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I traveled down to the RGV to sit down with US Senate candidate @jamestalarico.bsky.social. We talked faith, politics, and the fight for the future of Texas.

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Ted Cruz and other officials at a press conference in Dallas after a shooting at an ICE facility all refused to name the victims as being detainees. All “thoughts and prayers” were instead directed at ICE agents.

I feel like I am going crazy

On a night that we see one of the biggest attacks on freedom of speech, you’d have no idea there were any Democrats running for Texas Attorney General

This is what Jimmy Kimmel said for the Trump admin to threaten to pull ABC’s broadcasting license which ultimately led to his show being ripped from the air “indefinitely.” This is not just chilling, this is the steady march to the state media seen in countries like Russia

I don’t think anyone is surprised that Lina Hidalgo is not running again, but I think most would be surprised at how quickly her star fell. It wasn’t that long ago that she was being positioned as the future of the party in Texas

Greg Abbott raised $1.3 million during the first special session. These sessions costs tax payers a million dollars and he uses them as a talking point machine to fundraise off of

You Can’t Eulogize Charlie Kirk Without His Hate Why Kirk’s legacy can’t be separated from the hate and division he fueled.

9 at a church in Charleston. 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso. 49 people at Pulse Nightclub. 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo. 8 people at an outlet mall in Allen. 11 people at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. They were also killed for Charlie Kirk’s beliefs.

This has literally nothing to do with why

When it leaked that Allred was going to run, the internet’s reaction was very, very different than what we are seeing today with the Talarico leak.

BREAKING: Politico is reporting James Talarico to launch his Senate bid on Tuesday. He will face a struggling Colin Allred in the Texas primary

Congressman Pat Fallon (TX-04) has not signed onto the discharge petition to release the Epstein files, “but he wants transparency.”

No, he doesn’t. By not signing on, he’s blocking transparency. Full stop. Call and ask your rep if they signed the discharge petition. If not, demand that they do

No one is doing more in Texas than @betoorourke and that’s exactly why Paxton is targeting him, but it’s important to know it’s not just him they’re reallly after with all of this—it’s voters. Losing the infrastructure that Beto has built would have devastating consequences to Democrats in Texas

I forget that the most insufferable people on the internet are on this app.

1. Pumpkin spice latte returns
2. Taylor and Travis are engaged
3. Women’s Equality Day
4. Catelin Drey wins and breaks the supermajority in the Iowa Senate

Today is truly a day for the girls

I forget about this app a lot 😂

Happy National Dog Day to Trump’s most loyal bitches: Texas Republicans

Greg Abbott has added a ban on same day voter registration in Texas to the special session agenda. Texas does not have same day voter registration.

Abbott uses special sessions as taxpayer funded campaign events to push his baseless talking points

Taking it with them: Members leaving with money in the bank - Roll Call Resigning and retiring House and Senate members have flexibility in how they use nearly $53 million in leftover campaign and PAC money.

rollcall.com/2021/12/08/t...

TX Republicans are so mad about the support that Alvarado received that they just voted to kill her filibuster before it even started, forcing a vote to pass their rigged map. They claimed she was using the filibuster to campaign & were “offended” to be kept there on a Friday night. These facist MFs

The Texas State Senate – Senate Live Broadcasts

The Senate is on recess until 11:30pm, an obvious tactic to wear Senator Alvarado down before she even begins her filibuster. You can tune in here to watch her make Dan Patrick regret it when she goes well into tomorrow:
senate.texas.gov/av-live.php

Texas lawmaker attempts to stall GOP redistricting plan with all-nighter State Sen. Carol Alvarado, a Houston lawyer, Democrat and veteran of stalling, prepares for another run at holding up business in Texas.

According to the Washington Post, TX Senator Carol Alvarado “got an IV infusion, inserted a catheter with a urine bag attached, bought a long blue flowered dress to hide the bag” as part of her preparation to filibuster the new congressional map tonight

California is putting it on the ballot. Go cry to your mama

This guy’s wife is in the hospital after having a heart attack and they have 5 young kids at home. Exactly the kind of asshole you’d expect to file to try to take Al Green’s seat in the new rigged map

They were redrawn during the last admin because that’s when they were due to be, it’s every 10 years to coincide with a new census. WeThePeople are in this situation because half this country is operating on one brain cell

Lloyd Doggett bitterly announces he won’t seek reelection if the new congressional map in Texas goes through. The redraw would have forced him into a primary with Greg Casar.

Now to pressure Doggett to give that $6.5 million in campaign cash to other Democrats in Texas so we can flip some seats

I hope every single Texas House Democrat remembers that Republicans laughed and mocked you on the floor as the rammed their map down our throats. Those are the colleagues you want to negotiate and maintain relationships with. And they think you’re a joke.

The Texas House has just passed the most racially gerrymandered map since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which prohibits racial discrimination in voting

Gov Abbott to announce flood relief funding in Kerrville tomorrow. He’s able to do this despite no flood legislation passing the lege because it’s always been something he could do by exec order. We didn’t need a special session, Republicans used flood victims to force their redistricting scam

The Texas House will pass the new map today. Procedure requires a 2nd vote that usually occurs the following day, but they’re going to try to ram it through today by suspending the rules. Senate has already scheduled a hearing for tomorrow AM so they can get it to the governor’s desk this week.