Bethany Herrera
@moivtx.bsky.social
7th generation Texan, keeper of animals and secrets, synthesizer of colloids, inveterate reader, respecter of mysteries.
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Bethany Herrera
@moivtx.bsky.social
· Nov 13
I'm from the invite days, but never spent much time here until this last week. It's been a lot more fun since the rabble showed up.
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Geez, next thing you know we’ll be finding out the Reflecting Pool algae was a naturally occurring phenomenon and not a form of aquatic chemical warfare launched under cover of darkness by a team of highly trained, radical antifa frogmen.
August 1, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Geez, next thing you know we’ll be finding out the Reflecting Pool algae was a naturally occurring phenomenon and not a form of aquatic chemical warfare launched under cover of darkness by a team of highly trained, radical antifa frogmen.
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Can anny nyc peeps help to foster tha kittys?
New York City friends! The LES cat cafe Koneko is closing tomorrow and needs urgent help rehoming some kitties.
This place was very cute and took good care of their cats. Tell cat curious NYC friends that there are kitties that need some homes.
www.instagram.com/p/DbbfOxcGu1V/
This place was very cute and took good care of their cats. Tell cat curious NYC friends that there are kitties that need some homes.
www.instagram.com/p/DbbfOxcGu1V/
August 1, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Can anny nyc peeps help to foster tha kittys?
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I’m always fascinated by women who travel the world to tell other women to be happy at home.
June 7, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I’m always fascinated by women who travel the world to tell other women to be happy at home.
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On the other hand this is really in the nick of time for J6ers. A lot of those guys need to pay the lawyers to appeal their child porn convictions.
Breathtakingly corrupt and indefensible theft of taxpayer money.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump’s deal to drop suit against IRS creates $1.8B ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’
The deal, laid out in a document signed by acting attorney general Todd Blanche, grants a commission broad authority to distribute the money, drawn from taxpayer dollars.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
On the other hand this is really in the nick of time for J6ers. A lot of those guys need to pay the lawyers to appeal their child porn convictions.
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Either these white South Africans are willingly returning to a genocidal country, or there is no "white genocide." ICYMI @hollybfletcher.bsky.social:
Trump Called It ‘White Genocide.’ Now the White People Are Flocking Home.
The president’s ravings about South Africa are comical. But their effects aren’t.
lnk.thebulwark.com
May 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Either these white South Africans are willingly returning to a genocidal country, or there is no "white genocide." ICYMI @hollybfletcher.bsky.social:
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Like most Americans who express themselves primarily through carefully arranged seashells, I was shocked and frightened to learn of the Trump administration's latest indictment of FBI Director James Comey.
My column taking a stand for freedom of beach:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My column taking a stand for freedom of beach:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Comey indictment an attack on my right to arrange seashells! | Opinion
The new James Comey indictment shows our First Amendment right to arrange seashells however we want is being squashed by the Trump administration.
www.usatoday.com
April 29, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Like most Americans who express themselves primarily through carefully arranged seashells, I was shocked and frightened to learn of the Trump administration's latest indictment of FBI Director James Comey.
My column taking a stand for freedom of beach:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My column taking a stand for freedom of beach:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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James Talarico: Working Texans are paying more in taxes than they did last year, and they are paying about twice what billionaires are paying.
I think we should close these loopholes — and we should ensure that next time tax day rolls around, the average Texan is paying less than a billionaire.
I think we should close these loopholes — and we should ensure that next time tax day rolls around, the average Texan is paying less than a billionaire.
April 17, 2026 at 9:02 PM
James Talarico: Working Texans are paying more in taxes than they did last year, and they are paying about twice what billionaires are paying.
I think we should close these loopholes — and we should ensure that next time tax day rolls around, the average Texan is paying less than a billionaire.
I think we should close these loopholes — and we should ensure that next time tax day rolls around, the average Texan is paying less than a billionaire.
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I’m not sure I’d rest easy on the promise of a purple handed 80 year old pathological liar.
“.. I’ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval,” Trump said in a recent meeting to laughs ..
@wsj.com
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@wsj.com
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April 10, 2026 at 9:55 PM
I’m not sure I’d rest easy on the promise of a purple handed 80 year old pathological liar.
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Maybe giving this speech was a bad call. (And who wrote this mess?) Trump is clearly lost; admitting it to the rest of the world is a bad idea.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech
His address raised more questions than it answered about the war in Iran.
www.theatlantic.com
April 2, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Maybe giving this speech was a bad call. (And who wrote this mess?) Trump is clearly lost; admitting it to the rest of the world is a bad idea.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Bank of America settled with Epstein survivors for $72.5 million.
No criminal charges. Just a check.
They made $27 billion last year.
That settlement isn't accountability. It's the cost of staying above the law ...when you're large enough to afford the invoice.
No criminal charges. Just a check.
They made $27 billion last year.
That settlement isn't accountability. It's the cost of staying above the law ...when you're large enough to afford the invoice.
March 30, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Bank of America settled with Epstein survivors for $72.5 million.
No criminal charges. Just a check.
They made $27 billion last year.
That settlement isn't accountability. It's the cost of staying above the law ...when you're large enough to afford the invoice.
No criminal charges. Just a check.
They made $27 billion last year.
That settlement isn't accountability. It's the cost of staying above the law ...when you're large enough to afford the invoice.
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Pete Hegseth, national disgrace:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Pete Hegseth Is Vice Signaling
The defense secretary is trolling America.
www.theatlantic.com
March 31, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Pete Hegseth, national disgrace:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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I've kept the paywall off this essay in case anyone would like to read more about my mum's art (and my dad's!): www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
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March 20, 2026 at 9:15 AM
I've kept the paywall off this essay in case anyone would like to read more about my mum's art (and my dad's!): www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
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Mr. Simmons, a bereaved father, demonstrates utmost decency in every aspect of this story. Hegseth should be fired for blatantly lying and misrepresenting these devastated parents of dead soldiers.
March 20, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Mr. Simmons, a bereaved father, demonstrates utmost decency in every aspect of this story. Hegseth should be fired for blatantly lying and misrepresenting these devastated parents of dead soldiers.
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U.S. leaders were told: "declare victory and go home" in Vietnam as early as 1966, but fought for 7 more years and thousands of pointless deaths
The Trump regime has lost an even more senseless war in Iran in just 2 weeks. The time for leaving is now
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...
The Trump regime has lost an even more senseless war in Iran in just 2 weeks. The time for leaving is now
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...
It took U.S. years to lose a war in Vietnam. Trump lost one in days. | Will Bunch
It's increasingly clear that Trump's war of choice in Iran has failed spectacularly. America learned nothing from past war failures.
www.inquirer.com
March 12, 2026 at 5:55 PM
U.S. leaders were told: "declare victory and go home" in Vietnam as early as 1966, but fought for 7 more years and thousands of pointless deaths
The Trump regime has lost an even more senseless war in Iran in just 2 weeks. The time for leaving is now
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...
The Trump regime has lost an even more senseless war in Iran in just 2 weeks. The time for leaving is now
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...
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We're tracking who was in White Man's Unions in the counties surrounding Houston. We know alot about the Jaybirds in Fort Bend, and the WMUs in Grimes, Waller, Wharton, Liberty. But any of y'all have stories from grand daddies about Brazoria, Montgomery, Walker, etc.? -OS
March 13, 2026 at 6:42 PM
We're tracking who was in White Man's Unions in the counties surrounding Houston. We know alot about the Jaybirds in Fort Bend, and the WMUs in Grimes, Waller, Wharton, Liberty. But any of y'all have stories from grand daddies about Brazoria, Montgomery, Walker, etc.? -OS
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The Trump administration could really restore confidence by getting the entire Cabinet to ride a tanker through the Straits of Hormuz to show everyone how safe and easy it is now.
They could bring along a lot of MAGA influencers and Fox News hosts to broadcast it all live!
They could bring along a lot of MAGA influencers and Fox News hosts to broadcast it all live!
Bessent: "That was always in our planning -- the chance that the US Navy or perhaps an international coalition will be escorting tankers through. There are tankers coming through now. We know that they have not mined the Straits."
March 12, 2026 at 8:01 PM
The Trump administration could really restore confidence by getting the entire Cabinet to ride a tanker through the Straits of Hormuz to show everyone how safe and easy it is now.
They could bring along a lot of MAGA influencers and Fox News hosts to broadcast it all live!
They could bring along a lot of MAGA influencers and Fox News hosts to broadcast it all live!
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March 7, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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So you don't heave a missile into an elementary school, then fire a second missile into the school to finish off the survivors is why a professional military engages in dumb, politically correct rules of engagement. But no, American exceptionalism > 175 schoolgirls.
Hegseth: "The dumb, politically correct wars of the past were the opposite of what we're doing here. They had vague objections with restrictive, minimalist rules of engagement. No more."
March 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
So you don't heave a missile into an elementary school, then fire a second missile into the school to finish off the survivors is why a professional military engages in dumb, politically correct rules of engagement. But no, American exceptionalism > 175 schoolgirls.
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This reminds me of how Trump whipped into a blind panic about Obama’s handling of Ebola and then when Covid hit under him became the “this is fine” dog.
March 7, 2026 at 4:09 PM
This reminds me of how Trump whipped into a blind panic about Obama’s handling of Ebola and then when Covid hit under him became the “this is fine” dog.
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The article title is about "moral unseriousness." I would say it's more about moral depravity.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Pete Hegseth’s Moral Unseriousness
The defense secretary appears unable to approach matters of life and death with even the slightest bit of reverence or humility.
www.theatlantic.com
March 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The article title is about "moral unseriousness." I would say it's more about moral depravity.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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This dude is the bad guy in every single movie made about high school ever
"The only ones who need to be worried right now is the Iranians who think they're gonna live"
-Pete Hegseth, Very Normal Guy
-Pete Hegseth, Very Normal Guy
March 7, 2026 at 3:59 AM
This dude is the bad guy in every single movie made about high school ever
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He was a racist….with a podcast….. a shitty one at that…….. who said rape had grey area’s ….. and if his child was raped he would force her to carry ………….
March 4, 2026 at 5:46 AM
He was a racist….with a podcast….. a shitty one at that…….. who said rape had grey area’s ….. and if his child was raped he would force her to carry ………….
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🔥 @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The only minority destroying America is the billionaires. We are focused on the wrong 1%… it’s not left vs. right, it’s top vs. bottom.”
March 4, 2026 at 5:10 AM
🔥 @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The only minority destroying America is the billionaires. We are focused on the wrong 1%… it’s not left vs. right, it’s top vs. bottom.”
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Huh. No regime change.
March 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Huh. No regime change.
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Kind of interesting that our mandated nuclear posture review is going to boil down to “whatever we said about eight years ago.”
March 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Kind of interesting that our mandated nuclear posture review is going to boil down to “whatever we said about eight years ago.”