Bri Tex

"With your support, and with God, we’ll find a way out of this...”

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ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.

I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.

It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.

🗣️"Hands off Higher Ed!"🗣️

— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

No authoritarians, no billionaires in education!

📸Loren Matthew, AP Content Services

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Mother speaks out after ICE raids #Chicago day care center.

“They are coming for all our children!”

#immigration

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more here from the bulwark: www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...

To my 10th grade English teacher, who said, “Make the conclusion count.”

🧵Excellent piece "They appear to have inverted the promise of the internet as an endless archive of information one can navigate for themselves. Do your own research has, in short order, become Get one canonical answer."

This helps explain why Trump/Vance have gone all in on AI...

Texas Lawmakers Push ‘Massive Secrecy Grab’ to Shield Police Files As public attention has shifted away from policing reform, legislators attempt to shove information into the dark.

“This is the most massive secrecy grab in Texas since the adoption of the Public Information Act.”

Last week's top story: This bill would supercharge cops' ability to hide misconduct.

CEO Performance Pay Is One of Capitalism’s Great Myths The ratio of CEO pay to worker pay is almost 300 to 1. Are we really supposed to believe CEOs work 300 times harder or create 300 times more value than us?

The ratio of CEO pay to worker pay is almost 300 to 1.

Are we really supposed to believe CEOs work 300 times harder or create 300 times more value than us?

More than 62,000 people have been killed in Gaza war, says Palestinian Health Ministry The ministry also reports that 1,965 people were killed while seeking aid or near aid distribution sites.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said Monday that more than 62,000 Palestinians have been killed in the 22-month war in Gaza.

The ministry is staffed by medical professionals. The UN and other independent experts view its figures as the most reliable count of casualties. https://to.pbs.org/45pmdQ9

A cartoon of a surprised motorist passing a pair of highway signs in their blue convertible: "Leaving Constitutional Democracy" "Entering Texas"

"Loon Star State" is back.

Read more Texas Observer cartoonist Ben Sargent: www.texasobserver.org/topics/loon-...

“Putin would eat you for lunch.”

Today, exactly that happened.

Judge Blocks F.T.C. Investigation of Media Matters

“This case presents a straightforward First Amendment violation,” Judge Sooknanan wrote. She added, “It should alarm all Americans when the government retaliates against individuals or organizations for engaging in constitutionally protected public debate.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...

Wonder what Foxnews would be talking about all day this week if Obama had done this?

Spinning truth.

#RadioFreeAmerica

Great piece from @himself.bsky.social about his new paper with @hahrie.bsky.social for our AI & Democratic Freedoms series - link below.

www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-ai-dem...

BUILD THE BACKLASH · Colin Allred for Texas Join the fight for fair representation on the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act with Colin Allred and Congressman Marc Veasey.

I'm attending Colin Allred for Texas's event, “BUILD THE BACKLASH” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/colinallredf...

So goddamn proud of Texas House Democrats for fighting the good fight. <3

Talarico and Texas Dems break quorum to Halt Gerrymandering Vote.

‘The Search Committee’ Is a Subtle Rebuke of the Border Literary Canon José Skinner’s fast-paced satire delivers sharp insights gleaned from years lived in Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley.

New from Michael Agresta: José Skinner’s The Search Committee paints, scene by scene, a rich regional landscape as the story twists and turns through this new, fast-paced satire of Texas academia at the border.

The Texas maps are being drawn without us — unless we show up.

They’re not counting on you to be there. Prove them wrong. These lines will decide who gets heard, and who doesn’t.

🗓️ Redistricting hearing – July 28, 5PM
📍UTA, Bluebonnet Ballroom

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With ICE's *enormous* new budget and its ability to hire *many* more agents, the United States is about to enter an era of brutal domestic terrorism that we've never seen before.

Wishing everyone a happy Fourth of July!

249 years since we declared independence from a king, the work of living up to our founding promise is more important than ever - and it calls on each of us to do what we can for our country.

May this Fourth of July remind us of where we came from, of what we’re fighting for, and of who we can be.

Organize.

Mobilize.

Resist.

Power to the people.

If there was ever a time to call your Senator, this is it.

Voting has begun on the GOP plan to cut off health care for working-class Americans and slash taxes for the wealthiest.

Adding $3.3 trillion dollars to the national debt while denying health insurance to 12 million more people. This might be one of the worst bills out of congress in the modern age.

Holding up a copy of ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS by Omar El Akkad

One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad is very much worth your time.