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The real money is dark money, untraceable, but you can still see oligarch names on campaign contribution lists. They like to show proof of purchase.” Sarah Kendzior, February 9, 2025
Former Harris Co. prosecutor on ICE shooting in Houston. "If I'm driving down the street in a van and all of a sudden two unmarked vehicles are chasing me down the road, I'm not going to stop." "And I'm a Texan, so if you pull up next to me, I'm probably going to start shooting, right?"
"Musk says that American tech workers aren’t good enough. Well, then maybe we need to stop giving away thousands and thousands of spots at top schools and do a better job of teaching our own.” David Marcus, columnist in West Virginia – Dec. 28, 2024
Houston Chronicle Editorial Page today. "I recognized him immediately," Ronaldo said, "not from his appearance but from his voice crying for help as he lay on the street bleeding out." His father always feared that someone might steal his tools... that the unmarked cars were trying to rob him.
And of course, for our own Senator Raphael Cruz, the Cuban from Canada, here is one from Nick Anderson @andertoon.bsky.social
I think we should physically write our representatives and candidates. But clip an editorial cartoon (in color) and tape on the envelope, unless you're good enough to print it. It will go through a lot of hands and you never know, maybe make an intern think. Some suggestions to put on envelopes:
"The shift will strip away the political and diplomatic oversight mechanisms that make the relationship publicly accountable, moving it from a visible annual aid vote into the opaque machinery of defense acquisition, where oversight is limited and political accountability is minimal."
@jamestalarico.bsky.social is no vegan. Abbott is worried that Talarico's message pointing out Abbott & Paxton are the billionaires' bitches has traction.
Acquitted after billionaires bribed the "judge" who then excluded most ofvthe damning evidence. This is from former state rep Glenn Rogers who the billionaires then got voted out of office