Reposted by Sberelalec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 12/02/2026A few news cycles later, and Trump's ICE and CBP are already using the ludicrous Democratic Party push for body cameras to talk about increased funding. 18837
Reposted by SberelEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 26/01/2026this is just a description of what she is doing 28013
Reposted by SberelTrey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 24/01/2026Statistically speaking, you are more likely to die at the hands of law enforcement officers than undocumented immigrants. And it’s not particularly close. 08520
Reposted by SberelAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/01/2026DHS's first official statement is out, and they call the woman who was shot a domestic terrorist who they claim was trying to kill an ICE agent. As a reminder, Tricia McLaughlin's post-shooting statements have been proven to be false MULTIPLE times in the past. They are simply not trustworthy. 821888487
Reposted by SberelCE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · 05/12/2025@stephenaryan.bsky.social IKYKWIM!!!!! 16630190
Reposted by SberelRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 05/12/2025I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country. 410118902742
Reposted by SberelDavid Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Legitimacy is not a substance. Legitimation is a process. Things become illegitimate because you treat them as such. 225448
Reposted by SberelCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 04/12/2025Sneak peak at a fun (if ambitious) project I'm working on: There are 38 GOP House members who won by less than 15 points *and* whose districts Trump either lost or won by less than 15 points. I'm plugging in net #ACA premium hikes for enrollees living in all 38 of their home towns. 810349
Reposted by SberelThe Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 25/11/2025“Texas desperately needs a place where we can tell our stories, where we can be ourselves, mourn our losses, and celebrate our victories,” writes @kitoconnell.com. Meet our newest newsletter writer and contributor, who’ll be spearheading our queer coverage 💕 thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/25/t...thebarbedwire.comI’m a Trans Journalist Choosing to Live in Texas. Here’s Why That Matters.My name is Kit O’Connell. I’ll be covering queer and trans life in Texas for Big & Bright — The Barbed Wire’s first underwritten vertical. 07630
Reposted by SberelGrits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Ppl justifiably dislike masked law enforcement, but cops hiding the identify of bad actors in their ranks goes well beyond that. E.g., this press statement doesn't name the officer who shot this social media influencer, but accuses the dead man of multiple felonies.expressnews.comFood influencer Michael Duarte shot to death by Hill Country deputyWhile in Castroville, Duarte charged at a Medina County sheriff's deputy and threatened to kill her, officials say. 1127
Reposted by SberelAlex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 10/11/2025A Republican sheriff in a swing county that Trump won by 0.1% signed a contract to help ICE, then lost last week by 11. New by me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/sheriff-of-b...boltsmag.orgVoters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - BoltsA populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract. 121146313
Reposted by SberelGrits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · 11/11/2025This is what's happening in Austin. Doesn't help folks w/ leases locked in, but supply expansion has mitigated what were for a while outlandish and untenable rent hikes. Real estate folks are calling it "oversupply," but IRL it's a much-needed correction following an extreme, unsustainable shortage.teamprice.comAustin Apartment Market Update: Rents Down 17%, Vacancy Hits 10%Discover the latest trends in the Austin apartment market for 2025. Vacancy rates have climbed to a 20-year high of 10%, and rents are down 17% from their peak. Learn what this means for renters, land... 0145
Reposted by SberelAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 05/11/2025What's happening in TX-18 is more obscene than not seating Grijalva during pro formas. Turner died in March. Abbott delayed the special election until yesterday, and now it goes to a runoff early *next year.* Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy. 12477882190
Reposted by SberelRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 31/10/2025I forgot to note that this was a thread, so: Here is a 🧵🧵 on the direct connections between Heritage Foundation, Nick Fuentes and the far-right Texas billionaire who is fueling the rise of Christian nationalism. If you do not already know a lot about Tim Dunn, I recommend changing that. 11556285
Reposted by SberelAriella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 22/09/2025At sundown, the new Jewish year begins. It will be 5786. This is the start of our High Holidays. The new year in Judaism is complicated. It’s not about being excited for a new year, but rather teshuvah, repenting on the things we’ve done wrong, collectively and 1/ 1311226
Reposted by SberelMiles Howard @milesperhoward.bsky.social · 12/09/2025A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class. This is Kirk's legacy. You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him. 90180066336
Reposted by SberelLiz Gil @lizcgil.bsky.social · 18/09/2025For the record, if you pick 1 cause - just 1 - and fight for it, I think that’s cool as hell. No part of me is gonna go “wow, you picked y vs x? Clearly you don’t give a shit about x.” That’s not how human energy works. You can care about many things, but you can’t throw yourself at all of them. 415832
Reposted by SberelAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14/09/2025People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police 13843738211253
Reposted by Sberelgwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Because a transfem friend was harassed at a gas station in Texas over the weekend by a security guard who told her that she had to use the men's bathroom now, a reminder that 1) Texas Senate Bill 8 has not gone into effect yet and 2) It does not apply to private businesses 111628
Reposted by SberelEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday 62672552142
Reposted by Sberelboonque שארלוט משאול @kwstzhaderbonch.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Trey is such good people. Help him by helping his family 186
Reposted by SberelAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 02/09/2025 “The removal of hormones from prisons is a deliberate act of cruelty that strips trans people of medically necessary care and basic dignity," said Dr. Christy Perez, a formerly incarcerated trans woman who advocates for trans people behind bars. 46518
Sberel @sberel.bsky.social · 02/09/2025The rhetoric Sen Perry used is part of a campaign to dehumanize immigrants so that Texans will accept that violence against them is ok. Whining about not getting forgiveness when he sent up this test balloon is outrageous. He's the one normalizing murder. #txlege 022
Reposted by SberelDenise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 30/08/2025This photo was taken of miners at the end of their shift during the Gilded Age before they were unionized. A Labor Day reminder of the blood, sweat, and tears that those before us paid to give the working class the basic rights that Trump and his thugs are trying to strip away. 8363217
Reposted by SberelGrits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Nuther one. Under HB 15 at the #txlege, Sheriffs, constables, etc. can make records about misconduct allegations against themselves secret simply by declining to punish ... wait for it ... themselves. So stuff like this will continue to happen, but who knows if we'll continue to hear about it?star-telegram.com‘Do some ungodly things’: Details of lewd allegations against Johnson Co. sheriff“Back in my younger days, you wouldn’t want to know what I did to women wearing white pants,” Sheriff Adam King told a female employee, according to an indictment. 0129
Reposted by SberelRep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos @handle.invalid · 28/08/2025“I heard the bill author say they weren’t sure if they were here to protect trans rights, but we are. I don’t want anyone to go home today thinking that they are not wanted or loved. Because that is not where we stand. Not in Texas.” Thank you, Rep. Nicole Collier. #txlege #SB8 14015
Reposted by SberelGrits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · 28/08/2025There's always been "scum and villainy" at the #txlege, but until 2017 or so, the democratic processes still largely functioned, and if you engaged, you cd affect them. That began to erode in 2019 and, by 2021, the old norms were gone and I openly began calling the new regime "fascist" on Grits. 🧵gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.comFascism Unsheathed: Let's be very clear about what just happened at the #txlegeFor many years, your correspondent has sought to work in a bipartisan fashion at the Texas Legislature on criminal-justice reform, and I've ... 2144
Reposted by SberelBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Breaking: Democrat Catelin Drey just won an Iowa Senate district that Trump won by double digits last year, flipping the seat blue. Republican just lost their supermajority in the chamber. 1525240910
Reposted by SberelWarren Terra @warrenterra.bsky.social · 25/08/2025People accuse Trump of lacking principles but he's consistently in favor of impunity for sexual assault. 229023
Reposted by SberelBalls & Strikes @ballsandstrikes.org · 26/08/2025The lesson for Democrats of the last four years is that if you don't use power when you have it, your opponents will happily use it insteadballsandstrikes.orgSenate Democrats’ Abandonment of Adeel Mangi Made Emil Bove’s Confirmation PossibleSenate Democrats could have confirmed Biden nominee Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit last year. They caved to a disgraceful right-wing smear campaign instead. 14813183
Reposted by SberelPeggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Want to help with the California redistricting effort? Here is your opportunity: www.mobilize.us/swingleft/ev...mobilize.usYES on PROP 50 PHONEBANK · Swing LeftJoin our virtual phonebanks and help stop the Trump / MAGA agenda. Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections and passing Prop 50 is the best chance we have of taking back Congress next year. We'l... 313193
Reposted by SberelGina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Alert! All Texas Public Schools Parents & Teachers: HB 8 just passed Committee & it will replace 1 STAAR test with THREE STAAR tests per year. They will try to pass it into law next week. Please weigh in with your Texas House member NOW and urge them to vote NO on HB 8. 2165
Reposted by SberelGrits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Four bills in front of SB 15 rn and I'm nervous AF. Dems have 55 there so they'd need to hold every one and swing 15 to defeat the bill. That's a tall order, but the Uvalde families coming out against it is a huge deal. www.house.texas.gov/videoshouse.texas.govTexas House of RepresentativesTexas House of Representatives provides information on legislation, committees, sessions, and the Texas House 19128
Reposted by SberelGrits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Greg Abbott is pushing SB 15 at the #txlege so DPS won't have to release records related to Uvalde, but the local PD and ISD settled their suits and released new records 2 weeks ago. Among them: The ISD chief failed to take required active shooter trainings. This info wd be made secret under SB 15.abcnews.go.comDocuments released on Uvalde massacre show police chief did not follow training on active shooters"Time is the number one enemy during active shooter response," a lesson plan for the training said. 33726
Reposted by SberelGrits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Uvalde families speak out against SB 15 at the #txlege. This bill is up on this afternoon's House calendar. I really hope it dies. www.instagram.com/p/DNwfZd-2N8... 1189
Reposted by SberelSomewhere In ATX @somewhereinatx.bsky.social · 25/08/2025The cover-up is on the calendar today. #Txlege #SB15 071
Reposted by SberelGrits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · 25/08/2025“Some lawmakers’ answer to preventable deaths in county jails looks like a cover up: limit independent investigations, limit public information, limit oversight, limit liability" Reminder: SB 15 making most records about jailers secret will be heard in the House at the #txlege today.boltsmag.orgOfficials Play “Accountability Ping Pong” With Jail Deaths in Texas - BoltsA bipartisan push for jail oversight comes after a North Texas sheriff flouted state law mandating independent investigations of deaths on his watch. 37145
Reposted by SberelPatrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Your periodic reminder that voter "concern" over immigration doesn't correlate whatsoever with actual immigration levels; instead it tracks almost exactly the AMOUNT OF MEDIA COVERAGE IMMIGRATION RECEIVES This is newsrooms availability cascading people's futures for clicks 411054
Sberel @sberel.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Relevant also to #txlege. If you missed it, Zohran Mamdami had a kick-ass scavenger hunt in NYC today. Many locales in TX are just begging for a fun way for residents to rediscover why they love theur homes, altho admittedly we couldn't include the public transportation angle. 032
Reposted by SberelMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/08/2025This is what headlines would look like if our major newspapers didn’t use euphemisms & simply wrote factually in plain English 29718247
Reposted by SberelCool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 19/08/2025New It Could Happen Here 🏭 Elon Musk and the Rebirth of Company Towns feat. @stevanzetti.bsky.social & Dr. Michael Phillips www.iheart.com/podcast/105-... 26818
Reposted by SberelDr. Michael Phillips @drmphillipsut.bsky.social · 25/08/2025I wrote several proposals for podcast episodes as well as part of the presentation @betsyfriauf.bsky.social and I will make about Texas eugenics at SMU on September 16. I also walked 10 miles. I wanted to keep busy before battling Humana over access to diabetes equipment tomorrow. 041
Reposted by SberelKenny Akers @keneakers.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Some of you white people have failed to understand; it is not Black against white, it’s Blacks against racism. Take all the time you need with this……… 701783375
Reposted by SberelGran-dad @gran-dad.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Testing Loyalty: Lies can function as “loyalty tests.” If trump supporters repeat or defend them, it proves devotion to him rather than to objective truth. 043
Sberel @sberel.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Here is a persin running in HD132 against one of the absolute worst incumbents in the Houston area. #txlege 060
Reposted by SberelThe woman formerly known as @debbie156 @debbie156a.bsky.social · 24/08/2025🚨Arizona CD-07🚨 Your registration deadline is TOMORROW! Do not sit this out! If you’re registered, please double check your registration to ensure your vote will matter! Go to iwillvote.com Please, please be sure to vote in this special election! #ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks #ResistanceUnited 08183
