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Early February check-in

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I played dress-up and went to the Johnson-Jackson Lee-Richards Gala at the Hilton Americas in Houston where workers organized and are now members of Local 23 ! Taylor Rehmet’s victory as Democratic senate representative for the 9th district in northeast Texas is significant in ways that Dem leadership may not grasp and that Republicans are already repudiating. The Texas Tribune has a good overview here . However, one thing the Tribune hasn’t looked at and what I’m speculating about is that Democratic leadership in the House may not quite grasp what this means. Rehmet had a tight, focused campaign and the focus was on Latinos and those voters who have felt betrayed by and then, subsequently, hurt by the Trump regime. They played hardball and despite being outspent by several magnitudes, won a district that went for Trump bigly in 2024. What Schumer and Jeffries don’t seem to get, repeatedly, is that they’re not up to speed with the current discourse among voters in this country. Increas...
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Facebook for Bluesky: January collection

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I’m still not sure if I’ll keep this up, but these are posts for folks on Bluesky who have divested themselves of the Metaverse. I applaud them but for the moment, I still maintain my FB accounts for posting my writing & keeping in touch with friends and family around the globe. My idea is to share posts from people who aren’t on Bluesky and who write cogent and /or interesting posts.  To anyone reading this who isn’t on Bluesky, consider joining. It’s a generous and growing community of communities, mostly mutually supportive and far less toxic than X or for that matter, Facebook. I’ll start with Mark Provost: And from January 16: From an old pal I followed from the early 00s as one of my favorite journalists, Kevin Sites, quoting a post by a former Marine on ICE. This is from December, but I find Goodman Mickey’s post worth a read. And just for fun, here are random posts and memes (some are off Bluesky for Facebook folks who might be reading this and want to get a sense of th...
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