Gene Cowan πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

@genecowan
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Graphic designer, socially distanced since 1966.
Something Called a "Blog"http://genecowan.com
Ancient Flash-dependent Sitehttp://g-world.org
Current β€œGive Me a Job” Sitehttp://cowancreative.com
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- Be at home with your spouse
- 11:00 at night
- Knock at door
- Two armed men wearing ski masks
- Wearing body armor
- Some sort of badge around their neck
- Say they're police
- Serving an immigration warrant
- Refuse to open your door
- Masked men start shooting up the front of your house
- You return fire, kill both
- Turns out they were both fake ICE agents

Not the plot of a movie. This is just literally what happened yesterday in Houston, TX.

I kept saying it was going to happen.

It happened.

https://www.police1.com/crime/2-men-impersonating-officers-fatally-shot-by-texas-homeowners-after-firing-shots-through-door

2 men impersonating officers fatally shot by Texas homeowners after firing shots through door

The suspects, wearing body armor, badges and ski masks, said they were serving a warrant before they shot through the door

Police1
He ran as the anti-war candidate, and now he’s the Department of War president.

The cowardice and incompetence of corporate America is sometimes staggering to behold…

β€œCracker Barrel scraps new logo after outrage from customers, Trump”

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/26/trump-cracker-barrel-rebranding-logo.html?__source=iosappshare%7Corg.joinmastodon.app.ShareActionExtension

Cracker Barrel scraps new logo after outrage from customers, Trump

President Donald Trump's criticism came a day after Cracker Barrel told customers the company could have better handled its controversial logo rebranding.

CNBC
So, for anyone who missed it: Donald Trump signed an order that did NOT create a one year prison sentence for burning the flag. But during a live presser on the signing, Trump decided to just ad lib the prison thing... and now the rest of the administration has to go along and PRETEND there's a one-year prison sentence for burning the American flag.

But it's definitely NOT a cult.... right?

The Pigs Who Stare At Crosswalks.

Florida Deploys Police To Stare At Crosswalks, Stop Them From Being Painted Rainbow Colors: Earlier this week, officers painted the rainbow stripes into stark black and white. Citizens repainted them. Road crews...
https://jwz.org/b/ykuE

Make Cracker Barrel Gay Again!
The take I absolutely cannot stand is when people say they hope homophobes and transphobes have a gay / trans kid to β€œteach them a lesson.” You want to wish that parent on that kid? You’re an idiot.
Hitler didn’t become the HITLER in History books overnight.

It took him years of dismantling the pillars of Democracy to bulldoze through Germany & the rest of Europe.

trump has been poisoning the well since Barack Obama was President becoming the face of the birther bullshit.
Voting-rights advocates sue to overturn Texas election map they say is racially biased

Voting-rights advocates are suing to overturn all of the redistricting plans drawn by Texas Republicans meant to favor Republicans in 2026 midterm elections, saying the map weakens the electoral influence of Black voters. The NAACP and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed the lawsuit in Texas Tuesday. They accuse Texas legislative leaders of engaging in gerrymandering to prevent Black voters from electing candidates of their choice. Black residents for decades have overwhelmingly favored Democratic candidates. The NAACP says since the Voting Rights Act was adopted the state of Texas has been found to have discriminated against Black and/or Brown citizens after every cycle of redistricting.

AP News
So much truth here.