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Black woman TX legislator being held hostage. Not ok!

Texas Democrat trapped in House chamber after defying GOP escort rule "I'll just sit here, I don't know...I guess I'll wait til Wednesday."

Police escort? Afraid she'll leave the state again? #Texas

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Omfg !!
Outrage
A black woman
Just doing what her constituents want her to do

A convicted felon has more freedom than she does

STAND WITH TEXAS DEMOCRAT REPRESENTATIVE
NICOLE COLLIER

Texas Democrats say they are prepared to return to state after two-week absence Chair of the state’s house Democratic caucus said they will return once California submits new congressional map to offset losses in Texas

Texas Democrats say they are prepared to return to state after two-week absence.

Chair of state’s house Democratic caucus said they will return once California submits new congressional map to offset losses in Texas.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Is this why Republicans cut Social Security and food assistance so ICE could pimp their rides? Shame!

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

California governor calls for a special election to introduce new US House maps – live Gavin Newsom announces plans to ask voters to approve new congressional maps in response to a redistricting plan by Texas

California governor calls for a special election to introduce new US House maps.

Gavin Newsom announces plans to ask voters to approve new congressional maps in response to a redistricting plan by Texas.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

They swore it couldn’t happen here.
Now we’re living the prequel to The Handmaid’s Tale.

Terrifying. Wake up before it’s too late.

#ProudBlue

Amazing 🔥🔥🔥🔥

We will NOT be complicit!

Let’s go California!

Thank you Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

Gov. Gavin Newsom:

We cannot stand back and watch this democracy disappear, district by district.

Every state across America must stand up, including, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio and Florida!

Not just California!

Every Blue State needs to stand up!!

The fight is on. How redistricting could unfold in 8 entangled states State leaders in both parties say they're ready to redraw political lines ahead of 2026, but state laws and constitutions make mid-decade redistricting virtually impossible in many places.

Abbott calls the issue “ embarrassing.” What’s really embarrassing is having Republicans all over the country doing the bidding of a Turnip. Abbott could end it right now.

What could happen in the states entering redistricting fights? From @npr ⬇️

www.npr.org/2025/08/14/n...

Social Security Fun Facts • Social Security and Medicare are paid for with a separate tax. They add nothing to the national debt. • Social Security has a $2.5 trillion surplus. • Congress has "borrowed" trillions from Social Security to pay for government spending. So when Republicans say we need to cut Social Security in order to balance the Federal Budget, here's what they really mean: "We've taken trillions from Social Security to pay for unfunded wars, tax cuts for the rich and corporate subsidies. We need to cut your benefits so we won't have to pay it back."

Just remember the FACTS about #SocialSecurity

It’s our money ~ NOT the #Republicans

#SheShed

In Louisiana, ICE deports three American children—a 4-year-old boy battling Stage 4 kidney cancer at the hospital, his 7-year-old sister, and a 2-year-old girl.

"Pro-Constitution" MAGA conservatives are outraged, amirite?

@reallyamerican.bsky.social reallyamerican.substack.com/p/breaking-i...

Man who threw sandwich at law enforcement was DOJ employee, Bondi says Police allege that the man approached law enforcement officers, including Metro Transit Police and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, and began yelling obscenities.

"I did it; I threw a sandwich," a DOJ employee reportedly said when he was arrested for throwing a sandwich at a law enforcement officer. That's assault with a deli weapon! 🥖
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#AveloAirlines is profiting off Trump’s Nazi terror tactics. By contracting with the DHS to run their (often illegal) deportation flights, Avelo is complicit in destroying the very same communities it relies on for its business to succeed. Send Avelo into bankruptcy #DV1 #ProudBlue

🚩YOU EARNED IT, but THEY WANT IT 😳
#KeepWallStreetAwayFromSS
#HandsOffSocialSecurity 💰

Found the culprit!

Don’t misunderstand. This is not a drill.

Some numb nut calling himself Big Balls gets his ass kicked by a 14 year old & it’s all the excuse the 47 regime needed to bring the National Guard into our capital.

This is what a fascist takeover looks like.

Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook| Moustafa Bayoumi About 800 national guard troops will be deployed in the nation’s capital because, according to the president: ‘Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs’

Hold on to the truth. Do not give in to fear. Resist!
"Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook."
-The Guardian, Moustafa Bayoumi www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is a very popular area full of restaurants and night life. People are angry and won’t stand for this! DC understands the assignment.

On this day in 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law.

It marked the first time the U.S. government established a national system to ensure older Americans could retire with dignity. 🧵

I don’t give a flying fuck how “desperate” you are for a job. There is nothing that could ever justify participation doing this to people who have committed no crimes, who have followed the rules, who only want a better life for themselves and their kids. Hide your faces you gutless bastards

#handsOffOurSocialSecurity

For 90 years Social Security has been the embodiment of our commitment to have each others back at every stage of life.

“When Social Security provides benefits for babies whose parents have passed away, that's not "waste."

That's called humanity." 🔥🔥🔥

#HandsOffOurSocialSecurity

Whenever you think your vote for local elections doesn't matter, look no further than Pima County

Project Blue was yet another massive water guzzling data center planned to be built in the desert

Pima County Supervisors were all on board. Tucson City Council stopped it!! Vote!

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Texas Democrats signal they are poised to end redistricting walkout “We're prepared to bring this battle back to Texas under the right conditions and to take this fight to the courts,” Texas House Democratic Caucus chair Gene Wu said in a statement.

TX Dems signal yet they will soon return Under 2 conditions

1st TX Leg ends special session on Friday

2nd CA introduce expected proposal to offset GOP gains in TX

@cwebbonline.com is reporting that item number 2 on the TX Dem List of conditions to return back to TX is being met. (See Post Below)

Now, for condition 1.

Will the TX Legislature end the special session on Friday?

Joy Ann Reid and Rep. Jolanda Jones shows the Texas map where the lines that shows how Republicans have gerrymandered areas that are specifically Brown and Black neighborhoods.

It’s clear this is racial discrimination.

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Gazans starve to death as the world looks away - Vatican News At least 57 Palestinians have starved to death in Gaza as Israel’s blockade of critical humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave stretches into its ...

The use of food and water as weapons of war is unacceptable. Starving a population to force it to flee cannot be justified.

Vatican News May 5-2025 & it’s still happening!