Jeremy Flowers

Met @vikkigoodwintx.bsky.social candidate for Lt. Governor today.

Visit: www.vikkigoodwin.com

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Abbott referring to the map as, “One Big Beautiful Map” is political theater in an effort to pander to Donald’s ego. #txlege

"we are going *pre Civil Rights Act, pre-one person one vote*" with this bill, this map, Sen Eckhardt says #txlege

@howdypolitics.bsky.social

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Transgender people experience disproportionately high rates of domestic violence and homicide. When fleeing abuse, shelters are often their only safe option. By excluding trans survivors, SB 8 forces them to make an impossible choice: remain with an abuser or face homelessness #txlege

Every survivor deserves the right to safety. Every survivor deserves access to shelter, free from discrimination. By denying these basic protections to trans folks, SB 8 endangers lives, contradicts federal law, and risks essential funding that supports countless Texans in crisis. #txlege

SB 8 will be heard tomorrow in House State of Affairs.

SB 8 prohibits trans people from accessing essential facilities including in family violence shelters, placing them in even greater danger.

link to submit a comment can be found here: comments.house.texas.gov/home

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Where do we go from here? Register for the Texas Resistance virtual town hall tomorrow at 7:00 PM - we’re Texas elected officials who have not returned to Austin. Let’s keep holding the line, fighting for democracy, and putting working families first!

Register here: bit.ly/TexasResistance #txlege

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

Representative Collier reminds us that fighting for democracy is more than voting, it is standing up to power structures that seek relatirory measures for engaging in freedom and constitutionally protected rights. #txlege

Texas Dems who broke quorom were forced to sign permission to be release into DPS custody after the 2nd special session adjourned. This is a retalitory move to punsish those who exercised their constitutional right. Reperesentative Collier's resistance is justified. #txlege

Join Us September 17th In Austin!

Join @texasgunsense.bsky.social with special guest @rolandfortexas.bsky.social on September 17th in Austin for A Safer Texas: Rising Up To End Gun Violence #endgunviolence

The Trump administration is set to open the largest immigration detention camp in the country, at the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas.

Using military resources to detain immigrants harkens back to the darkest chapters of American history, and does nothing to make us safer.

Toxic Masculinity isn't an Attack - It's a Call to Accountability After over 15 years working in the field of men’s anti-violence, exploring and discussing the socialization of masculinity, I’ve learned that one of the most challenging—and necessary—conversations to...

Apparently this is a hill I will die on. #masculinity

If we’re constantly sidestepping the issue to avoid making men uncomfortable, we’re doing the exact thing patriarchy conditions us to do—protecting male power at the expense of justice. #masculinity

Gender policing traps men in rigid roles, it oppresses women, and greatly harms trans & gender expansive people. It serves no one in that it stifles autonomy & human freedom. #gender

Congressman Moran & Representative Alders both echoed the sentiment that House Dems "abandoned" their voter base. If I were betting, I'd wager neither one of them spoke directly to any democratic constituents to understand their view. #txlege

Patriarchy shields men from accountability, and this aversion to acknowledging what toxic masculinity is (aspects of masculine socialization that are harfmul to others and men themselves) is, IMO, another way to tip-toe around the problem. #masculinity

Calling attention to toxic masculinity isn't synonmous with saying masculinity is toxic, and I think it is important that we recognize and honor this. 'Cause if not, IMO, it is similar to a "not all men" argument which seeks to divert the attention elsewhere. #masculinity

HB 229, defining biological sex. 620 people testified the bill, 11 for the bill, 609 were against, and the bill passed. Texas republicans constantly talk about doing things "for Texans" even though they repeatedly deny hearing or illustrate an unwillingness to listen to the voice of Texans. #txlege

that’s good to know!

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Patrick just threatened to have people removed from the gallery for not standing during the invocation. So people are now required to participate in religion at the #txlege ?

If I said, someone was engaging in "toxic behavior" (dishonesty, passive-aggressiveness, etc.) you would understand that I am not insinuating or implying that all behavior is toxic. In the same way, calling attention to toxic masculinity is not saying masculinity is toxic.

Instead of resorting to increasing the stigma of mental illness, please look at the well documented pattern we see over & over again. Intimate partner violence + misogyny + easy access to firearms #Austin #EndGunViolence #domesticviolence

Men commit the vast majority of mass shootings, and many of those men have a record of abusing women. The warning signs are there long before the headlines. #Austin #domesticviolence