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University of Houston @uh.edu · 46m

Coogs take the W against Oklahoma State! 🔥😼

University of Houston football wins the game against Oklahoma State with a score of 39 to 17.

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PESanchez @pesanchez.bsky.social · 52m

Busy morning/afternoon. Glad Cougars doing work. #GoCoogs

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Devin Judge-Lord @judgelord.bsky.social · 5h

IRS layoffs are costly for the U.S., redistributing wealth to the top 1% (who lie on their taxes at jaw-dropping rates).

The bottom 99% generally pay their taxes. cepr.org/voxeu/column...

Taxes evaded as a percent of taxes owed from a study showing that the 99th wealth percentile and above evade significantly more taxes than everyone else. The richest evade 25% of the taxes they owe on average. The bottom 95% evade less than 3% of their taxes on average. While these data are from Scandinavia, similar patterns are likely in other countries, including the U.S.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 6h

Argentina edition of Libertarian bible

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PESanchez @pesanchez.bsky.social · 19h

Would "Madam's Sweep" work?

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CRIMINAL SIMPSONS @criminalsimpsons.com · 20h

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 21h

You know this was an AI call. I'm sure Miller and company did do this and Trump thought it was real. I don't even think he's lying. I think they're just feeding him a bunch of AI crap hour after hour.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 22h

Network news could put this guy on the air during like Lester Holt or the Sunday shows but they don't because they know stories like this would help stop the administration and then the big bet they made on fascism would be for nothing

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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CRIMINAL SIMPSONS @criminalsimpsons.com · 3d

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

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JM =^) @jm539581.bsky.social · 1d

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

The President of the United States is openly seeking revenge on his political opponents.

First Jim Comey. Now Tish James. Anyone who seeks to hold Donald Trump accountable could be next.

Trump is ripping a page right out of the authoritarian handbook.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, is said to have been indicted after President Trump pushed the Justice Department to seek charges against her. James, who is accused of committing mortgage fraud, brought a civil case against Trump in 2022. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Attorney General Letitia James of New York is in front of a microphone. A headline reads: "New York Attorney General Letitia James Indicted After Pressure From Trump."

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 2d

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Three charter school districts’ superintendents are among the highest paid in Texas.

The same three districts have also had failing or near-failing performance ratings in recent years.

With @texastribune.org

These Charter Superintendents Are Some of the Highest Paid in Texas. Their Districts Are Among the Lowest Performing.

Three charter school districts in Texas underreported the compensation paid to their top leaders. The same three districts have also had failing or near-failing performance ratings in recent years.

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👻 ZH0000GE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 👻 @shuchancellor.online · 2d

CHARTERS WERE ALWAYS A SCAM TO DEFUND AND SLANDER PUBLIC SCHOOLING

ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Three charter school districts’ superintendents are among the highest paid in Texas.

The same three districts have also had failing or near-failing performance ratings in recent years.

With @texastribune.org

These Charter Superintendents Are Some of the Highest Paid in Texas. Their Districts Are Among the Lowest Performing.

Three charter school districts in Texas underreported the compensation paid to their top leaders. The same three districts have also had failing or near-failing performance ratings in recent years.

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Deb JJ Lee 🔜 Lightbox 112 @jdebbiel.bsky.social · 2d

[inktober day 9] the unexpected knight

ink drawing on grid paper of a lady in a puffy sleeved dress holding a sword

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Archbishop Deshaies @houcounterplot.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah. But this is what they want, right? Make good teachers hate their jobs, destroy the public school product, and then collect all those private school kickbacks?

Chron.com @chron.com · 2d

He resigned after 42 years, citing church-state concerns.

East Texas teacher resigns over new Ten Commandments law

He resigned after 42 years, citing church-state concerns.

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PESanchez @pesanchez.bsky.social · 2d

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2d

Kind of feel like the next step is some random proud boys and the like cosplaying ANTIFA to try to get this party started.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 2d

To understand the Trump administration’s vision for American education, @megomatz.bsky.social and I studied dozens of hours of political appointees’ speeches and podcasts and essays. What emerged is a desire to dismantle the nation’s system of public schools.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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Chris Jackson @chriscjackson.bsky.social · 2d

Yankees eliminated

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Danielle Lerner @danielle-lerner.bsky.social · 2d

Rockets are 2-0 in preseason after beating the Jazz, 140-127, in Kevin Durant's debut.

The Rockets finish preseason on the road with two games next week against the Pelicans (in Birmingham) and Hawks.

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