Less is More

Former Adv/PR gal • NOLA Native • LSU alum • Daughter of a Texan • Mom of a Texan • History lover • Gen researcher • I dig up dead people.

[Less is More @gnanse]

“Every one of us – Republican, Democrat, Independent – must work and vote together to ensure that Donald Trump and those who have appeased, enabled, and collaborated with him are defeated.
This is the cause of our time.” Liz Cheney

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@MHeartsya @BohuslavskaKate Sweety, you need to hurry, you're gonna be late for your AA meeting.

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There's actually a Cockroach Kingpin and it isn't Trump?!?!

[The Associated Press @AP]

Australian officials say they confiscated more than 100,000 illegal live cockroaches from a breeder in the country's largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates. https://t.co/FZmUn2vXpo

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@mwreese2 @gtconway3d What never happened for 500, Alex.

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@TwoTeslas123 @gtconway3d Then maybe don't drive a damn Tesla.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: DOGE DISASTER! Huge outbreak of deadly flesh-eating parasites erupts in Texas cattle thanks to Trump and Elon’s DOGE cuts!

Eradicated from the U.S. for a half-century, a dangerous flesh-eating parasite known as the New World screwworm is back, thanks in part to the Trump administration’s tariff squabbles with Mexico and foreign aid cuts.

Detected in a Texas calf near the Mexican border, the discovery is triggering serious fears for the American cattle industry and already sky-high beef prices.

The parasite’s larvae burrow into living tissue of livestock (and occasionally pets or humans), causing severe damage and potential death if untreated. This marks the first confirmed case in Texas since 1966.

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says they’ve deployed teams, started quarantines, and are releasing sterile flies, but the Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller ripped the federal response as too slow and ineffective.

He’s now calling on Trump to “throw every available federal resource” at the problem before it becomes a full-blown disaster.
The outbreak comes at the worst possible time.

The U.S. cattle herd is already at its lowest level in 75 years, and beef prices are through the roof. A wider infestation could cost the industry billions and hammer American families at the grocery store.

Critics point directly at Trump administration policies that likely worsened the situation. First, ongoing trade disputes and tariff threats with Mexico have slowed joint eradication efforts.

Elon Musk's DOGE dismantling of USAID has seriously hampered regional efforts to stop the parasite’s northward march through Central America and Mexico.

And finally, the administration’s dismissive approach to climate change, even as warming temperatures expand the areas where this pest can thrive.

Once again, Trump’s incoherent “America First” agenda of trade wars, aid slashing, and science denial is coming back to bite American agriculture and consumers in the wallet.

MAGA gets its jollies by “owning the libs” by cutting funding for policies that protect the country against the outbreak of disease, but right now a literal flesh-eating parasite is showing up on our southern border and now we are much less prepared to handle it.

If this latest Trump-era disaster has you furious about rising costs and incompetent governance, like and share!

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man."

A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life.

Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

[Less is More @gnanse]

@mmpadellan @Dollhouse That was not the latest fashion. It was something...but not that.

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@RepLuna You seem nervous.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

The reason we think dandelions are weeds is because of a 1950s marketing campaign.

Dandelions, native to Europe and Asia, were brought to North America in the 1600s by European colonists who grew them deliberately.

Every part is edible. The leaves are a salad green, the flowers were made into wine, and the roots were roasted as a coffee substitute and used medicinally for liver and kidney conditions for thousands of years. They were a kitchen-garden staple well into the 1800s.

The shift happened after World War II, when 2,4-D (originally developed for chemical warfare research) was approved as a residential herbicide. Companies like Scotts built the modern lawn-care industry around the idea that a perfect green lawn meant zero broadleaf plants.

Dandelions, being bright yellow and resistant to mowing, became a visible enemy, and the campaign worked. By the 1970s, "dandelion-free" was synonymous with "well-kept."

They aren't native, but they aren't doing significant ecological harm either. The herbicides used to kill them, on the other hand, kill bees, contaminate groundwater, and have been linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma in humans.

If you hate dandelions, it's most likely due to a marketing campaign that ran before you were born.

[Less is More @gnanse]

@deanmaddoxsdp @WallStreetApes @serena4d Gonna have to put a bunch of those around the White House then.

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@charise_lee He seems nice.

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@Jmm32445924 @MiaForTrump SHE is?!?!

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https://t.co/ziwJXUQJt2

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@RepJackKimble Public servants should not be allowed to be spineless grifters.

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@dreamfocus1 @KennedyNation Wow! You're a bit old to be this ignorant.

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@TTEcclesBrown @HQNewsNow Trump alone, well, with spineless support from clowns like, is the cause of civilizational decline.
However, if your want more babies, cough up the cash & infrastructure necessary to properly bring them up.
Otherwise, STFU.

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@TheRogueX @charise_lee Does your boss know that?

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@Avabelly__ Blow. 😏

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@ColinNienaber Nah but I remember when people paid attention in US History class.

[𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖_𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @SundaeDivine]

You know that guy you’re arguing with in the comments…?