Bill Torrealba
@sxlpluvr.bsky.social
Resident of Texas since 1974, turn Texas Blue! 💙💙💙💙💙
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My feed is no longer birds. They have been replaced with Substack writers talking about follower count.
November 24, 2024 at 6:56 PM
My feed is no longer birds. They have been replaced with Substack writers talking about follower count.
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Update. The birds are back
November 24, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Update. The birds are back
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No why is the olive oil blurred out
November 29, 2024 at 10:43 PM
No why is the olive oil blurred out
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Last night a graphic designer saved my life
December 9, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Last night a graphic designer saved my life
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TONIGHT AT 8: FOIA expert @jasonleopold.bsky.social joins to discuss the widespread redactions throughout the Epstein files. Plus, former Time photo editor Emily Keegan on the viral White House Vanity Fair photoshoot that broke the internet.
December 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
TONIGHT AT 8: FOIA expert @jasonleopold.bsky.social joins to discuss the widespread redactions throughout the Epstein files. Plus, former Time photo editor Emily Keegan on the viral White House Vanity Fair photoshoot that broke the internet.
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The president says he’s giving members of the military $1,776. It doesn’t make up for all the damage to the VA.
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Save the Dividend, Warriors. You May Lose Your Health Care
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December 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The president says he’s giving members of the military $1,776. It doesn’t make up for all the damage to the VA.
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Thank you Christina Ruffini for holding down the anchor chair today! @katiephang.bsky.social will be back to host the #KatiePhangShow on March 29th! 📺
March 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Thank you Christina Ruffini for holding down the anchor chair today! @katiephang.bsky.social will be back to host the #KatiePhangShow on March 29th! 📺
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Going Great?! Coming up, @meng.house.gov and @katiephang.bsky.social help us assess the damage of Trump's tariff turmoil. Tune in now! #KatiePhangShow
April 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Going Great?! Coming up, @meng.house.gov and @katiephang.bsky.social help us assess the damage of Trump's tariff turmoil. Tune in now! #KatiePhangShow
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COMING UP on the #KatiePhangShow
Rep. Grace Meng
Daniel Koh
@weissmann11.bsky.social
@edwardluce.bsky.social
@philweiser.bsky.social
@kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social
w/ @katiephang.bsky.social at 12pmET on @MSNBC.com !
Rep. Grace Meng
Daniel Koh
@weissmann11.bsky.social
@edwardluce.bsky.social
@philweiser.bsky.social
@kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social
w/ @katiephang.bsky.social at 12pmET on @MSNBC.com !
February 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
COMING UP on the #KatiePhangShow
Rep. Grace Meng
Daniel Koh
@weissmann11.bsky.social
@edwardluce.bsky.social
@philweiser.bsky.social
@kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social
w/ @katiephang.bsky.social at 12pmET on @MSNBC.com !
Rep. Grace Meng
Daniel Koh
@weissmann11.bsky.social
@edwardluce.bsky.social
@philweiser.bsky.social
@kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social
w/ @katiephang.bsky.social at 12pmET on @MSNBC.com !
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COMING UP on the #KatiePhangShow
@repjasmine.bsky.social
@DanielleMoodie.bsky.social
@maya4rights.bsky.social
@KristyGreenberg.bsky.social
Connie Chung
Wa’el Alzayat
w/ @katiephang.bsky.social at 12pmET on @MSNBC!
@repjasmine.bsky.social
@DanielleMoodie.bsky.social
@maya4rights.bsky.social
@KristyGreenberg.bsky.social
Connie Chung
Wa’el Alzayat
w/ @katiephang.bsky.social at 12pmET on @MSNBC!
December 14, 2024 at 4:30 PM
COMING UP on the #KatiePhangShow
@repjasmine.bsky.social
@DanielleMoodie.bsky.social
@maya4rights.bsky.social
@KristyGreenberg.bsky.social
Connie Chung
Wa’el Alzayat
w/ @katiephang.bsky.social at 12pmET on @MSNBC!
@repjasmine.bsky.social
@DanielleMoodie.bsky.social
@maya4rights.bsky.social
@KristyGreenberg.bsky.social
Connie Chung
Wa’el Alzayat
w/ @katiephang.bsky.social at 12pmET on @MSNBC!
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"The fallout from this leak investigation has already gotten to the point where [Sec. Hegseth's] inside team is basically down to three people." @hugolowell.bsky.social on the interpersonal turmoil wreaking havoc at The Pentagon #KatiePhangShow
April 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"The fallout from this leak investigation has already gotten to the point where [Sec. Hegseth's] inside team is basically down to three people." @hugolowell.bsky.social on the interpersonal turmoil wreaking havoc at The Pentagon #KatiePhangShow
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"I do think we are in the middle of an attempted authoritarian overthrow of democracy...But I don't think [Trump's] any better at it." @maddow.msnbc.com on Trump's first 100 days #KatiePhangShow
April 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"I do think we are in the middle of an attempted authoritarian overthrow of democracy...But I don't think [Trump's] any better at it." @maddow.msnbc.com on Trump's first 100 days #KatiePhangShow
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WATCH: @georgetakei.bsky.social reflects on his family's internment in 1942 amid the Trump administration's onslaught of deportations. #KatiePhangShow
April 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
WATCH: @georgetakei.bsky.social reflects on his family's internment in 1942 amid the Trump administration's onslaught of deportations. #KatiePhangShow
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‘We're in this fight together’: @katiephang.bsky.social closes out The Katie Phang Show
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‘We're in this fight together’: Katie Phang closes out The Katie Phang Show
Katie Phang closes out the final The Katie Phang Show with her thoughts on the fight ahead.
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April 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
‘We're in this fight together’: @katiephang.bsky.social closes out The Katie Phang Show
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FURIOUS Retired General UNLEASHES on Trump Over BOAT STRIKES
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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December 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Anyone who disparages the future of NATO or the importance of the American role in the alliance is strategically short sited.
My latest in @thebulwark.com
My latest in @thebulwark.com
NATO is not an alliance that can be judged by a single election cycle or a single strategy document. It must be understood in decades. And over those decades, NATO has always pulled through periods of tension or "alliance fatigue." lnk.thebulwark.com/4pAE7qK
This Isn’t the End of NATO
There’s a reason every previous prediction of the alliance’s dissolution was wrong.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Anyone who disparages the future of NATO or the importance of the American role in the alliance is strategically short sited.
My latest in @thebulwark.com
My latest in @thebulwark.com
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"The Atlantic Alliance has been declared finished more times than we can count. Every generation seems to discover a new reason to announce its demise. Yet each time the world grows darker...the same verdict reasserts itself: Nations are stronger with allies."
From @markhertling.bsky.social
From @markhertling.bsky.social
This Isn’t the End of NATO
There’s a reason every previous prediction of the alliance’s dissolution was wrong.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"The Atlantic Alliance has been declared finished more times than we can count. Every generation seems to discover a new reason to announce its demise. Yet each time the world grows darker...the same verdict reasserts itself: Nations are stronger with allies."
From @markhertling.bsky.social
From @markhertling.bsky.social
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An interview I did earlier in the week with Margaret Hoover for @firinglineshow.bsky.social on @pbs.org will air Friday at 8:30 ET.
"You can't see any of our values in the current [Trump] National Security Strategy," says Ret. Lt. Gen. @markhertling.bsky.social.
"And if we're not living by our values, then we are going to turn away from who we are as a nation."
FRIDAY @pbs.org
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"And if we're not living by our values, then we are going to turn away from who we are as a nation."
FRIDAY @pbs.org
Local listings: to.pbs.org/39hI6Tf
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
An interview I did earlier in the week with Margaret Hoover for @firinglineshow.bsky.social on @pbs.org will air Friday at 8:30 ET.
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"[Trump] had a lot more people building guardrails for him" in his first term, says Ret. Lt. Gen. @MarkHertling.bsky.social.
"What we're seeing now, I think, is he has a coterie of people around him either not giving him good advice or he's not taking it."
Apple: bit.ly/4rVIuxU
"What we're seeing now, I think, is he has a coterie of people around him either not giving him good advice or he's not taking it."
Apple: bit.ly/4rVIuxU
December 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"[Trump] had a lot more people building guardrails for him" in his first term, says Ret. Lt. Gen. @MarkHertling.bsky.social.
"What we're seeing now, I think, is he has a coterie of people around him either not giving him good advice or he's not taking it."
Apple: bit.ly/4rVIuxU
"What we're seeing now, I think, is he has a coterie of people around him either not giving him good advice or he's not taking it."
Apple: bit.ly/4rVIuxU
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Interesting comments during my first Focus Group with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social. Thanks for having me.
New Focus Group Pod with @markhertling.bsky.social on civilian-military relations.
We heard from Biden-to-Trump voters & MAGA Republicans on illegal orders, domestic deployments, and boat strikes — plus the new Code Pink Republican Party. @thebulwark.com. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
We heard from Biden-to-Trump voters & MAGA Republicans on illegal orders, domestic deployments, and boat strikes — plus the new Code Pink Republican Party. @thebulwark.com. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Civilian-Military Relationship (with Mark Hertling)
Podcast Episode · The Focus Group Podcast · 12/13/2025 · 59m
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December 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Interesting comments during my first Focus Group with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social. Thanks for having me.
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"I'm trying now to give new advice to a new generation."
Ret. Lt. Gen. @MarkHertling.bsky.social discusses his upcoming book, "If I Don't Return," which is based on journals he wrote for his sons while serving in Iraq in the 1990s.
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Ret. Lt. Gen. @MarkHertling.bsky.social discusses his upcoming book, "If I Don't Return," which is based on journals he wrote for his sons while serving in Iraq in the 1990s.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"I'm trying now to give new advice to a new generation."
Ret. Lt. Gen. @MarkHertling.bsky.social discusses his upcoming book, "If I Don't Return," which is based on journals he wrote for his sons while serving in Iraq in the 1990s.
Follow on Apple: bit.ly/4rVIuxU
Ret. Lt. Gen. @MarkHertling.bsky.social discusses his upcoming book, "If I Don't Return," which is based on journals he wrote for his sons while serving in Iraq in the 1990s.
Follow on Apple: bit.ly/4rVIuxU
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My first article for the @thebulwark.com "Morning Shots" is Ukraine Still Fighting to Win. Check it out. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Psych-Ward Presidency
The president has no moral core. And, according to his own chief of staff, he’s surrounded by amateurs, opportunists, and drug users.
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My first article for the @thebulwark.com "Morning Shots" is Ukraine Still Fighting to Win. Check it out. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Two very good essays.
The first RE Trump's Reiner post: "No human adult outside a psych ward expresses such thoughts. To have them at all is evidence of a twisted soul."
Gen. Hertling's RE Russia vs Ukraine: "One side is attacking the war-fighting capacity. The other is attacking society."
The first RE Trump's Reiner post: "No human adult outside a psych ward expresses such thoughts. To have them at all is evidence of a twisted soul."
Gen. Hertling's RE Russia vs Ukraine: "One side is attacking the war-fighting capacity. The other is attacking society."
My first article for the @thebulwark.com "Morning Shots" is Ukraine Still Fighting to Win. Check it out. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Psych-Ward Presidency
The president has no moral core. And, according to his own chief of staff, he’s surrounded by amateurs, opportunists, and drug users.
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Two very good essays.
The first RE Trump's Reiner post: "No human adult outside a psych ward expresses such thoughts. To have them at all is evidence of a twisted soul."
Gen. Hertling's RE Russia vs Ukraine: "One side is attacking the war-fighting capacity. The other is attacking society."
The first RE Trump's Reiner post: "No human adult outside a psych ward expresses such thoughts. To have them at all is evidence of a twisted soul."
Gen. Hertling's RE Russia vs Ukraine: "One side is attacking the war-fighting capacity. The other is attacking society."
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Coming up on the @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social at 11:30 ET to discuss Venezuela.
December 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Coming up on the @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social at 11:30 ET to discuss Venezuela.
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Gen Mark Hertling: "The logical next step is an immediate, bipartisan investigation. As a commander, I would expect, and welcome, such an inquiry... What we as a nation should not accept is moral drift at the top of the chain of command." Hegseth is the least qualified SecDef, also the most immoral.
Pete Hegseth, Moral Failure, and the Erosion of Military Legitimacy
Congress needs to find out if any laws were broken and who is responsible.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Gen Mark Hertling: "The logical next step is an immediate, bipartisan investigation. As a commander, I would expect, and welcome, such an inquiry... What we as a nation should not accept is moral drift at the top of the chain of command." Hegseth is the least qualified SecDef, also the most immoral.