Loud laugher. Parent of a poorly trained dog and decently trained kids. Wife to one of the good ones. You’ll have to repeat that because I wasn’t listening.
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So our military just bombed a boat in international waters and extrajudicially killed suspected drug traffickers without so much as a conversation, let alone a trial? Then posted it on social media? And we’re all supposed to just trust their account?
I think Illinois can and should sue Texas in the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction and seek a preliminary injunction against the use of any un-federalized Texas National Guard troops in Illinois.
Lethal force against a civilian vessel in international waters is a war crime if not in self-defense. If not in self-defense, only non-lethal actions, such as warning shots or disabling fire, are allowed. "Not yielding to pursuers" or "suspected of carrying drugs" doesn't carry a death sentence.
Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed. There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea. Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
Texas’ national guard has been on almost continuous duty at the border for years. We are still recovering from our July 4 floods. There is a tropical system in the Gulf. Our guard members don’t have the time or capacity to be props for this limp presidency.
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Sounds like he is an expert in that area.
Lutnick Family Angling To Make Astronomical Sums Off Court Nixing Tariffs talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lutni...
Deep cut.
Yes. Absolutely. I’ve had babysitters at my house and have gone into my bedroom and slept. Do whatever it is that gives you the power to do all the other things. And don’t for a moment feel guilt. You need to recharge too.
Last year, Georgia and F1 were the same weekend. Bananas.
I am a white middle aged woman from Texas and look exactly like what this guy would want on his jury. I would be honored to send him to prison.
If a guy from The Real World can be our Secretary of Transportation AND head of NASA, this guy can be UNC’s next head coach. Congrats, Tarheels. I’m sure he will look great in a puffy coat.
1. Love the tile. 2. Did you use California closets or a DIY? Our master closet was made for a time when folks wore more shirts and dresses while we wear more shorts and t shirts. It needs an update.
It’s a bit frustrating because it would be so much easier to loathe that team but Marcus is just so handsome.
If it’s rattling, something else is out there too. Seriously, don’t know where you are but if it’s somewhere hot, always check for snakes curled around flower pots. The clay cools off faster and stays cooler. Flower pots on patios were a favorite where I grew up.
Their nursing school in Abilene I know works with Abilene Christian and it’s a savior for Abilene - the small towns are suffering the most from lack of Medicaid matching in Texas that will only get worse now. Lack of healthcare out there is dire and Tech is trying to fill some of the yawning gaps
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Tech’s system is vast. The med school is in Lubbock, Amarillo and El Paso. The pharmacy and nursing are in Abilene and Lubbock (and others). Law and vet in Lubbock. Tech serves an area larger than most states working with schools and programs in each city.
I see kindness and decency every day. I think most people are good but there is a not insignificant number who are apathetic and a much much smaller number who are evil. It’s the apathetic I don’t understand. How do you see hurt or need and not help? That’s the group that concerns me most.
Get. Out. Lubbock weather is for real.
Touchdown. Wreck em
We’re big Daniel Tiger fans in this house. Daniel and Dad going pantless is made super weird by Mom Tiger in her capris.
What a pain getting on and off a bus in full pads. There has to be a better way.
Some players are already in midseason form. Well done.
Arch as chaotic good feels right.
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Sitting in Austin at a lovely and empty restaurant laughing at Mac Brown “Aleppo”
I’m sure these people are thrilled that they’ve been called away from their families and jobs to deal with DC’s crushingly important mulch emergency. So much government efficiency.
LSU boosters nod in agreement.
Rep Perez laying out the disgusting reality of #txlege #HB7
I like the boxing robe, Mizzou. The velveteen really shines under the lights.
Arrested for showing compassion. I have a new goal.
Worth the sponsorship yonex
The enemies list, funded by the Heritage Foundation, disproportionately targets women and persons of color. One military veteran compared being on the list to her deployment in Iraq. She avoided leaving home, scanned her surroundings constantly and monitored her street for anything unusual.
What a kind and brave man volunteering to be the test case for a blatantly unconstitutional order. A veteran continuing his service.
🚨🧵My latest: As measles took off in Texas, the Trump administration took actions that prevented CDC scientists from responding. The outbreak became the biggest in 30 yrs. It’s far larger considering the outbreaks it sparked in other states & Mexico. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Giant YTD drops in Chicago for basically all crimes. Huge 4-reductions in Chicago for all violence. Murders are down FIFTY PERCENT. Property crimes are dropping, tho still higher than before. But MRAPs don’t stop theft. This is all pretext. Yet the WaPo subhed frames it as a “crime” issue.
if Stanford is so smart, then why are they playing football like this
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
Seriously this is the most useful single table I’ve seen for summarizing what just happened to US clean energy tax credits. It is a beast. heatmap.news/politics/obb...
atlantablackstar.com/2025/08/18/b... One of the reasons I don't think the death penalty in the US is viable is because the number of stories like this...where you can get jailed for 67 days because your name is similar to someone else.
Two more women murdered by the Texas GOP interactives.dallasnews.com/2025/texas-a...
“‘I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts,’ Collier said in a statement that called her a ‘political prisoner’ for refusing Republican ‘surveillance protocol.’” www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
RADDATZ: The president went in to that meeting saying he wanted a ceasefire and there would be consequences if they didn't agree on a ceasefire in that meeting, and they didn't agree to a ceasefire. Where are the consequences? RUBIO: That's not the aim RADDATZ: The president said that was the aim
Someone who absolutely refuses to touch grass (complimentary).
i just can not even tell how much of this trump is fabricating on the fly as the interview goes on like did this even remotely happen
Militarization of our nation’s capital because an asshole got worked by teens at 3am last week. Teens out there doing what needs to be done to a person who calls himself Big Balls.
Parents begged law enforcement officers to storm the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas in 2022, minutes after a gunman opened fire, released police body camera video shows.
Hate it but “skill issue” is pretty great.
NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned. Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
Someone forgot to take down this webpage: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...
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@shutdownfullcast.bsky.social Long time listener and new Patreon booster. ALSO, former Texas Tech Women’s Tennis Team member. Summer tennis was fine and we had indoor courts. Despite Lubbock’s reputation, the worst wind we played in was in Columbia, MO (an all around unpleasant place)
1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely. Here's why.
The scale of Trump's pay-for-access scheme outlined by the @nytimes.com is mindblowing. Crypto contributions resulting in business deals with the Trump family crypto businesses, oil companies buying influence and later reaping benefits from friendly policies, and a $1 million pardon.
Exclusive: The FBI redacted President Trump's name, as well as the names of other public figures, from the Epstein files under privacy exemptions.
The mass unrest during the summer of 2020 “certainly did not cause the sacking of the Capitol,” @chatterton.bsky.social argues. “But that winter siege amounted to an outgrowth of the summer revolt—the rotten fruit of imitation.”
Just another reminder that Elon Musk is a white supremacist.
So our elementary school district isn’t in the same congressional district.
The Honorable Mr. Garcia of Abilene, Texas, bringing the heat! ✊🏼🔥🔥🔥 👏🏼More👏🏼Of👏🏼This👏🏼
Direct File was an easy way for Americans to file their taxes for FREE each year. It's a no-brainer — and it's popular. So why in the world did the Trump administration kill it? To give a huge handout to giant tax prep companies like TurboTax that rip Americans off.
Clear examples of the degraded forecasts we face in this piece from @michaelrlowry.bsky.social Here's Iona from yesterday, with a clear shot of its internal structure in the current state on top, and a useless green blob in the suggested replacement on bottom.
You might want to sit down for this, but the Windmill Hater in Chief has said a lot of wrong things about windmills www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Lying by an officer should be a one-strike-you're-fired situation, and the officers who did so should all be prosecuted. I won't hold my breath. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Even the wind has peaced out.
JUST IN: Our client and a fmr. DOJ attorney has lawfully disclosed evidence that supports Erez Reuveni's allegations regarding Emil Bove and other senior DOJ officials actively and deliberately undermining the rule of law. whistlebloweraid.org/whistleblowe...
DHS has arrested two medical personnel at a surgical center in California for demanding that the officers trespassing in their building identify themselves & provide a warrant, accusing them of another.... wait for it... ASSAULT. The case shows how DHS lies relentlessly to violate the Constitution
This is the same amount as the entire National Science Foundation's R&D spending for the entire field of *engineering* for the whole country. All of it.
The police insist they need astronomical sums of money and complete immunity from any harm they cause in order to be ready to protect us and then half the time they just decide they’d prefer not to?
It’s kinda built for that. Short meet and greet. Long ride where you don’t have to talk to anyone and just look at the scenery. Substitute a light weight knit ensemble and a quiet car and I am all about this sort of a gang.
It’s way too late, but the truth has a way of coming out. Forget the airdrops and scrap GHF — let the UN organizations resume their humanitarian delivery operations NOW to stop the ongoing starvation:
When you strip away humanity
A senior State Department official who was fired as a White House speechwriter during the first Trump administration for attending a gathering of white supremacists has been appointed acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, according to the State Department.
Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641. As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570. With @texastribune.org
this is about as mad as you’re going to see a pilot on an intercom after they almost got directed into another plane on approach. also the reveal of what kind of plane almost slammed into them is a jaw-dropper
Brazilian president: "I'd like to say something to the American people; If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil for violating the Constitution. He would be arrested if he had done that." (ht: @ronxyz.bsky.social)
Striking. After Texas banned abortion, ER visits for early miscarriage rose 25% and blood transfusions surged 54%. Doctors delayed care like D&Cs out of fear of prosecution. More women nearly bled to death. buff.ly/egXhmm7 #medsky #ObGynsky 🛟🧪
Trump: “A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.” www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
Photo ops and nothing else.
NEW: Former NYPD Commissioner Thomas Donlon has sued Mayor Eric Adams and other top police officials, accusing Adams of running the force as a “criminal enterprise." The suit draws extensively from a recent ProPublica investigation into a NYPD unit Adams championed. By @ericumansky.bsky.social
Corn-based ethanol fueling an ICEV uses 85 times more land area than solar PV would to get the same mileage from an EV
This is not the act of a legitimate government.
"I know what you’re thinking: Geez, that sounds a little bit like weird racialist thinking. Oh friend. It’s not a little bit like that." @jvl.bsky.social on Marc Andreessen in today's Triad: www.thebulwark.com/p/marc-andre...
the head of fema finally rolled out of bed, grabbed a shirt off the floor, and showed up in texas
People who entered the US legally and have no criminal charges are being held in the Everglades camp, according to records obtained by the Miami Herald. Maybe that’s why the government won’t release the names of those being detained. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
this should play in every ad
The little girls at Camp Mystic had abundant faith but no flood sirens.
That probably only applies to women.
A new study of vehicular crashes in the UK shows that—after accounting for driver characteristics, road conditions, & more—adult pedestrians & cyclists had a 14% higher fatality rate when hit by an SUV rather than a regular car. Children had a shocking 77% higher fatality rate when hit by SUVs.
Texas can't adequately warn people about deadly floods, but it can immediately let me know that a cop got hurt 250 miles away from me.
"Despite Trump officially activating FEMA on Sunday, FEMA has just 86 total staff deployed at this point [to Texas], according to figures shared with staff Monday evening...In the past it would normally be in the several hundreds at this point in the disaster recovery process." My latest:
BLOOMBERG: ".. Not every life can be spared from climate change, unfortunately, but many more could be saved if elected officials stopped pretending that they’re powerless to do anything about it." @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The deadly floods in Central Texas were caused by extremely heavy rain. Climate change is causing even more rain to fall during the heaviest storms.
"There’s a saying people like to attribute to Christian theology, which is ‘God will never give you more than you can handle.' It’s terrible theology." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
An important analysis as to how the cuts at the national weather service impact their ability to serve communities.