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Neely Ashmun

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Neely Ashmun @neelyashmun.bsky.social · May 22

sure we are all well. Even I roll thru despondency every few days, but like a wave, I hold my breath, swim through it and rise to the surface when it passes.

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J'Net @jannetteb.bsky.social · 12h

Sorry to hear that, but totally understand. I have children in Austin. They are in a bit of a blue pocket and hate what's going on there. Finding your people is a journey. Hopefully a good one ahead. Good luck to you.

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CalmUrZeitz @calmurzeitz.bsky.social · 14h

💯 Fax! I'm literally Just starting to realize this.. I've been plugging my ears to things in Texas because that asshole Abbot, but mostly because I had to painfully cut off my mom's whole fam in Flower Mound and Denton over the years. Texas is Blue AF, like Supermajority blue, need to help them 💙

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J'Net @jannetteb.bsky.social · 17h

They are heavily gerrymandered. In addition Texans don't make it easy for them to vote. There's a lot wrong there.

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Neely Ashmun @neelyashmun.bsky.social · 1h

Damning but deserved.

WhyNotToday?🐾 @queenbestee.bsky.social · 17h

They would actually take it because Texans have no backbone. They don't fight for anything. They follow the status quo and do what they are told. As evident by the flood deaths, power outages, mass shootings and pretty much the loss of all rights that they have gleefully given up.

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J'Net @jannetteb.bsky.social · 17h

Just so we all understand how nuts this is:

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defiantoneks @defiantoneks.bsky.social · 4h

that BS was definitely scam. He was falling fast & needed a "hero" moment so they fabricated one.

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Marie Blanca @5dintuition.bsky.social · 4h

Hmm, no I don’t think that was their work. The other tragic “suicides” and “accidents” seemed pretty thorough to me.

The ear fiasco smelled of theatrical scam. Cause like, where is the deep state now?

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Neely Ashmun @neelyashmun.bsky.social · 1h

Bury her ashes along with the evidence.

defiantoneks @defiantoneks.bsky.social · 16h

like maybe arrange the accidental fall of an ex spouse & mother of your kids because she had the goods on you, and bury her on your golf course?

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Marie Blanca @5dintuition.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah if they’re evil enough to traffic/rape minors, not much else is out of bounds for these people.

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dawnblooms.bsky.social @dawnblooms.bsky.social · 17h

Exactly.

Republicans don’t have plans nor spines.

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Neely Ashmun @neelyashmun.bsky.social · 1h

It’s not in the Senator’s job description to be afraid. Alaska, come pick up your trash.

Magnus Lehnsherr @i-magnus.bsky.social · 18h

Pritzker demonstrates what leadership looks like.

Note the disparity between the left and the right on this issue:

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Galia Halpern @galiahalpern.bsky.social · 17h

So is Noem. So is Vance. So is Johnson. So is Cornyn.

Not a single acting member of this party voiced concern over what is, in essence, one state's standing army invading another state (that has been clear it does not want said army there).

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Neely Ashmun @neelyashmun.bsky.social · 1h

While the Trumplicans have controlled our politics in Texas in the last 40 years after swallowing the segregationists whole, I believe that most native Texans have no stomach for this bullshit.

Galia Halpern @galiahalpern.bsky.social · 18h

Abbott went along when he could have just said 'no.'

Let's not forget that this isn't just Trump.

The authoritarian turn is part and parcel of the entire party.