Writing a novel about Mexico. MX news & US politics.
#Independent
from the border, moving to MX, hence the name. Future singer in a country band in Mexico City
I do cable interviews all the time where I’m talking about Biden and Trump and I flub the two, then quickly correct myself. I’m 30 🤷🏽♂️. It’s insanely common and how brains work when two things are so closely associated.
You can’t see my clenched jaw in this photo, which would reveal my disgust—w/Vladimir Putin for imprisoning Evan Gershkovich on false charges of espionage. I will get over being bald as fast as
#Biden
got over a bad debate. Moving on.
#IStandWithEvan
#IShaveWithEvan
@WSJ
Biden supporters keep talking about what he has done in order to make the case for him staying in.
That has always been a deeply flawed argument and one that is based on the absurd idea that he had one bad night.
Democrats who are urging him to get out of the race aren’t
Yesterday, a barber told me I had “balls of steel” for getting my head shaved in solidarity with
#EvanGershkovich
. Not really, it’s just hair. Evan, in a Russian prison, can lose more than 20 years of his young life. He can lose his life there. Praying for his safe return,
I just want to know what the plan is.
VP Harris at top of ticket? Or, will the same ghouls who ran out Biden, come after her next.
That’s the problem. The stakes are high. And Democrats are in disarray. Are they ready for the legal challenges on ballot access?
Dear
@DNC
and
@harrisonjaime
We had a presidential debate.
There is a big presser tonight at
#NATO
Let that be it. Get Biden in town-halls in the battleground states, at big rally's, get him & VP together campaigning. No more opportunities for the media to attack or demean him.
Unedited conversation with Pres.
#Biden
has ended. Biden ended the interview inviting Lester Holt to come talk to him about what they really should be talking about--"the issues."
#NBC
"Pres. Trump says he's giving you a chance to redeem yourself."--Pres. Biden laughs. "I'm on the horse. I've done 22 major events...overwhelming crowds...I'm demonstrating to the American people that I don't need notes...I can answer any question at all"
#NBC
I heard a rumor that Osiel Cardenas Guillen is going to Mexico upon his release from a US maximum security prison next month. This seems strange to me, as his family has been very interested in maintaining their lives. Except for his brother Antonio. I think he’s going to be in
✍️
#PorSiNoLoViste
, mi columna
@ElFinanciero_Mx
@EF_Opinion
más reciente aborda las potenciales implicaciones y secuelas -algunas de éstas ya evidentes en su discurso el jueves ante la Convención Republicana- del intento de asesinato de Trump.
Personal news: I am more confident than ever that Joe Biden will be reelected in November. Do not come into my mentions, DMs or texts with anymore doom. At this point, Trump’s only chance at winning is if Biden steps aside.
#BidenHarris2024
#WeBackBidenHarris
I do feel for the Biden White House aides who have seen him regularly make good decisions as President over the years while they rack up accomplishments using the levers of good government. Unfortunately, too many people have been unwilling to confront his failings and have
San Fernando is an abysmal place because of the Zetas. That’s where my bus got hijacked. My credit card wouldn’t work in Mexico City for some reason. I called my grandfather for him to pay for a flight to the States which is only $100. He declined. My family is not that helpful.
#Biden
lively at his campaign event in Wisconsin. He told a pretty good joke about
#Trump
. "We're going to save
#democracy
... I am running and we're going to win again"
I have a job interview on Monday, but, after that, I'm doing this ⬇️.
#IStandWithEvan
I'm going to look like
#SineadOConnor
, but that's cool. I want to show my support
@WSJ
On this July 4, Wall Street Journal reporters are shaving their heads in solidarity with our jailed colleague, Evan, whose hair was buzzed in a Russian prison.
Like the widow who Gospel tells us donated her last two coins, I sadly had little to offer.😂But I've given all I have.
You overstate your importance again. He is not running against you. Who cares if he’s a little bit behind four months out? That’s to be expected, especially with a bad debate performance that he’s putting behind him. He’s on offense now. It would be great if you wouldn’t put him
That's absolutely our one job.
I hope the President and his team, who according to their own internal polling are behind, have a plan to turn the race around that's as strong as their plan to run against their critics.
I don’t think the 23 yo anti-Biden people can comprehend the resilience of we who lived through Clinton impeachment, Bush2 anti-gay jingoism, Iraq, 2008, Obama v Hill, the tea party, Hillary V Bernie, Donald Trump, COVID, 🐀🐍, the Squad, etc—y’all can barely live w/o DoorDash.
Mickey D’s finally opened, seven minutes late. Breakfast time. I’ve only been up since midnight fighting idiots on Twitter like George Clooney, who is completely out of his depth. But he’s not on Twitter, I know. I was just talking about him.
I’m going through my photos to put in the scrapbook for my major professor. This selfie will probably go in. The balloons are for my niece.
#selfie
#scrapbook
#goodtimes
Trump does such a bad job at presenting an optimistic view of the nation that Biden could easily beat him—I’m not saying he did that in the debate—if the Democratic Party would unify behind him. I think a lot of the people who want Biden to leave just want a new shiny thing to
Sen.
@BernieSanders
: Let me be very clear as to why I support President Biden. He has been the strongest, most progressive president in my lifetime. He is the first president in American history to stand with workers on a picket line. He has lowered the cost of prescription
According to my calculation, Evan Gershkovich was born in 1992. I was 12 then. I mention this because he’s too young to lose 16 years of his life for doing his job. I’m 45 and have a long life ahead of me in which I can fight for Evan. I don’t want it to take much longer, though
This was a really nice moment from Secretary Buttigieg's hearing.
Some House Republicans do enjoy working with Pete. You may not hear them say it publicly, because our political climate is so toxic. But you can see it here...
I probably would get those peonies for the vice president if I had the money.
@VP
Alaska Peony Market has flowers worthy of heads of state.
@HillaryClinton
too. Next year!
Took a nap and had a nightmare that my cats were being held for ransom. For what I say on X. LOL. I haven’t pissed off the cartels that much yet. Plus, they wouldn’t take ransom. They would just slaughter them. :(
I’m a former resident of this great city,
#Houston
. I may live there again soon. This is an RT of a
@TexasTribune
—the indispensable Texas Tribune—reporter
Houston is a world-class city with amazing people but man it can be tough to live there. Second major storm in less than two months to knock out power for 2+ million people. And some of the bayous that flooded had been *widened* since Harvey 7 yrs ago!
"This guy is 3 years younger and a lot less competent."--
#Biden
on
#Trump
when asked about being able to be president well into his 80s
#PresidentialDebate
I was going to buy the bottle of Patrón I’ll have handy at the interview at the Duty-Free store on Friday, but I will wait to see if there is even going to be an interview. I cannot drink tequila. This stems from an “All You Can Drink” Tequila night in Cuernavaca many years ago.
I once saw Taylor Kitsch at Central Market in Austin. He was looking at candles. He smiled at me. A lot of guys don’t bother to smile because they think that you will think that they are interested in you. When you are not. You are just being friendly.
Senator
@JDVance1
has one of the most compelling stories in American politics, overcoming so much adversity in life.
He understands the struggles of working Americans, as he has walked in their shoes and has become one of their best champions.
Bright, articulate, and a Marine
Planning my bus trip to visit family to ask for money for
#Biden
. I think I’ll have more success in person. But I have to wait until my dad comes back from his trial in New Orleans. He is a criminal-defense attorney specializing in representing federal drug cases
Folks, Biden isn't dropping out. You want to pull a Ted Cruz/Ted Kennedy and challenge him at the convention, feel free. But Biden is staying in.
A whole lot of folks, both in media and on the Hill, are now invested in Biden losing.
What do they do if he wins?
I am incensed that Democrats have spent the last three weeks running
@JoeBiden
out of this race against this lying, rambling felon. No unity in this pack of lies filled with hate. For shame.
President
#Biden
just offered a masterclass on our
#democracy
in his address to the nation from the oval office. If you missed it, I would check it out.
This is the home of the hippos. I once saw a severe hippo fight here. You know they are very powerful. I do not know where the hippos are right now, or were when I took this picture.
On my walk this morning, I was thinking about Evan Gershkovich and all the little things that he’s missing out on that are actually big things: taking a walk, looking at flowers (below is a picture from my walk this morning ), listening to the birds, seeing his family. A year
Such a huge slap in the face coming from
#Russia
today. I have stopped my usual activities to say a prayer for Evan. A really sad day
#IStandWithEvan
@WSJ
I defended the United States many a time against kids at my high school whose families were politically connected in Mexico who would like to taunt Americans by saying our country has no culture. Because Mexican culture is very prominent. It’s very much part of who they are.
.
@AJDelgado13
you may have gone to Harvard law, as your bio proudly declares, but you don’t decide who the president is. He made a small gaffe and corrected it immediately. Get used to him for 4 1/2 half years.
I post this a lot because the video is great. I studied apes in college quite a bit; I spent many hours observing ringtailed lemurs on campus, though. (UT has a private zoo.) It’s just a fun song. Coldplay - Adventure Of A Lifetime (Official Video)
Museo Franz Mayer
+52 55 5518 2266
This is where I was going to write my novel. It had to be written in Mexico, it just has to be. The 1st novel. There’s a beautiful library here.
The woman you see below is no longer alive because she denounced the crime syndicate being involved in fisheries in
#Mexico
. She was executed today. So sad. May she rest in peace.
#cartel
#drugcartel
BREAKING—
Local media in Baja California reporting that the state chapter president of🇲🇽Mexico's Chamber of Fisheries & Aquaculture Industry has been gunned down in Ensenada.
Minerva Pérez Castro had denounced he penetration of criminal syndicates in Mexican fisheries.
👇
.
@HillaryClinton
is extremely loyal to this country so it’s not surprising she’s sticking with the president because he’s the only person who can defeat Trump and save our democracy.
I find it notable that Hakeem Jeffries and Bill and Hillary Clinton are sticking with the President. And that the Obama nexus is not. Very interesting indeed.
First, my dad tells me I’m a public figure because I had a PAC when I was 29. Now he tells me there’s no way I’m a public figure. Because I’m a loser is the implication. He just doesn’t say that.
I remember it well from my childhood, but I’ll watch it again just to see how much sacrilege is here.
#Jesus
! Madonna - Like A Prayer (Official Video)
This is
#Biden
next debate. "When I shoot, I shoot to kill." He doesn't give a sh*t what you think, in case that hasn't dawned on ppl. He's taking his case to the American ppl. Good for him. (I haven't been on X in hrs. I don't know what ppl are saying)
I decided to go to the gym tomorrow, when the bus doesn’t run. This means I have to walk 9 miles total. I will really get some good thinking done. Praying too (it’s Sunday after all). No music.
#gym
#walk
#RGV
I don’t know about ironic. But it is telling. I couldn’t care less about Pelosi at this point. She is acting in the same manner that she accuses the president of acting, not understanding the limits of her power.
Let me get this straight: Nancy Pelosi with all her supposed “power” called Biden last week and told him that he needed to drop out and he told her NO! Today, someone leaked this info to the press and voters are like - whatever!
Do y’all not see how ironic this is..
What a great sermon by
@DrStevenJLawson
at Grace Community Church today! Like Paul, I am obligated, eager, and not ashamed.
@rhosa
, the sermon included Plato, Aristotle, inclusio, litotes, and the King James Version of being a debtor. Dr. Lawson challenged us to consider what
The only time I’ve taken an oath to this country is when I signed up for the
#Army
. As I’ve described, I had to leave abruptly because my mother had threatened Kay Bailey Hutchison’s life to me while I was in Boot Camp (she was known for her violence, had been arrested for
The first job I took after teaching in Chicago was teaching at my old high school/junior high. A staff member fell in love with me and started following me all over town and up to 60 miles away. I told the principal and he blew me off, blaming me. I resigned within hours. I’m not