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Downtown Houston, doggo pics, wildlife, politics, and alt txt corrections.... the man in a tux sitting in front of a window is Marlon Fucking Brando!
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It would cost $30 billion to end homelessness in the USA.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
World Cup....Welcome to Houston.

I-10 will shrink to 2 lanes through next year for a $400M elevation project. Here's what to know. share.google/0jdniyZrPeor...
I-10 will shrink to 2 lanes through next year for a $400M elevation project. Here's what to know.
TxDOT will reduce I-10 westbound lanes through mid-2026 for the White Oak Bayou elevation project after lanes were already closed in another section.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
V Coding.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Potentially the biggest own goal in political history ...

3 of the 5 districts could flip to the Dems if the Latino voters come out and/or swing left as per the recent elections.

This is why the TX GOP don't want to redistrict .. but didn't have the courage to stand up to Trump.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has permitted Texas to keep its newly redistricted, GOP-favorable congressional map in 2026.

Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson dissent.

s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
😂
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Waiting for Hegseth to get fired..
(We all know he won't be)
December 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
For anyone wondering how it's going on the other site....
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
It stops with Trump...but has had a life time of getting others to do his dirty work without leaving a paper trail ... It's why he surrounds himself with these dumb fucks. So they take the fall.

Https://www.npr.org/2025/12/02/nx-s1-5628308/trump-hegseth-boat-strikes
White House justifies strikes on boat survivors, but it's unclear where buck stops
In the face of charges that these strikes amount to execution without trial, the White House is sending a confusing message about who exactly gave each order to use deadly force.
www.npr.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Sound track added ...
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Let them fight"....

AI data centers' massive demand for aluminum is crushing the US aluminum industry share.google/GavwGymqffbL...
AI data centers have massive demand for aluminum. Its crushing the US aluminum industry.
Aluminum plays a crucial role in data centers, electric vehicles, and a litany of other industries. But Big Tech's power demand is squeezing the aluminum industry's margins.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder

www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
And so it begins....
(67 million customers)
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Rural Texans gettjng shafted by Trump Administration...
("That's a shame" in Jerry Seinfeld voice)

www.texastribune.org/2025/11/24/t...
Texas is getting less for broadband expansion than expected
Rural leaders who have worked years to improve broadband access said they were disappointed by the sharp decrease in federal dollars.
www.texastribune.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
If you are interested why your electricity bills and water bills are going up.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Shocked face.

Https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/24/greg-abbott-trump-presidential-power-state-rights/
Abbott embraces Trump’s views of presidential power despite support for states’ rights - The Texas Tribune
Defending Texas sovereignty has been central to Abbott’s political identity. Yet he has helped Trump erode states’ authority over elections, policing and deploying the National Guard.
www.texastribune.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
November 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Mood....
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
And name everyone in the administration AND the military command chain from the top to those that pulled the trigger.
November 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Harris County.... Ground zero for 2028.

Greg Abbott vows to spend mightily to turn Harris County red share.google/7MJq5KGEJiVW...
Greg Abbott vows to spend mightily to turn Harris County red
The county, which includes Houston, is critical to both parties' statewide ambitions, but has been blue for about decade.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:14 AM
November 22, 2025 at 3:32 AM
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Grassy patch!!
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM