reason just the tech bros should be taking the heat on this shit
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
By openly announcing that bombing will be tied to the midterms, Trump proves he is too stupid to hide the fact that it is politics—not national security—that is driving his pointless war with Iran.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Republicans do not get to call it courage when they distance themselves from Trump only after the polls turn bad. Courage would have been refusing to enable him when it cost something. This is not a moral awakening. It is a campaign calculation. November is coming!
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Democracy Matters @jmal52.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
PLEASE SHARE
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
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