Ortega
@royort.bsky.social
Retired border journalist. Teller of tales, tall ones and short ones. But I require no audience, only a stage. https://theortegablog.blogspot.com/
So, the Wall Street expert on 60 Minutes with a cat eye says we will have a stock market crash.
October 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
So, the Wall Street expert on 60 Minutes with a cat eye says we will have a stock market crash.
There are countless non-English language songs that have reached the top American music charts for decades. "La Bamba", (Spanish) "Sukiyaki" (Japanese), "Gangnam Style" (Korean) - I could go on. I don't think Bad Bunny is breaking any new ground here, folks.
October 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
There are countless non-English language songs that have reached the top American music charts for decades. "La Bamba", (Spanish) "Sukiyaki" (Japanese), "Gangnam Style" (Korean) - I could go on. I don't think Bad Bunny is breaking any new ground here, folks.
Trump fails to understand one basic truth: His biggest enemy is not the Left. It's his own party. His own staff and his own supporters all turn on him eventually for reasons that are easy to understand. That's not hyperbole. Look closely at trump's history.
September 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Trump fails to understand one basic truth: His biggest enemy is not the Left. It's his own party. His own staff and his own supporters all turn on him eventually for reasons that are easy to understand. That's not hyperbole. Look closely at trump's history.
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Yes. This is exactly how you handle a loud-mouthed bully, and why it works.
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August 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Yes. This is exactly how you handle a loud-mouthed bully, and why it works.
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More Americans Buying Firearms To Defend Selves From Toddlers Who Found Their Guns
August 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
More Americans Buying Firearms To Defend Selves From Toddlers Who Found Their Guns
Tragedies like Kerrville happen when we choose public officials who are motivated by self-interest, not the common good.
July 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Tragedies like Kerrville happen when we choose public officials who are motivated by self-interest, not the common good.
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The Upper Guadalupe River Authority (UGRA) commissioned a $50,000 engineering study in 2016. In mid 2017 they recommended a comprehensive monitoring system with real time stream gauges, water rise sensors and large outdoor sirens! FEMA under Trump in late 2017 denied it.
July 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Upper Guadalupe River Authority (UGRA) commissioned a $50,000 engineering study in 2016. In mid 2017 they recommended a comprehensive monitoring system with real time stream gauges, water rise sensors and large outdoor sirens! FEMA under Trump in late 2017 denied it.
The republican-controlled Texas lege rejected a measure earlier this year to enhance the river flood warning system. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/06/t...
Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill to improve local flood warning systems this year
A GOP state lawmaker who represents Kerr County says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which would have established a grant program for counties to build new emergency communicati...
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July 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The republican-controlled Texas lege rejected a measure earlier this year to enhance the river flood warning system. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/06/t...
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This is pretty freaking damning. This whole article is the degradation of public services to the point of death and destruction. | As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
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July 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This is pretty freaking damning. This whole article is the degradation of public services to the point of death and destruction. | As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
The 4th of July normally fills my neighborhood park with thousands of people expressing their patriotism and pride. Not today. No picnics or family gatherings. The park is practically empty. I saw only one flag. What is happening here?
July 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The 4th of July normally fills my neighborhood park with thousands of people expressing their patriotism and pride. Not today. No picnics or family gatherings. The park is practically empty. I saw only one flag. What is happening here?
An 82-year-old woman injured in the Boulder, Colorado, antisemitic attack earlier this month has died, prosecutors say
A woman injured in the Boulder antisemitic attack has died, prosecutors say | CNN
A victim of the antisemitic attack in Boulder, Colorado, earlier this month has died and additional victims have been identified, the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement Mond...
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June 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
June 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
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If Christian Nationalist parents are allowed to have their kids opt-out of any books that dare mention anyone gay, then all the other parents should be allowed to let their kids opt-out from the Ten Commandments.
June 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
If Christian Nationalist parents are allowed to have their kids opt-out of any books that dare mention anyone gay, then all the other parents should be allowed to let their kids opt-out from the Ten Commandments.
Trump will be totally ineffective in his efforts to broker a truce between Israel and Iran. Why? Because Trump has no institutional knowledge or understanding of the people, history, culture and religion of the Middle East. I doubt trump has ever read a single book on the history of the region.
June 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Trump will be totally ineffective in his efforts to broker a truce between Israel and Iran. Why? Because Trump has no institutional knowledge or understanding of the people, history, culture and religion of the Middle East. I doubt trump has ever read a single book on the history of the region.
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NEW: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in an emergency meeting on Monday that the escalating conflict in Iran “risks collapsing the global nuclear non-proliferation regime,” and that if diplomacy is not pursued, “violence and destruction could reach unimaginable levels.”
International Nuclear Watchdog Issues Stark Warning In Wake of US Iran Strikes
“Violence and destruction could reach unimaginable levels” if diplomacy is not pursued, said the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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June 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
NEW: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in an emergency meeting on Monday that the escalating conflict in Iran “risks collapsing the global nuclear non-proliferation regime,” and that if diplomacy is not pursued, “violence and destruction could reach unimaginable levels.”
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On Saturday, Donald Trump started a reckless and unconstitutional war on Iran.
The constitution is clear: only Congress can decide when and whether our nation goes to war. Not the President.
Congress must act now to end Trump's illegal war.
The constitution is clear: only Congress can decide when and whether our nation goes to war. Not the President.
Congress must act now to end Trump's illegal war.
June 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
On Saturday, Donald Trump started a reckless and unconstitutional war on Iran.
The constitution is clear: only Congress can decide when and whether our nation goes to war. Not the President.
Congress must act now to end Trump's illegal war.
The constitution is clear: only Congress can decide when and whether our nation goes to war. Not the President.
Congress must act now to end Trump's illegal war.
Not trying to be alarmist, but we do have a madman making war with another country that could easily become WWIII. Everyone should have a family plan. www.redcross.org/get-help/how...
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June 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Not trying to be alarmist, but we do have a madman making war with another country that could easily become WWIII. Everyone should have a family plan. www.redcross.org/get-help/how...
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The unveiling of a previously classified map could ignite fear across the United States.
Declassified map shows which US cities would be first hit by nuclear bomb
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June 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The unveiling of a previously classified map could ignite fear across the United States.
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices will spike by 50%. Gas will be $9 a gal. That's ok. Egg prices are stable.
June 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices will spike by 50%. Gas will be $9 a gal. That's ok. Egg prices are stable.
The bad news: Iran WILL retaliate against us. The good news: The price of eggs is stable.
June 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The bad news: Iran WILL retaliate against us. The good news: The price of eggs is stable.
Trump hasn't said how he's going to protect us from retaliatory attacks from Iran. How vulnerable are we for another 9/11 attack? We ought to be thinking about this, folks.
June 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Trump hasn't said how he's going to protect us from retaliatory attacks from Iran. How vulnerable are we for another 9/11 attack? We ought to be thinking about this, folks.
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Trump will soon speak to the nation about the unprovoked war crime of unilateral war that he just illegally ordered.
Every word out of his mouth will be a lie.
He will lie about history, about intel, about Israel, and about his own interests.
He will lie to ALL our faces.
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Every word out of his mouth will be a lie.
He will lie about history, about intel, about Israel, and about his own interests.
He will lie to ALL our faces.
🤬
June 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Trump will soon speak to the nation about the unprovoked war crime of unilateral war that he just illegally ordered.
Every word out of his mouth will be a lie.
He will lie about history, about intel, about Israel, and about his own interests.
He will lie to ALL our faces.
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Every word out of his mouth will be a lie.
He will lie about history, about intel, about Israel, and about his own interests.
He will lie to ALL our faces.
🤬
When you tell ICE agents they're behaving like Nazis and Gestapo troops, they have no idea what you're talking about. Their knowledge and understanding of world history is severely lacking. That's the problem.
June 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
When you tell ICE agents they're behaving like Nazis and Gestapo troops, they have no idea what you're talking about. Their knowledge and understanding of world history is severely lacking. That's the problem.
The men who control the world's biggest nuclear arsenal - the leaders of Russia, China, Israel, USA and North Korea - are among the nastiest and most morally corrupt people on earth. What makes you think they would choose peace over war? Frankly, I think we're doomed.
June 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The men who control the world's biggest nuclear arsenal - the leaders of Russia, China, Israel, USA and North Korea - are among the nastiest and most morally corrupt people on earth. What makes you think they would choose peace over war? Frankly, I think we're doomed.