Bethany Herrera
@moivtx.bsky.social
7th generation Texan, keeper of animals and secrets, synthesizer of colloids, inveterate reader, respecter of mysteries.
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Bethany Herrera
@moivtx.bsky.social
· Nov 13
I'm from the invite days, but never spent much time here until this last week. It's been a lot more fun since the rabble showed up.
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The Great Gatsby is about the ills of greed and immorality, a not-so-subtle statement that “the American dream” is futile.
"And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
"And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The Great Gatsby is about the ills of greed and immorality, a not-so-subtle statement that “the American dream” is futile.
"And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
"And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
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How can the White House Historical Association be completely silent?
www.whitehousehistory.org
www.whitehousehistory.org
Homepage
The White House Historical Association is a non-profit, non-partisan organization enhancing understanding of the White House and is supported by official White House Christmas Ornaments sales and dona...
www.whitehousehistory.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
How can the White House Historical Association be completely silent?
www.whitehousehistory.org
www.whitehousehistory.org
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The US government: Well, we might have zip-tied children and/or shot them with rubber bullets, but not the young ones! (not a joke or an exaggeration)
October 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The US government: Well, we might have zip-tied children and/or shot them with rubber bullets, but not the young ones! (not a joke or an exaggeration)
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I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.
October 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.
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If it please your honor, fairness demands that the defense lawyers be as incompetent as the prosecution.
NEW: Prosecutors signaled Sunday they may try to force Patrick Fitzgerald out of Comey’s criminal case over a purported conflict of interest.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Prosecutors may move to oust James Comey’s defense lawyer
Federal prosecutors told a judge that defense attorney Patrick Fitzgerald may have a conflict due to his role in releasing memos Comey wrote about Trump to the media.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
If it please your honor, fairness demands that the defense lawyers be as incompetent as the prosecution.
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Republicans: the second amendment protects the first!
Also Republicans: the No Kings Protest is terrorism
Also Republicans: the No Kings Protest is terrorism
October 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Republicans: the second amendment protects the first!
Also Republicans: the No Kings Protest is terrorism
Also Republicans: the No Kings Protest is terrorism
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Immigrants in Donald's family:
Grandfather
Grandmother
Mother
First Wife
Current (for now) Wife
2 Father-in-Laws
2 Mother-in-Laws
Grandfather
Grandmother
Mother
First Wife
Current (for now) Wife
2 Father-in-Laws
2 Mother-in-Laws
Trump on immigrants: "They send up their worst people. They send up people that are criminals. They send up people from jails. And the best ones they send are people that don't work very hard and that are on a social form of welfare."
October 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Immigrants in Donald's family:
Grandfather
Grandmother
Mother
First Wife
Current (for now) Wife
2 Father-in-Laws
2 Mother-in-Laws
Grandfather
Grandmother
Mother
First Wife
Current (for now) Wife
2 Father-in-Laws
2 Mother-in-Laws
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October 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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That the networks don't have a live feed from Portland running in the corner is journalistic malpractice.
Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
October 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
That the networks don't have a live feed from Portland running in the corner is journalistic malpractice.
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Fluffy is 10 and has the most magnificent whiskers I've ever seen. She is loving and cuddly and she loves to chatter at birds out the window. She is at Richmond Animal Control and in search of a loving home. To sweeten the deal, these whiskers probably come with TEN WISHES!
October 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Fluffy is 10 and has the most magnificent whiskers I've ever seen. She is loving and cuddly and she loves to chatter at birds out the window. She is at Richmond Animal Control and in search of a loving home. To sweeten the deal, these whiskers probably come with TEN WISHES!
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Wait until Trump finds out that Jeff Bezos is in charge of uniforms for Antifa.
October 10, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Wait until Trump finds out that Jeff Bezos is in charge of uniforms for Antifa.
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Trump wasn’t supposed to be there. Now, the Quantico meeting has become more than discipline or ethos. It is about democracy itself.🔥👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Trump Steps In: Trump, Hegseth, and the Meeting That Could Define America’s Military Future
How Trump’s presence reshapes Hegseth’s gamble and forces the military to face a choice of conscience.
open.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Trump wasn’t supposed to be there. Now, the Quantico meeting has become more than discipline or ethos. It is about democracy itself.🔥👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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The man is the Yo-Yo Ma of tasteless vulgarity.
Trump: “Some of the highest quality 24 Karat Gold used in the Oval Office and Cabinet Room of the White House. Foreign Leaders, and everyone else, “freak out” when they see the quality and beauty. Best Oval Office ever, in terms of success and look!!! President DJT”
September 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The man is the Yo-Yo Ma of tasteless vulgarity.
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NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
September 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
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This isn’t just Homan’s scandal. It’s a stress test of democracy. Fail this, and we teach every grifter how to win.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
The Disappearing Bribe: How Tom Homan Slipped the Net
The Abscam-style sting that died in the shadows of DOJ politics
open.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This isn’t just Homan’s scandal. It’s a stress test of democracy. Fail this, and we teach every grifter how to win.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
September 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
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We could be 5 to 10 years from toothpaste that can regrow tooth enamel.
The scales are beginning to tip in favor of Mars once sustaining life. We’ll potentially know for sure by 2040.
The blue macaw is up to 160 individuals from an all-time low of 7, and confirmed to be breeding in the wild.
The scales are beginning to tip in favor of Mars once sustaining life. We’ll potentially know for sure by 2040.
The blue macaw is up to 160 individuals from an all-time low of 7, and confirmed to be breeding in the wild.
Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
September 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
We could be 5 to 10 years from toothpaste that can regrow tooth enamel.
The scales are beginning to tip in favor of Mars once sustaining life. We’ll potentially know for sure by 2040.
The blue macaw is up to 160 individuals from an all-time low of 7, and confirmed to be breeding in the wild.
The scales are beginning to tip in favor of Mars once sustaining life. We’ll potentially know for sure by 2040.
The blue macaw is up to 160 individuals from an all-time low of 7, and confirmed to be breeding in the wild.
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Kind of crazy that congress members do this sort of thing on behalf of Trump all of the time now and it's mostly sort of seen as just the way things are now in the mafia state.
Burchett: I mean, anybody can do a signature. We’ve seen autopens used quite a bit. I’ve never known Trump to be much of an artist. I don’t buy it.
Raju: You think someone might have forged this?
Burchett: Yeah…
Raju: You think someone might have forged this?
Burchett: Yeah…
September 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Kind of crazy that congress members do this sort of thing on behalf of Trump all of the time now and it's mostly sort of seen as just the way things are now in the mafia state.
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Just today, we saw evidence the president sent a lewd drawing with a deeply creepy birthday message to a notorious sex trafficker AND an appeals court upheld an $83 million judgement against him from a woman who a separate court found he sexually abused. And Republicans fully support this man.
September 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Just today, we saw evidence the president sent a lewd drawing with a deeply creepy birthday message to a notorious sex trafficker AND an appeals court upheld an $83 million judgement against him from a woman who a separate court found he sexually abused. And Republicans fully support this man.
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Again, this is the exact sort of extraordinary police power used against the individual that got Massachusetts to start shooting British soldiers. -OS
In his concurrence, Kavanaugh seems to criticize the Biden administration for allowing many migrants into the country lawfully when it was always possible that the next president would strip them of legal status. He says this switcheroo doesn't matter: All these migrants are now breaking the law.
September 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Again, this is the exact sort of extraordinary police power used against the individual that got Massachusetts to start shooting British soldiers. -OS
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From June Wandrey’s memoir "Bedpan Commando: The Story of a Combat Nurse During World War II.''
August 30, 2025 at 4:25 AM
From June Wandrey’s memoir "Bedpan Commando: The Story of a Combat Nurse During World War II.''
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When a veteran who served 22-year as a naval officer and spent his life as a public servant says things at the Social Security Administration are this bad, an immediate congressional investigation is in order. Another example of honorable people doing honorable things. We should listen to them.
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
August 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
When a veteran who served 22-year as a naval officer and spent his life as a public servant says things at the Social Security Administration are this bad, an immediate congressional investigation is in order. Another example of honorable people doing honorable things. We should listen to them.