Thomas Marks

Chief External and Gov Relations Officer @VIA_Transit. @UTSA Alum, Bearded, Catholic, Metalhead & Foodie. Married to Yvonne & Dad of Tom III.

[The Monterey @TheMontereySA]

ATTENTION TWITTER FATSOS: the new South Barbecue is finally open at the corner of Main & Ashby. I think the world of Andrew & I also am acutely aware that the process of opening a new place sux bigly, so go throw your money at him!!!

[Thomas Marks @tommarks80]

@onepeloton @emmalovewell

[Thomas Marks @tommarks80]

I hate @GetSpectrum

[Thomas Marks @tommarks80]

@onepeloton Outdoor walk and @emmalovewell stretch

[Thomas Marks @tommarks80]

@HippieReligious Married 12 years. Bought the ring 5 months after first date and asked on Christmas Eve after Mass. That was 10 months after first date.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 BREAKING: Israeli Channel 14 reports that Trump is expected to sign an order within hours to formally enter the Israel–Iran war.

Reports also suggest the U.S. may have already begun strikes on Tehran.

Aircraft carriers. Jets. Troop movement.
This isn’t posturing anymore, it’s positioning.

“Very, very official,” they’re saying.
And when they say that on live TV, it usually means it’s already underway.

This may be the moment the U.S. crosses the point of no return.

[Thomas Marks @tommarks80]

@spurs The Admiral

[Thomas Marks @tommarks80]

@daisy_hearted13 I love the converts

[Catholic Sat @CatholicSat]

White Smoke. Habemus Papam. We have a Pope

[Los Barrios Restaurant @losbarriosmex]

This 𝙇𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙇𝙤𝙪𝙞𝙚, we’re remembering a sweet and lighthearted moment with the beloved Selena Quintanilla in honor of Selena Day. 💜

We feel truly grateful to have shared a memory with someone who brought so much joy to so many.

[Andrea Drusch @AndreaDrusch]

Why does San Antonio have a zillion City Council candidates? The $100 filing fee was set in 1974
While others charge more, a brief discussion about raising it last year fizzled. That's even w/ a petition route to avoid the fee, which 0 candidates used https://t.co/NjunbYUwuc

[San Antonio Express-News @ExpressNews]

JFK visited San Antonio on the last full day of his life. Here are photos from that day.

https://t.co/qjtHUlSsQt

[Thomas Marks @tommarks80]

@JackPosobiec @TulsiGabbard SEC DEF

[Thomas Marks @tommarks80]

@TheMontereySA I need those wings

[Erick Erickson @EWErickson]

The damage Trump is doing to himself is playing out in private conversations like this:

"We have a really good shot at taking the Senate. Manchin leaving gets us to 50. Tester is toast. That's 51. Between that and the Supreme Court, we can hold off Harris for two years and get more reinforcements then fight in 2028 for the White House. If Trump gets in, we set back the pro-life cause and free markets by a generation at least."

You can say that is crazy talk. But that crazy talk is happening more and more.

Trump, with Vance as his pick, hurt himself with the economic wing of the GOP. His Florida and IVF remarks hurt him with the pro-life wing. He was already hurt with the natsec wing.

He's cutting off all three legs of the stool at the same time hoping "But Harris" saves him. He's got real damage control to do.

No amount of bullying "but you're helping Harris" is going to fix this. Only Trump pivoting can.

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

JOHNNY CASH will get a statue in the Capitol

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

🚨🚨🚨 BIDEN IS OUT.

[San Antonio Report @SAReport]

With former Councilman Clayton Perry “toying with the idea” of running for mayor, local conservatives are fighting for continued relevance. https://t.co/G2KUCeJrcv

[Thomas Marks @tommarks80]

Great man.

[Office of the Texas Secretary of State @TXsecofstate]

Today we remember former Secretary of State Carlos Cascos who passed away yesterday. The 110th Texas Secretary of State, he loved Texas and served as Secretary and Cameron County Judge. Condolences to his friends and family during this tough time. https://t.co/qp0NMN3P15

[Traces of Texas @TracesofTexas]

Here's a mind-blowing Arcane Texas Fact of the Day:

For many years, a shopworn old Bible was stored in a closet at the Boerne High School on Johns Road in Boerne, Texas. It remained there, decaying slowly as books do, until it was discovered by the school's librarian as she was cleaning and re-ordering the closet shelves. Nobody could remember who put it there or when. Anybody who knew about it thought it was "just another old Bible." Nobody --- NOBODY ---- understood what it actually was.

In 1983 the Boerne High School librarian gave the bible to the Boerne Area Preservation Society, which accepted it and began displaying during the Christmas Season at the society's Kuhlmann-King Historical House. A few years later, a visitor recognized the language in the Bible as Platt Deutsch (Low German), which is rarely spoken today.

This discovery sparked an investigation into the Bible's origin. It was learned that the Bible must have originated in either the 16th or 17th century. Dr. Kenneth Hovey of the University of Texas-San Antonio was brought in, and that's when it was discovered, through a series of clues that revealed that the Bible was printed in 1614. 1614! It is one of seven known copies in the entire world. The copies are on display in: the British Library, Royal Danish Library, Stuttgart Library, Lüneburg Archives, Newberry Library ---- and the Boerne Library.

There are still some mysteries regarding this Bible. The most important of these is how it traveled from Europe to end up in a closet in Boerne High School. The Bible weighs 15 pounds, so the decision to carry it across the Atlantic would not have been made lightly.

Have any of y'all seen the movie "The Red Violin?" It's about a red-colored violin that makes its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner. The movie shows what the violin meant to its various owners and how, exactly, it ends up in an auction. This Bible inspires the same sort of thoughts in me. It would be cool to write a screenplay that starts with the school librarian finding the Bible and then following it back to the time it was printed in 1614. I LOVE stories like this, of treasures sitting in plain sight!

You can go to the Boerne library at 415 N. Main Street in Boerne to see it. Tell them Traces of Texas sent you and wait for them to say "who?" 😀