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elxbecker.bsky.social
not my real name. đź“ŤAustin, Texas
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Texas gets its own DOGE with the state House speaker expecting it will “make headlines” every week.

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Meanwhile, in Indonesia

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THE INSIDER should’ve been in the headline

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Worried about Pete Hegseth’s plan for peace for our time? This one pot shepherd’s pie will make you feel like you’re in 1930s London.

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Anyway here's how it played in the press last time anything went this far, just for reference

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CORRUPTION: Musk is abusing his position to block investigations into his own corporations⬇️

submitted 9 days ago • 134 comments

A Brief History of Kids Today Are Too Rude 🧵

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You can tell how great these AI products are by how much they have to keep sneaking them into our devices without our knowledge

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Hidden behind all the justifiable worry about the #txlege censoring history instruction is Abbott's demand that ALL faculty be removed from the faculty hiring process. No more hiring committees. Professors would be appointed by HR, administrators, and regents. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/t...

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JD-Doo, Where Are You? The DOGE kids are the hottest teen investigators since Scooby and the gang, and they'll get away with it too if it's not for you meddling liberals. But the real mystery is the whereabouts of old man Vance. Jinkies! by Maureen Dowd

submitted 16 days ago • 13 comments

They should challenge Elon to come out and debate them. Set up a podium for him. Play off his primal instincts to be a dumbass. Say he cheats at video games. Nothing off limits, short circuit his brain

submitted 17 days ago • 45 comments

Every taxpayer in Texas should be following this story.

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"here’s what I believe happened: In the process of accumulating enormous wealth, the tech-oligarchs created the conditions for their loss of social power and, when they realized this, they got a big dose of class consciousness and turned furiously reactionary."

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Trump has launched an all-out assault on democracy. But pro-democracy advocates expected this. That's why they're prepared to fight back. To learn more about the efforts to oppose Trump's agenda, sign up for our free newsletter Eye On The Right.

submitted 18 days ago • 11 comments

All the surviving ACT UP heads are just cracking their knuckles and doing some stretches right now

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youtu.be/_JdqfOBcXqU?... one of the most evocative songs ever written

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@doggett.house.gov @repcasar.bsky.social

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Elon Musk, who has taken control of the US Treasury and is bragging about unilaterally cutting off payments to disfavored populations worldwide in defiance of Congress and the American people, is nowhere to be found on the homepage of the New York Times. @nytimes.com, this is pathetic.

submitted 19 days ago • 99 comments

The only thing less likely than me reading your substack is me watching videos you post to your substack.

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What's happening now was both foreseen and foreseeable. The president's team promised to put federal workers in "trauma." And that's what's happening. (Story from October 2024)

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the news I needed today

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It's 31 Days of Oscar. Daytime = Winners/noms by category. Primetime/overnight = Acting winners/noms by character. Now Playing links here ⏬ ^PG #TCMParty 🗓️ Monthly Highlights [PDF]: https://buff.ly/40EDXmT 📚 A-Z List of Films [PDF]: https://buff.ly/3WECI5W

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If we were French we would be not only marching in the streets but just finishing up some nice sausages on the rolling manif grill

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what a great time to be alive if you love Luis Buñuel

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