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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 3h

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
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Sam Fickman @idontunderstandpod.bsky.social · 3h

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Sam Fickman @idontunderstandpod.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you to the Houston Chronicle’s @evan7257.bsky.social for trying to help me understand THE NEWS 📰

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 11h

Mayor Whitmire, stop punting on Houston's budget mess | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

'Trust' isn't a budget strategy, Mayor Whitmire. Houston needs new revenue.

Houston's $227 million deficit requires bold leadership to fix. When will Mayor Whitmire build a case for raising taxes and fees to generate sustainable revenue?

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Allen AC @allenac009.bsky.social · 1d

“A judicial order lays clear that local law enforcement have matters under control, and that sending in the Texas National Guard only adds fuel to the fire.”

Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 1d

Texas troops were sent to Chicago on a lie. Bring them home, Abbott. | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Texas troops were sent to Chicago on a lie. Bring them home, Abbott. | Editorial

A court order makes it clear the Texas National Guard was sent to Illinois on a lie. Gov. Greg Abbott should use this as an excuse to bring them home, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Allen AC @allenac009.bsky.social · 1d

“She also points out that the Trump administration brazenly described constitutionally protected behaviors as illegal violence, and baselessly claimed there was some larger organization coordinating the few criminal acts that did happen.”

#Texas #Abbott

Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 1d

Texas troops were sent to Chicago on a lie. Bring them home, Abbott. | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Texas troops were sent to Chicago on a lie. Bring them home, Abbott. | Editorial

A court order makes it clear the Texas National Guard was sent to Illinois on a lie. Gov. Greg Abbott should use this as an excuse to bring them home, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Sam Fickman @idontunderstandpod.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you to the Houston Chronicle’s @evan7257.bsky.social for trying to help me understand THE NEWS 📰

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I Don't Understand... The News

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 1d

As Texans watch cities wipe away our Pride sidewalks under threat of funding revocation from Gov. Greg Abbott, this project feels even more important. Help us write about queer Texans. Because we’re actually the normal ones. And this is our state too.

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 1d

Montrose's rainbow crosswalk speaks to Houston's history, diversity | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/lett...

Houston needs to focus on fixing potholes, not a rainbow crosswalk

"I hope Mayor Whitmire will tell our governor and president, 'Don’t mess with Houston,'" writes Alan J. Hurwitz.

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 1d

HISD's board is powerless. Here's why we're endorsing anyway. | Endorsement www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 1d

Texas troops were sent to Chicago on a lie. Bring them home, Abbott. | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Texas troops were sent to Chicago on a lie. Bring them home, Abbott. | Editorial

A court order makes it clear the Texas National Guard was sent to Illinois on a lie. Gov. Greg Abbott should use this as an excuse to bring them home, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Jason Goes to Hell @benedictsred.bsky.social · 2d

White people be like let me turn on Steely Dan

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 2d

Republican DA: Gov. Greg Abbott forces troops on Chicago, but we could use them in West Texas | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Abbott forces troops on Chicago, but we could use them in West Texas | Opinion

The next time Trump asks Abbott to send Texas military members to a state that doesn’t want them, the governor should first ask where they may be needed at home, writes District Attorney Sarah...

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 5d

Bad news for Houston! cc @evan7257.bsky.social

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 5d

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Neil Alan Willard @neilwillard.bsky.social · 5d

Greetings from Houston.

Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 5d

Houston’s Pride crosswalk attacked by Trump and Abbott. Where’s Mayor Whitmire? | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Houston’s Pride crosswalk comes under attack. Where’s Whitmire? | Editorial

The Houston Chronicle editorial board wants the city's mayor to stand up against state and federal incursion into local decisions about crosswalk design — and stand up for our LGBT community.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 5d

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 5d

Houston’s Pride crosswalk attacked by Trump and Abbott. Where’s Mayor Whitmire? | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Houston’s Pride crosswalk comes under attack. Where’s Whitmire? | Editorial

The Houston Chronicle editorial board wants the city's mayor to stand up against state and federal incursion into local decisions about crosswalk design — and stand up for our LGBT community.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 5d

The @houstonchronicle.com editorial board endorses Christian Menefee for Congress, but also rates other top candidates

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 5d

Voters should pick a representative who will be effective in Congress and the courts | Endorsement

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Houston needs a representative effective in Congress and courts | Endorsement

The Houston Chronicle editorial board endorses the talented Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee to serve in the city's historically Black congressional seat.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 7d

Easy for me to say (I'm on a train and not at presser) but - Johnson never says whether he wants to repeal the 1986 law that requires this.

Trump is using Your Tax Dollars right now on They/Them (non-citizens who go to the emergency room)!

Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 7d

Like, for instance, this lie:

Does Johnson believe it? Of course not. Do MAGA people? Again no, but they know it's more polite than "let beaners die in the street," and they expect it to confuse and silence other people.

Literally NO ONE actually believes these lies.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 6d

A 2024 detail I keep thinking about... the Trump campaign saw a growing problem where voters thought he'd be obsessed with revenge if he got back into office. They fixed this w a Fox town hall (campaign got Qs in advance) where he said of course he wouldn't do that. www.nytimes.com/2024/01/10/u...