Stephen Touchet
@txmonkey.bsky.social
Liberal. Retired teacher. Native Texan. Amateur musician, tennis player, and pickleballer.
I’ve run elementary school car rider lines for 20 years and almost every day I’ve been closer to being hit by a car than that POS ICE agent could even imagine, much less experience.😠
January 11, 2026 at 1:24 AM
I’ve run elementary school car rider lines for 20 years and almost every day I’ve been closer to being hit by a car than that POS ICE agent could even imagine, much less experience.😠
“Vote blue, no matter who” is about primary elections. If we want progressive candidates, we have to do that in the primaries. With few exceptions, not voting blue in a general will guarantee the conservative candidate will win.
December 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“Vote blue, no matter who” is about primary elections. If we want progressive candidates, we have to do that in the primaries. With few exceptions, not voting blue in a general will guarantee the conservative candidate will win.
We have 3 more years of this shit. We did survive a civil war before, so there is hope. It’s just really going to suck for a long while.
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We have 3 more years of this shit. We did survive a civil war before, so there is hope. It’s just really going to suck for a long while.
Step one in income fairness: charge companies (over 500 employees) for the government welfare their employees get plus a percent penalty.
December 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Step one in income fairness: charge companies (over 500 employees) for the government welfare their employees get plus a percent penalty.
While the northeast progresses, Texas regresses. 😔
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
While the northeast progresses, Texas regresses. 😔
Fuck you, RFK Jr.!
September 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Fuck you, RFK Jr.!
New constitutional amendment: Anyone who has lost rights because of criminal convictions should not be eligible for public office.
August 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
New constitutional amendment: Anyone who has lost rights because of criminal convictions should not be eligible for public office.
She is being awfully clingy today. #bostonterrier
May 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
She is being awfully clingy today. #bostonterrier
When we have idiots running our national health department, even pepperoni is at risk of not having a cure.
May 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
When we have idiots running our national health department, even pepperoni is at risk of not having a cure.
Quit trying to find a "tRump deal breaker" for the MAGA crowd. In a cult, there are no deal breakers.
April 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Quit trying to find a "tRump deal breaker" for the MAGA crowd. In a cult, there are no deal breakers.
Income tax is the only tool for government revenue that can actually be equitable and moderately stable.
April 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Income tax is the only tool for government revenue that can actually be equitable and moderately stable.
To expound on my observation of historical oligarchy in the U.S., there was a reason the oligarchs sat in the political background, quietly pulling strings. Musk has broken that rule. It's biting him in the financial butt and will cause him to lose any political power he might've had.
March 30, 2025 at 6:25 AM
To expound on my observation of historical oligarchy in the U.S., there was a reason the oligarchs sat in the political background, quietly pulling strings. Musk has broken that rule. It's biting him in the financial butt and will cause him to lose any political power he might've had.
And this is why we can't have decent things.
March 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
And this is why we can't have decent things.
Don't even try to tell me that JD Vance is a Christian. His behavior at the meeting with Zelenski was more King Herod than Jesus.
February 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Don't even try to tell me that JD Vance is a Christian. His behavior at the meeting with Zelenski was more King Herod than Jesus.
As I observe the political climate, I see woke as intelligent awareness and deep state as competence. So the party of anti-woke and anti-deep state is getting what they want: a blindly ignorant and incompetent government.
February 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
As I observe the political climate, I see woke as intelligent awareness and deep state as competence. So the party of anti-woke and anti-deep state is getting what they want: a blindly ignorant and incompetent government.
The founding fathers chose "president" because it was a passive term. We need to get the executive branch back to that.
February 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The founding fathers chose "president" because it was a passive term. We need to get the executive branch back to that.
What is being called "Artificial Intelligence" is just hyper-search engines. Regurgitating what's out there already isn't intelligent, it's just aping.
February 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
What is being called "Artificial Intelligence" is just hyper-search engines. Regurgitating what's out there already isn't intelligent, it's just aping.
TRump is a mean, vindictive version of Gilderoy Lockhart.
February 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
TRump is a mean, vindictive version of Gilderoy Lockhart.
tRump is the Lina Lamont of the U.S. government.
February 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
tRump is the Lina Lamont of the U.S. government.
So what is the definition of "radical"?
In my mind, it's about their actions and both sides are equally bad.
Packing up all the "illegals" and shipping them back is as distasteful to me as not voting for Kamala Harris because their admin didn't do enough/anything for the Palestinians.
In my mind, it's about their actions and both sides are equally bad.
Packing up all the "illegals" and shipping them back is as distasteful to me as not voting for Kamala Harris because their admin didn't do enough/anything for the Palestinians.
February 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
So what is the definition of "radical"?
In my mind, it's about their actions and both sides are equally bad.
Packing up all the "illegals" and shipping them back is as distasteful to me as not voting for Kamala Harris because their admin didn't do enough/anything for the Palestinians.
In my mind, it's about their actions and both sides are equally bad.
Packing up all the "illegals" and shipping them back is as distasteful to me as not voting for Kamala Harris because their admin didn't do enough/anything for the Palestinians.
tRump bullied Colombia into taking the immigrants with the threat of tarrifs. If every country south of our border isn't quietly working export/import deals with either China or Russia, I'd be surprised. I just hope that either tRump tires of his bully game or runs out of time before it's too late.
January 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
tRump bullied Colombia into taking the immigrants with the threat of tarrifs. If every country south of our border isn't quietly working export/import deals with either China or Russia, I'd be surprised. I just hope that either tRump tires of his bully game or runs out of time before it's too late.
Going to see Fluffy (Gabriel Iglesias) this weekend at WinStar Casino. I can hardly wait!
a fat man in a blue floral shirt is standing in front of an orange wall with the word fluffy written on it .
ALT: a fat man in a blue floral shirt is standing in front of an orange wall with the word fluffy written on it .
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January 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Going to see Fluffy (Gabriel Iglesias) this weekend at WinStar Casino. I can hardly wait!
On a personal, local note: now that all the leaves have finally fallen, I can't get a dry day to pick them up.
January 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
On a personal, local note: now that all the leaves have finally fallen, I can't get a dry day to pick them up.
Like tRump, RFK Jr will lie his ass off in the confirmation hearings and do whatever the hell he wants, if confirmed. There is absolutely no process or procedure that prevents him doing otherwise.
January 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Like tRump, RFK Jr will lie his ass off in the confirmation hearings and do whatever the hell he wants, if confirmed. There is absolutely no process or procedure that prevents him doing otherwise.
The current tRump regime reminds me of the movie Mouse Hunt: destroy everything to try to get rid of an imagined problem. Except the tRump story is a horror show instead of a comedy.
January 29, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The current tRump regime reminds me of the movie Mouse Hunt: destroy everything to try to get rid of an imagined problem. Except the tRump story is a horror show instead of a comedy.