EB Estes (@ebestes.bsky.social)
The shoot first, ask questions later administration
Semiretired journalist. Man about town. Alum of Tribune News Service, The Times-Picayune, Chicago Tribune, The News & Observer. - New Orleans https://veritenews.org/devils-bargain-new-orleans-slave-trade/
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The shoot first, ask questions later administration
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Trump just threatened to send troops to New Orleans #NOLASky
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There was a time when this would have been big news
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Now they tell us
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My kind of town
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Now they tell us
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Instead of focusing on academics, my alma mater wasted millions on this clown
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Has Belichick's girlfriend commented yet?
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Like Rush Limbaugh
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#EndTImes
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He's golfing today so don't get too worked up
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We have long passed the 'critics say' point in this regime. The cliff's edge is behind us and we're plummeting down.
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Also, RFK Jr. doesn't want you to have any vaccines this fall. Is this some sort of conspiracy?
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I only started calling it that when Eddie Murphy left
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Holy shit. This is powerful.
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'The Boys' is the one show that gets what we're living through exactly right. Watch it.
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Dare I say it? SNL is one of the most overhyped things in America, a country that specializes in overhypeness.
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Are you listening, Dr. Bill Cassidy?
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Public health is being weaponized. Where is Sen. Bill Cassidy when we need him?
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From Vanity Fair to Vanity Sucks
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In this country, there will be less discussion of this than the Cracker Barrel logo
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I liked America better when Cracker Barrel was just a crappy interstate restaurant
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Uncle Hershal now believes J6ers were all tourists and patriots
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Also, now there's a dead body inside that barrel
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My theory is that Taylor Swift and Cracker Barrel are coordinating today's news cycle
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He just waiting to DEI you!
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Can we rename it Cracker Barrel of America while we're at it?
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If you're thinking about getting them a toaster, I already did
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He knows he won't be invited
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
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It's way too early for pumpkin spice
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Getting closer ...
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Except for those who bring up how we built America with slavery ...
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War of the Roses? We're not even counting that one.
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Freedom, baby!
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1. Five years ago, the Supreme Court decided that non-unanimous jury verdicts are unconstitutional. But for this Louisiana prisoner — and hundreds of others — tough-on-crime leaders in the state have ensured that doesn’t change anything. 🧵 veritenews.org/2025/08/25/l...
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In the meantime, I'm waiting to see just one photo of Trump at the gym
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Dredge operator is the job least likely to be impacted, according to this article
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Opinion: Mussolini has a point about on-time trains
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Americans didn't like Pearl Harbor but, you know, war ...
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They took an attack on the US Capitol and turned it into a patriotic pilgrimage
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Unassailable proof that many rich people are assholes
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I worked in Chicago for 18 years. People there won't take this well.
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They really should have said that Trump never knew Epstein
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Maxwell tells Justice what they want to hear and ends up at Club Fed
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As Cint Smith writes, the only way to love this country is to tell the truth about it veritenews.org/devils-barga...
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Let's go to Cracker Barrel Where you can always eat your fill Let's go with your friend Daryll He'll tell you how to do my will Oh Lord, he parked his truck In the handicapped space Oh Lord, I was born again In that blessed restaurant place
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I gave my life to Christ in the Cracker Barrel parking lot It was a Friday night And my blood was runnin' hot My high school team just lost And I was feeling mighty low The Lord, He spoke to me He said, Get up son let's go
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Respect my authoritah!
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This 9.5-foot Halloween pirate ship from Home Depot is totally worth the $399 I want to spend. My unreasonable wife disagrees.
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The shrimp I get from Dennis' Seafood in Metairie has never been radioactive #NOLAsky
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I wrote this. Everyone should read it. veritenews.org/devils-barga...
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I can't believe I have to say this, but slavery was bad veritenews.org/devils-barga...
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Actually, slavery was evil veritenews.org/devils-barga...
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Slavery was bad. In fact, it was evil. veritenews.org/devils-barga...
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I thought a lot about them and wrote this veritenews.org/devils-barga...
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Um, slavery was bad veritenews.org/devils-barga...
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Read this is you don't believe it was bad veritenews.org/devils-barga...
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Bravo to whomever is writing these
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My former employer continues its downward slide
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There is a Confederate monument in North Carolina that has these words: IN APPRECIATION OF OUR FAITHFUL SLAVES
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It's tough to get a peace prize when you can't stop the killing
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#NOLAsky
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'On the dole' would also work
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It's a MAJOR AWARD!
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The kids are all right
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As a citizen of planet Earth, I must work up the strength to care about Taylor Swift’s new album
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Yet more proof that we're getting dumber by the hour
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Big Balls must be avenged!
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I'll never understand why some people think the fight to preserve slavery was a good thing
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TV is showing this kid umpire at #Cubs #Cardinals way too much
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The Brewers can't lose these days
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I wish I didn't have to spend a half hour looking for my favorite pencil before I start writing, but that's just the way it is
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Idiocracy in action
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Jake Tapper should write a book
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Genius level
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It would be funny if it weren't going to kill so many people
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BREAKING: Something you knew was going to happen, happened
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Spinach, the most violent vegetable
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Bankruptcy would be better if you didn't have to declare it
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Another pandemic may kill half the country
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Trump floats taking federal control of the city after the man known online as 'Big Balls' was injured in a carjacking
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Love to you and your family
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Let's be fair. They're both terrible people.
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The JustGiveMeAMinuteItllBeWorthIt