Micheal Boudreaux

A native son of Texas and descendant of the storied Charles Cronea, deserter, privateer, farmer, revolutionary, soldier, and family man.

[Selene Mariposa @Selene_Mariposa]

The World Cup has turned America into a discovery channel for the rest of the world.

And they are not handling it well.
In the best possible way.

Here is what they are discovering:

Free public restrooms. Europeans pay every time.
Free water at every restaurant. Just appears.
Free refills. Coffee. Sodas. Iced tea. Unlimited.
Free chips and salsa before you even order.
Free warm bread with dinner.
Ice in drinks like civilized people.
Air conditioning everywhere. Not a moral debate. A fact.
Parking lots attached to the actual place you are going.
Drive throughs where the food comes to the car while you sit in it.
Ranch dressing by the gallon.
Tex-Mex that cannot be explained only experienced.
Dental care that actually works.
Buccee’s. There are no words for Buccee’s.

Then they found the grocery stores.

Five of them within one mile.
Each one the size of an aircraft hangar.
Burgers. Steaks. Brisket. Ribs. Pulled pork. Lamb. Veal. Every cut of every animal ever domesticated by human civilization available in one refrigerated aisle at ten in the morning on a Tuesday.

The Germans stood in the meat section for forty five minutes.
In silence.
Processing.

They finally understand why we do not have trains.

We have roads wide enough for the cars we actually drive.
Parking lots the size of small European countries.
Airports in every city worth visiting.

Why would we need trains.

The Germans are taking ranch home by the bottle.
The Dutch found queso and briefly lost the ability to speak.
The Japanese are photographing HEB like it is the Louvre.
The Czechs are weeping in West, Texas.

Welcome to America.
Everything is free, enormous, air conditioned, comes with chips, and has five grocery stores within a mile that will sell you any cut of any animal you have ever imagined.

Write that down. 🦋

[Micheal Boudreaux @Wordslinger_TX]

@geoffkeighley Clockwork Revolution, Gears: E-Day, and Fable

[Micheal Boudreaux @Wordslinger_TX]

@KindaFunnyVids Another terrible take by a man with zero integrity from an irrelevant organization

[David Hines @hradzka]

we got more St. Augustine before THE WINDS OF WINTER

[Micheal Boudreaux @Wordslinger_TX]

@AmazonMGMStudio Stargate: SG1

[Micheal Boudreaux @Wordslinger_TX]

@DavidJohnButler @ThoughtfulSaint That's insane

[Micheal Boudreaux @Wordslinger_TX]

@stoicstudio Hi, I'm having a game stopping bug on Banner Saga 3 (game freezes after one of the early Arberrang battles). I emailed support weeks ago but haven't gotten any response.

[Chris Cillizza @ChrisCillizza]

We need to stop calling everyone we disagree with a “fascist” or a “communist”

[Bonchie @bonchieredstate]

Platner's campaign saying, "yeah, he did say he'd rape people, but he only meant men, and not in a gay way" may be the most incredible political response I've ever seen.

Slow clap for Bernie Sanders.

[𝚂𝚌𝚘𝚝𝚝 𝚂𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚍𝚎𝚗 @LorumIpsum]

#SaveStargate

[Chris Cillizza @ChrisCillizza]

I don't know if Graham Platner's candidacy survives these latest allegations in the New York Times. It may well do so.

But I do find it the height of hypocrisy that the same Democrats who said that we need to believe all women are rushing to discredit the story because it quotes a GOP operative who dated Platner in the 2010s.

I mean, how do they square that?

[David French @DavidAFrench]

It's not just the evidence of assault.

It's not just the Nazi tattoo

It's not just lying about the Nazi tattoo

It's not just the Kik account

It's not just the adulterous sexting

It's not just the deranged posting

It's all of it (and the more that may emerge).

This is the guy you want to burn your moral credibility for to beat ... Susan Collins?

[Frank J. Fleming @IMAO_]

It's not an issue in America whether sikhs can carry ceremonial knives since everyone can carry knives here as we're not babies.

[Michael Shanks @MichaelShanks]

I’m gonna simply say this: if you are at all interested in a Stargate show with ANY of the original creators/performers involved, now is the time to say something. Otherwise it really will be the end of that chapter forever. Let them know you are THERE

[Micheal Boudreaux @Wordslinger_TX]

@WarhorseStudios Let's freakin' gooooo

[Greg Lukianoff @glukianoff]

Larry Bushart spent 37 days in jail for posting a meme on Facebook.

I’ve been doing this work for 25 years, and I can honestly say this is the worst First Amendment case I’ve ever seen.

Not because Larry threatened anyone. He didn’t. Not because he committed violence. He didn’t. Not because this was a close call. It wasn’t.

He posted a political meme — the kind of thing millions of Americans do every day — and local officials decided to treat it like a crime.

And because they had badges, prosecutors, jail cells, and the terrifying machinery of the state behind them, they got away with it for 37 days.

Larry is a retired police officer and National Guard veteran. The meme he shared quoted Donald Trump’s “we have to get over it” comment after a 2024 Iowa school shooting. Whatever you think of Trump, the meme was plainly political commentary. Perry County officials knew what it referred to. They knew it wasn’t a threat against a Tennessee school.

They arrested him anyway.

In the middle of the night.

They set his bond at $2 million.

He lost his job. He missed family milestones. He sat in jail for more than a month before the charges finally collapsed — because, of course, there was no crime here.

Today, @theFIREorg secured a measure of justice: Perry County agreed to pay Larry Bushart $835,000 for violating his constitutional rights.

This case should scare the hell out of people across the political spectrum.

Because if the government can jail you for a meme by pretending not to understand obvious political commentary, your rights are only as secure as the good faith of the most authoritarian official in your town.

That is exactly why we have the First Amendment. Not for speech everyone likes. Not for opinions that flatter the powerful. Not for the bland, safe, committee-approved stuff.

It exists for moments when fear, outrage, politics, and authority all line up and say: “Surely this is the exception.”

No. It isn’t.

I’m incredibly proud of @theFIREorg’s legal team. And I’m even prouder of Larry Bushart for refusing to let the government get away with treating his constitutional rights like a suggestion.

But despite the correct verdict, I'll probably always get angry every time I think of this case.

Let’s make this the last time anyone in America is arrested — let alone thrown in jail — for a meme.

Celebrate your independence. Defend your First Amendment.

https://t.co/7ADQTxeHsL

[Justin Davis @JustinDavisNRA]

"So you spent $83 million on a redistricting referendum?"

"Yes Dave."

"And isn't the DNC millions in debt?"

"Yes Dave."

"And you didn't think to make sure it would pass the Virginia Supreme Court?"

"No Dave."

[Micheal Boudreaux @Wordslinger_TX]

@anishmoonka @elonmusk @DavidJohnButler

[Sarah Isgur @whignewtons]

And while I’m at it, Citizens United prevents the government from banning movies, books, and pamphlets that criticize (or support) a candidate for federal office. So all yall wanting to “overturn CU” either don’t know what the case was about or scare the hell out it me.