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sasquatch69

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  1. Tim Cowlishaw needs to actually talk on mic. So far this morning, it sounds like he's just making occasional asides and laughing in the background because he's hard to hear.
  2. https://www.npr.org/2025/06/03/nx-s1-5418080/pbs-npr-trump-rescission-public-broadcasting
  3. Given the hateful crap I have seen posted in the comments of pretty much every pride month post the past two days, I am not hopeful about that whatsoever.
  4. I noticed in the TxTrib story about the STAAR bill failing that the Senate had slipped a provision into their version of the bill that would allow the TEA to take over, and appoint a conservator for, any district that sued the state/TEA, about anything. It's a blessing that bill failed.
  5. Elon's latest troubles are largely self-inflicted, but also, example number 7,345 of ETTD.
  6. Not sure where to put this, but yikes. https://www.cpr.org/2025/06/01/boulder-attack-pearl-street/
  7. PBS files suit against Trump, joining NPR. https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/30/media/pbs-trump-lawsuit-npr-executive-order-end-funding
  8. In essentially one generation, we have gone from having folks in state and national leadership who, while differing on policy sometimes to an extreme level, were still generally respected, knowledgeable, and held in high esteem - to cretin like this in many crucial roles. I don’t see any easy way to recover from this.
  9. https://www.npr.org/2025/05/27/nx-s1-5413094/npr-public-radio-lawsuit-trump-funding-ban
  10. A salutatorian in Mansfield used her graduation speech platform to go after cuts in public education and higher education funding, along with the Texas voucher program. 👏 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16VhgT3KQH/?mibextid=wwXIfr
  11. Yass, Wilks, Dunn all told Abbott he’d get this done or they’d primary him. He did the same to all our R legislators (and followed through last election cycle). And here we are.
  12. SIAP - but I don't even have words for this Hunger Games shit. https://www.thedailybeast.com/kristi-noem-wants-migrants-to-compete-for-citizenship-on-hunger-games-style-reality-show/?via=mobile&source=email
  13. Welp. https://apnews.com/article/trump-npr-pbs-republicans-public-broadcasting-f0e3e1acb96986732a0211833165bf84
  14. Rufo is vile, and shoulders much of the blame for where we are today in terms of our national dialogue (at least on the R side).
  15. I don’t have a problem with it. Folks need to know who these guys are and hear directly how absolutely batshit their ideas are. Know thine enemy and all that. Plus, they are already very well platformed via X and the whole right-wing media ecosystem.
  16. This all feels like it’s being orchestrated by Steven Miller.
  17. Reading the MacMahon piece reiterated to me (1) how many different camps and battling egos there are jockeying for position at any given time among the players, staff, etc. of any sports franchise, and (2) what a good job Mark Cuban did overall at keeping everyone going the same direction for 20+ years (yes, it wasn't perfect, but Nico's tenure and new ownership actions show how quickly all that can collapse).
  18. I’ve had similar struggles - and I can readily say that modern contemporary worship does absolutely nothing for me - it all feels performative and pandering. When I was living in London in the 90s, I became a big fan of Evensong, the Anglican evening service - and tried to attend regularly. That led me down the path towards more ancient liturgical worship, most notably that in the Anglican/Episcopal tradition. I ended up in an ELCA (Lutheran) congregation as a marriage compromise, but it’s similarly liturgical - and both denominations generally have a progressive serve-others focus which I also connect with. All that to say, you might try a smaller more traditional/liturgical service (as mentioned above) to see what you think.
  19. There's been a lot of cruel shit coming out of this White House, but this specific tweet may be the worst single thing I've seen from them yet.
  20. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/15/texas-legislature-democrats-school-vouchers-constitutional-amendments/
  21. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/business/media/trump-npr-pbs-funding.html
  22. Just now seeing this, but NewsHour streams each show live and keeps them available on-demand afterwards. https://www.youtube.com/@PBSNewsHour
  23. This is interesting. 👀 The Quorum Report is well-sourced and pretty reliable (although I really wish they'd update their 1998-era website layout). https://quorumreport.com/
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