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Hal

@txhal.bsky.social
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Blue Guy in a red part of a red state, Texas wine country. Retired software guy, did a stint as a NASA contractor a few decades ago. Serial adopter of rescued cats and dogs (mostly Greyhounds).

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Brooklynjl612 @brooklynjl612.bsky.social · 18h
And what was his/family cut!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s Pentagon is preparing to cut 20% of senior military posts as his top envoys discuss sanctions relief, energy deals, and economic cooperation with Putin’s team. The timing is raising serious questions.
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Trump's Hegseth Plans 20% Cut to Senior Military Posts as Putin Envoy Courts U.S.
As the Pentagon prepares to downgrade or eliminate senior billets by January 1, 2027, Trump officials are discussing Russian energy and economic cooperation while Moscow's war on Ukraine continues.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18h
Are there 4 scarier words in the English language than "Trump-backed nuclear plant"?
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 19h
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 21h
Jack Smith explains that the phone records for some members of Congress "corroborated evidence that we had that the president, President Donald Trump and his co-conspirators were seeking to exploit the violence on January 6th in furtherance of their criminal scheme." www.youtube.com/live/zNc5VMP...
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LIVE: Jack Smith appears before Senate Judiciary Committee
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Kevin Morris @socceralt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I've seen a few places the "well it's just league policy" excuse. 1) That policy is almost certainly intentionally vague to allow for discretionary implementation (what counts as political?) 2) Just because there's a bad policy on the books doesn't make it OK. bsky.app/profile/socc...
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Creepy Nazi Mike Johnson says fascist republicans will do “exactly what we have been doing” if they retain their disastrous control of the House. Meaning they’ll continue their destruction of the United States. Mike isn’t a Speaker, he’s a terrorist and he can fuck all the way off to a jail cell.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic candidate challenging Greg Abbott for governor, is seeking unredacted access to communications involving Elon Musk deemed "intimate and embarrassing."
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Hinojosa Moves to Unmask Abbott-Musk Emails Deemed ‘Intimate and Embarrassing’
Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic candidate challenging Greg Abbott for governor, is seeking unredacted access to communications involving Elon Musk as polls show a competitive race for Texas governor.
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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please don’t sit this one out! #Pinks #USDemocracy
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maryburns.bsky.social @maryburns.bsky.social · 20h
Polls don’t win elections. People do. Vote for the election of our country’s lifetime. #Pinks
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power. The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever. But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 19h
What is there to say that hasn’t already been said? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Justice Dept. Unlawfully Withheld Grants to Combat Domestic Violence, Judge Rules
Judge Melissa R. DuBose said the department had placed arbitrary conditions on grants created by the Violence Against Women Act.
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Hal @txhal.bsky.social · 18h
Now we will have another indicator of who is a sycophant to this lunatic.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h
THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 19h
You’ll notice that the same American state media who attacked President Biden relentlessly over his age refuse to report on the orange felon illegally stealing millions of taxpayer dollars to fund campaign ads. They continue to deliberately fail democracy.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
HOLD MEN ACCOUNTABLE.......💪🏻
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So Jimmy Kimmel had his wife parody Natalie Harp on his show. She played his unhinged assistant. It was as ridiculously funny as you might imagine.😅
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE IS SICKENING......
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's one thing to be so incredibly incompetent as Eric Schmitt that your dramatic "GOTCHA" moment falls apart in real time. It is quite another thing to be so incredibly dishonest as Eric Schmitt that you then go on a right-wing show and pretend it didn't happen. "My job is to ask the questions."😜
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Marcus SOBER 5 YEARS @papacitogordo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The current president of the United States of America is a liar.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23h
Today in "absolutely not"
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🍏Toxins out of our food 🧑‍🌾Farmers first, not chemical companies ❌Break up corporate concentration in agriculture 💧Clean water, guaranteed 🍽️School meals that nourish 💸Public dollars should buy public health ⚕️Food as medicine ⚖️Accountability for polluters, not immunity
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump has made America pitiful, not great
https://horseytoons.substack.com/p/trump-has-made-america-pitiful-not?r=3gwynu&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 21h
Sounds about Right…. The reason presidents are limited to two terms is that the last time we had a president who was a Democratic Socialist, the people elected him four straight times!!!
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 21h
Donald Trump: "We're going to be signing a document renaming artificial intelligence to Super Intelligence. We will also be renaming measles to Happy Rash, the White House to Mar-a-Lago North, the Constitution to Trump Toilet Paper, and child rape to Republican Hug."
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Ray @raymolson22.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We are not being governed. We are being looted.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith made it crystal clear that his investigation was sound and lawful, that the president had committed crimes and that the GOP attacks on him were the actual weaponization of our justice system. He showed courage and moral clarity and continues to be one of the heroes of this moment.
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STOP MAKING SENSE 🇨🇦🦋 @davidbreakpar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans aren’t just enabling Trump. They’re accessories to his criminal activity.
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
JACK SMITH IS AN AMERICAN HERO AND SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED BY HIS BRAVERY. 100 YEAR OLD CHUCKY GRASSHOLE IS STILL AN ASSHOLE.
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David Leigh Roth @notonebit.com · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt earlier today trying to get Jack Smith to perjure himself
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Slamdunk Fail
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 23h
For once, Ken Paxton is being honest: if it weren't for our broken campaign finance system, he'd have no shot. #UnrigWashington candidate @jamestalarico.bsky.social is running to reform our system and fight for Texans. Ken Paxton can't say the same. #TXSEN
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 23h
BREAKING: Fox News agrees to host a debate between me and Ken Paxton — because the people of Texas deserve it. They're just waiting on Paxton to agree. Ball's in your court, Ken.
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Webanalyst @webanalyst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My take from the Smith hearings: To be a GOP senator today, you have to be a lying piece-of-shit, who puts loyalty to party & our lying piece-of-shit president, above their oaths to the Constitution & their obligations to tell the truth & do what rights to the American people! Repost if U agree
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 23h
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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huronbluechief.bsky.social @huronbluechief.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Maddow Reality Check Cartoon Break
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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
texans, you are going to see this clip once a week and twice on sundays until the election
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The president has repeatedly exhibited bizarre conduct in the public eye. Not only does that include taking naps during public events, but also erratic behavior, slurred speech, appearing lost or disoriented, and sporting mysterious bruises.” newrepublic.com/post/215938/...
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Blue Tsunami #NoKings @bluefuture.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We need a historic turnout for Democrats, and to keep the turnout going after this year as much as we can so something like a Trump presidency doesn't happen again. #VoteBlueEveryElection
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seattle
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1kr5ur43m.bsky.social @1kr5ur43m.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.
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🌿🌞Sarah🌛🦋 @legndofphoenix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seeing a bunch of white men saying they wont vote this November cause they can't find a job woahhh did your guy fuck the economy???? who could have seen that cominggggg?
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Essence of RBG 🦋 @rbgprevails.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can we all write an essay to Cornell letting them know how f**king disgusting they are?! Protesters against Palestine horror are expelled whilst vile rapists are protected!
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David Rose's Shocked Reaction: What The Actual Fuck
ALT: David Rose's Shocked Reaction: What The Actual Fuck
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