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Chip Stewart
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Doctor of Journalism. Law-talking guy. Chaotic good. Fan of bad sports teams. I have friends everywhere. https://schieffercollege.tcu.edu/faculty_staff/daxton-chip-stewart/

Law 25%
Political science 20%
Pinned
I have to admit, I’ve been getting down about the liars and the dirty dirty cheats of the world

There were 13 more minutes but it was all priapism draining
News outlets declaring “Trump Accepts Nobel Peace Prize” is a red alert state media indicator

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I just don’t know how you can read these passages from @theathletic.com reports and say yeah, Beltran is fine, no steroid cheaters but this guy is ok with me!

And now for something completely different - from the ballots I've seen, looks like Carlos Beltran is going to make the Hall of Fame this year. He was the ringleader of the trash-can cheating scheme the Astros employed to steal the World Series in 2017. What changed? www.nytimes.com/athletic/322...
‘No one stopped it’: Carlos Beltrán addresses Astros’ sign-stealing scandal (Published 2022)
www.nytimes.com
If you see federal agents pulling into your driveway, reporters, power down your electronic devices ASAP.

That's the advice from @runasand.bsky.social, via @columjournreview.bsky.social

www.cjr.org/news/hannah-...

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More evidence that the only “speech” Trump Republicans think should be protected is shitposting on the social and digital platforms they have titled in their favor.
Republican on CNN: You peacefully protest with a letter to the editor. You peacefully protest by starting a Substack or a podcast.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 23h
AAUP Portland State University secured a crucial win:

Admin will reinstate laid-off faculty & comply with an arbitration decision after violating @psuaaup.bsky.social's contract.

This win proves that higher ed unions are key to protecting faculty livelihood at our universities.

Read more here👇
Portland State agrees to reinstate laid off faculty
Portland State University is reversing course and fully complying with an arbitration decision ordering the university to reinstate some faculty laid off in last year’s budget cuts.
www.opb.org
Ark. withdrew offer to new dean after board "became aware that the newly hired Dean had signed onto a friend of the court brief in a lawsuit challenging laws regarding transgender athletes in sports. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
Culture warriors cancel new U of A law dean before she started - Arkansas Times
Culture warriors claim the scalp of Emily Suski, the would-be law school dean whose legal opinion on transgender athletes seems to have offended Arkansas officials.
arktimes.com

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friendly reminder

The things you believed were right yesterday are still right. They'll be right if they put you in jail. They'll be right if they shoot you. They'll still be right when these people are dead and dusted and gone.

which they will be

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According to this state representative’s Facebook post, the state legislature threatened the University of Arkansas’s funding because the new law school dean signed an amicus brief for trans rights so the school revoked the job offer after it had been announced www.arkansasonline.com/news/2026/ja...
New from me and @tristanl.ee with a bit of help from @wileydcope.bsky.social: We identified companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area that are operated either by members of Patriot Front or individuals with multiple connections to Patriot Front

www.texasobserver.org/revealed-fou...
Revealed: Four Businesses with Ties to Patriot Front Operating in North Texas
The neo-Nazi group is engaged in a strategy to establish an independent economic ecosystem. Through publicly available information, interviews, and in-person observation, the Observer has identified c...
www.texasobserver.org
The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others
Trump Admin Went Easy On A Red State After Punishing Blue States For The Same Exact Thing
Mississippi caught a break on an embezzlement scandal that funneled money to Brett Favre and others.
www.huffpost.com

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I had the honor to introduce my replacement on 9NEWS

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Texas A&M decided to publicly cancel my Ethics class, and share a false statement that I declined to provide information, which made it impossible for [them ] to request an exemption. See for yourself, if this statement is true.

They are getting creative!
ETHICS IS NOW CANCELED AT TEXAS A&M

Statement from Dr. Leonard Bright....

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It used to be that victims of murders in the U.S. would be smeared by InfoWars and Gateway Pundit as a way to fetishize guns and violence for ad dollars and supplement sales, with the added benefit of cozying up to far-right politicians. Now that work is done by CBS News.

30 years ago today, I was in the press box for this game - the last time the Dallas Cowboys were in the NFC Championship. We were in the end zone right about where Emmitt Smith came through to score the final TD. youtu.be/dAnOFImr4no
1/14/96 Green Bay Packers at Dallas Cowboys NFC Title Game
YouTube video by SW561
youtu.be
Really working their way through the ol' First Amendment.
F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents
www.nytimes.com

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NEW: We got hundreds of never-before-released text messages between county leaders sent during deadly July 4 Texas floods.

They show confusion among those in charge with how to respond to the devastating event. We published with @texastribune.org. www.kut.org/energy-envir... #txlege
Texts among officials show confusion about missing campers during July 4 floods
Hundreds of newly published text messages add more detail to the devastating timeline of the deadly July 4 Texas floods.
www.kut.org

And Tim Leary of all people!

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In an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil, President Trump criticizes Kamala Harris and says "You wouldn't have a job right now, if she got in" (Ted Johnson/Deadline)

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We’ve been happy with our Caraway pots and pans - good quality, nonstick ceramic, recommended by Consumer Reports
BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.

www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org

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This week Katy ISD posted a list of 142 books (100 or so previously flagged for “gender fluidity” review) now banned from classroom and campus libraries, to “remain in compliance with Senate Bill 12 and Senate Bill 13.”

Source: www.katyisd.org/instructiona...

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Please sign and share this Aggies Forward petition link with alumni and allies -- and anyone you know who wants to protect free speech and academic freedom in Texas and across the country: alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/co...
CODE MAROON at Texas A&M: Protect academic freedom and reject political control
Texas A&M is ordering a philosophy professor to remove readings by Plato from his syllabus, per new rules requiring ideological review and approval of course content. This is not academic oversigh...
alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org

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“AI has supercharged the work of content farms that churn out articles at scale to earn advertising money by siphoning traffic from established sites.”
College paper fights to stop AI slop website from stealing its identity
The University of Colorado’s student newspaper is battling a copycat website publishing AI spam under its name, a growing issue for media outlets in the age of AI.
www.washingtonpost.com

Let me get this straight, they used to give you money made out of paper to ride a manual e-bike and throw printouts from the internet on to people's porches

I'm going to look at the preorder deals - I kind of like going to the local card shops and picking up a hobby box there. One I went to basically handed me the commons I was missing to round out the 2025 set last year.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.