American culture has had all the wiring stripped out of its walls by rich people who think the populace will put up with anything. But they're making a crucial mistake: the remaining cohesive material is "toys and treats," but they are now taking away the toys and treats

My latest for @texasobserver.org: Though MAGA believers call James Talarico “blasphemous,” he’s squarely within his Mainline Presbyterian tradition. And that’s a timely reminder of the diversity of Christianity in Texas and beyond www.texasobserver.org/senate-james...

We wrote about Andrea last month. She has an ovarian cyst that +9 experts agree require surgery & if untreated, could be deadly. ICE refused to release her or provide outside OB GYNs. A judge denied habeas & ICE, parole. Suddenly, this week, Andrea was freed. www.texastribune.org/2026/06/04/e...

The @texastribune.org is continuing to report on ICE deaths and medical neglect in Texas so please reach out and share.

I’ve been in the I don’t trust the dude with the Nazi tattoo since the beginning and people were like oooooh but the alternative was Susan Collins or Janet Mills dummy. No the alternative is the party cultivating talent and doing capacity building

Not bad for a first try.

A great summary of what how the South, the WH and SCOTUS conspired to create Jim Crow 2.0—and what we must do in response. Video: buff.ly/fsLpq1w

Any win Democrats get while being in the minority should be celebrated like this. War Powers resolution passes the House 215-208. Only 4 Republicans broke rank and voted with Democrats to get it over the line. #FundHealthCareNotWar

i wrote about why i love love island defector.com/i-finally-un...

Absolutely. As I've said before, FDR's court-packing plan failed because most Americans didn't recognize the conservative majority there was acting in a partisan fashion. But the Roberts Six are deeply corrupt, nakedly partisan, and barely bothering to hide their contempt for precedent. Let's go.

Dammit. Who let a damn cop onto my trashy reality show?

Ken Paxton was indicted for scamming his own friends. He convinced them to invest hundreds of thousands in a company while secretly pocketing a commission. Paxton sold out his own friends for a quick buck. What makes you think he won't sell you out in the Senate?

Burn it down

Olsen magic. Let’s go. Last chance for the year.

Alright. Team has to step up now.

Dammit.

Every year for Pride, I repost Hue. I made him to send love and comfort to those who feel Pride isn’t for them because they aren’t out. You matter, you are valid, and it’s ok if you aren’t ready yet. Coming out is not a requirement for being part of this community. Happy Pride 🌈

Does frosted mini-wheats count? I still love that stuff.

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The people who want you to think James Talarico is weird are definitely normal people having normal thoughts and not at all weird themselves.

Graham Platner: ‘I Didn’t Know Extramarital Sexting Was A Symbol For Cheating’

Aggies. Please.

You used to be able to google the time of the sunset, and Google would give you the exact time right on top every single time. Thankfully, with artificial intelligence, you can now ask Google what time the sun will set and it will conveniently tell you "I don't know."

The Catholic Catechism and the Baptist Confession of Faith state explicitly that God is neither male nor female, has no body or physical form. To think of God as biologically male diminishes the very nature of God. Everyone from Billy Graham to the Pope to the Anglican Church agrees on this.

the straight of ba sing se

I am forever annoyed about this, that movie did everything you could possibly want in an adaptation it was made by people who understand what makes tabletop gaming great and somehow made it work on screen and it should have made a billion dollars

difficulty scheduling the follow-up session is also true to its inspirations

the most surreal thing about this era of open yelling about masculinity is that, if you grew up anything like I did, you were exposed to several sets of standards of masculinity and would be hard pressed to identify which of them the Paxtons and Millers of the world are living up to

it’s … interesting, let’s go with interesting, that abdul carter can very clearly say this is what i believe in and why while jaxson dart can’t even stand on what he did while mumbling out a statement that doesn’t mean anything. weird how this always seems to happen in these cases

i’m just glad someone found it!

We're all mocking the sweaty "Talarico is transgender" stuff from the right but it's notable that the actual campaign seems laser-focused on "Paxton is one of the most corrupt politicians in world history" They're just not going to play this stupid game. Good.

Minnesota arrested an ICE agent it charged in Texas: www.startribune.com/ice-agent-ch...

I fund every single podcast I listen to. Completely. Then I see just how many titles I can buy.

The Houston Chronicle endorses Talarico.

The Houston Chronicle has endorsed James Talarico — “The choice is obvious. Both Republicans & Democrats should prefer a servant leader over a self-serving crook”

So Pearland got hit with golf ball-sized hail about a month ago. We’ve been getting inundated with door knockers and shady trailers and pop-up repair shops. Just had a guy come to the door and tell me that he’s local. Lives in “Sugarlind” (phonetic).

[pounding table] MESS! MESS! MESS!

this is the full column www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...

A President ordering the Justice Department to criminally investigate a woman who won a sexual assault lawsuit against him makes Watergate look like an unpaid parking ticket.

Interested in Texas politics? Welcome! We’re happy to have you. Pls stop linking to NYTimes stories about us. We’ve much better choices from actual Texans. Start here: @texastribune.org @texasobserver.org @texasmonthly.bsky.social @lonestarleft.com @cltomlinson.bsky.social

you might think Trump is too big for the Streisand Effect but I don’t think average folks know about Carroll and I look forward to everyone knowing

See, Mexicans CAN dunk.

Dairy Queen Reese’s Blizzard.

the challenge for talarico and dems will not just be repeating this accusation over and over again, but telling the story over and over again, so that voters understand the words "adam hoffman" as a synecdoche for the entire case against Paxton every time they are invoked.

The Republican Party quietly deleted their own ad attacking Ken Paxton's record on crime... because Paxton is now the Republican Party's nominee to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate. Figured if the ad is important enough to delete, it's important enough to see...

the entire paxton campaign is just gonna be republicans calling talarico gay over and over then offering coy denials when called on it and accusing the libs of being to sensitive when they call it out bsky.app/profile/came...