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It really is better to be rich and guilty than, poor and innocent in this criminal justice system.

For goodness sake. It's 5 pocket pants. I hope Costco gets ALL their costs and then some. people.com/lululemon-fi...

Trump’s new product comes with a gold statue of him | CNN Politics President Donald Trump is promoting a new line of fragrances for men and women that bear his name and image.

PLEASE tell me some of the evangelical MAGAs get it now. Mount Sinai...Golden Calf...ring any bells?? www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/p...

Giving Billions Fast, MacKenzie Scott Upends Philanthropy (Published 2020)

Reminder that Bezos's first wife (and Princeton grad), novelist MacKenzie Scott, has spent the years since her divorce committed giving away BILLIONS of dollars of her estate to community-focused nonprofits. A true icon.

www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/b...

Pentagon Sends Hurricane Forecasters Scrambling After Suddenly Announcing Shutdown of Key Satellites “I've never seen anything like this,” a former NOAA administrator said of the surprise announcement.

Lovely. Pentagon Sends Hurricane Forecasters Scrambling After Suddenly Announcing Shutdown of Key Satellites share.google/u5Xgqi6dH6eK...

Endorsements — Manny for Colorado

Impressive Congressional candidate, District currently represented by an R in an even District. Would love to see a blue wave bring him to DC.
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www.mannyforcolorado.com
#MannyRutinel #CO8th

So you’re telling me it’s illegal in certain places to hand out a bottle of water to people waiting in line to vote but perfectly fine for people with assault rifles to stand there and stare people down. 😵‍💫

What kind of shit hole third world country have we become?!?

And these are the same snowflakes who couldn’t handle wearing a mask during the pandemic.

‘An Existential Threat’: Food Banks Brace for Fallout From Trump Cuts

We supposedly don’t have money to feed the hungry but we have money for billionaire tax cuts, wars, and pointless parades. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...

FFS, if they don't have the mental capacity to fix this, ask ChatGPT to "act like a President" and create the statement. It's not difficult.

US "Doomsday Plane" That Can Withstand Nuclear Blast Lands In Washington As Trump Mulls Iran Strike As US President Donald Trump considers a potential strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, one of America's "doomsday planes" made a flight to Joint Base Andrews in Washington on Tuesday night.

The idea that we could perish, and the world could be populated by the buffoons on this plane...

www.ndtv.com/world-news/u...

Houston Housing Authority files legal brief filled with fake quotes A brief, submitted by a firm that often represents cities and agencies in the Houston area, cited over a dozen cases. The only problem? Almost none of the quotes actually exist.

YIKES. $280 an hour is not very high, but this is a really bad look for the HHA and law firm.

www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Abbott Tells Protestors 'FAFO,' Astrodome Break-In, & Goodbye FEMA?! - City Cast Houston It’s Friday so we’re recapping the week that was in Houston. Host Raheel Ramzanali is joined by attorney and education a...

It was the highlight of my week to be able to talk with these smart, talented folks for a bit. With news moving so fast, it's good to be able to take a minute to process the consequences for Houston. Take a listen! @raflemaitre.bsky.social @laurahtx.bsky.social

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Politicians are not responsible for the violence committed by their supporters *only* when they have sought to avoid and discourage that violence.

Donald Trump has failed to meet that bar.

This is the last post that Representative Hortman made before she was assassinated.

You probably don’t care what random Bluesky leftists think of you

But ever think about how your grandkids will one day read about this era, see you fawning over Trump or sneering about protesters, and just disown you in embarrassment?

A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name.

This is your legacy!

NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“

“Delay, Interfere, Undermine” President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S....

NEW: U.S. agents suspected Trump ally Bukele and some in his inner circle of diverting USAID funds to MS-13 leaders.

Agents sought to review any U.S. bank accounts held by 15 Salvadoran political figures including Bukele, other senior officials and their relatives.

@propublica.org

Oh man, this is nuts reporting. “Federal agents came to suspect that Bukele…had diverted U.S. aid funds to the gang as part of the alleged deal to provide it with money and power in exchange for votes…”

BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.

It has been decided.

Casa Ramirez brought Mexico to Houston in an unforgettable way The store in the Heights, which has been in business for 40 years and has become a hub of Mexican culture, will close in March.

We don't get nearly enough cultural representation in our local paper given that Latinos make up over 44% of our community, but this piece is a great read by @joysewing.bsky.social
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Russia offers political asylum to Elon Musk over Trump feud Elon Musk and Donald Trump clashed in a series of fiery exchanges.

Now this is funny.
www.newsweek.com/russia-offer...

In the ACA fight, Pelosi noted there were so many rumors that "we have to pass the bill, so that you can find out what is in it."

Republicans lied and pretended she'd said "so WE can find out what's in it" and then acted outraged.

And yet now they're doing the thing they falsely accused her of.

I'm about to walk into a 2 hour 5th grade graduation. Pray for me.

Mintz named Chronicle's editor of Opinion and Community Engagement Mintz replaces Lisa Falkenberg, who earlier this year assumed a new statewide position as Senior Columnist – Texas.

Great news! Congratulations @evan7257.bsky.social ! www.houstonchronicle.com/about/newsro...

President Trump is a virile manly man who bestrides the world like a colossus but he’s also just a poor little guy who gets his feelings hurt when the teevee says mean things

May I recommend Black Milk Tea Boba when you are near a place that has it. A dessert in a cup, creamy and sweet.