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@etxgov.bsky.social

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Official unofficial gov of East Texas. Agitator of status quos, nerd. Usonian. They call me Queso Blanco. Yall Means All. Democracy Supporter. He/Him. This may be who we are, but it is not who we will be. Old glory does not wave for them, it waves for us.

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ETX Gov🏴‍☠️ @etxgov.bsky.social · 5h

Old folks decorating for the 4th of July:

Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 5h

Everyone should bunt. Only bunting.

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TheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 5h

Idaho is the state Trump carried by the third-largest margin in 2024.

A 35 year-old couple living in Idaho Falls, Idaho with their one school-aged child and making $75,000 a year will see their premium for the cheapest possible ACA plan (Bronze) go from $63 a month to $322 a month in January.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 5h

When do they go to the penalty shootout

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 5h

how are you not gonna have ghost runners in october baseball

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Son of Sandor @sonofsandor.bsky.social · 4d

"Saving Private Ribbit"

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joes-spot.bsky.social @joes-spot.bsky.social · 6h

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ETX Gov🏴‍☠️ @etxgov.bsky.social · 6h

SFA used to play LA Tech and refused to spend money in the town bc the old coach said folks were so racist when he coached there that he promised never to spend another dollar.

They'd even order pre and post game food from outside of Ruston.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 6h

Yes, because NYT is a fascist institution

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 6h

Douthat is laundering hard core white Christian supremacy into the mainstream, with the NYT's blessing.

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 8h

Ross Douthat treats this guy like they're having some deep conversation about the relationship of Christianity and the government, but the dude is a garden-variety dull, shallow, hateful, worthless bigot with nothing interesting to say, just endless riffs on "God hates everything/everyone I do."

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 8h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 9h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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ETX Gov🏴‍☠️ @etxgov.bsky.social · 6h

I hate how these losers are pouring poison into religion and politics.

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ETX Gov🏴‍☠️ @etxgov.bsky.social · 6h

Idk, somebody's gotta keep an eye on Ruston.

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ETX Gov🏴‍☠️ @etxgov.bsky.social · 6h

My state rep went to Wilson's college.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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ETX Gov🏴‍☠️ @etxgov.bsky.social · 8h

Maybe we could introduce my in laws to your in laws and then they can just not visit each other.

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Chron.com @chron.com · 8h

The UK's close relationship with Dickens On the Strand has paid off in a big way.

Why did Great Britain give this Galveston festival a prestigious award?

The UK's close relationship with Dickens On the Strand has paid off in a big way.

bit.ly

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ETX Gov🏴‍☠️ @etxgov.bsky.social · 8h

We had a good few weeks with almost zero and the last few nights have just been a mess.

I'd be tempted to put up a bat box or two.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 8h

RIBBIT CITY ☠️☠️☠️

Inflatable frog costume carrying a sign reading FROGS TOGETHER STRONG

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ETX Gov🏴‍☠️ @etxgov.bsky.social · 8h

We've got a small little indoor one that functions as our second TV and I love it.

Wife and I have talked about getting a full outdoor setup next time we buy a house.

But first I'd have to figure out a way to nix the mosquitos. They were eating me alive tonight.

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ETX Gov🏴‍☠️ @etxgov.bsky.social · 9h

Nice setup!

ETX Gov🏴‍☠️ @etxgov.bsky.social · 9h

Job must have felt so small when God hit him with the "where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?".

An all time burn tbh.

Kira “Memento Mori” Austin-Young @kmaustinyoung.bsky.social · 9h

Kira explains the Bible in the group chat.

An iMessage with a HaHa sticker
Like when God tells Job, you know, boy you don't know shit

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Dave Mazella @davemazella.bsky.social · 9h

Tax him into the ground

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 9h

gotta say it’s just fascinating how normie libs have reacted to Trump with “this man is destroying the very fabric of our nation; we will need to pack the courts and hold truth and reconciliation commissions”

while billionaire libs have been like “ya know what this guy actually seems cool”

Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 10h

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

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ETX Gov🏴‍☠️ @etxgov.bsky.social · 9h

Legend.

Sharky 🦈 @sharky.bsky.social · 9h

Showing up to the protest in my Beaker costume with a sign that reads: A REPUBLIC, IF YOU CAN MEEP IT.

ETX Gov🏴‍☠️ @etxgov.bsky.social · 9h

Oh joy, the inlaws who go out of their way to purposefully avoid everyone are actually coming to visit this weekend.

Now I get to avoid all the fun weekend stuff I wanted to do and spend it with people who couldn't care less to actually see us.

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ETX Gov🏴‍☠️ @etxgov.bsky.social · 9h

It just boggles my mind that folks still believe him about anything.

A total failure of the press.