Progressive Texas veteran. USAF. Climate change is real. No walls. Progressive values are American values. Wear your damn mask. Joe Biden is your President 🇺🇸
May 9, 2019 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
1/ theriverandthewall.com The Texas-Mexico border fascinates me, and the Big Bend region, in particular, is a very special place, for me, and for many Texans. Having lived in two border states (California, where I was born and spent my childhood), and Texas, where I've lived…
2/ …longer than anywhere else, and having worked in Mexico for a couple years, the border, and Mexico, and the historical, cultural, and family ties that link us to our southern neighbor, are more meaningful to me, as I believe they are to many Texans, than to other Americans
Mar 9, 2019 • 22 tweets • 6 min read
1/ In honor of International Women’s Day, I want to tell you a story about a woman who changed a country, and also a story about how the People can take power back from a corrupt and dictatorial government. I’m writing, of course, about the … #InternationalWomensDay2/ …People Power Revolution in the Republic of the Philippines in 1986, and Corazon (Cory) Aquino, who went from politician’s wife to President of the Philippines. Ferdinand Marcos was elected President of the Philippines in 1965, re-elected in 1969, and amidst growing…
Feb 5, 2019 • 17 tweets • 6 min read
Thread: Trump Chooses David Bernhardt, a Former Oil Lobbyist, to Head the Interior Dept. “Bernhardt was top interior official in the George W. Bush administration, went on to work for some of the country’s largest oil and gas companies. #climatechange
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“As a partner in the law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, he lobbied for the oil companies Cobalt International Energy and Samson Resources. His legal clients have included the Independent Petroleum Association of America and Halliburton Energy Services.