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Kristi @kristikp71.bsky.social · 1h

Makes me wonder sometimes if his cronies take turns seeing who could write the most inflammatory tweet.

Kristi @kristikp71.bsky.social · 2h

It's funny that he thinks Greg Abbott actually cares about Texas.

Kristi @kristikp71.bsky.social · 2h

Trump is Putin's bitch

Kristi @kristikp71.bsky.social · 2h

Displaced vs. Kidnapping are 2 VERY different things. I guess they are the same thing to a Russian shil.

Kristi @kristikp71.bsky.social · 2h

His dementia is flaring up.

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Kristi @kristikp71.bsky.social · 6h

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 15h

Our job is not to throw 15 million people off health care and double insurance premiums for more than 20 million.

Our job is not to shutter community health centers, nursing homes and rural hospitals.

Our job is to fix a broken system and guarantee health care to all.

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🦋🇺🇸 The Baracky 🇺🇸🦋 @thebaracky.bsky.social · 15h

🔥🔥By The Numbers 🔥🔥

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Kristi @kristikp71.bsky.social · 6h

Pure incompetence

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7h

This Is Fascism

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Kristi @kristikp71.bsky.social · 6h

www.saturdaydownsouth.com/news/college...
Hook 'em! 🤘

Rapid Reaction: Texas dominates Oklahoma for Red River rout

Texas dominated Oklahoma in the second half in Dallas to win its third Red River Rivalry game in 4 years.

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Kristi @kristikp71.bsky.social · 6h

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And Austin folds like a cheap suit.

City of Austin says it will comply with Abbott order on crosswalks, street art

The City of Austin says they will comply with Gov. Abbott's order to remove "any and all political ideologies" from streets, including Pride crosswalks."The Cit

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Kristi @kristikp71.bsky.social · 6h

www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Tell it Trevor

Trevor Noah Defiantly Tells Charlie Kirk Jokes to Spite MAGA

Trevor Noah demonstrated the liberation of no longer being a late-night talk show host this week when he shared some new stand-up material about the late Charlie Kirk. The former Daily Show host was s...

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Kristi @kristikp71.bsky.social · 6h

www.mysanantonio.com/business/art...

Are we great yet?

Another round of mass layoffs hit Texas, this time in San Antonio

The military medical center cut ties after 20 years contracted with a Texas company.

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Kristi @kristikp71.bsky.social · 6h

After 35 years at UT Austin, I hardly recognize my university www.statesman.com/opinion/colu...

UT should never bend the knee to trump.

After 35 years at UT Austin, I hardly recognize my university | Opinion

What was once a beacon of access and discovery is now fighting for its soul and mission as political attacks upend norms, rules and rights, Lisa L. Moore writes.

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Kristi @kristikp71.bsky.social · 6h

Abbott still being a fascist.

Gov. Abbott directs TxDOT to enforce removal of ‘all political ideologies’ from Texas streets

Gov. Greg Abbott is calling on the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to enforce the removal of “any and all political ideologies” from Texas streets, warning that cities who do not comply wil...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Nice recap

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Kristi @kristikp71.bsky.social · 7h

That was frightening

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Kristi @kristikp71.bsky.social · 7h

I don't trust red states either, but I live in one.

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Kristi @kristikp71.bsky.social · 7h

Governor Ann Richards

Kristi @kristikp71.bsky.social · 10h

Really crazy Anne Frank vibes. Are we still in the US?

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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