#tim farris

[gwydionmisha]

Vote the whole ticket. Local races matter very much.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Zach Despart at Texas Tribune:

BEAUMONT — Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, the top electoral target for a far-right faction of Republicans intent on controlling the Legislature, emerged victorious Tuesday over a well-funded challenger endorsed by Donald Trump and his allies.

Phelan defeated former Orange County Republican Party chairman David Covey, who also had the backing of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Attorney General Ken Paxton and former Texas Republican Party Chairman Matt Rinaldi. In doing so, he avoided the ignominious fate of becoming the first House speaker to lose a primary in 52 years. With all precincts reporting, Phelan was up 366 votes — within the margin that Covey can call for a recount. Covey, however, conceded in a speech to supporters at his election night party in Orange shortly after 9:30 p.m. Phelan, 48, who has seen his popularity plummet among Republicans since he backed the impeachment of Paxton on corruption and bribery charges exactly one year and one day ago, was defiant in his victory speech at JW’s Patio in Beaumont. “I will be your state rep for HD 21 and I will be your speaker for the Texas House in 2025,” Phelan said to a raucous crowd of more than 100 supporters. “This was a true grassroots effort — not the fake grassroots.”

Covey, a 34-year-old first-time candidate, not only forced Phelan into a runoff in March but secured more votes than the two-term House speaker. That outcome shocked many in the district, as Phelan was previously reelected four times without Republican opposition and hails from one of the most prominent families in Beaumont. Candidates for the Texas Legislature who trail after the first round rarely win their runoffs. Phelan carried the unique advantage of being a statewide leader with a prolific roster of political donors. Through May 20, his campaign reported spending $3.8 million on the runoff, more than double Covey’s $1.6 million. Their combined hauls amounted to what was almost certainly the most expensive state House race in Texas history. It was also an ugly contest — Phelan accused Covey of running on “lies and deceit” — where the candidates attacked each other in a flood of mailers and television advertisements.

[...] Phelan’s win is a major blow to the party’s ultraconservative faction that is led ideologically by Patrick and Paxton and financed by megadonors like West Texas oil magnate Tim Dunn. It is a group that rejects compromise and bipartisanship, demonizing Democrats and the Republicans willing to work with them. This ascendant wing has supplanted the party’s traditional focus on taxes and regulations with highly divisive social issues like transgender rights and book bans. In defeat, that group did not go quietly. Covey called Phelan an "Austin swamp creature" who only secured reelection through the support of Democrats, which he said was a "brazen act of betrayal." Paxton, an early endorser of Covey who had campaigned for the challenger as late as Tuesday afternoon, echoed the claim. The attorney general, who had vowed revenge against Phelan for supporting his impeachment, said the speaker had "blatantly stolen an election from the hard-working people of his district" by courting Democrats. Paxton said Republicans should move to closed primaries — a priority of the far right — and he issued a warning to members of the House.

[...] But whether Phelan can hold on to the speaker’s gavel is unclear. One of his own committee chairmen, Republican Rep. Tom Oliverson of Cypress, declared his candidacy for speaker in March. But no members have publicly endorsed Oliverson, and while his reelection was in doubt, Phelan was able to keep the rest of his caucus from open rebellion. [...] Attacked by his enemies as a RINO, Phelan was also widely considered more conservative than his predecessors, Phelan secured passage of the state’s near-total ban on abortion, permitless carry of handguns and several first-in-the-nation border security bills. Phelan was easily reelected speaker in January 2023 with all Democrats and almost all Republicans in support; conservative rumblings of dissatisfaction amounted to a paltry three votes for another candidate. And he batted away far-right criticism of the House’s longstanding practice of appointing Democratic committee chairs, appointing them to lead eight of 34 committees.

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) staves off MAGA wing/Farris Wilks/Tim Dunn-funded candidate David Covey to narrowly keep his seat and his Speakership gavel.

[darlinhutchence]

on this day in 1985, inxs performed in oz for africa (aussie live aid!) to raise money for famine relief in africa...and they CRUSHED it while looking fabulous doing it.

heres a clip of the best part of kiss the dirt

[msclaritea]

Meet Tim Dunn & Farris Wilks—two billionaires from West Texas.

They bought Paxton’s acquittal for $3 million. Now they’re pushing a private school voucher scam.

Their ultimate goal is even more ambitious: transforming Texas into an authoritarian, Christian Nationalist state.

Dunn & Wilks are oil and gas oligarchs.

They’re also both Christian pastors.

These two billionaire-pastors are spending their fortune enacting an extreme Christian nationalist worldview in the second-largest state in the country.

And no one is talking about it.

Dunn & Wilks have bought the top politicians in Texas with $100+ million in contributions.

And it’s not just politicians. They fund a sprawling network of PACs, think tanks, and media outlets.

Every right-wing policy that's come out of Texas lately goes back to them.

When they’re not buying politicians, Dunn & Wilks both preach at far-right churches.

They push a theology of power, control, and domination — not universal love.

Now their toxic theology is becoming law in Texas.

Just this week, a Dunn & Wilks operative espoused the racist Great Replacement Theory.

She followed it up with a claim that white people are being “genocided.”

This is the Dunn & Wilks worldview.

How significant is their influence?

Every Republican State Senator and over half of Republican House members in Texas have taken money from Dunn & Wilks.

For some Republicans, nearly HALF of their total campaign contributions are from these two billionaires.

And our statewide officials are in their pockets too.

Greg Abbott takes free trips on Wilks' private plane.

Dan Patrick acquitted Ken Paxton after taking $3 million from the Dunn & Wilks PAC fighting the impeachment.

Pro-Paxton group gives $3 million to impeachment trial judge Dan PatrickDefend Texas Liberty was the lieutenant governor’s largest benefactor in late June, providing a $1 million donation and $2 million loan to his campaign.https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/18/ken-paxton-impeachment-dan-patrick/

Dunn & Wilks have zero tolerance for opposition.

Their PAC—Defend Texas Liberty—recruits far-right candidates to primary Republicans who don't do their bidding.

It's a win-win: they beat the moderate incumbent or force them to take extreme positions.

Dunn & Wilks also control influential legal, policy, & advocacy organizations.

One of those orgs argued in court that pharmacies shouldn't sell birth control.

The lawyer who argued that case later became a federal judge.

He banned the abortion pill.

How a Right-wing Law Firm Shaped the Judge Who Will Rule on the Abortion Pill

Matthew Kacsmaryk cut his teeth at First Liberty Institute, a “religious liberty” law firm with Texas roots—and a growing national reach.https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/first-liberty-abortion-pill-lawsuit/

And they've even created their own right-wing media bubble.

Dunn & Wilks fund Texas Scorecard, the top far-right publication.

Wilks owns the Daily Wire and bankrolls PragerU, a right-wing "education" platform they’re trying to force into our schools.

Texas fracking billionaire brothers fuel rightwing media with millions of dollarsFarris and Dan Wilks’ deep pockets fund climate denialism education, conservative politicians and pro-fossil fuel projectshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/05/texas-fracking-billionaire-brothers-prageru-daily-wire

Now they’re taking on their most ambitious project: replacing public schools with Christian schools.

Abbott just called a special session to pass Dunn & Wilks’ voucher scam.

Republican Sen Bob Deuell said: “They want to destroy the public school system”

http://houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/dunn-wilks-paxton-texas-theocracy-democracy-18380689.php

Dunn & Wilks are executing their plan to dismantle public education:

✔️Fund manufactured controversies to discredit public schools

✔️Pass private school voucher scam to defund public schools

✔️Close public schools and shift our entire system to private, Christian education

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There’s been a lot of bad news out of Texas lately.

Paxton’s acquittal, private school vouchers, no-exceptions abortion bans, CRT hysteria, weakened gun laws, Christian nationalism…

It’s all connected to a couple billionaire mega-donors.

Texas is too big and too great to be sold to the highest bidder.

We cannot let two billionaires turn our beloved state into a Christofascist theocracy.

Two billionaire mega-donors bought Ken Paxton’s acquittal. Now those same billionaires are funding the effort to privatize our public schools with a voucher scam. Follow the money. 🧵 #txlege #tribfest23 

Just weeks before he presided over the Paxton impeachment trial in the Texas Senate, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick received a $3 million dollar check. It came from Paxton’s two billionaire benefactors: Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks. texastribune.org/2023/07/18/ken…

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These billionaires bought Ken Paxton's acquittal. According to the Republican Speaker of the Texas House: "The fix was in from the start." beaumontenterprise.com/opinions/colum…

Greg Abbott's voucher scam would divert taxpayer dollars out of public schools and into private schools. But private schools aren't accountable to taxpayers—no transparency, no oversight, no standards. Watch how they struggle to answer my basic questions about accountability… 

“You said you don’t want to take the STAAR test. Public schools don’t want to take the STAAR test either. But they have to because there are strings attached to public money.” 

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

“Could a child be denied admission because of behavior problems? Could a child be denied admission because of academic performance? Could a child be denied admission because they’re not a cultural fit?” 

Texas Republicans are trying to force public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. I told the bill author: “This bill is not only un-constitutional and un-American, it’s deeply un-Christian.” #txlege 

The bill author says she’s a champion of “parental rights.” So I asked her if state-sponsored religious indoctrination violates the rights of parents. This was her response. 

Would you be comfortable with adding language to receive parental consent from all the students and parents in the classroom before putting it up?” 

In high school, I played Danny Zuko in our production of Grease! Today the House passed a school finance package that includes my bill funding fine arts education. This is the first time in Texas history we’re dedicating funding specifically for the arts in our schools! #txlege

I filed a bill to create a fine arts allotment in our school finance formula. Currently, schools struggle to come up with $ for the arts—relying on booster clubs and private donations. Today Rep. Ken King added the language from my bill to his school finance package (HB 100)!!

If the Texas Senate passes this bill, school districts will receive per-student funding SPECIFICALLY for fine arts. This means hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding for music, dance, art, and theater programs! It’s a game changer.

Billionaire mega-donors are trying to destroy Texas public schools with a private voucher scam. They say it’s what parents want. But thousands of parents just showed up at the Texas Capitol to defend our schools. These PTA moms have a message: Come and Take It. #txlege

Texans love our public schools. Public schools are enshrined in our Texas Constitution, and there’s nothing more Texan than Friday night lights. That’s why voucher scammers are spending millions of dollars to demonize our schools…

These billionaire mega-donors have a simple strategy: 1) Demonize, then 2) Dismantle public education. They've paid politicians to attack our teachers, our librarians, and even our students. Now they're paying politicians to defund and close our schools with a voucher scam.

When I was a public school teacher, I struggled to make ends meet. 40% of Texas teachers work a second job. Thousands are leaving the profession to find work that can pay the bills. Today I’m introducing legislation to give every teacher in Texas a $15,000 pay raise. 

We can do this. Texas has a $47 billion budget surplus. That’s billion with a b! We can give every teacher a $15,000 raise, give all support staff a 25% raise, and still have more than HALF the surplus left over.

Hoarding this surplus while teachers and students are suffering is immoral. But it’s also bad business. You don’t stick your money under a mattress—you put it to work by making smart investments. And the smartest investment we can make is in the next generation.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the entire Republican Party were in on creating a huge, stinking distraction in Congress just so Greg Abbott could shaft the state of Texas.

[dollwhite]

Singing death

[not a chapter]

All writing made by me will be under the tag ‘dollings work’

Also I’m thinking about making a side account but I don’t really think I want to because i would like to focus more on this one.

Made by Dolling

“Tim.. this is the second time this month.” You said, you arms folded in front of your chest. Staring instantly at your now broken window. “You’ve got a key for a reason child” you added.

It’s not like you didn’t have the money to fix all of the broken windows,but having to pull excuses out of your ass when the workers ask what happened. Was getting exhausting, you bought an extra key for him and he has his own room in your condo. But he still brokes your windows??

Kids now days.

Ya didn’t mine back then, because it was always fun to get a surprise visit from Tim. But now it’s like he doesn’t know when to go home, don’t get confused you loved Tim like he was your own son. But sometimes he had to remember, you’re not his bio mother. And that you had your own needs, like dating!

Before meeting Tim, you love life was not… not the best. With you being a popular singer, trying to find someone to date. Who wasn’t with you because you were famous and rich was hard, even other rich people wanted to date you because you were the famous ‘s/n’

And when you took a break from singer, you thought.

“oh maybe I’ll have time to date now!”

oh boy how wrong you were, it’s like the first week you took a break Tim showed up. And with him being thrown in your life, you didn’t have time to date.

But today was your date night, it’s the first date you choose to go to in months. But now you have to cancel why? Because your ‘son’ decided instead of going back to the batcave or whatever it was that the farry bat had. He came to your condo, and it wasn’t like he didn’t know what today was, you had told him two weeks ahead.

Just so he know that you wouldn’t be home, so he wouldn’t come with one of his surprise visits. But he came anyway, and he broke your window!

It’s not like you didn’t get him a key to your place the thread week you guys met. Maybe he liked brokering windows? You hoped not…

“Maybe I miss you?” The why Tim said these words, they felt… calculated.like this encounter was all planned out?

“Don’t give me that bullshit, look at my window!” Maybe it was the fact that, you had known Tim for about five months now. That you felt so comfortable scolding him or the fact that you done it so often.

Or the fact that he got himself into trouble a lot.

“I’ll get Bruce to buy you a new one.” Tim murmured as he walked up to you, holding his arms out in expectations for a hug.

“Tim.” You muttered. “You are grounded.”

“Hm- thought you were going to [readers] house?” Jason said, staring at Tim. “She grounded me.”

“S-she [reader] grounded, I’m sorry you? Ain’t you her self proclaimed child?” Dick added. It was after petrol, that they all decided to have a game night hell even Jason was there.

Of course with the exception of Tim as he wanted to give reader a visits and maybe stay the night at their house. It’s like 85 percent of the time Tim lived with reader, and that other 15 percent? Oh he spent that time at school.

“And what did you do for her to decide to ground you?” A malicious little voice rung out. It was Damian of course, no one else liked to torture Tim more than him.

Maybe Jason on a bad day but still, it’s like that little demon liked to see to suffer.

“How does she even ground you if you don’t live with her?” Duke asked.placing down a drew four on the coffee table, for Cass.

“Yeh, how does that even work?”

“I’m grounded from her house.” Tim answered, it was a pretty obvious answer to him but maybe some people just don’t get the contacts clues.

“That sucks little guy”

Can u guys tell their playing uno? Also SCHOOL IS CLOSED TOMORROW!! So I might add on to this<333

Anddd do u guys like the name Allure being readers singer name or should I change it?

Also the little special one short I was goin to do…. I don’t think it’s going to be done in time 😭🙏🏽 if y’all have any questions about siren reader don’t be shy ask meee!!

[blu3fiish]

Incorrect batfam quotes but its Brandon Farris and Cameron Domasky

Tim: The clapper!

Jason: [Gasping] I am really excited about this.

Tim: you wanna put batteries in this.

Jason: how many batteries does it take?

Tim: [ignores question]

Jason: did you not get batteries at all??

Jason: Tim.

Tim: I--

Jason: Did you not get batteries.?

Tim: [forced laughter.]

Jason: thats not an answer at all.

Tim: That's just a face!

Jason: It needs batteries!

Tim: It doesnt need batteries!

Jason: it totally needs batteries.

Tim: like maybe a double A, but, not like a bunch

----

Tim: I got a bunch of stuff tik tok made me buy.

Damian: all right here?

Tim: all this stuffs right here

Damian: are you saying that you invited me over just to play with a bunch of toys that you found?

Tim: kind of.

Tim: yes i mean--

Tim: i bought a whole bunch of cool stuff and were just gonna test some stuff out

Damian: where do we start out?

Tim: i bought a flashlight?

Damian:

Tim: its also a taser

----

Duke: kay, these are like, toddler cups

Duke and Steph: [filling up unknock-over-able cups with soda]

Duke: are you also missing the cup?

Steph: Yep!

Duke: okay so! They say that you cannot knock these over

Steph: [hits cup]

Duke: oh yeah, no toddlers ever gonna knock that over.

Steph: [starts pushing cup towards duke]

Duke: Why are you pushing it my way??

Duke: WHY ARE YOU PUSHING IT MY WAY!?

Steph: but yeah, if you try to knock it over it aint going no wher-

Duke: [smacks the cup across the room]

Duke: yeah it might. >:/

Steph: it does. You're right

[nerdieforpedro]

Summer Fanfics - Nerdie’s Fanfic Picks Volume 8

All fanfics on this list are for readers age 18 and up, please respect the author's tags, warnings and notes as they're there so you know what's in them. YOU are in charge of your own reading experience!

Fics I read from June through the beginning of August, I tried to capture as many of them as I could, but my memory is like Swiss cheese. I usually tag them with (#nerdie fic rec) though.

1. Farris Wheel - @ghotifishreads (Joel Miller)

2. finger paint - @sin-djarin (Dieter Bravo)

3. Columbia - @wheresarizona (Marcus Acacius)

4. Make Me - @magpiepills (Lucian Flores)

5. Trick or Treat - @morallyinept (Frankie/Dave York/Joel Miller - Dark fic)

6. Wild and Unruly - @clawdeewritesfanfic (Joel Miller)

7. I wish that I was good enough - @iamasaddie (Javier Peña)

8. Stitch me where it bleeds - @megamindsecretlair (Choso -JJK)

9. A Glimpse of Eternity - @gasolinerainbowpuddles (Marcus Acacius)

10. love’s a weed: Frankie is the centerfold @tinytinymenace (Frankie Morales)

11. Soar - @morallyinept (Javier Gutierrez)

12. Tempered in the Fire Series - @ladamedusoif (Din Djarin)

13. Pistachio Pea - @morallyinept (Javier Peña)

14. Writing Club - @soft-persephone (Jake Johnson)

15. In Another Lifetime - @inept-the-magnificent (Marcus Acacius)

16. Sweet Tooth - @magpiepills (Javier Peña)

17. Twinkle - @morallyinept (Frankie Morales)

18. Chasing Fall - @inept-the-magnificent (Frankie Morales)

19. The Sound of His Voice - @lis-likes-fics (Spencer Reid)

20. Mini Skirt - @pedroshotwifey (Javier Peña)

21. The guest room - @milla-frenchy (Tim Rockford)

22. be cruel to me, ‘cause I’m a fool for you - @joelsgreenflannel (Frankie Morales)

23. No Solo Riders - @missredherring (Dieter Bravo)

24. Guiding Light - @mermaidgirl30 (Marcus Acacius)

25. Punto De Perder Part 2 - @fhatbhabiee (Frankie Morales)

26. Winston’s Sister - @soft-persephone (Jake Johnson)

27. Sweet Taste of Revenge - @frenchiereading (Oberyn Martell)

28. A Guide to Proper Communication/Best He Could Do (Totally Intentional) - @soft-persephone (Jake Johnson)

29. Pink Interface - @milkypompon (Nathan Bateman)

30. So Much Goddam Talkin’ - @stargirlfics (Joel Miller)

31. Punto De Perder - @fhatbhabiee (Frankie Morales)

Please check out the fics and their author’s masterlists. 🥰 Don’t forget to reblog and comment if you really enjoy their work. 💜

[diceriadelluntore]

Storia Di Musica #340 - INXS, Kick, 1987

La band di oggi, a metà anni '80, era tra le più famose del mondo. Ma credo che anche all'epoca pochissima sapessero che il nucleo centrale di questo gruppo australiano fosse formato da tre fratelli. tutto inizia a Perth, nel 1979: i fratelli Farris, Tim, Andrew e Jon che avevano già un gruppo dal nome, inequivocabile, di The Farris Brothers, aggiungono al nucleo fondativo Kirk Pengilly, Garry Beers e un cantante, amico di liceo di Tim, Michael Hutchens. Si spostano a Sydney, dove cambiano nome in INXS ( da leggere come "In Excess") dove ottengono un contratto con una piccola etichetta indipendente, la Deluxe, con cui pubblicano il primo singolo, Simple Simon. Erano gli anni della pulizia dal rumore del punk, dell'arrivo della elettronica "dolce" e della new wave. È in questo solco che la band si muove, ma si apre in maniera piuttosto originale al funk e a piccoli innesti dance. All'inizio concentrano le energie nella nativa Australia, dove ottengono un buon successo con il loro primo disco, del 1980, intitolato INXS, che si ripete nel 1981 con Underneath The Colours, con la prima hit, una cover di un classico della musica australiana coverizzato, The Loved One, successo del 1966 dei The Loved Ones. Nel 1982 tentano il grande salto. Vanno in Inghilterra, dove li scrittura la WEA e la Atlantic li distribuisce negli Stati Uniti. Shabooh Shoobah del 1982 ha il primo singolo di successo mondiale, Don't Change, e il seguente tour internazionale al seguito di The Kinks e Adam And the Ants li fa conoscere in mezzo mondo. Nel 1984 ancora maggiore successo ottiene The Swing, trascinato dal singolo Original Sin, prodotto da Nile Rodgers. Il successo è sempre crescente: nel 1985 partecipano da Sydney al Live Aid, nel 1986 suonano con i Queen alla Royal Albert Hall, Hutchens addirittura esordisce come attore protagonista in Dogs In Space, film che lo vede interpretare Sam, il frontman avvezzo alla sostanze di una band post punk nel 1978 a Melbourne.

Dopo un tour lunghissimo, e con il management che ne programma uno nuovo in Europa, la band torna in studio. Guidati dal produttore Chris Thomas, uno dei grandi produttori inglesi (a lavoro con The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, Roxy Music, Badfinger, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend, Pulp, The Pretenders) le prime prove avvengono addirittura nella spettacolare Sydney Opera House. Il suono è più maturo, gli innesti da altri generi eclettici, i riff invidiabili e la voce di Hutchens è ormai una garanzia. Thomas però vorrebbe più canzoni, anche in previsione dell'atteso e imminente tour europeo, quindi manda Hutchens e Andrew Farris a Honk Kong, dove i due acquistarono un appartamento. Un giorno, mentre è in attesa di un taxi, a Andrew viene in mente una melodia, proprio mentre il taxi è arrivato. Chiede al tassista di aspettarlo cinque minuti, ma lui sale nel suo appartamento, scrive e registra i demo di una canzone, la riporta sulla cassetta e 45 minuti dopo, nonostante la furiosa cazziata del tassista, la porta a Hutchens che lo aspettava in un bar, e in dieci minuti ne scrive il testo, per quello che sarà il singolo di apertura, e hit mondiale, del nuovo disco.

Kick esce il 19 ottobre del 1987, un mese prima, il 21 Settembre, fu preceduto da quella canzone: Need You Tonight, dal ritmo funky, la voce sensuale di Hutchens e un bellissimo video musicale (che vinse nel 1988 5 MTV Video Music Awards) trascinano il brano in cima alle classifiche (primo negli Stati Uniti e secondo in Gran Bretagna) e proietta il disco e la band in una nuova dimensione. Tutte le canzone sono scritte dal duo Hutchens - Andrew Farris, che mediano tra il suono molto funk dei primi dischi a quello mainstream rock dei primi dischi a distribuzione internazionale. Più che altro, hanno il tocco magico di scrivere canzoni che diventano famose per come rimangono in testa: New Sensation, Devil Inside, Mystify, la toccante Never Tear Us Apart, la ripresa di The Loved One ne fanno un disco di grande qualità e di grande successo, con una serie di ganci musicali memorabile. Il disco venderà milioni di copie e li fa diventare rockstar.

Arriveranno anche al Festival di Sanremo del 1988, però perdono il tocco magico: nonostante tour seguitissimi, in studio perdono la magia e X (1990) e Welcome To Wherever You Are (1992) sono accolti con freddezza e non regalano grandi canzoni. Parallelamente, Hutchens diventa molto più famoso dell'intera band, complice anche la relazione con Paula Yates, giornalista musicale famosa per le sue interviste particolari fatte in programmi come The Tube o The Big Breakfast, dove intervistava gli artisti in un letto e dal 1986 al 1996 moglie di Bob Geldof. Hutchens pensa ad una carriera solista, ma il 22 novembre del 1997 viene trovato morto impiccato in una camera di Hotel in Australia. In un primo momento si scatenano le voci incontrollate di un tragico gioco erotico, in seguito un'inchiesta medico legale, contestata da Yates, accerta che la morte del cantante è suicidio, cosa che non interrompe minimamente il gossip sulla vicenda.

La band, scossa dall'accaduto, sostituirà per un tour celebrativo Hutchens con Terence Trent D'Arby (che fu amante di Paula Yates quando era ancora sposata con Bob Geldof), inaugurando il nuovo stadio Olimpico di Sydney, e nel 2000 alla chiusura dei Giochi Olimpici nella città australiana del 2000. La band continuerà in maniera discontinua anche a suonare dal vivo fino al 2012, ma senza mai arrivare alla qualità di questo disco. Ci sono da raccontare ancora due aneddoti: Hutchens era probabilmente molto simpatico, perchè era amico di tantissimi musicisti. Simon Le Bon dei Duran Duran, scrisse per lui prima della sua morte, Michael, You've Got A Lot To Answer For dall'album Medazzaland del 1997, canzone che Le Bon non è mai riuscita a cantare dal vivo per l'emozione. E Bono dedicò all'amicizia con Hutchens un brano molto famoso, Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of, da All That You Can't Leave Behind del 2000, che immagina un impossibile dialogo tra i due con Bono che cerca di convincere Hutchens a non farlo:

I never thought you were a fool

But darling, look at you

You gotta stand up straight, carry your own weight

These tears are going nowhere, baby

[beesbeesthrees]

Tim has been sick for a long time. / When is the cure worse than the disease?

detail, @ariadneurania / Why Write Love Poetry in a Burning World, Katie Farris / Speckled King Snake, Mark Laita / Exercitationes de structura viscerum, Marcello Malpighi / Refusing Heaven, Jack Gilbert / The Dance of Death, Michael Wolgemut, Nuremburg Chronicles / Twists and Turns in the Bowels of the Neon Dragon, Jackie Wang / equivocal generation, cassiopeia721

inspired by equivocal generation by @cassiopeia721

[thebiscuiteternal]

But the viciousness of the primary season had been getting to him. Nearly a year before the March elections, ads began to appear in Rogers’ district castigating him not simply as a RINO but as a closet liberal who supported gun control and Shariah law. (Rogers was especially peeved by an ad that photoshopped his signature white cowboy hat onto a headshot of Joe Biden.) Some of the attacks originated from his challenger’s campaign, while others were sponsored by organizations with grassroots-sounding names, like Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, Texas Gun Rights and Texas Family Project. By the time voters headed to the polls, they could have been forgiven for thinking that Rogers had disappointed a suite of conservative groups. In reality, Rogers had disappointed two men: Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, billionaires who have made their fortunes in the oil industry. Over the past decade, the pair have built the most powerful political machine in Texas — a network of think tanks, media organizations, political action committees and nonprofits that work in lock step to purge the Legislature of Republicans whose votes they can’t rely on. Cycle after cycle, their relentless maneuvering has pushed the statehouse so far to the right that consultants like to joke that Karl Rove couldn’t win a local race these days. Brandon Darby, the editor of Breitbart Texas, is one of several conservatives who has compared Dunn and Wilks to Russian oligarchs. “They go into other communities and unseat people unwilling to do their bidding,” he says. “You kiss the ring or you’re out.” Like the Koch brothers, the Mercer family and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes. Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule. “It’s hard to think of other megafunders in the country as big on the theocratic end of the spectrum,” says Peter Montgomery, who oversees the Right Wing Watch project at People for the American Way, a progressive advocacy group. Texas, which has few limits on campaign spending, is home to a formidable army of donors. Lately Dunn has outspent them all. Since 2000, he and his wife have given more than $29 million to candidates and PACs in Texas. Wilks and his wife, who have donated to many of the same PACs as Dunn, have given $16 million. Last year, Dunn and his associated entities provided two-thirds of the donations to the state Republican Party. The duo’s ambitions extend beyond Texas. They’ve poured millions into “dark money” groups, which do not have to disclose contributors; conservative-media juggernauts (Wilks provided $4.7 million in seed capital to The Daily Wire, which hosts “The Ben Shapiro Show”); and federal races. Dunn’s $5 million gift to the Make America Great Again super PAC in December made him one of Donald Trump’s top supporters this election season, and he has quietly begun to invest in efforts to influence a possible second Trump administration, including several linked to Project 2025. Rogers believes he provoked the ire of the Dunn and Wilks machine for two reasons. He refused to support a school voucher bill that would funnel taxpayer dollars to private schools, and he voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, one of the machine’s most powerful allies. (Paxton, who did not respond to requests for comment, was impeached in part for misusing his office to help a friend under federal investigation.)

[everetterice]

Ever wonder who is behind the attacks against public education, destroy the teaching of Black, Brown, & Indigenous history, and anti-CRT, the story above explains it well! ER.

[cristoreysol]

Por cierto..el Abuelo de AITANA conocido como el TOSTAILLO [al que no llego a conocer porque murió joven y cantaba SAETAS o canciones de SEMANA SANTA la cual pasé el año pasado en UBEDA donde le recordó poniendo en su concierto una SAETA que cantó en un concurso radiofónico ]..nació en TORREDONJIMENO [JAEN] como el fundador del periódico EL PUEBLO CATOLICO Francisco de Paula [Definido por la Enciclopedia Espasa como «poeta de altos vuelos», escribió, entre otras, las composiciones Á la muerte de Jesús; Pobre madre; Una limosna por Dios; Pax et amor; La paz de París, oda patriótica; A Ciodolar y Amor divino así como en Prosa "RECUERDOS DE ROMA"]..asesinado en MADRID con su hijo MAYOR al comienzo de la GUERRA CIVIL [la mayor TRAICION de este MALDITO PAIS SATANICO junto a la de la IGLESIA ROMANA CATOLICA O APOCALIPTICA de un IMPERIO DE PALETOS que diría el titulo del directo de ÑU tras su directo debut NO HAY NINGUN LOCO y al que vi presentar su ultimo cd ESTOY VIVO tras 12 años del anterior cd Y NADIE ESCAPO DE LA EVOLUCION fotografiando de CAMINO a RAY LORIGA director de TERESA, EL CUERPO DE CRISTO ]..así como sus otros hijos fueron FUSILADOS.

Así que recuerdo que ayer tras fotografiarme en la biblioteca GLORIA FUERTES [desde cuyo jardín en el cruce MADRE DE DIOS con Avda PIO XII vi a JUAN PABLO II pasar 2/5/03 hacia la adjunta NUNCIATURA CATOLICA para descansar antes de reunirse con los jóvenes en el AERODROMO DE 4 VIENTOS y el cual vino a consagrar la CATEDRAL DE MADRID el 15/6/93 o entre darme el día anterior el SUICIDADO CON AUTOAXFISIA Michael HUTCHENCE de INXS=IN EXCESS..su cerveza mexicana CORONA así como su pua me la dio tim FARRIS que se puso camiseta de JESUS en el concierto grabado en WEMBLEY que cerró DEVIL INSIDE y el cual no puede volver a tocar al pillarse los dedos en una embarcacion por lo que fue VENDADO al estreno de LOS MISERABLES..y la gira EL CAMINO DEL EXCESO de HEROES DEL SILENCIO de 16/6/93 ]..con la revista QUE LEER con RAY LORIGA en PORTADA fotografie el libro CREO, POR ESO ESCRIBO POESIA junto a ME LLAMO TIEMPO y estaban cambiando la VIEJA BANDERA MONARQUICA de la ENTRADA como la de la CAPITAL DE ESTE MALDITO REINO SATANICO APOCALIPTICO PARASITARIO DE CRISTO REY O DIOS

[dankusner]

TEXAS LEGISLATURE Preaching politics

GOP activists lay out plan to push for Christian values in Texas government

Throngs of Republican grassroots activists poured into the Texas Capitol on buses from around the state Tuesday, ready to send a message to state lawmakers:

The building is not the government’s, but God’s.

“Today, Lord, we take charge and authority over the 89th legislative session,” Pastor Brandon Burden said as he stood on the Capitol’s south steps.

“Because Lord, we, the ecclesia, which are the people of God that are called by the name of Jesus and covered in the blood of the Lamb, have been given spiritual jurisdiction over the affairs of men.”

Burden was praying over several state lawmakers who had assembled in a circle, their heads bowed, including state Rep. Tom Oliverson of Cypress, chair of the House Republican Caucus. In addition to being the “lead pastor/ prophet” at Frisco’s KingdomLife Church, Burden is the founder of Daniel Nation, a group whose mission is to “transform nations by restoring the true worship of God in civil government” and “remov(e) Jezebel’s influence in society.”

His prayer was among many that took place at the Capitol that day, ending in an ecstatic worship service co-led by Fort Worth Republican Rep.

Nate Schatzline in a hearing room.

Their public displays of religious dedication were indications of the state Republican Party’s embrace of a new class of evangelical conservatives whose goalposts continue to move further right, pulling once-fringe ideas into the mainstream.

On Tuesday, the chair of the Republican Party of Texas gave one of the clearest signs yet of his organization’s commitment to infusing Christian values in public life.

“There’s no separation between church and state,” Texas GOP Chair Abraham George said, to roaring applause from the crowd.

“We don’t want the government in our churches, but we should be in the government.”

His comments reflected a belief increasingly popular among evangelicals that the Founding Fathers intended to make the U.S. a Christian nation, an interpretation that historians have dismissed as contrary to the First Amendment.

(“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” the amendment’s Establishment Clause reads.)

George and the droves of activists in red shirts were ostensibly at the Capitol to urge Texas lawmakers to vote for the party’s chosen candidate for House speaker, Republican Rep. David Cook of Mansfield, and to promise retribution for those who did not.

When 36 Texas House Republicans defied the grassroots activists to elect Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, as speaker later that day, relying on the support of nearly all House Democratic members, it made clear the yawning gap between the organization that hosts the Republican Party’s biennial convention and the elected officials who identify as Republicans.

And Burrows’ election could also be seen as an outright loss for the state GOP, which spent more than $160,000 in December to oppose Burrows, a conservative Republican from West Texas who is aligned with what is now considered the “establishment” wing of the party.

Much, if not all, of that spending was made possible by Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, two Christian nationalist oil billionaires from West Texas whose political action committee, the Texas Conservative Project, donated $250,000 to the Texas Republican Party in December, according to campaign finance filings with the Texas Ethics Commission.

But while the GOP grassroots’ campaign to have Cook elected as speaker failed, the Christian groups who helped mobilize activists to the Capitol made clear that they were only more motivated to continue their advocacy.

“We’re here today to take back territory,” Pastor Richard Vega said in a worship service held in the Capitol after the speaker’s vote.

“What happened today might be God’s plan because maybe he needs his church to wake up, maybe he needs his churches to activate.”

Speaking after him, another pastor compared Austin to Nineveh, a city associated with wickedness in the Old Testament.

My God Votes, another advocacy group, has announced that worship services will continue weekly in the Capitol.

The initiative begun last session and expanded to the Oklahoma Legislature in February.

While evangelicals have aligned with the Republican Party for decades and have sought influence in public life, the direct involvement of churches such as Mercy Culture, which co-led Tuesday’s service in the Capitol, is new, said Christian extremism expert Matthew Taylor.

“You have churches like Mercy Culture that have really dived into politics, local and state politics, in a way that I think you’d be hard-pressed to find at many churches years ago,” Taylor told the American-Statesman.

Schatzline, R-Fort Worth, is a pastor at Mercy Culture. Since Tuesday, other signs have emerged of elected officials’ dedication to infusing Christian values in government.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday night wrote on social media that he supports putting posters of the Ten Commandments in public schools;

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who runs the Senate, has already vowed to pass a bill to that effect.

But there are counterweights to the efforts of groups like Daniel Nation.

Before Burden’s prayer, progressive advocacy group Texas Impact urged lawmakers to uphold religious tolerance in a news conference on the Capitol steps.

Rep. Salman Bhojani, a Democrat from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, said he was honored to take the oath of office on a Quran. He highlighted a verse that “guides (him) to work for the common good and to serve my community with humility and compassion.”

“As the 89th legislative starts, I will continue to collaborate with various faith traditions to ensure all religions in the state of Texas are celebrated, protected and respected,” he told the crowd.

Former Rep. Jonathan Stickland later disparaged Bhojani as a “Christian-hating heathen” for being sworn into office on the Islamic founding text.

“I too follow the words of Jesus,” Bhojani responded on X. “He is mentioned 25 times in the Quran as a Prophet of God. It is due to those teachings and my faith that I’m compassionate toward the hateful and ignorant. Peace and blessings to you.”

[uniquetyphoonmiracle]

En definitiva yo creo que todo es CUESTION de SUERTE O FORTUNA [ex Yate de CASA REAL y apellido del cantante en INGLES o FORTUNE sustituto del suicidado HUTCHENCE de INXS al que escuche cantar SUICIDE BLONDE en una CARPA junto al río YARRA de MELBOURNE donde dormía la siesta y donde ensayaban para su actuación en la final de fútbol Australiano de 2010..sinceramente solo con las casualidades y hechos que se de INXS como fue que dia antes de que JuanPABLO II consagrara la catedral de MADRID michael HUTCHENCE me diera su cerveza MEXICANA CORONA y TIM FARRIS su pua el cual se puso camiseta de JESUS en el concierto grabado EN WEMBLEY que acabo con DEVIL INSIDE y el cual no puede volver a tocar más al pillarse los dedos en una embarcacion y los cuales tocaron en el HARD ROCK CAFE de MADRID meses antes de su SUICIDIO yendo mi amigo Chago o el hijo de ADORACION sin avisarme y a cuyo Peugeot 205 heredado de su madre con lema en la luna trasera CONTIGO AL FIN DEL MUNDO le lacre con el mechero del COCHE la palanca de CAMBIOS ..creo que tengo motivos para pensar que esto tiene algun SENTIDO O FIN]..como es desde el momento donde, como y cuando NACES ..y ademas es ALGO CAMBIANTE o para DETERMINADAS COSAS..eso sí si hay un MUNDO MEJOR tendremos más SUERTE todos.

Por cierto..mi guía mexicano por YUCATAN se apellida CORONADO y mi camiseta de JARABE DE PALO esta hecha en FORTUNA [MURCIA] cuyo cartel indicador fotografie en el EMBALSE de SANTOMERA ..11/8/24 [Cumpleaños de BUNBURY y del malogrado CERATI que solo coincidieron en MONTERREY 27_11_04 siendo ya 28 en ESPAÑA o dia de mi 33 cumpleaños]..2 días antes de mi INFARTO..del que puedo decir que tuve FORTUNA tanto por salir VIVO y sin SECUELAS pero que me ha servido para corregir malos hábitos o males mayores ..como son EXCESOS Y VIDA POCO SANA y ACTIVA [ambas cosas sobre todo por soportar esta CRUZ] cuando además ya no soy un jovencito