Tom Orsborn
@tom_orsborn
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Sportswriter for 39 years at San Antonio Express-News, covering everything from preps to the Cowboys to the Spurs. Proud San Antonio College alum. 🌈 ally.
San Antonio, Texas
Joined November 2009
One week later, it all still seems so surreal. From inside the drawing room: A look back on a spring night in Chicago that changes everything. #Spurs
https://t.co/IGZqnpM4qD
expressnews.com
GM Brian Wright's understated, classy reaction stands out among drawing room memories.
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keep in mind a trans person did not even kill charlie kirk
🚨 The FBI is preparing to label transgender people as “violent extremists” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder: https://t.co/r7kCinlv0J
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I've been reporting in East Africa on the impact of President Trump's USAID cuts, and I find that not only are children dying in large numbers but the pace is accelerating as stockpiles run out and people grow weaker. I also obtained an internal Trump administration memo stating
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Sora 2 Prompt: "Make an ad for Vectara featuring me ala "Old Spice – The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” ad. It should feature me wearing gym wear. I should also be very muscular and fit. Backgrounds: San Francisco Bay Area, Carmel Highlands, Pyramids of Giza, and Saudi Arabia"
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The summer season put serious heat on our blood supply. Donations have dipped to such critically low levels posing a risk to patients in our community. We are asking every eligible donor to please give blood as soon as possible to stop the shortage.👉 https://t.co/rXeeuu4Ku2
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For 15-18 years they were willing to DIE for this country and this is how Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth treat them. Disgusting.
The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits.
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We recently donated vital equipment to a blood bank in Monterrey, Mexico, which included gently used blood pressure cuffs and vein finders that will help screen donors to support safe blood collection.🌎🩸 Espero que disfruten! 🙌 #GlobalImpact #BloodDonation #DarVida #PorVida
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Austin NFL icon 'Night Train' Lane rides again in documentary | Golden https://t.co/V1sGBvXpiM via @statesman
statesman.com
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"To meet his mass deportation goals, Trump is stripping legal status from thousands of immigrants who followed the rules." Another act of profound cruelty from Trump, Stephen Miller, and the crew. Read Isabela Dias' new article on this travesty. https://t.co/NEAkLQTsRH
motherjones.com
Inside the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
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🖤💚 Help Texas Heal 💚🖤 The @spurs have joined 31 teams across the state to launch the Texas Sport for Healing Fund in response to the flooding in Central Texas. 🗓 Auction runs July 25 through August 7 📍 https://t.co/9Bd2ylfAOL
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Spurs join 40 pro sports teams to launch “Texas Sport for Healing Fund” in response to Central Texas flooding. Fans can support through a national online auction. “Now, more than ever, it’s essential to lean on one another to help our community heal," said RC Buford, SS&E CEO.
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Growing up after WWII, I always hoped concentration camps were history, not current events But here we are: migrants in squalid conditions, no due process, and $45B in new camps to come Coming to terms with an American nightmare. My new column
inquirer.com
Andrea Pitzer literally wrote the book on concentration camps. I talked to her about how they came to America.
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A blunt warning in 1975 from a prominent staffer at a Chicago newspaper didn’t stop 20-year-old journalism major Elaine Noll from pursuing her dream of becoming a sportswriter. On the pioneeeing career of a brave, persistent San Antonio journalist: https://t.co/mIUlt0pmLj
expressnews.com
Working at the San Antonio News and the San Antonio Express-News from 1976 until her death in 1985, Noll broke barriers as one of Texas' first female sportswriters.
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The San Antonio and San Angelo Food Banks are hosting emergency flood relief food and resource distributions at select locations, and we need your help! Register to donate your time at an upcoming emergency distribution at https://t.co/hfcQ6ttRmH.
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Emergency Response Update: Upcoming flood relief distributions below. Registering in advance is required. Kerr County - Fri, July 11 https://t.co/J531SeT22e Kerr County - Sat, July 12 https://t.co/WfZDfxZEQx Tom Green County - Sat, July 12 https://t.co/QQbgyrV9Vp
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'In an interview, Rob Kelly, the Kerr County judge and its most senior official, said the county did not have a warning system bc such systems are expensive, and local residents are resistant to new spending. “Taxpayers won’t pay for it,” Kelly said.' https://t.co/YptvNbRto4
nytimes.com
Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.
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The UN human rights office said it has recorded 613 killings in Gaza near humanitarian convoys and at aid distribution points run by an Israeli-backed U.S. organization since it first began operations in late May.
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Hamas says it has given a “positive” response to the latest proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza but says further talks are needed on implementation.
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"Vladimir Putin is not looking for a cease-fire, and he does not want to negotiate. Why? Because he believes that he can win. Thanks to the actions of the U.S. government, he still thinks that he can conquer all of Ukraine" https://t.co/7JPMRRaKTF
theatlantic.com
Donald Trump is giving Vladimir Putin every incentive to keep killing Ukrainians.
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Disgraceful cruelty. Laughing at misfortune. Economic refugees treated worse than WWII German POW’s in the US. A shameful policy in Trump’s America.
Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.
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Hearing Trump say he intends to detain and deport even American citizens born here years ago whom he personally regards as “bad” should chill everyone to the bone.
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The name “Alligator Alcatraz” fails to convey how extreme and barbaric Trump’s latest attack on immigrants really is. It was constructed using disaster funding. It will plunge people into inhumane conditions. It makes a mockery of our civil liberties. And it weaponizes people’s
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