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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · 13h

*6x WNBA All-Star, not champion

Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · 14h

Hammon would have been the first female NBA head coach ever; instead she went on to win 3 titles and 1 Coach of the Year Award with the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces. Billups, on the other hand, went 117/211 with the Blazers and appears to have been illegally rigging bets for the Mafia 😂😂.

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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · 14h

Yet another chance to remind everyone that, in 2021, the Trailblazers had the chance to hire Becky Hammon (a 6x WNBA champion with 7 years' assistant coaching experience) as head coach, but instead went with Chauncey Billups, who had barely a year of assistant coaching experience.

Billups, Rozier arrested in gambling investigations

Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Heat guard Terry Rozier have been arrested as part of a pair of investigations related to illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by the Mafia, au...

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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · 2d

It's genuinely depressing that there is really no one in either party in America arguing that immigration is actually a good thing. The differences between Dems and Repubs right now on this issue are only in how draconian the militarisation of the border should be.

Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 2d

When will be ready for honest pragmatic conversation about human mobility and citizenship in a changing world — rather than demonising parts of our population? #NomadCentury

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 2d

Six percent of *all children* in America are US citizens who have at least one undocumented parent.

(Not a typo, source in thread)

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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · 15d

The Attorney General of Texas just declared transgenderism a form of "leftist terrorism" while America's leading political pundits are mired in a conversation about why the Left needs to turn the temperature down in our political discourse.

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 16d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · 17d

My excitement when a new big band announces a tour is instantly dampened by my remembering what it's like to try and get tickets to big tours in 2025.

Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · 17d

Why does "turning the temperature down" in our political discourse only ever involve lionising people who have spent their entire careers creating division and turning the temperature up?

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 17d

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · 19d

At least 4 times a day I struggle to manage the crosstalk between earbuds, Bluetooth speaker, laptop, and phone. Take a guess how many times that happened when listening to something involved plugging a cable into an 1/8" port!

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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · 19d

It's pretty neat that we didn't even need to wait for Bluetooth to work properly for it to be the only way to listen to anything!

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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · 22d

This is clearly serious and scary but also just so sad. I continue to be amazed at how pathetic the vision of masculinity at the core of the MAGA movement is. Just the most try hard, cartoonish, insecure take on manhood. As a parody of toxic masculinity this would be mocked as way too heavy handed.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23d

Hegseth: "No more dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship ... we are done with that shit."

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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · 24d

Sometimes I start to see reasons for optimism for Democrats in future elections. Then I see one of these fundraising emails...

A Democratic fundraising email that describes a Pennsylvania Supreme Court election as a "Lord of the Rings-esque battle."

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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · 29d

All those years spent listening to Terry Gross talk to Yo-Yo Ma about his childhood while my mom dropped me off at school, I had no idea I was being indoctrinated by Antifa the whole time.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 19

NPR: “Regarding Antifa…”
TRUMP: “Who are you with?”
NPR: “NPR.”
TRUMP: “You’re still here? Won’t be for long… does Antifa have anything to do with your network?”

Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · Sep 23

Screenshot of Exeter from 'This Island Earth.'

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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · Sep 13

"We had a polite policy disagreement about whether or not gay folks should be stoned to death, but he still seemed like a solid dude!"

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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · Sep 13

The number of public figures saying "I didn't agree with most of his views" when the views in question included that broad swaths of the population should be excluded from society or just outright killed.

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Sep 13

From an Atlantic editor.

I cannot get over how the entire centrist hivemind is attempting to wish into existence a person, and a movement, that does not exist. You are journalists, you are supposed to describe things as they are, not how you want them to be!

I don't think it's simpering praise. He was an interesting man. I didn't agree with much that he said, but he was interesting and he was growing, and his death is a significant loss for those who believe engagement can help bridge disagreements.

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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · Sep 11

I was so excited when I saw his ep drop in my feed and now that I finished it I just feel exhausted.

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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · Sep 11

It's just not good enough for electeds on the left to say that they "disagreed with" Kirk's views. Saying gay people should be stoned to death and that air disasters are caused by Black pilots--these are not political disagreements. They are attacks on the basic humanity of our fellow human beings.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · Sep 10

Sending my sincere condolences to Charlie Kirk’s family. Violence is unacceptable, always.

Though I disagree with nearly everything he said publicly, I never lose sight of others' humanity.

He was someone’s son. He was someone’s husband. He was a father to two young children.

Praying for the UVU community impacted by this horrific act of gun violence.

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Rust Momster @cambrianera.radical.town · Sep 11

We simply cannot live in a country where the death of hate mongers is a tragedy and the death of everyone else only warrants a shrug.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Sep 11

I am genuinely confused by all this pageantry. He was not an elected official. I cannot think of another time a regular citizen being killed garnered this response. It’s perverse.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · Sep 11

Jesus christ what is wrong with Democrats

@StephenJ_Caruso on X: Inbox: Gov. Josh Shapiro has ordered that the commonwealth's flag be flown at half-staff in memory of Charlie Kirk until Sunday.

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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · Sep 10

Vote blue no matter who!*

*-some exclusions may apply

Mamdani Holds Huge Lead in NYC Mayor's Race, But Top Dems Still Won't Back Him | Common Dreams

Even as Mamdani romps his challengers in the latest poll, Democratic leadership is still hesitating to endorse him. Former Obama strategist David Axelrod blames "donor pressure" on leaders like Hakeem...

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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · Sep 5

Today is the last day to fill out the EU survey on universal basic income for artists!

ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

Basic Income for the Arts public consultation

ec.europa.eu

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 2

The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.

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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · Jul 28

Not sure if y'all take requests but this feels like a perfect @switchedonpop.bsky.social topic!

Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · Jul 28

It's easy to speculate some reasons why this might be true...recording is less costly than ever, artists need more content for live shows since that's the only place they make money, digital albums have essentially no reproduction costs.

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Chaka Khan When the Walls Fell @thebigeogh.bsky.social · Jul 28

Am I just old, or are albums way longer than they used to be? Anecdotally it really feels like most new albums I check out are 14-17 tracks long while 8-10 felt like the standard for CDs and the early digital era. But I haven't seen much reporting on it which makes me wonder if it's my imagination?

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