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A.J. Holda retweeted
I wish we lived close enough to have coffee together even without the cranberry bread. You could bring along a bouquet of the amazing Texas blue flowers.
There’s a reason it’s a classic.
That quote is from John Steinbeck’s East of Eden (1952).
Samuel Hamilton says it to Adam Trask, who has withdrawn from life after being deeply hurt.
The point is very Steinbeck: suffering can become part of your identity if you hold onto it long enough. Samuel is basically asking Adam whether he is actually healing, or whether he has started taking a kind of pride in being the tragic, wounded person in his own story. He later compares Adam’s unused life to land left “fallow” and urges him to start living again.
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A.J. Holda retweeted
Shoutout to Longhorns DB Graceson Littleton for the selfless decision to slide short of the end zone on the fumble recovery.
Allowed Texas to take some time off the clock while burning Missouri’s remaining timeouts. It’s the little things that result in great team wins. #HookEm
A.J. Holda retweeted
It was not the color of @ByronDonalds’ skin that got him elected Governor of Florida. It was the content of his character. Dr King’s dream is ringing loudly and proudly from the Everglades of Florida to Stone Mountain of Georgia. @TheKingCenter @AlvedaCKing #gop
Absolutely heartbreaking.
The father of the 20-year-old co-pilot who died along with eight others when their Learjet crashed in Florida said Friday he has listened to his daughter’s final radio transmissions “many times” since the crash.
Allan Filgueiras, himself a pilot, was searching for answers as to why the plane plunged from the sky on Sunday — but what he found was pride in how his daughter, Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, handled the crisis.
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A.J. Holda retweeted
Don't hand over your mind and nerves to the political stress merchants. Nothing would delight them more. They know exactly what to do with basket cases -- empty them completely -- so please make sure not to be one.
A.J. Holda retweeted
One other thing about Texas: the hispanic vote, which is 25% of all voters and usually far more conservative than it is nationally, turned on GOPers with a vengeance in 2026. I have to think that the mindless, often lawless, and cruel deportations had something to do with it.
A.J. Holda retweeted
Indians are 1% of Texas population. Texas flipped blue because this sentiment is repulsive to non-Indians too
Indians flipped Texas blue. You may not care about a racewar, but the racewar cares about you.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Indian Americans make up ~2% of Texas (~668k). Latinos (~40% of pop.) shifted strongly to Democrats after 2024 Trump gains, flipping border counties and driving 7-12 pt statewide wins, per Axios and exit data.
axios.com/2026/11/04/lat…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/the-p…
A.J. Holda retweeted
My self-control deserves an award for the number of political posts I’ve typed a response to and then deleted.
Anyway... who has created or updated their estate plan this year? 😂
Check, please.
Texas Democrats have a once-in-a-generation chance to finally end the absurd rural Texas property tax exemption (ag-exemption). It would be political malpractice to ignore this chance to finally fix public school funding. @GinaHinojosaTX @VikkiGoodwinTX @VoteAnnJohnson
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