RAD - Richardson Area Democrats

Pritzker: Trump Is 'Cheating Americans Out of Their Votes' With Gerrymandering Plans Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said attempts to gerrymander Texas by redrawing districts before the next Census will deny Americans their rights.

#GerrymanderingIsCheating Disbar law breakers/Trump Eunuchs Greg Abbott & indicted Ken Paxton. TY @govpritzker.illinois.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social @betoorourke.bsky.social @kendallscudder.bsky.social!
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Why does a piece of property, i.e. a gun, get more protection than a human being?
@momsdemand.bsky.social

@plesafortexas.bsky.social continuing to serve her constituents in HD70 with back-to-school support, and fighting the illegal redistricting rigging.

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Epstein Files Release Countdown

Day 171 of the Epstein Files being held hostage by F47, Bond and Speaker Johnson.

Demand their release!

#EpsteinFiles
#BelieveTheWomen

#txlege important call to action. In addition to the points below, the billl also guts the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act by carving out certain religious speech as not protected.

Also if you go there is a rally in the rotunda at 1245 against the rig-districting.

Good turnout of RAD members and concerned citizens protesting outside the office of Texas State Rep Angie Button in response to the attempt to illegal rig our elections.
Join us for future events!
#onemillionrising

For more information, send a text to Kaitlyn at 214-681-1543. She will be there to testify etc.

At a minimum, call your state senator.

*Expand the bounty hunter program
*Further limit/penalization of medical abortions
*And moreIf you know anyone who can go to Austin tomorrow, please encourage them to do so. Share widely in your nets especially to people in the Waco-Austin-San Marcos corridor

To testify:

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War on Women Action Alert ‼️‼️‼️

August 9 the GOP state senators released the text of SB6. Public comments are scheduled for tomorrow, August 11 (yes, that is less than 48 hours notice), in Austin.

The bill will:
*Expand the definition of those who aid and abet abortions to include family members

We only dream of a safe place… Help us protect my child from fear and bombs Support our family to find safety and rebuild our lives

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In the darkness of war, your kindness is our only light. Please help. 🫂 Your kindness is our only shield against despair. Please, help us survive.
Your compassion is a blessing in our hardest days. 🫂🕊️
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Because why would we want to do things that are beneficial to us?

The capes are off, and they have shown us who they really are.

These are the same people that will hug you one day, and lock you up in cages the next.

That is why we have to fight back. #txlege

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn't vote Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reposted the video profiling Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson, who opposes same-sex marriage.

Ultimate goal: women shouldn’t be allowed to vote.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn't vote

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Can Anything Halt the Gerrymandering Arms Race? Texas Dem quorum-breakers are seeking to protect voter rights nationwide, but they’re likely engaged in little more than a perfunctory game of chicken.

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Katie Johnson Civil case for Rape Trump Epstein.pdf This document appears to be related to a legal case filed on April 26, 2016, under the case number 5:16-cv-00797-dmg-ks. It includes multiple pages, but the content regarding the specifics of the case...

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How many candidates have you supported, only to be disappointed in them?
Beto has never let us down!

Here’s his work around to give money to help our Texas House Dems.
Text FIGHT to 20377!

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Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"

Social Security - "That's socialism!"

Debt free education - "That's socialism!"

Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"

$1 trillion in tax cuts for the richest 1%...

"That's just how it is."

Trump expects us to bend the knee and let him steal 5 Congressional seats. Our knees don’t bend in Texas.

Unclear maybe because there’s no crime. Hopefully that law hasn’t been changed yet.

John Roberts’ Supreme Court Has Entered Its Dred Scott Era I know the headline is provocative. But hear me out.

From Dred Scott to Citizens United to gutting the VRA… the Supreme Court has had dark chapters.
But under John Roberts, it has entered a new low.
Here’s why: 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/jaimehar...

NEWS: The IRS clashed with the White House over using tax data to help locate suspected undocumented immigrants hours before Trump administration officials forced IRS Commissioner Billy Long from his post Friday (Washington Post)

Social Security announces a phone service fix after denying there was an issue The Social Security Administration has conceded an issue with phone service, after denying it to NPR, and has announced a fix.

The Social Security Administration has conceded an issue with phone service, after denying it to NPR, and has announced a fix.

We are stunned…

Uniting to Fight the Trump Takeover: Virtual Town Hall When Greg Abbott called the July special session, he held critical flood relief hostage to push a redistricting scheme designed to help Trump steal congressional seats and lock in GOP control of the H...

Join us on Monday at 11am CDT for a virtual town hall with Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy and @californialabor.bsky.social ‬President Lorena Gonzalez to talk about how the labor movement is united in fighting the Trump takeover.

RSVP here: act.aflcio.org/events/uniti...

More great analysis from Michelle.

We don’t have to obey in advance, and the more people refuse, the more people will join in. They will feel less afraid.

Beto O’Rourke Trashes Texas Republicans: ‘These Motherf**kers Are Panicking’ Texas Republicans have called for the arrest of Democrats for leaving the state to deny House Republicans a quorum to gerrymander district lines.

Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke didn’t mince words when talking about Texas Republicans’ attempts to create a new redistricting map that would disenfranchise millions of non-white voters.

“These motherfuckers are panicking right now.”

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