Somewhere In ATX

LET’S FLIP TABLES, TEXAS!

I’ve been thinking about the Sheehy video. It’s such a visual representation of the current Republican Party. Just stupid and angry and consuming way too much weird work out substances. Zero reason to get involved at all in the situation, don’t know what to do once involved, lash out with violence.

"This club has everything. An anti-Furry pastor. A gun-toting Youtuber. An Islamophobic Twitter troll. The guy who secretly bought Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico ranch. Ken Paxton."

Their Senate majority is in danger.

coasting into success.

top of the S curve.

kickback and watch the USA self-destruction.

Daines Drops Re-election Bid in Montana, Upending a Senate Race The surprise announcement by Senator Steve Daines could give Democrats a slim opening in the Republican-leaning state in their uphill fight to take the Senate majority.

Breaking News: In a surprise announcement, Senator Steve Daines, the Montana Republican, said he would not seek re-election.

kinetic oil misallocation

Is a Senator who interferes with Capitol Police to break the bones of a Marine Corps veteran who's staging a protest subject to arrest for battery, or does that somehow fall under the Senator's constitutional privilege?

'Large explosion' on tanker as oil gushes into sea and vessel 'takes on water'

A 'large explosion' has been reported on an oil tanker near the coast of Kuwait, with large amounts now feared to be gushing into the Gulf waters with potentially disastrous environmental impacts.

.@JamesTalarico: One thing is clear today — we’re about to take back Texas.

We’re done being divided. We’re done being played. We’re done being pitted against each other. That old politics is dying, and a new politics is being born — through all of us.

BREAKING: Former Marine Sgt. Brian McGuinness stood up in Congress to say what millions of Americans are thinking: We don't want to fight a war with Iran for Israel.
Security dragged him out and broke his arm. Veterans are speaking out.

Watch the full video at @codepinkalert

History made in TX-31! 🗳️

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"In every CBA negotiation, the goal of the league and teams is to divide the players. These negotiations are no different. We remain united and focused on delivering a transformational CBA for all members of this Union, and are committed to negotiating for as long as it takes. Our Union's nearly unanimous vote in December to authorize us to call a strike, if and when necessary, was not taken lightly. It was made with complete faith and trust in ourselves and our negotiating committee, led by Executive Director Terri Carmichael Jackson and President Nneka Ogwumike, to represent all players as we work to build a W that truly puts players first. Nothing has changed. That decision, and the results of our recent player survey, reaffirm that the current league proposal is not worth taking. Despite our differences and tough moments, we must make crystal clear that we are focused, we are resolute, and we are together. We want to play basketball in 2026. We want to be in front of our fans playing the game that we love. We will not stop fighting. There is no WNBA without the players."

Pay the players what you owe them, @wnba.com.

Solidarity with WNBPA players in their fight for a fair contract. America’s unions have your backs!

ICYMI, a Waymo robot blocked an ambulance en route to the mass shooing in Austin Texas last night and had to driven out of the way by police.

There's also an unconfirmed report that another Waymo robot drove through the crime scene.

There were prob many Waymo robots in the vicinity.

Bernie Sanders’ billionaire tax would soak about 900 people to fund $3,000 checks for the middle class

Okay. Great

The High Stakes of Keeping the Strait of Hormuz Open

One expert estimates that the U.S. “easily” spent more than $10 billion on air-defense systems in the first 48 hours of this war with Iran.

That cost is largely because of THAAD missile interceptors costing over $12 million each, and Patriot missiles costing over $3 million.

BREAKING: Senate rejects the War Powers Resolution that would have blocked Trump from continuing to attack Iran 48-52.

I haven't said anything about this before, bc in the grand scheme of horrors this only rates as an inconvenience, but since others are experiencing it:

Just three days after CBP arrested me for filming them outside Broadview on 9/27, my TSA Pre & Global Entry were suspended—and so were my wife's.

Workers Need More Paths to Join the Labor Movement [This article is part of a Labor Notes roundtable series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? We will be publishing more contributions here and in our magazine in the months ahead. C...

"The future of organizing demands a movement that can take risks, cultivate and multiply worker leadership, and experiment with new pathways to recognition."
labornotes.org/2026/02/work...

Just like during the J20 trails and the anti-Cop City RICO case, the state wants to make first amendment activity: speech, flyers, grassroots organizing - all symbiosis with "terrorism."

These attempts are a threat against everyone who is pushing for a better world.

With >99% reporting statewide:
Dems: 2,311,510
Repubs: 2,159,476

51-49

ALERT: With 5 Republicans joining Democrats, House Oversight Committee has just voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify as part of their ongoing Epstein investigation

One thing seems clear from all the hasty mobilizations of U.S. military units and the realities of our ongoing ammunition crisis: the Trump Admin has completely hollowed out our capacity to defend ourselves or our allies in order to help Israel in murdering Iranians.

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez: "23 years ago, U.S govt dragged us into a war with Iraq, A war said to fight to eliminate Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons and bring democracy... but no nuclear weapon was found in Iraq"

This administration has plundered our coffers for their own personal treasure. They are liars and thieves.

And now they are taking our money to prosecute a war that nobody wants.

Never let a Republican ever ask again "how are you going to fund" a social good.

Prairieland ICE shooting trial jury gets closer look at 'antifa' materials defendants owned Anti-fascism, anarchy and the abolition of ICE were common themes in literature and paraphernalia investigators found in the defendants' homes and cars.

“FBI investigators walked the jury Tuesday through ‘zines’… Owning these items is not illegal, FBI Special Agent Kasey Bennett testified in Fort Worth federal court Tuesday. But…” (there is no credible but)

He also fought against a voucher system that would disproportionately pay for rich families to send their kids to largely religious schools.

Talarico is very much in favor of the separation of church and state.
He quite famously fought against putting the 10 Commandments in schools and against school prayer.

It’s an absolute dereliction of duty that the Trump Administration didn’t have a plan in place to get Americans out of danger.

Trump says he will make his Texas endorsement soon, and asks whoever doesn’t get it to drop out