Shurta
@shurta.bsky.social
Retired special education teacher and administrator, wife, parent and grandparent
Proud blue 💙 Texan…
Proud blue 💙 Texan…
Wow
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Wow
Indeed
December 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Indeed
True
Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…
December 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
True
Yep, agree
December 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Yep, agree
The news reported in the last two days has continued to be horrific.
December 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The news reported in the last two days has continued to be horrific.
Touché
Drug runners are camouflaging their boats so they don’t get blown up.
December 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Touché
More, please!
December 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
More, please!
Quite powerful
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Quite powerful
Perfection!!
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
December 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Perfection!!
Agree!
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Agree!
Wow
December 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Wow
Reposted by Shurta
I am so proud of my son, @Michael Adams-Hurta!
He is currently a board certified appellate attorney wanting to serve as an appellate judge for the following counties here in Texas!
Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Ft Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller or Washington!
He is currently a board certified appellate attorney wanting to serve as an appellate judge for the following counties here in Texas!
Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Ft Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller or Washington!
December 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I am so proud of my son, @Michael Adams-Hurta!
He is currently a board certified appellate attorney wanting to serve as an appellate judge for the following counties here in Texas!
Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Ft Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller or Washington!
He is currently a board certified appellate attorney wanting to serve as an appellate judge for the following counties here in Texas!
Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Ft Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller or Washington!
I am so proud of my son, @Michael Adams-Hurta!
He is currently a board certified appellate attorney wanting to serve as an appellate judge for the following counties here in Texas!
Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Ft Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller or Washington!
He is currently a board certified appellate attorney wanting to serve as an appellate judge for the following counties here in Texas!
Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Ft Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller or Washington!
December 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I am so proud of my son, @Michael Adams-Hurta!
He is currently a board certified appellate attorney wanting to serve as an appellate judge for the following counties here in Texas!
Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Ft Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller or Washington!
He is currently a board certified appellate attorney wanting to serve as an appellate judge for the following counties here in Texas!
Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Ft Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller or Washington!
Great idea 💡
The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Great idea 💡
😡😡😡
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
😡😡😡
True
Ok, this has to be shared and shared and shared and shared! Thank you @preciouspetal.bsky.social !
November 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM
True
Bravo 👏🏻
November 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Bravo 👏🏻
Ugh
To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Ugh
I had preeclampsia years ago. Extremely serious and dangerous- I can’t believe they let it go on and let her die. The only way to lower blood pressure is delivery- and if the fetus isn’t viable, then termination. Malpractice to let her die.
When Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old from Texas, asked doctors about terminating her high-risk pregnancy to save her life, they assured her she had nothing to worry about.
Then she died of preeclampsia.
Then she died of preeclampsia.
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I had preeclampsia years ago. Extremely serious and dangerous- I can’t believe they let it go on and let her die. The only way to lower blood pressure is delivery- and if the fetus isn’t viable, then termination. Malpractice to let her die.
Good point!
The administration that uncancelled swastikas yesterday wants us to believe that it is blackmailing universities because it is so sincerely against antisemitism?
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Good point!
Ugh 😑
Most Americans want science to govern our public health policy. Not crackpot ideas.
This move marks a dire turning point for the CDC that the next Congress and administration must correct ASAP.
www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-up...
This move marks a dire turning point for the CDC that the next Congress and administration must correct ASAP.
www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-up...
CDC Updates Website To Promote Debunked Theory On Vaccines And Autism
“DO NOT TRUST THIS AGENCY. This is a national embarrassment,” said ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis.
www.huffpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Ugh 😑
Ditto
"Hell no. We don't agree w/ each other about finance, we don't agree w/ each other about immigration, we don't agree w/ each other on foreign affairs – but by God, we can agree we don't want to be ruled by a hand full of rich men who think they're better than the rest of us."
Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox Richardson
November 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Ditto
‘Nuf said
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
‘Nuf said
Good question
Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Good question