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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16h
I hope everyone reads this, thinks about it and then shares it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
A few hundred noncitizen votes are a national scandal. But when states reject hundreds of thousands of ballots from eligible voters, it’s business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well, I've got Iowa Democratic Senate nominee Josh Turek on board with my crusade to break up the monopolies without actually ever interacting with him in any way. He said at a candidate forum: "And then let’s break up monopolies, vertical integration, and, price gouging...”
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“We have to deliver the space baby!” I don’t care what anybody says, I like Strange New Worlds.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I would like to be president just so I could give a real state of the union letter. Just saying stuff like, "we counted, and there are still 50 states, so that seems positive, even if Oklahoma is one of them."
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 24/09/2026
Republicans cheat again as Greg Abbott's DPS doesn't hand over voter registrations.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Texas DPS didn't turn over voter registrations to counties for a year. Early voting starts Oct 19, but counties now have potentially hundreds of thousands of voter registration requests still outstanding because DPS just didn't bother to send them along as required by law.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The last thing we need is that Nazi-memorabilia enthusiast buying off more and more Congressmen and Judges. These people who put billionaires first should be forced to stay far away from the levers of power.
lonestarleft.com
Congressional GOP Gave Harlan Crow Private Hearing In Dallas, Seniors Waited Outside
Critics call it a death panel for Social Security. The GOP called it “America's Fiscal Future.”
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I absolutely hate this defense because, even though it may be legally correct (or may not be, I don't know), it sounds like you're a bunch of fucking assholes telling the wounded mother of two dead elementary school girls (among others), "Hey, shit happens. Not our fault."
chron.com
Texas mall says it had no duty to stop mass shooting: lawsuit
The heart of the case is whether the mall owners should have done more.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I know I’m no Carl von Clausewitz, but it would seem to me that opening another front in a war that you’ve not been particularly successful in might be a bad idea. I get that, historically, people love to invade Poland. And cutting off military supply routes may seem attractive…
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The dumbest fucking thing. Just because they're counted later doesn't mean they change the outcome at all. They were still voted prior to election day. Those votes were locked in and just hadn't been counted.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Founders should have put something in the Constitution being against this sort of thing.
dallasnews.com
Southlake refuses to issue permit for LGBTQ Pride festival
Pride So-Kel drew 1,600 people to an Episcopal church last year in Southlake. This year, city council members refused to issue a permit to the festival.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Again, Trump says about Iran, "They want to make a deal so badly. They called. We could have a deal anytime we want." And nobody follows that up by asking why on Earth he wants to prolong the suffering of the American people, keep American troops & equipment in danger if you could make a deal now?
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I hate stories like this because it reminds me of how much I hated being a child.
dexerto.com
Dad claims 9-year-old son spent $118K on YouTube ads promoting Minecraft videos with company credit card - Dexerto
A father says his 9-year-old son used a company credit card to spend $118k promoting his Minecraft and Roblox videos on YouTube.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I just got a frantic call from Allison Statham. She's the mother of Haley Oliveaux, the girl Chris Duncan was wrongly convicted of killing. She says the police are now at her door and demanding a DNA sample. They're threatening to arrest her.
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The framing of Chris Duncan: Part Two
“God doesn’t let innocent babies die for no reason. Somebody has to be punished.”
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Talk about a weasel way out of the question. Just say it was idiotic but refuse to comment on the substance of the message? Weasel.
chron.com
Ted Cruz calls Bo French post 'idiotic'— but there's more
The Texas senator's comments were not made publicly.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I resent the fact that I have to know what a DOGE Coin is.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good thing we kicked out the administration who had seen inflation on the right track and on its way to target in favor of the guy who almost immediately took things the other way. Just think what inflation would be like now without wars, trade wars, tariffs, idiocy... we'd be so getting ripped off
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Did you know that 248 people have already filed with the FEC with the intentions of running for president of the United States in 2028? Including 63 Democrats... someone named Jesus Christ, and a woman named Sexy Vegan.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
That's awesome. My mother-in-law was separated from her siblings when they became orphans. Splitting them apart on top of everything else going on was very traumatic. And I don't think her sister ever recovered from it.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Bo French, GOP candidate for TX Railroad Commission on a picture of a diverse group of University of Texas students at the UT game: “I heard UT graduation this year looked like this. I didn’t believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined.”
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I absolutely love Lupita Nyong'o, but she seems like an odd pick for a speech at Intuit Connect. But maybe she's just super good at Quickbooks Online.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I have that embroidered on a pillow in my heavily fortified rec room.
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Txnewsprincess @txnewsprincess.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Oh man, we just started this thing and they’ve already taken the L.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Because when you let companies merger themselves into oligopolies, it chokes off some of the demand for labor, thereby keeping wages down. I feel like the United States should try Capitalism again since what we're doing ain't that.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I know indexes have done this since the beginning, but it always seems unfair that they're able to just randomly switch out the stocks that make up the index since it makes it more difficult to compare real performance over time.
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Horatio Pornviewer @stuntbirdarmy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Well,
My old post that says “you think crime is down? I SAW black people.”
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You know, if somebody is incompetent to the point that they can't be charged with a crime, they may perhaps not be a great fucking witness, either, shitheels.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Nice that a new facility is being built, but with a 1,700 person waitlist, those 75 new beds are a drop in the bucket. We, as a state, have spent so much time ignoring or delaying state needs so we can cut taxes that catching up is prohibitively expensive.
amarillotribune.org
Panhandle State Hospital on track to open next year, bringing potential relief to the nearly 1,700-person waitlist for a state bed
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission recently announced that crews have placed the final steel beam of the incoming Panhandle State Hospital. Amarillo hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for th...
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
More evidence that there's more to the Flock/Everybody else camera debate than just 'solving crimes' when you have data on everybody's movements being tracked in order to 'predict' that you might be doing something the gov't doesn't like.
404media.co
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I definitely recall Reagan going on TV after the Challenger disaster and saying, "Hey, it was just a few people who died. We've got lots more astronauts"
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Texas Democratic Party @texasdemocrats.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
TDP Chairman @kendallscudder.bsky.social: “In a state like Texas that is 47th in voter turnout, if you improve voter turnout, it helps every single Democrat on our ballot, and that’s why you see the attacks on people casting ballots.”
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I would genuinely like to understand how an American social culture that can be obsessed with the “fairness” of a trans kid playing intramural sports with their friends but then looks at the engine of rule-breaking and corruption by the rich and not just shrug, but come to accept it as the norm.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Only 30% of data centers even REPLIED to the LEGALLY-REQUIRED/MANDATED water usage survey. It is a criminal offense to not report the data to the Water Development Board, though it is up to county prosecutors to actually pursue charges.
cbsaustin.com
Lawmakers question lack of information about water usage by data centers
Texas state senators pushed for answers about the impacts of water usage by data centers across the state during a hearing on Tuesday. State agencies described
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The abandonment of robust anti-trust enforcement has done more harm to this country in the last several decades than any other factor. In my opinion.
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Reveal @revealnews.org · 30/08/2026
 Every day, doctors use medical tests to diagnose and treat diseases. But what if the assumptions behind some of these tests are wrong and rooted in racist pseudoscience? This week on Reveal, we team up with @nejm.org to find out why.
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A “race equation” baked into a standard medical test is hurting Black patients, but most hospitals are still using it
A standard medical test with racist origins is cutting off Black patients from needed treatments. Why do hospitals still use this harmful test today?
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My daughter got her registration card yesterday but my wife and I did not. So I am glad for reminders and sites like these that get me to check and make sure we're still registered (we are right now, thankfully).
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Why in the ever-loving fuck are we arresting five year-olds?
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
So Reacher has to take his jacket off because it’s stuck on the trash chute, but then he immediately finds a replacement jacket right away that actually fits him.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
People are assholes.
erininthemorning.com
After Anti-Trans Uproar At School Board Meeting, Iowa School District Rejects Trans Band Teacher
An Iowa school district chose to start the school year without the new band teacher instead of allowing a trans educator to take on the role he was offered, following protests from parents.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton
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metal dot txt @metaltxt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Well, what I always say, "I just want everybody to be treated good." I try not to get into the politics of everything. I try to get into the human element of it. I have some of everybody in my own immediate family and in my circle of employees. I've got transgender people. I've got gays. I've got lesbians. I've got drunks. I've got drug addicts — all within my own family. I know and love them all, and I do not judge.

And I just see how broken-hearted they get over certain things and I know how real they are. I know how important this is to them. That's who they are. They cannot help that any more than I can help being Dolly Parton, you know, the way people know me. If there's something to be judged, that is God's business. But we are all God's children and how we are is who we are.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I'm sure the Supremes will eventually give this decision the "Donald is a Special Boy" treatment and reverse it. But in the meantime, it's kinda funny to see this very, very minor bite in the ass for Trumpies.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I look forward to the day when the "Trump is a Special Boy" doctrine is no longer the controlling dogma of a majority of the Supreme Court.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"We would face-palm, but if we did that every time Paxton made a clown of himself, we’d be severely concussed by now." From a relatively pro-Ken Paxton editorial in the Dallas Morning News today.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I guess it's been long enough since Charlie Kirk's death that I've already starting thinking of Captain James T. Kirk first when someone just throws out the last name.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This story is weird to me because my son and I saw a Robotaxi driving around right by Scottish Rite in Dallas on Wednesday. This says they haven't started running them yet (maybe was a test. I don't know). Still think it's a goofy, impractical taxi.
chron.com
Tesla's steering-wheel-free Cybercab is getting closer to its Austin debut
Tesla hasn't announced an exact public launch date, but the company is promoting an Austin Cybercab event.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The people who made that Naked Gun movie maybe should have watched a Naked Gun movie first.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is some major chickenshit bullshit from County Judge Tim O'Hare. Looks like he was just going to let the deadline pass without telling the Democrats a special election had been set.
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Ryan Paige @ryanpaige.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Ken Paxton hates puppies, possibly more than he hates Texans or not committing felonies.
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