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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 6h

This is just a gut feeling, but I bet my volume of incoming email has gone up by 40% in recent months, and I'm guessing it's because publicists are using AI to write most of it.

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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 22h

Dallas will soon be looking for a new mayor
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Eric Johnson may (or may not) (but probably will) be stepping down as mayor

Probably much like the Dallas Morning News’ Everton Bailey, I've spent the better part of two weeks chasing down a rumor that Eric Johnson will resign his

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Mike Piellucci @mikelikessports.bsky.social · 2d

The story of the yesterday's loss to Carolina is the story of the Cowboys' year so far: there is no margin for error. And that means their season is already on the brink. Here's Jake Kemp:

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The Cowboys' Margin For Error Is Gone After Losing to Carolina - D Magazine

Another terrible defensive effort led to another unacceptable loss. Now Dallas' season is on the line, with no room left to mistakes.

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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 4d

If the city of Dallas bends the knee and kills our rainbow crosswalks, I’ve got a paintbrush, a balaclava, and a headlamp. See you in the street for a late-night painting party.

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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 5d

Downtown Dallas doing downtown Dallas things

FOX 4 News @fox4dfw.bsky.social · 5d

After a severe flood and electrical short, residents of a downtown Dallas high-rise were told their leases are terminated and they must permanently vacate the uninhabitable building within 30 days without the use of elevators or power.

Mercantile Building residents evicted: Building unsafe for prolonged period

After a severe flood and electrical short, residents of a downtown Dallas high-rise were told their leases are terminated and they must permanently vacate the uninhabitable building within 30 days without the use of elevators or power.

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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 5d

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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 6d

October 24. Join me to watch Dirk on TV at Rollertown Beerworks www.dmagazine.com/micropost/di...

Dirk! Beer! Fun!

Hopefully by now you've read Mike "The Looch" Piellucci's story about Dirk and his new gig as an NBA studio analyst with Amazon. And hopefully also by now

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Txnewsprincess @txnewsprincess.bsky.social · 6d

More to come, but good news.
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Robert Roberson issued a stay of execution

More to come, but this morning the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay for Robert Roberson, who was scheduled to be executed in exactly a week.

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Txnewsprincess @txnewsprincess.bsky.social · 7d

Just a reminder that if you're going to the fair, we have created the Ultimate Guide to the State Fair of Texas. It has hacks. It has advice. It has places to eat near the fair that aren't part of the fair, and it also provides guides to navigating Fair Park on Saturday (the TX-OU game).

The Ultimate Guide to the State Fair of Texas

Find the hacks that make the fair fun, the skinny on the entertainment, and even parking advice.

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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 6d

100 years from now, kids will learn this is when the second civil war started

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 6d

As the New Yorker surmised, this is the future of talk shows: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1rJ...

MICHAEL KNOWLES Talks Theater, Daily Wire, Conservative Media

YouTube video by The Adam Friedland Show

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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 6d

Props to State Fair of TX for their slogan: “The Most Texan Place on Earth.” Not sure that’s true, but it’s a good slogan.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 7d

One day you're living in a constitutional republic, the next day the president is calling for the arrest of governors and mayors

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 7d

"Very few Democrats seem to understand this new dynamic; Democrats are so used to being the 'responsible' party who helps keeps government open … that they seem not to be able to reckon with how irrelevant Donald Trump has made Congress …" www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

There is no budget "deal" to be made

President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.

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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 7d

"I don’t want to be alarmist, but this is an emergency. It is incumbent on us to name the thing we are seeing and be unflinching as we describe it." One state is invading another at the direction of the president. How is that NOT the start of a civil war? www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 7d

Huge loss for the turkeys

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Txnewsprincess @txnewsprincess.bsky.social · 8d

A new podcast by NBC reveals that the judge that presided over Robert Roberson’s trial was the same judge that allowed his daughter to be removed from life support.
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Robert Roberson’s attorney says new podcast proves judicial misconduct

A new podcast by NBC reveals that the judge that presided over Robert Roberson’s trial was the same judge that allowed his daughter to be removed from life support.

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Mike Piellucci @mikelikessports.bsky.social · 8d

The outstanding @flemfile.bsky.social has a book coming out about the original Dallas Texans, and it is predictably great.

So I'm thrilled to be running an excerpt of it. Meet Buddy Young, a 5'4'' RB who was Dallas' first pro football star. You'll love this:

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Remembering the Pint-Sized Buddy Young, Dallas’ First Pro Football Star

An excerpt from the upcoming book A Big Mess in Texas: The Miraculous, Disastrous 1952 Dallas Texans and the Craziest Untold Story in NFL History.

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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 10d

“The money used to buy the Portland Trail Blazers is money that was built on predatory lending,” Williams said [a former Federal Reserve regulator]. Dallas guy getting the sort of attention he has avoided most of his career
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Portland Trail Blazers Buyer Tom Dundon Built His Fortune on Subprime Loans

In 2020, the state sued Santander Consumer USA for allegedly preying on Oregonians through high-interest car loans they couldn’t afford in a case involving more than 265,000 borrowers nationwide.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 12d

1. This is one of the most insane statements ever delivered by a presidential spokesperson in U.S. history. Totally disconnected from reality.

2. There is either going to be a civil war or abject Democratic surrender to autocracy. They are telling this you, to your face, in explicit terms.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Leavitt: "President Trump will end the radical left's reign of terror in Portland once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland."

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 11d

I've thought a lot about the scene in A Clockwork Orange where Alex finds out that the droogs he used to rampage with are now policemen

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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 12d

ICE operation today to round up children is code named Freaky Friday. JFC

Txnewsprincess @txnewsprincess.bsky.social · 12d

I’ve gotten this from reliable sources from within the Methodist Church. ICE is targeting children today.

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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 12d

Fascinating, important reading. Ever heard of the Palmer Raids? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...

Welcome to the Era of "Kavanaugh Raids"

ICE crosses another big, important line.

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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 12d

Glad you are OK. Please be careful. I like to play a game at every intersection called Which One of These Cars Will Try to Hit Me? Head on a swivel, Nathaniel.

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Tim Rogers @timmytyper.bsky.social · 13d

Yeah, what is up with those grates (man holes)?