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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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And these are just the shootings that made the news. On average, 125 people are killed in America each day by gun violence.

The Free Speech Crisis for Black Americans Is Worse Than You Think Don’t let Jimmy Kimmel’s return fool you: Black academics are more frightened of talking to the press than I’ve ever seen.

Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, HBCUs received terroristic threats. Black students have been expelled or forced to withdraw. Black professors and teachers have been fired and placed on leave. A Black firefighter was placed on leave. A Black journalist was fired

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Students shot at Evergreen High School in Jefferson County: What we know so far The students were taken to the hospital, according to officials.

"A study by the Colorado School of Health found that 1 in 4 Colorado teens have easy access to firearms, and of those, half said they could get a gun within 10 minutes."
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At least 3 students injured in shooting at Colorado high school: Officials At least three people were transported to the hospital after a shooting unfolded at a high school in Colorado, officials said.

At least 3 teens shot at Evergreen High School in Colorado this afternoon. All in critical condition

Hundreds more children and their families traumatized.

We have so terribly failed the children of this country.

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It’s time to take on the billionaires and their puppet politicians.

YouTube video by James Talarico I’m running for the U.S. Senate

I’m running for the U.S. Senate.

Billionaires have taken over Texas and taken over America — but together, we can take power back for working people.

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1. Autism existed before Tylenol
2. Some women have autistic children and never took Tylenol while pregnant
3. Correlation is not causation.
4. RFK Jr is a douche canoe
5. Not normally a huge fan of big business, but Tylenol should sue.

last night was a bleak one for TX legislature history. dan patrick literally denied senate democrats the ability to filibuster redistricting, even though rules allow it. roland gutierrez asked what precedent there was for this. patrick didn't even bother to answer. that's how the map passed.

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

Also want to point out the filibuster rules are pretty gnarly: no eating or drinking; you must stand at a desk (no leaning!); and no bathroom breaks.

Four years ago Senator Alvarado filibustered over fifteen hours to try and stop a voter suppression bill so this ain't her first rodeo.

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

State Sen. Carol Alvarado of Houston said she planned to hold the floor as long as possible ahead of a final vote. bit.ly/45RCI6w

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

Watch @ginaforaustin.bsky.social make a motion to prioritize flood relief over gerrymandering. Republicans shut down the motion to put grieving families first. They’ve never cared about public safety. #TxLege

@ginaforaustin.bsky.social made a motion to prioritize flood relief over HB4 and republicans declined placing gerrmandering above Texans in need. #txlege

Federal judge blocks Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms A federal judge sided with 16 Texas families to stop a law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments from going into effect.

NEW: Federal judge blocks Texas law requiring Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

🚨 Tomorrow, August 20th at 10 A.M, Texas House Republicans are planning to ram through their extreme racial gerrymander map.

The ONLY bill they are voting on is the gerrymandering bill; flood relief and disaster resilience is nowhere to be found. We know what they really care about. #txlege

Inbox: In a show of “unity and defiance against Republican intimidation tactics,” 8 Texas House Democrats will “Rip the Slip” – publicly tearing up the permission slips required by Republicans for members to leave the chamber. They’ll join Rep. Collier overnight ahead of tomorrow’s vote on the maps.

We are witnessing 24/7 state-ordered police custody of elected officials.

All in order to force members to the floor to racially redistrict & rig the 2026 elections.

This Texas Authoritarianism is the New Jim Crow South. #txlege

In break with current CDC recommendations, leading pediatrics group recommends Covid-19 shots for young children | CNN The American Academy of Pediatrics released its updated recommendations for vaccines on Tuesday, including Covid-19 shots for infants and young children – a break from the current US for Centers for D...

The American Academy of Pediatrics released its updated recommendations for vaccines, including Covid-19 shots for infants and young children – a break from the current US for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.

Congratulations, Republicans! The Texas Capitol Is Now a Minimum-Security Prison. Texas Capitol Democrats navigate a new reality of constant monitoring by law enforcement. This is authoritarian cosplay.

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, also a frequent target of the deranged right, wrote: “Forcing elected officials to sign ‘permission slips’ and take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.”

Twitter post from Rep. Nicole Collier, who spent the night in the Texas House chamber

An update from Rep. Nicole Collier, who spent the night in the House chamber after she refused to sign a permission slip to have a DPS officer escort her around the Capitol

If you would like to let the Legislative leadership know what you think about this, here you go:

☎ House Sergeant at Arms: (512) 463-0910
☎ Speaker’s Office: (512) 463-1000

This is full-on authoritarianism.

Free Nicole Collier. #txlege

Really important update about availability of the Covid vaccine. Not seeing enough people talk about this.

Collier: I refused to sign and so I was told that I was gonna have to stay here on the floor. They have locked the doors. The sergeants have been instructed not to allow me to leave until I have a permission slip.

Texas Democratic legislator to stay in state capitol after refusing law enforcement escort to leave State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth on Monday said she will remain locked in the Austin statehouse chamber until the House reconvenes on Wednesday morning.

“‘I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts,’ Collier said in a statement that called her a ‘political prisoner’ for refusing Republican ‘surveillance protocol.’” www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...