Larry Hosek

Abbott wants Texas Dems to be removed from office for "abandoning" their voters for 10 days. Yet my Congressman Sylvester Turner died on March 5th & Abbott didn't call for a replacement election until November with an expect runoff in December. I'll go 10 months without representation. Weird, right?

My disagreement isn’t with optimism, it’s with pep rally politics. “The people united / can never be defeated.” “Failure isn’t an option.” History shows they can & it is, & knowing that is an essential step in strategizing toward better ends.

The school day ends at 3. The workday doesn’t.

For years, the private market has failed to bridge that gap, leaving families scrambling.

@kedseconomist.com on why it's time to build a childcare system with purpose, not patchwork fixes. Read her proposal ⬇️ rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Or Uvalde. #txlege

the AG--whose authority is under state law--is asking a federal court--whose authority is under federal law--to enforce Texas House rules which only apply to members of the Texas House. 😂😂😂 sure, the governor can ask DPS to help the sgt-at-arms, but this is several bridges too far. #txlege

LOOK AT THIS BULLSHIT: ICE detained a pregnant U.S. citizen—Sabrina Medina—while she was 5 ½ months pregnant with twins.

Agents tried to blackmail her for info on her husband.

Kristi Noem stood outside the raid for a photo op. This is war on our own people.

Exclusive: SAN reporter's inquiry into Texas' Bitcoin mines triggers lawsuit The Public Utility Commission of Texas wants to block the release of data on Bitcoin mining, citing terrorism concerns.

Good journalism makes trouble. @keatonpeters.bsky.social and other reporters requested data on cryptocurrency mining from the TX Public Utility Commission, which said nope, seemingly on behalf of the industry. The A.G. said to release it. Now the PUC is suing Paxton. san.com/cc/exclusive...

Instead of investigating crimes and hunting down criminals, Gutless Greg and his daddy Trump are sending law enforcement after Democrats.

Shameful. #txlege

One way to stop the insanity that is the Texas Legislature is to elect better people. Here's one:

guy who knows nothing about Bexar County or the I35 corridor says "I think it's a very good district, compact, not jiggley easy to drive" Come ON! (left is proposed, right is current 1/3

Texas Speaker of the House gaslit NPR listeners today claiming that Greg Casar had gerrymandered his own district.

Texas Republicans have held the legislature since 2002. All gerrymandered districts in Texas are due to Republicans.

Wake up people before it's too f-ing late!!!

Thank you to ALL the legislators that joined us from 34 states across our nation! Today, the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, we stood together & we won't back down.

They’re trying to say this is just partisan politics–but it’s not. It's about right & wrong.

#txlege

The public should know that an Austin law firm, Butler Snow LLP, with AI assistance, drew the proposed redistricting maps, not the Texas state legislators. The maps were then hurriedly presented to the legislature for a vote. Trump pushed Abbott into this machination.

I am a Texas voter and I am fortunate to have a Democratic Representative in the State House. My Rep has left the State - I use the word ‘left’ purposely because they have not ‘fled’ the State. I support all of these heroes who are trying to save everyone’s right to vote. #StopTheSteal

am I misreading the entrails or does it feel like the Texas redistricting is spiraling out of control a bit for the GOP

Texas Republicans! You are being abused! The Gerrymandering Legislature is using you to escape ANY accountability. They dont have to serve you and they are using your guaranteed party line vote to drown your neighbors!

This is your moment. They are counting on your compliance. Don't give it to them

By not voting for a corrupt scheme to gerrymander districts for the current President. Since when did Texas take orders from DC? The double standards and hypocrisy keep building. Thanks @govpritzker.illinois.gov for giving them safe harbor.

I love her. 💙

Floods still rising, and Trump’s asking Abbott for 5 more GOP seats. Abbott’s giving them.
Texans had 3 days to review new maps. The GOP ignored the testimony and passed them anyway.
It’s not leadership. It’s contempt.
#TXLege #Redistricting #BexarDems #TrumpTariffs

A blue whale blowing their blowhole w a mountain in the background

I don't mean to be dramatic, but I saw a MFing BLUE WHALE on my boat tour today! A 60ft whale - less than 50 feet away!!

Maximum Political Warfare Deeply hypocritical. Profoundly necessary.

Maximum Political Warfare
Deeply hypocritical. Profoundly necessary.
Charlie Sykes
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Honor the legacy. Defend the vote.

Get involved! Visit TXSDC.org. #TXLege

Texas Democrats are fighting hard against Trump’s war on democracy.

Today, we were joined by Democratic legislators from 35 more states to send a message: We won’t back down and we won’t surrender. #txlege

Falkenberg: Democrats fleeing redistricting didn’t abandon us. Abbott did. Gov. Greg Abbott is suing to remove state Rep. Gene Wu from office for leading a Democrat walkout over Trump's redistricting plan. But Texans know who really abandoned us.

"...it sums up the lapdog state of Texas leadership in Austin, where extremism has replaced reason, entitlement has trumped mutual respect and acquiescence to Trump has blown away the last gritty residue of independence clinging to some West Texas lawmaker’s boot." #txlege
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Lawmaker blasts camps ‘wholly unprepared’ for flooding as ‘malpractice’ AUSTIN (KXAN) — Days after Texas lawmakers criticized how Kerr County officials responded to the July 4 flooding, new harsh words were leveled Tuesday — this time at Texas’ youth …

ICYMI: On Tuesday, Rep. Drew Darby said after last week's Kerrville hearing it "became apparent" that some camps were "wholly unprepared" for "any flooding event," which he called "malpractice." Five bills related to July 4 floods were discussed, left pending. #txlege

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Cartoon of flooding in Texas. Gov Abbott in his wheelchair & Trump stand on an island and say: we need to make quick decisive action. Yeah redistricting!

We’re getting a sudden redistribution of voting districts in our state —- without a census. It meant to cut off minority votes. I hope this bits them on the butt.

Why The Voting Rights Act's 60th Birthday Might Be Its Last Why The Voting Rights Act's 60th Birthday Might Be Its Last

The Voting Rights Act, the watershed Civil Rights era law that has prevented attempts to dilute minority votes through racially gerrymandered electoral maps hundreds of times, turns 60 Wednesday. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/why...

We should have the House right now. Let me say it again: we should have the House.

This ain’t just a Texas problem, it’s a national problem. They’re stealing seats to keep power, and that’s how we ended up with Speaker Johnson instead of Speaker Jeffries.

They can’t win fair, so they cheat.

TEXAS @repcasar.bsky.social : “Imagine in another country a corrupt president was trying to change the election laws. Then that president’s political ally threatened to remove all the legislators of the other party to get it done. That’s what’s happening in Texas right now.”

Fax 📠 Dalí explained inspiration: "In the first place, in 1950, I had a 'cosmic dream' in which I saw this image in colour and which in my dream represented the 'nucleus of the atom.' This nucleus later took on a metaphysical sense; I considered it 'the very unity of the universe,' the Christ!"[3]