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Dick Lavine @dlavine.bsky.social · 1d

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What the end of the 40-day Hilton-Americas hotel strike means for Houston unions

Texas’ union membership rate is less than half the national rate, but Unite Here hopes to change that.

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Dick Lavine @dlavine.bsky.social · 1d

In New Braunfels, Texas, a red county turned out against Trump, and made a joyous noise that was as American as apple pie ... or a fighting unicorn.

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How No Kings Embraced the Good Kind of Weird—and Won the Normies

In New Braunfels, Texas, a red county turned out against Trump, and made a joyous noise that was as American as apple pie ... or a fighting unicorn.

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Dick Lavine @dlavine.bsky.social · 6d

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‘No Kings’ Rallies Are Just One Piece of the Puzzle

The “No Kings” rallies scheduled for Saturday will likely rank among the largest mass demonstrations in American history. But to truly contest President Donald Trump’s assault on constitutional safegu...

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Dick Lavine @dlavine.bsky.social · 20d

All of these powerful people trying to save their own skin have effectively multiplied Trump’s attacks on constitutional government, by enhancing a false sense of inevitability and invincibility.
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Lower Than Cowards

The surrender of America’s elites

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Dick Lavine @dlavine.bsky.social · 28d

As Texas flooded, key staff say FEMA’s leader could not be reached

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Dick Lavine @dlavine.bsky.social · Sep 19

The "Horst Wessel effect" refers to a powerful propaganda technique used by the Nazis, led by Joseph Goebbels, to transform the unremarkable death of a party activist into a political myth. This strategy created a martyr figure to unify the movement and generate popular support.

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Dick Lavine @dlavine.bsky.social · Sep 16

The "Horst Wessel effect" refers to a powerful propaganda technique used by the Nazis, led by Joseph Goebbels, to transform the unremarkable death of a party activist into a political myth. This strategy created a martyr figure to unify the movement and generate popular support.

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Dick Lavine @dlavine.bsky.social · Sep 16

The "Horst Wessel effect" refers to a powerful propaganda technique used by the Nazis, led by Joseph Goebbels, to transform the unremarkable death of a party activist into a political myth. This strategy created a martyr figure to unify the movement and generate popular support.

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Dick Lavine @dlavine.bsky.social · Sep 3

In Texas, a Senate Race Turns Brutal Before It’s Even Declared

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In Texas, a Senate Race Turns Brutal Before It’s Even Declared

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Dick Lavine @dlavine.bsky.social · Sep 2

This is made up: Harvard followed. He remarked that the culture shock of being surrounded by liberal students protesting against the Vietnam war helped cement his conservatism.

U.S. troops were out of Vietnam by the time Roberts got to Harvard in the fall of 1973. There were no protests by then.

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Dick Lavine @dlavine.bsky.social · Sep 2

“The chief justice is presiding over the end of the rule of law in America,”

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The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America

The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · Aug 28

How do YOU get involved? Athletes like @bradstuver.com are changing the game on and off the field by showing up, speaking out, and giving back.

Get your tickets here: act.progresstexas.org/a/allstaract...

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Dick Lavine @dlavine.bsky.social · Sep 2

What Ghislaine Maxwell Told the Justice Department
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What Ghislaine Maxwell Told the Justice Department

Listening to the convicted sex offender’s lengthy interview reveals that she and her interviewer had one goal—to satisfy Donald Trump.

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Dick Lavine @dlavine.bsky.social · Aug 29

When people fight principled battles that they know they may lose, others pay attention.

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Opinion | The Texas Democrats Won by Losing

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Aug 28

#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/

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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄️ @mu-peter.bsky.social · Aug 24

A note of thanks to you and other brave journalists for providing us with vital news and information.

First they came for the journalists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a journalist. We have no idea what they did after that.

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Chris Tomlinson @cltomlinson.bsky.social · Aug 26

Developers in Texas’s five largest cities want taxpayers to spend $10 billion on new convention centers, stadiums and entertainment districts. Only San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is demanding due diligence for this corporate welfare. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... #txlege

Tomlinson: Only one mayor is willing to question $10B in corporate welfare

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones lone voice questioning spending on convention centers in Texas’s five largest cities.

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Progress Texas @progresstexas.bsky.social · Aug 25

Bring your verde, bring a friend! 💚 We're hosting a LIVE Happy Hour with pro-soccer legend BRAD STUVER — Don't miss out! Get your tickets NOW: act.progresstexas.org/a/allstaract...

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Dick Lavine @dlavine.bsky.social · Aug 25

How the Richest People in America Avoid Paying Taxes
A clever new paper puts concrete numbers to the taxes paid by members of the Forbes 400.

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How the Richest People in America Avoid Paying Taxes

A clever new paper puts concrete numbers to the taxes paid by members of the Forbes 400.

www.theatlantic.com

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Dick Lavine @dlavine.bsky.social · Aug 19

Here's the latest on my round-trip on @SouthwestAir between AUS and MDW. Flight time = 5 hours, 20 minutes. Delays = 5 hours, 5 minutes. So far. In other words, my travel is taking TWICE AS LONG as it should. #Southwest

Dick Lavine @dlavine.bsky.social · Aug 19

Not good @SouthwestAir My flight Sunday from AUS to MDW was 2 hours 45 minutes late. My flight home today is an hour and a half late. So far. You need to concentrate on online performance instead of bag fees, expiring flight credits, etc

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