Merlie
LightNews LightNews
banner
merlerip.bsky.social
Merlie
@merlerip.bsky.social
4.1K followers 4.4K following 1K posts
Texas Dem hiding out here with a couple of hounds and a liquor stash until further notice. Anything that strikes you as perceptive or witty comes courtesy of the dogs. Everything else is all me.

NOTE: profile pics are copyrighted.
Posts Replies Media Videos
merlerip.bsky.social
No problemo, amigo! lol

BT, I would've unleashed righteous indignation, 🔵 here, but I laughed b/c all I could think was,"I'm cool with that." 🤠

I dunno who hated DJT more, me or my dearly departed Merle.I had to replace this toy 5 times b/c he loved (ie destroyed) it. Small acts of resistance. 🤣
Dognald, dog chew toy that looks like DJT.
March 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
merlerip.bsky.social
It looked like this (pic is from 2019 tho). The video is from 2022, the year I'm thinking of.

www.foxweather.com/extreme-weat...
Dust storm TX Panhandle May 2019
March 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
merlerip.bsky.social
I love that place!

Oaxaca boasts some really cool Mayan structures, too. This is Monte Alban.

Image Credit: Erik Castañeda, location guide
Monte Alban in Oaxaca.
March 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
merlerip.bsky.social
My great-grandparents told me about what those times were like when I was a kid. Here in the TX Panhandle, where we live (past tense for them), they lost 7 children between them, the cattle suffocated from the dust, and they were eating tumbleweeds. They hated the Salvation Army, but loved FDR.
[Dust Storm in Dimmitt, Texas], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3430/: accessed March 4, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library. The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
March 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
merlerip.bsky.social
Good morning friends!

I snagged this pic from someone on here but forgot to note who it was because this introvert was laughing too hard. Please let everyone know if you're the lovely person who shared it so we can throw you kudos!
This shit is so bad the introverts are here. Fuck Trump.
March 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
merlerip.bsky.social
@jetta-jameson.bsky.social Thanks for the list!
Here's another unopposed candidate, the coward posing as my "representative."

TX - 19 Jodey Arrington
TX 2024 primary results - no Dem primary candidate, unopposed in general
March 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
merlerip.bsky.social
joyrideharness.com/cdn/shop/art...
Dog in funny costume laughing
February 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
merlerip.bsky.social
@ptwelch.bsky.social, note the lack of service fee on my receipt. This is the official site set up by Zelensky that accepts donations.
u24.gov.ua
Receipt from United 24, donation to Ukraine war effort.
February 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
merlerip.bsky.social
The message below is even more true today. Slava Ukraini!!

Official donation site set up by Zelensky:
u24.gov.ua
#standwithukraine
Pic of receipt for $150 donation to Ukraine defense.
February 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
merlerip.bsky.social
Re: article below & relevance: just ask Generals Kelly & Milley, John Bolton, @scaramucci.bsky.social, @michaelcohen212.bsky.social, etc., etc. about loyalty being a 1 way street w/DJT or recall the "Hitler Generals" comment.

This assault on our freedoms ends, imo, in our defeat or tribunals. 🥊💙🥊
X post re: loyalty, excerpt from New Yorker article, "It turned out that the generals had rules, standards, and expertise, not blind loyalty. The President's loud complaint to John Kelly one day was typical: "You fucking generals, why can't you be like the German generals?" "Which generals?" Kelly asked. "The German generals in World War II," Trump responded. "You do know that they tried to kill Hitler three times and almost pulled It off?"
February 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
merlerip.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social sent this email to subscribers about the unauthorized use of her name, so be on the lookout y'all!
Hi Folks: Just a quick heads up that I have not endorsed any of the events or protests circulating under my name. This statement is neither opposition to the events nor support for them or projects like them. It's simply clarifying that I don't know the organizers, have not had a hand in any of the lists, and have not given permission for anyone to use my name in association with them. Any time I want to put my name on something— and, crucially, have the time to do something other than write these letters and do the webcasts— you'll hear it directly from me, either here or posted on my own, verified, social media accounts. It's a confusing world out there, I know. I hope this clears things up for all those who have written to ask. Best, Heather
February 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
merlerip.bsky.social
I'll keep trying, but no one is answering the phone at any of his offices. I've tried them all. As Cyndi Ximenes noted on Cornyn's FB page:

"You have cut off any means for your constituents to contact you or meet with you."
Cornyn FB commenters displeased, "You have cut off any means for your constituents to contact you or meet with you."
February 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
merlerip.bsky.social
@mcuban.bsky.social, Sanders & Dean get it. But we *must* stop counting on a few thousand votes in 5 or so states. Flip TX & it's game over b/c MAGA can't win w/out our 40 EV's. R's spent 20 yrs organizing to flip TX. D's need to do same & we're closer.
www.texastribune.org/2020/11/03/t...
Texas Tribune Trump's margin over Biden marks the second-closest Texas race for the White House of the last quarter century. In 1996, GOP nominee Bob Dole beat Bill Clinton by 5 points. Trump prevailed over Hillary Clinton in Texas by 9 points in 2016. https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/03/trump-biden-texas-presidential/
February 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
merlerip.bsky.social
This sign from DJT I, seems appropriate.
2016 protest sign, "first they came for the Muslims and we said not today motherfucker."
February 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
merlerip.bsky.social
Welcome! So happy you're here!

Here's one of my favorite funny dog memes I've repurposed as a political statement. lol
Anger management: when angry with someone, it helps to sit down and think about the problem.
February 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
merlerip.bsky.social
This is the congressional district map and a link to the site. :)
www.hctax.net/images/Juris...
Harris County precinct map
February 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
merlerip.bsky.social
I disagree. How would the propagandists be removed? I don't think taking all of them offline is possible nor do I think that's a necessary precondition. There's never been a social justice/democracy movement that hasn't been villainized in the media. Con't in pic...

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Yes, the regime will label us enemies, probably suspend Posse Comitatus and Habeas Corpus, and, at the very least, deploy the police and National Guard, in addition to the militia groups, on us. It'll be ugly, scary, and, possibly, deadly violent. See link for timeline of South Korea protests and removal of the president. WHAT I DO BELIEVE TO BE NECESSARY PRECONDITIONS ARE: 1. Organization: 2. Communication: 3. Participation: 4. Non-violent: 5. On-Going Obligation: I’m sure other people have ideas, tactics, and strategies that aren’t included. Please chime in with thoughts, suggestions, critiques, edits, etc. In my opinion, however, these are the essential basics for retaking our country. Yes, the regime will label us enemies, probably suspend Posse Comitatus and Habeas Corpus, and, at the very least, deploy the police and National Guard, in addition to the militia groups, on us. It'll be ugly, scary, and, possibly, deadly violent. See link for timeline of South Korea protests and removal of the president. WHAT I DO BELIEVE TO BE NECESSARY PRECONDITIONS ARE: 1. Organization: Every successful movement protest was tightly organized for maximum impact. See e.g., March to the Sea; March on Washington; Birmingham Bus Boycott; Porter’s Strike; the protests and strikes in South Korea. 2. Communication: protestors must have a reliable, encrypted method for communicating protest dates, sharing mutual aid requests, strategizing, and providing updates – all in real time. Yes, the regime will label us enemies, probably suspend Posse Comitatus and Habeas Corpus, and, at the very least, deploy the police and National Guard, in addition to the militia groups, on us. It'll be ugly, scary, and, possibly, deadly violent. See link for timeline of South Korea protests and removal of the president.
February 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
merlerip.bsky.social
GOP support dropped 38 points from November '24 to February 18, 2025 in the TX PANHANDLE - hands down the reddest part of the state.
abc7amarillo.com/question/vot...

abc7amarillo.com/question/vot...
Poll Q: After 1 month in office, do you approve of the job Trump is doing overall? Y: 51%, N: 49% Are you more optimistic about the country's future after the election? Y: 69%, N: 31%
February 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
merlerip.bsky.social
Facts!
Elon Musk gets a lot of hate. but it's not enough. We can do better.
February 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
merlerip.bsky.social
I have to limit my verbose tendencies IRL so the character limit is good practice even though I spend a lot of time drafting & editing.

I did 1 long post a while back then wound up putting it in word and posting it as a pic b/c I rarely read multi-entry posts either. 🤦‍♀️

Good morning, btw!
Elon Musk gets a lot of hate. But it's not enough. We can do better.
February 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
merlerip.bsky.social
Good morning y'all and a big congrats & many thanks to Cheryl!

BTW, that sign stayed in my EBR (East Baton Rouge) yard well after the 2020 election. 😈💙🏳️‍🌈💪🤲
You can only choose one: America or Trump
February 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
merlerip.bsky.social
Thanks @sassyrhoda.bsky.social !
Trump is now the most dangerous person to this country. A fascist to the core. General Mark Milley
February 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
merlerip.bsky.social
No, you don't want this to be seen BECAUSE IT'S NOT TRUE!

Martyrov was an FBI asset starting 1982. He was executed by the KGB on May 28, 1987.

Read the article blurb!
Prominent DOGE Staffer Is Grandson Of Turncoat KGB Spy Edward "Big Balls" Coristine happens to be the descendant of Valery Martynov, a KGB agent who spied for the US.
February 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
merlerip.bsky.social
According to @jacobsilverman.com, in the article you cite, Martynov was an FBI *asset*, recruited in April 1982, who was executed on May 28, 1987, thanks to Aldrich Ames & Richard Hanssen.

That *fact* is even included in the article blurb.
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...
Prominent DOGE Staffer Is Grandson Of Turncoat KGB Spy Edward "Big Balls" Coristine happens to be the descendant of Valery Martynov, a KGB agent who spied for the US.
February 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
merlerip.bsky.social
THIS IS NOT TRUE

According to @jacobsilverman.com, in the article you cite, Martynov was an FBI *asset*, recruited in April 1982, who was executed on May 28, 1987, thanks to Aldrich Ames & Richard Hanssen.

That *fact* is even included in the article blurb.
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...
Prominent DOGE Staffer Is Grandson Of Turncoat KGB Spy Edward "Big Balls" Coristine happens to be the descendant of Valery Martynov, a KGB agent who spied for the US.
February 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM