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We used to be a serious country that opposed fascism

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The teacher pay increase Abbott has been bragging about is the other half of the package that included school vouchers.

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Texas led the nation in active shooter incidents in 2024, FBI report says www.keranews.org/tex...

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Mansfield’s first Costco gets key approval from planning board: " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/fo...

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fortworthreport.org/2025/06/03/a... Arlington planning and zoning chairman continues his life of service | Fort Worth Report

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And Housing for All is an impressively comprehensive examination of homelessness in America by Maria Foscarinis, who has worked in homelessness advocacy for decades.

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Tariffs and immigration crackdowns spell trouble for Texas restaurants, experts say www.keranews.org/bus...

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Love this. Good people stepping up when the system fails our kids.

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It’s Monday, post a (summer) bop. youtu.be/g4MSWisug_8?...

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Greece is turning its back on coal and replacing it with solar and wind

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Washington Post Gift Article: The CBO may be a convenient target, but its analysis is echoed by reports from other research organizations. Johnson earns Four Pinocchios. wapo.st/3Hmw8fv

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“.. US stocks have underperformed international stocks by 13.6ppt YTD — the biggest gap in 32 years.” VTI $VEU @mikezaccardi.bsky.social

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Playing "John Henry" on Joe Thompson’s back porch with Justin Robinson just like old times. Thank you Justin "Demeanor" Harrington for joining us on bones. You can hear the full track on our new album ‘What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow’ - listen now: giddensrobinson.lnk.to/BlackbirdCrow

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BREAKING: Texas Republicans just passed a major book banning bill. They say it’s about protecting kids from “filth.” But when I questioned the bill author, he admitted that it could ban classics like Romeo and Juliet, Catcher in the Rye, and Lonesome Dove.

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The children were between the ages of 9 and 12.

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its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....

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I’ll say this as many times as I have to. No tax cut in the history of tax cuts has ever paid for itself. Not a one.

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I updated this old graph of mine. It shows that, if not for the Bush and Trump tax cuts, debt/GDP would be stable rather than rising forever. I've updated the methodology to first assume an AMT patch at Clinton levels, so I'm only attributing to the Bush tax cuts their portion of the AMT patch.

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A lot of people know about the Germans in the space program, but the more relevant engineer might be Qian Xuesen, the MIT/CalTech aerospace professor who co-founded JPL and was sent to recruit the Germans. We deported him the 1950s. He became the leader of China’s missile program.

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US government spending since Jan. 21 “is up 8.7% over the equivalent period in 2024 .. “.. 7.2% over 2023.” 🇺🇸 @jesskarl.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

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Phil Swagel, the current CBO director, worked in George W. Bush's Treasury Department and was chosen as CBO director by Senate Republicans. rollcall.com/2019/05/15/s...

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As it turns out, Mike Johnson is wrong. Who knew.

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"As Musk slinks away, spending went up, not down, during his tenure, and DOGE made the government less efficient, not more..." "A legacy of shattered institutions, weakened public services, and fired civil servants who did nothing but serve their country well..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Arlington Life Shelter had plans for big improvements. Now the focus is on funding daily operations: " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/fo...

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The Texas Senate has approved the House version of a bill that would ban products containing THC. Now, that bill is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. txst.us/dnk4kl

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How Moncrief Cancer Institute, TCU have combined art and healing for 10 years: " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/fo...

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Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring. They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died. France also gave us this land as American soil.

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Cliburn narrows competition to 12 pianists. Here’s who played their way to the semifinals: " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/fo...

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Despite a recent budget cut, Tarrant County Meals on Wheels continues to deliver to those in need.

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Feeding children at school is one of the most efficient, worthwhile uses of government funds there is! 340,000,000/2,700,000 = ~$126 per student per year, for breakfast and lunch, every weekday. 126 / (180 * 2) comes out to ~$0.35/meal. This must be done everywhere. www.yahoo.com/news/free-sc...

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Since last summer, 257 people have been removed from the streets of downtown Dallas and rehoused with integrated behavioral health care resources through the city of Dallas Street-to-Home initiative.

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Texas is the “battiest” state. 🦇 A recent acoustic survey found the Botanic Garden hosts up to five distinct bat species, more than any other site surveyed in Tarrant and Parker counties.

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North Texas grandfather organizes fundraiser for his 3-year-old granddaughter https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/north-texas-grandfather-organizes-fundraiser-for-his-3-year-old-granddaughter/

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This is the story of a missing Marine from Odessa, Texas, and how he was found, just in time, by government officials, a team of private researchers, and a tireless soul who dedicated her life to the search: his daughter. www.texasmonthly.com/interactive/...

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Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.

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Hope they were able to find a good lawyer. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...

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US new home sales unexpectedly rise in April reut.rs/3F4OfpO

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42 million Americans are on SNAP. Probably less than 1 million Americans make more than 500,000 a year.

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"When I was young, I knew of only three special moons: the harvest moon, the blue moon and the Comanche Moon. Back in frontier times, it was the Comanche Moon that was the most deeply feared moon in Texas and northern Mexico." txst.us/1s68lp

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