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Sara Cress

@saracress.bsky.social

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Texas politics loudmouth. Currently: Bobby Cole, SAFE Alliance. Previous comms for Harris Votes, Chris Hollins, Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Gulf Coast AFL-CIO. Former Houston Chronicle. Writer. I foster only the finest animals.

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Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · Jul 27

For every like I will show you a food.

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Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 11m

The new Flock of Dimes album is GORGEOUS.

Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 5h

Send Christian Menefee to Congress!

Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 8h

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

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

Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 19h

Would.

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 22h

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 19h

This the only content we should be allowed to access.

famous bog body @bogbird.bsky.social · 19h

Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 23h

I most certainly took it back and played him the very melancholy little tune I've been practicing.

Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 1d

My husband hijacked my guitar and started playing lame-ass power chords.

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Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 1d

Yikes.

Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 1d

I walked outside on a warm October afternoon, my shoes crunching on the drought-stricken grass, listening to old Neko Case songs and nearly crying every few minutes.

Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 1d

jfc

Juliette Rihl @julietterihl.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t usually cover breaking news, but this story is truly wild.

A pastor in central PA brought an AR-15 to church and pointed it at people during his sermon. Gun safety experts and internet commentators are, predictably, not happy!

(Paywall free link below)

www.pennlive.com/news/2025/10...

Dauphin County pastor under fire for pointing assault-style rifle during sermon

In a move experts called a serious safety violation, he pointed the unloaded weapon at churchgoers, while asking for a 'violent action of faith.'

www.pennlive.com

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Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 1d

HEY HOUSTON! Have you heard about the Emily Takes Notes fundraiser? Well, it's this Sunday and I'm on the host committee. Get your ass LOCALLY ENGAGED: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 1d

emilytakesnotes.com/an-emily-tak...

An Emily Takes Notes Fundraiser

It has been five years of city council notes … time to have a party! Please join me on October 12 from 12pm-4pm as we raise funds so I can keep doing this work. These notes are used by journa…

emilytakesnotes.com

Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 1d

HEY HOUSTON! Have you heard about the Emily Takes Notes fundraiser? Well, it's this Sunday and I'm on the host committee. Get your ass LOCALLY ENGAGED: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, I'm willing to go along with the "there's a serial killer in Houston because of all of these bodies in bayous" bit if it would be useful to Pritzker.

Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe Pritzker can offer to send in the IL National Guard

Chron.com @chron.com · 2d

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

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Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 2d

I'll give clown makeup to Detroit, home of the juggalos.

Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 2d

In Houston, I imagine we'd all dress like cowboys and line dance downtown around the fascists.

Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 2d

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

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Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 2d

I hope my Austin people are planning to vote YES on Prop Q.

Somewhere In ATX @somewhereinatx.bsky.social · 2d

"There are two groups active in opposing Prop Q. The first is Save Austin Now, the group run by former Travis County GOP Chair Matt Mackowiak."

✋Stop. That's all I need to know!

🗳️ Vote YES✅ on Prop. Q

Jack Craver @jackcraver.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a look at who is supporting & funding both the pro & anti sides of Austin's tax rate election.

www.austinpolitics.net/whos-against...

Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 2d

I'm about to have to do this with a call from my health insurance company, so I'll have to answer every call for the next week or whatever. THE WORST.

Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sick to death of these absolute giant wet babies who can't handle seeing a rainbow that doesn't concern them.

Conservative leaders call for removal of Montrose rainbow crosswalks, days after they were reinstated | Houston Public Media

A post from “Libs of TikTok” on X has been viewed more than three million times and shared by thousands of users. Governor Greg Abbott’s office said he wants Texas cities to comply with federal guidel...

www.houstonpublicmedia.org

Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 2d

Trust me, the word "fuck" will come to your head a lot but you will stop yourself from saying it and it will mess you up.

Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 2d

Hey quick, I'm going to give you one minute to name every word you can think of that starts with the letter F.

Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 2d

(The doctor told me it stresses everyone out, so I didn't feel so crazy when I nearly melted down trying to subtract from 100 by 7s.)

Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 2d

THIRD APPOINTMENT COMPLETE. Hey, have you ever had to go to a neurologist for a muscle spasm and they make you do this ridiculously stressful memory test that they do with all patients? Because whew that was a lot.

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Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 3d

Train stuck across Shepherd. Avoid Washington Ave. at all costs.

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Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 3d

Taking care of yourself is hard work, annoying work, expensive and time-consuming. Which is why Americans are in such poor health.

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Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 3d

Two medical appointments down this week, two left to go. I really can't believe I'm going to make it on time to a 9 a.m. Medical Center appointment tomorrow, but I suppose miracles do happen.

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