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(Probably really doesn’t qualify as a Diary, but I wanted to be sure it’s posted for posterity. And if we’re lucky, maybe DJT will reprise Bush’s praise to Michael Brown after Katrina.) Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas,...
by dmhlt 66
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Dear Democratic Senators and Representatives, You need to go on the air Now. And say this: Say it a lot. On places like FOX News and Joe Rogan, where Republicans and Independents will hear it. And feel free to mention that Dogkiller/Cosplayer Kristi...
by TheMFer
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on Fri Jul 11, 2025 at 05:27 PM PDT
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Jo Jo From Jerz posts on Substack as “Are You F’ng Kidding Me?” (She’s also a podcaster.) She has a world class rant about Kristi Noem and Texas flooding. The River Rose. ICE Barbie Posed The river didn’t wait. It didn’t care if you were Republican or...
by xaxnar
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on Fri Jul 11, 2025 at 03:09 PM PDT
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You simply can’t make this stuff up. “As a conservative republican I think Attorney General Ken Paxton getting a divorce because he was caught screwing a hot blonde chick makes him even more worthy of my vote.” Ok. I made that up but if anyone thinks...
by johncoby
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on Fri Jul 11, 2025 at 08:52 AM PDT
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Trump EPA does right thing on asbestos? Noem falsely cites sexual abuse as cause to shut FEMA ND tribes to appeal VRA ruling at SCOTUS Abbott seeks to further rig TX U.S. House maps... Yes, we are under a fascistic, authoritarian takeover of the United...
by TheBradBlog
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on Thu Jul 10, 2025 at 07:03 PM PDT
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I just watched @PoliticsGirl discuss the Texas flood and she blew me (and many others on YT) away. Watching this will probably be the best way you’ve spent under 3 (2:41) minutes today. If you agree, please share freely. People all over the country...
by Hanging Up My Tusks
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on Thu Jul 10, 2025 at 04:11 PM PDT
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A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related | What Republicans really mean when they say ‘woke’
by Mike Luckovich
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on Fri Jul 11, 2025 at 09:29 AM PDT
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin might be stripping away billions of dollars in grants, but at least he’s delivering hard-hitting information on beloved MAGA conspiracies.�
by Alix Breeden
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on Thu Jul 10, 2025 at 03:30 PM PDT
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To be a Republican is to believe, post-Eisenhower, that you know best what to do with your money and to demand that you are asked to spend as little on services that others receive as possible. Most Texas Republicans believe their poor neighbors aren’t...
by deercoll
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on Thu Jul 10, 2025 at 02:30 PM PDT
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Texas State Senator Angela Paxton (R-SD8) has filed for divorce from her corrupt, cheating husband Texas Attorney General Warren Kenneth “Ken”Paxton on Thursday. After KUT reporter Lauren McGaughy discovered that papers were filed in the McKinney...
by DemSign
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on Thu Jul 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM PDT
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Texas is the biggest (and most populated) state where Hope Springs from Field PAC [dated website] volunteers knock on doors. It’s no surprise when it is the state with the highest volunteer turnout on the prior Saturday (in this case, though, June 28th...
by snowbored
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on Fri Jul 11, 2025 at 09:22 AM PDT
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's cost-cutting measures at the Federal Emergency Management Agency slowed search and rescue efforts in Texas by 72 hours, possibly costing some of the at least 120 lives lost in the devastating...
by Emily Singer
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on Thu Jul 10, 2025 at 09:30 AM PDT
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Guest: Ryan Cooper of ‘The American Prospect’ Also: Fact-checking Trump's 'Cabinet Meeting' More climate chaos, as NM becomes third state to see deadly flash flooding in less than a week... The Madness of King Donald's massive, recently signed tax cut...
by TheBradBlog
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on Wed Jul 09, 2025 at 06:52 PM PDT
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Callous Texas GOP Governor Gregg Abbott– He Compares Football to the Horrible Camp Mystic Disaster July 9, 2025 The Fourth of July weekend. It’s a time for camping, parades, hot-dogs, barbecues, and just plain fun get-togethers. In 2025 Texas, the July...
by Blue Choir Singer
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on Wed Jul 09, 2025 at 03:19 PM PDT
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Among the notables of those who had to be rescued from the catastrophic flooding in central Texas on the Fourth of July were Virginia Governor Glenn Younkin's family and friends. Though Youngkin himself remained in Virginia to attend various July 4...
by Irontortoise
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on Wed Jul 09, 2025 at 01:36 PM PDT
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A cartoon by Jack Ohman.
Related |� The Texas flash flood is a preview of the chaos to ...
by Jack Ohman
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on Wed Jul 09, 2025 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Those of us in Central Texas are still in pain from the horrible floods that killed so many on July 4th, and especially the 20-some children from Camp Mystic. The poem below seeks, as humbly as possible, to commemorate this tragedy. As I was thinking...
by mentalantics
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on Wed Jul 09, 2025 at 07:34 AM PDT
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CBS is reporting: Texas inspectors signed off on Camp Mystic's emergency plan just two days before the devastating flood killed more than two dozen people at the all-girls Christian summer camp, most of them children. Five children and one counselor...
by joeknapp
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on Wed Jul 09, 2025 at 07:07 AM PDT
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When Governor Abbott of Texas announced the substantial increase in missing people from the Texas flooding (nb: this is from ONE County, so the State total could end up being substantially higher, a member of the press had the temerity to ask if he was...
by cbastian
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on Tue Jul 08, 2025 at 07:00 PM PDT
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Guest: Josh Kovensky of TPM Also: 140 EPA staffers placed on leave for dissenting SCOTUS greenlights Admin's mass firing of federal workers... Today on The BradCast: Trump's authoritarianism receives yet another greenlight from his corrupted SCOTUS...
by TheBradBlog
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