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URBAN TEXAS IS BLUE, younger, and growing. Red Texas is rural, older, and losing population. Flip Texas and the GOP will never elect another president.
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URBAN TEXAS IS BLUE, younger, and growing. Red Texas is rural, older, and losing population. Flip Texas and the GOP will never elect another president.
REFLECT • REPENT • REBOOT
#art #music #history #photography
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Texas Department of Public Safety and ICE have signed a pair of agreements that will authorize state police within DPS’s Criminal Investigations and Highway Patrol divisions to effectively operate as ICE agents, on a statewide basis.
Texas Turns Its Sprawling State Police Force Into Immigration Agents for Trump
The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached DPS, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.
www.texasobserver.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Texas Department of Public Safety and ICE have signed a pair of agreements that will authorize state police within DPS’s Criminal Investigations and Highway Patrol divisions to effectively operate as ICE agents, on a statewide basis.
Once the symbol of the president’s immigration policies, the wall has been eclipsed by his deportation efforts, but with $46.5 billion from Congress, construction is ramping up on the Rio Grande.
Trump’s All-but-Forgotten Border Wall Reaches an Angry Laredo, Texas
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Once the symbol of the president’s immigration policies, the wall has been eclipsed by his deportation efforts, but with $46.5 billion from Congress, construction is ramping up on the Rio Grande.
THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED
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Steve Jobs teaching Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf how to create digital art on a Macintosh computer in 1984.
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Steve Jobs teaching Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf how to create digital art on a Macintosh computer in 1984.
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Yeah okay, abolish ICE or whatever OR
Eliminate the Department of Homeland Security altogether. Move TSA back to Transportation and restore FEMA as an independent agency. Sort the other half-dozen component agencies back into their natural homes.
Less criminal abuse and around $40 billion savings.
Eliminate the Department of Homeland Security altogether. Move TSA back to Transportation and restore FEMA as an independent agency. Sort the other half-dozen component agencies back into their natural homes.
Less criminal abuse and around $40 billion savings.
November 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Yeah okay, abolish ICE or whatever OR
Eliminate the Department of Homeland Security altogether. Move TSA back to Transportation and restore FEMA as an independent agency. Sort the other half-dozen component agencies back into their natural homes.
Less criminal abuse and around $40 billion savings.
Eliminate the Department of Homeland Security altogether. Move TSA back to Transportation and restore FEMA as an independent agency. Sort the other half-dozen component agencies back into their natural homes.
Less criminal abuse and around $40 billion savings.
STEELY DAN (1976)
The Fez
YouTube video by Steely Dan - Topic
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
STEELY DAN (1976)
Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There's not some trick involved with it. It's pure and it's real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things. - Tom Petty
November 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There's not some trick involved with it. It's pure and it's real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things. - Tom Petty
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Just a little reminder...
The United States is less democratic, less self-governing, more dysfunctional, and more corrupt than it was 20 years ago, thanks in large part to the Supreme Court’s rulings. newrepublic.com/article/1997...
The Roberts Court Is Winning Its War on American Democracy
Chief Justice John Roberts has now overseen 20 years of increasingly illiberal rulings by the Supreme Court.
newrepublic.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Just a little reminder...
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BILL DOGGETT - HONKY TONK parts 1 and 2 (1956)
*The rock and roll era's first great instrumental hit.
*The rock and roll era's first great instrumental hit.
Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk (Part 1 & 2)
YouTube video by WGON Music
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
BILL DOGGETT - HONKY TONK parts 1 and 2 (1956)
*The rock and roll era's first great instrumental hit.
*The rock and roll era's first great instrumental hit.
The shutdown brought the scale of the federal food aid program into focus and raised questions about how such a rich country could have so many people on nutrition assistance.
42 Million People Are Enrolled in SNAP. Who Are They?
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The shutdown brought the scale of the federal food aid program into focus and raised questions about how such a rich country could have so many people on nutrition assistance.
youtu.be/jkXu9XYgpiE
--Very informative: how billions of dollars in SNAP Benefits... benefit Walmart, Kroger, etc...
"Why was Walmart not pressuring Republicans to make a deal? Why were they pressuring Democrats?"
--Very informative: how billions of dollars in SNAP Benefits... benefit Walmart, Kroger, etc...
"Why was Walmart not pressuring Republicans to make a deal? Why were they pressuring Democrats?"
Walmart SNAP Scam Explained.
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
youtu.be/jkXu9XYgpiE
--Very informative: how billions of dollars in SNAP Benefits... benefit Walmart, Kroger, etc...
"Why was Walmart not pressuring Republicans to make a deal? Why were they pressuring Democrats?"
--Very informative: how billions of dollars in SNAP Benefits... benefit Walmart, Kroger, etc...
"Why was Walmart not pressuring Republicans to make a deal? Why were they pressuring Democrats?"
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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#GVerse MoveOn calls for Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov to step down from leadership.
“Around 80% of MoveOn members that the group surveyed said that Schumer should quit his leadership position.”
It is time to let someone else take the wheel & lead!
“Around 80% of MoveOn members that the group surveyed said that Schumer should quit his leadership position.”
It is time to let someone else take the wheel & lead!
Progressive group MoveOn calls on Schumer to step aside
"Inexplicably, some Senate Democrats, under Leader Schumer's watch, decided to surrender."
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
#GVerse MoveOn calls for Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov to step down from leadership.
“Around 80% of MoveOn members that the group surveyed said that Schumer should quit his leadership position.”
It is time to let someone else take the wheel & lead!
“Around 80% of MoveOn members that the group surveyed said that Schumer should quit his leadership position.”
It is time to let someone else take the wheel & lead!
From 2022 to 2025 Texas governor Greg Abbott sent over 52,000 migrants to Chicago (and over 80,000 migrants to six other Blue cities).
Now Abbott has sent 400 Texas National Guard members to Chicago to help arrest those migrants.
Now Abbott has sent 400 Texas National Guard members to Chicago to help arrest those migrants.
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
From 2022 to 2025 Texas governor Greg Abbott sent over 52,000 migrants to Chicago (and over 80,000 migrants to six other Blue cities).
Now Abbott has sent 400 Texas National Guard members to Chicago to help arrest those migrants.
Now Abbott has sent 400 Texas National Guard members to Chicago to help arrest those migrants.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott scrambles to gain more support with a disastrous property tax cut announcement as latest polls prove his reelection bid is in serious jeopardy.
#Texas
#Texas
Greg Abbott SCRAMBLES Over Shattering Polls With Property Tax Bombshell
YouTube video by The Damage Report
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Texas Governor Greg Abbott scrambles to gain more support with a disastrous property tax cut announcement as latest polls prove his reelection bid is in serious jeopardy.
#Texas
#Texas
Congressional Republicans are reportedly trying to insert anti-abortion language into government funding legislation as the shutdown continues, with the GOP and President Donald Trump digging in against a clean extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits as insurance premiums surge.
GOP Accused of Trying to Slip Backdoor Abortion Ban Into Government Funding Bill | Common Dreams
"Trump said he’d leave abortion care up to the states. Well, this latest scheme makes it crystal clear: A de facto nationwide abortion ban has been his plan all along," said Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden.
www.commondreams.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Congressional Republicans are reportedly trying to insert anti-abortion language into government funding legislation as the shutdown continues, with the GOP and President Donald Trump digging in against a clean extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits as insurance premiums surge.
Donald Trump’s demolition of the East Wing of the White House isn’t just an architectural abomination; it’s symbolic of the wrecking ball he’s taken to the Constitution.
Yes, We Are in a Constitutional Crisis and on the Verge of Democratic Collapse - Truthdig
Donald Trump has cracked the foundations of a system that was never as strong or exceptional as its hagiographers claimed.
www.truthdig.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Donald Trump’s demolition of the East Wing of the White House isn’t just an architectural abomination; it’s symbolic of the wrecking ball he’s taken to the Constitution.