Podcasting Director, Progress Texas. Host of the Daily Dispatch. I do radio too. Do Not Obey In Advance.
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Pritzker: Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: Once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next
Pritzker: "He has no idea what's he's talking about. There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops. He is insulting the people of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole, and anyone that takes his word at face value is insulting Chicagoans too."
Oh My God.
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
Missing the forest for the trees when it comes to energy. This will be a national security issue for the US.
Pay attention. Your family’s safety is on the line.
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This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
35 years ago yesterday we lost Stevie Ray Vaughan in a helicopter crash. He was also 35 years old at the time of his death. SRV is considered to be one of the most influential musicians in the history of blues music, and one of the greatest guitarists of all time. ❤️🎵🎸 youtu.be/t54xyIcgbks?...
How do YOU get involved? Athletes like @bradstuver.com are changing the game on and off the field by showing up, speaking out, and giving back. Get your tickets here: act.progresstexas.org/a/allstaract...
Vaccines are safe and effective. RFK Jr. isn’t.
What a joke. Nice gaslighting attempt Paxton.
Texas Republicans are trying to punish quorum breakers, because they know they can't handle competition.
Ken Paxton: To hell with the courts, your children WILL learn about adultery.
Yes. Please.
The Second Amendment wasn’t written for executive orders and barbed wire around the Capitol—it was written to ensure a well-regulated militia that answers to the people and their states. Today, that balance is being pulled apart. My latest: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/who-really...
Texas is proud of Ann Johnson. @voteannjohnson.bsky.social
"There’s real consequences when you push back against your authoritarian overlords." –Marc Maron
I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded. HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
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The Bolton raid should chill you: my emergency video (full video linked) adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
Gavin Newsom’s late-night message to Fox
A beatdown in broad daylight was caught on video: Masked men in tactical vests grappled, tased, and piled onto a delivery worker. Pinning the worker face down on the pavement, agents tased him again and punched him repeatedly in the head.
A year ago today… God how different it could have been.
Trump regime officials keep making up stories that people are secretly thanking them, why not publicly?
From bombs to bullets, threats of political violence have zero place in our democracy. Every one of us, regardless of party, must stand against these acts of cowardice and terrorism. #txlege
Rep Nicole Collier had filed a Habeas Corpus Petition protesting the illegal restraint on her liberty. www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
Commentary: U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd owes his Colorado constituents an apology over megafires.
Protest the detainment of Rep Nicole Collier inside TX House Chambers since Monday 8/18 & the arrest of protestors supporting her. PHONE ZAP - mobilize.us/handsoffcent... IN PERSON - 7pm @ TX Capitol - www.mobilize.us/handsoffcent... #TEXAS
Cutting off mRNA research because the first mRNA vaccines weren't good enough - *even if that were true, which it really isn't* - is like if we banned personal computers in 1981 because the IBM PC was too expensive
In case you aren’t paying attention to the latest in Texas… She has since been given “permission” to go to her office inside the Capitol building but is still not being permitted to leave the building without a police escort. Reminder: She has broken zero laws.
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Everybody had this book when I was a teenager.
Dear Texas, This is what Autocracy Looks Like! stacked.mothersfordemocracypac.com/p/texas-this...
Insane. Writing a State/Local Politics textbook in 2025: "To go forward with their plan to redistrict on behalf of the President's orders, the Texas GOP decided to hold a state legislator hostage in the Capitol..."
The decision of European leaders to all join Zelensky in his White House visit was one of the savviest diplomatic moves I’ve seen in a long time. Historic. THAT is how you unify for democracy.
The country is really against this president, by large and increasing numbers.
Trump, a Jeffrey Epstein partner, blames Ukraine for being invaded and declares only Zelenskyy can end the war by surrendering and forfeiting Ukrainian territory, natural resources, homes, and more than 30,000 children stolen and trafficked by Russia. Trump stands behind Russia.
This is full-on authoritarianism. Free Nicole Collier. #txlege
California Democrats' proposed new boundaries for U.S. House districts would make five Republican-held seats more likely to be won by Democrats, an attempt to offset gains Republicans hope to make by redrawing maps in Texas. nyti.ms/4oEZPK0
We are beyond proud of Fort Worth State Rep. Nicole Collier for standing up to ridiculous GOP bullying! Full talk: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Abbott, like other fascists, wants obedience. @NicoleCollier95 said NO. DPS isn’t her chaperone. Tell @GregAbbott_TX to quit being a fascist! She didn't break the law! She's no criminal. #StandWithCollier #TxLege
What a fucking loser
Every Democratic member of Congress should be in the streets of DC saying this dangerous authoritarian escalation must stop. Do they not grasp what’s going on here?
Masked men jumped a San Bernardino family in unmarked cars, opened fire, and shattered their truck windows—all while the family was just coming home from work. The feds later admitted it was CBP, but the family says the agents never showed warrants or IDs.
What's so clear here -- and so terrifying -- is that these cops view themselves as Trump's goons and know that Trump will let them get away with anything. www.thehandbasket.co/p/federal-ag...
America has fallen.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This guy is trying to get a Nobel Peace Prize? When he's bringing war to the American people? He sent the United States Marines into the United States of America."
Agreed
Lessons from the quorum break: our state leaders’ refusal to condemn political violence when it doesn’t benefit them shows that fascism isn’t coming - it’s here. #texas #txlege Podcast: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x @wiljay.bsky.social
@dennisgoris.bsky.social
I want ICE gone. But at the very least, they need better training—they clearly don’t know what the F they’re doing. 🚨 A man was killed on the 210 Freeway after running into traffic while fleeing an ICE raid at a Home Depot. This is the second known death in Southern California tied to these raids.
What a wanker.
I just went on Fox News to tell the truth about the redistricting power grab in Texas. I asked a simple question: “If Republican policies are so popular, why do they need to redraw these maps; why not run on their policies?” He refused to answer — and cut the interview early.
Every day that the governor keeps redistricting on a special session agenda, he's picking Trump over Texans. Period. #txlege
Since we passed the Affordable Care Act, Republicans have tried over and over to repeal it. And over and over, they’ve failed — in part because millions of people now depend on the ACA for quality, affordable health care.
El Paso State Rep. Claudia Ordaz, theorized to be on her way back to the Capitol, says she is in full support of the quorum break as she undergoes medical treatment. Podcast: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x Story: tinyurl.com/mwjm63s6 We wish Rep. Ordaz a speedy and full recovery.
I'm the biggest strongest bravest boy in the world, there's only one thing I'm afraid of and it's every single city
I had a great time today chatting w/ @chrismosser.bsky.social about the threat of redistricting and how txlege needs to focus on fighting for working Texans. Big shoutout to @progresstexas.bsky.social and the work they’re doing to uplift progressive voices! Full episode: linktr.ee/RepMorales145
Texas DPS troopers, rather than doing their primary job of keeping Texans safe, have been reassigned to the task of staking out the homes of the Democratic quorum breakers - who will later be charged with related expenses. Pod: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.statesman.com/ne...
Governor Abbott has thrown cold water on the idea that the Dems can stop redistricting for the 2026 election by delaying past the December 8 filing deadline - he says he'll re-draw them mid-election. Pod: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.forbes.com/sites...
Governor Abbott believes that, should blue states including California respond to Texas' gerrymandering with their own, that he can and will eliminate as many as 10 Democratic congressional districts. Pod: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x thehill.com/homenews...
The Texas Public Utility Commission is suing the Texas Attorney General's office to keep information about cryptocurrency mining power demand in Texas, claiming fears that releasing it...will provoke terrorism? Pod: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.texastribune.org...
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry, an advocate for the therapeutic use of the hallucinogen #ibogaine, describes in detail a 12-hour trip he took on the drug in the New York Times. Podcast: https://bit.ly/3Z0lr7x www.nytimes.com/2025...
“I’m not a politician — I’m a worker who’s had enough.”Dan Osborn nearly won a U.S. Senate seat in Nebraska as an independent. Now he’s back. We talked unions, income inequality, and what it really means to be free from party control. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/dan-osborn...
Talarico owns Will Cain so hard that he has to tap out of their interview based on "time"
To condemn the poor and homeless is to blaspheme against Christ
A big RAD show of support for rock star Texas State Rep Mihaela Plesa. Despite the fear and intimidation by the Abbott and F47 Regimes, she, her staff, and family remain strong and committed. Her office remains open and fully operational. Reminder that the Texas Democrats are not breaking
How Trump's hostile takeover of DC is going so far. Amount of gangs stopped: 0 Amount of crimes prevented: 0 Amount of US tax dollars used per day: $66,667 to $266,667 Amount of Subway sandwiches thrown at feds: 1 #freeDC #freeSubwaySlinger
No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter - deeply - to who we are and what it means to be American.
Clearly this is not about making DC, or any of us, safer.
No wonder he had to join ICE.
Inslee: If you need more energy, the dumbest thing you can do is disallow access to wind, solar, and advanced batteries—three of the most productive ways of producing new energy. And yet, that’s exactly what he’s done.
Worth repeating... "There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people." Howard Zinn
It’s time to wake up - we are literally on the verge of losing our democracy if Donald Trump cheats his way to those seats in Texas.
I eat this stuff for breakfast. Life is the fight, and vice versa. Let's go
How is it possible that we live in a country in which the Secretary of Defense promotes the idea that women should not be allowed to vote? How can he be allowed to make personnel decisions regarding female leaders in our armed forces?
Texas solar production is up 47% on the year. Good thing, too, because energy consumption is up 6.5% so far this year after a 7.4% increase in July. By contrast, China's electric growth for first half of this year was 3.7%. More facts and figures here: www.douglewin.com/p/texas-dem...
Good morning. Trump is protecting Epstein files. The confederacy lost and they were traitors, mRNA vaccines are the future, cops shouldn’t wear masks, Trump cut taxes for the rich and ripped benefits from the poor. Have a weekend
Imagine chilling in your home country sitting down to have lunch with a YouTube video playing in the background and suddenly some plastic faced homunculi of a Hitlerian doll pops up to call you a wetback That’s been the experience here for a while now youtu.be/7QWXO2yDcwA?...
Never forget.
Every day I’m inspired by the bravery of these courageous ICE agents.
There's a new 2025 peak demand record in ERCOT: 82,566 megawatts at 4:55 today. Solar provided 30% of the power at that time and wind about 16%; wholesale power was just $22/MWh. No conservation alerts. No energy emergencies. Just abundant, affordable power. #txlege #txenergy
Despite a scare today, the Texas House did NOT make quorum and has been adjourned.
So evidently we’re going to just revert to witch doctors now? Kennedy stops mRNA research
Abbott refuses to do his job
The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits is at its highest level since late 2021. The Big Ugly Bill benefits the very wealthy. No one else.
Damn the evil prick ending $500 million in vaccine research while children die of preventable diseases.
“Courage is contagious.” @VoteAnnJohnson: This quorum break isn’t about Democrats vs. Republicans, it’s about fairness and representation. Podcast: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
Ken Paxton is the most corrupt Attorney General in Texas history. This malignant clown was impeached by his own party. He has ZERO credibility on issues of law and order. Pipe down.