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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 21h

Bad news for Houston! cc @evan7257.bsky.social

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 21h

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 21h

Out of 5

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Neil Alan Willard @neilwillard.bsky.social · 1d

Greetings from Houston.

Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 1d

Houston’s Pride crosswalk attacked by Trump and Abbott. Where’s Mayor Whitmire? | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Houston’s Pride crosswalk comes under attack. Where’s Whitmire? | Editorial

The Houston Chronicle editorial board wants the city's mayor to stand up against state and federal incursion into local decisions about crosswalk design — and stand up for our LGBT community.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 22h

Next week

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 1d

Houston’s Pride crosswalk attacked by Trump and Abbott. Where’s Mayor Whitmire? | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Houston’s Pride crosswalk comes under attack. Where’s Whitmire? | Editorial

The Houston Chronicle editorial board wants the city's mayor to stand up against state and federal incursion into local decisions about crosswalk design — and stand up for our LGBT community.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 1d

The @houstonchronicle.com editorial board endorses Christian Menefee for Congress, but also rates other top candidates

www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 1d

Voters should pick a representative who will be effective in Congress and the courts | Endorsement

www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...

Houston needs a representative effective in Congress and courts | Endorsement

The Houston Chronicle editorial board endorses the talented Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee to serve in the city's historically Black congressional seat.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 3d

Easy for me to say (I'm on a train and not at presser) but - Johnson never says whether he wants to repeal the 1986 law that requires this.

Trump is using Your Tax Dollars right now on They/Them (non-citizens who go to the emergency room)!

Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 3d

Like, for instance, this lie:

Does Johnson believe it? Of course not. Do MAGA people? Again no, but they know it's more polite than "let beaners die in the street," and they expect it to confuse and silence other people.

Literally NO ONE actually believes these lies.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 1d

A 2024 detail I keep thinking about... the Trump campaign saw a growing problem where voters thought he'd be obsessed with revenge if he got back into office. They fixed this w a Fox town hall (campaign got Qs in advance) where he said of course he wouldn't do that. www.nytimes.com/2024/01/10/u...

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3d

doomscroll break

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 2d

Please, the leader of Antifa is obviously in a polycule. This is like in Afghanistan how we kept killing every second in command of Al Qaeda.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Jul 25

Few “don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone” examples as potent as an independent DOJ

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 1d

Literally referenced it yesterday

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 1d

He’s a chicken I tells ya

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not kidding when I say these weird ass costumes and antics are actually an extremely effective tactic from a media standpoint bc when enough people do them, the media can’t fully scrub them out

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 1d

"Actually Romantic": When Displacement Looks Like a Diss Track | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/conn...

"Actually Romantic": When Displacement Looks Like a Diss Track

Who is Taylor Swift referring to in her diss track, "Actually Romantic"? The answer might be more complicated than we realize.

www.psychologytoday.com

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Allen AC @allenac009.bsky.social · 3d

“Now, with oil selling at middling prices and tariffs driving up the cost of drilling, Edwards acknowledges a stark ‘disconnect’ between the industry and Trump administration. He believes Trump’s tariffs have emboldened OPEC, the Saudi-controlled cartel of Middle Eastern and African oil….”

Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 3d

Bad news for Houston: Buyer’s remorse in the Permian? Trump's energy policies are gutting the oil patch

Read the @houstonchronicle.com editorial... www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Why this Trump-supporting Permian oil CEO is second-guessing U.S. energy policy

A $75‑per‑barrel sweet spot could steady markets without gouging consumers, says one Permian CEO.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 2d

Houston needs someone on City Council willing to stand up to the mayor | Endorsement

www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...

Houston needs a City Council willing to stand up to the mayor | Endorsement

Houstonians should pick Jordan Thomas for City Council At Large 4 because of his optimistic vision for our city's future, writes the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 3d

Bad news for Houston: Buyer’s remorse in the Permian? Trump's energy policies are gutting the oil patch

Read the @houstonchronicle.com editorial... www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Why this Trump-supporting Permian oil CEO is second-guessing U.S. energy policy

A $75‑per‑barrel sweet spot could steady markets without gouging consumers, says one Permian CEO.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Parker Welch @parkerwelch.bsky.social · 4d

“The Cuomo of the South” they’re calling him

Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 4d

Why is Mayor Whitmire breaking the one part of Metro that didn’t need fixing? | Editorial

www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Why is Mayor Whitmire breaking the one part of Metro that didn’t need fixing?

Without explanation or warning, Houston changed downtown and midtown traffic signals so that the Red Line light rail is often stuck at red lights.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 4d

Why is the GOP adopting Democrats’ worst energy ideas? | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Why is the GOP adopting Democrats’ worst energy ideas? | Opinion

Trump’s attacks on clean energy repeat avoidable mistakes from the Carter administration, writes Michael E. Webber, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 4d

"It is time to face the facts. The Trump administration has been far more successful in restricting legal immigration than it has been in removing undocumented immigrants."

www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Trump’s immigration policy wages war on Houston’s economic success

The Trump administration has been more successful in restricting legal immigration than removing undocumented immigrants, undermining Houston's ability to recruit the best, writes Charles C. Foster.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Ralph Nadir @mgbesq.bsky.social · 4d

Contact your elected representatives at City Hall and let them know that, at the least, you expect an explanation behind the boondoggle.

The transportation advocacy group LINKHouston is collecting signatures for a petition demanding a stop to the delay of Red Line riders.

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