Cynthia Van Maanen

Woody Guthrie wrote a song after FDR's death with a refrain that works for Jimmy Carter as well:
"This world was lucky to see him born" www.woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Dear_...

Just a reminder as we approach the 2025 #txlege session: My email is in my bio, and I always welcome tips. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

MENSWEAR GUY: Furthermore, you’ve neglected to even cut the vents of the shockingly poor-fitting sport coat you’ve, for some reason, chosen to wear to breakfast

MAN WHO STILL WEARS A THREADLESS TEE FROM 2003 WITH TWO ANTHROPOMORPHIC HOUSES HUGGING UNDER THE TEXT “HOMIES”: haha get his ass derek

Unless they also change Election Code this means nothing lol

Sometimes I remember that Rick Perry was on Dancing With the Stars and I have to sit down and process it all over again

A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments. Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all.

Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.

Ken Paxton getting his 102nd lawsuit in before Biden leaves office

It’s not hard to not be a total dick to trans people, I’m literally doing it right now, sitting on my couch, not doing it.

Too many in media and an entire Republican Party, and a number of overpaid Dem consultants, flunk this remarkably easy test, it’s like most people failing to blink

Ken Paxton reading the Matt Gaetz news.

🥹❤️🫡👑

And he resigned from Congress so it’s a win-win

If you haven’t read it yet, this is a must read. As with many things in America today, it started in Texas (the suburbs of Texas to be precise).

all she did was exist

@jenrice.bsky.social

One thing I think people talking about the threat of authoritarian creep have gotten, if not exactly wrong, not quite right either is to frame discussion in terms of various European precedents.

Those are relevant to be sure, but we also have an American precedent - namely the South before 1965.

Now is not the time for acceptance and resignation. This is - yet again - a time for commitment and action.

Do not say you’re weary - before the battle has been joined. Simply unacceptable.

How Project 2025's flood insurance shakeups could impact Houston What Project 2025's flood plans could mean for Houston's defenses against the next big storm.

project 2025 says the national flood insurance program "should be wound down and replaced with private insurance starting with the least risky areas." i asked around about what that could mean for houston (and it turns out people didnt want to comment)
🎁 link
www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/hou...

Voting may be over, but this election worker is still debunking disinformation Some election officials are trying to set the record straight about online conspiracy theories — a sign of the work ahead for the women-led workforce and the future of voting policy.

Some election officials are trying to set the record straight about online conspiracy theories — a sign of the work ahead for the women-led workforce and the future of voting policy. 19thnews.org/2024/11/elec...

this is literally the future republicans want: public funds for segregation academies and religious private schools that actively discriminate against LGBT students or students with special needs

There’s a reason that “elections have consequences” is something we actually have to remind people of.

This is the full reason I’m here.

Ken Paxton filing his 101st lawsuit against the federal government rn

I’m sure others have already observed this but it’s hilarious that an efficiency commission requires two co-chairs

The reason that ExxonMobil is saying you don't need to pull out of Paris again is that they know their own books. The only part of their shop that's grown for 20 years is the R&D on batteries and biofuel, because that's where the private money is. They don't need a cheaper barrel of oil.

You know how Kentuckians last week rejected measure to allow public funds to be used for private schools?

I had missed that the measure lost *in all 120 counties*. (nytimes.com/interactive/...)

It cannot be overstated that Musk's actual knowledge of how government works is not much more complex than "billionaires are always right, government is always stupid"

So that election, huh?

You're no doubt seeing lots of sign up for this / GIVE TO THIS / help us stop messages.

Reminder: don't give money unless you know where it is going. There are people who are just trying to cash in on your rage / grief / despair / desire to help. (1/10)

All - Bluesky Directory A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.

Starter packs are genius, but I was surprised there wasn't a list of them for people to find.

So I built it:
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

The website monitors the packs being shared and adds the ones it finds to the database.

Missed your stater pack? Message me and I'll get it added.

Absolutely yes please

Do not obey in advance means defending ideas as institutions until you lose that fight. I simply cannot tell this loud enough— the law, our Constitution, means what we say it means. Let the Supreme Court tell us we’re wrong. But until then, cede no ground to corrupted visions of law.