#TX politics. Political Scientist. Democrat. #ODAT #texasdemocrat, #txlege
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Vance, on vacation, waiting patiently to hear he's up.
Oof! An 11-year-old in Houston playing ding-dong ditch rang the wrong doorbell and ended up shot dead. What has this country come to? A rite of passage for kids is now a death warrant. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Newsweek reporting that DJT spotted golfing in Virginia today. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Will DJT's possible death and presumed delay in notification join this illustrious list? www.rferl.org/a/karimov-de...
You'll be able to cut the irony with Musk's DOGE chainsaw if Biden, whose age became a massive campaign issue, outlives DJT.
TX Gun maniac and dealer, Brandon Herrera, who is running again for Congress in #TX23, is upset that he sells murderous weapons and met the murdering Minneapolis shooter. Herrera had such an impact on him that he made a video suggesting he should be president. www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2...
The ineffective small sections of border wall built by @GregAbbott_TX is the perfect metaphor for his entire tenure. Pointless, useless, and a massive multi-billion-dollar waste of taxpayer money. apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
Is he tweeting about resolving world conflict? No. Instead, his tiny megalomaniac brain tweets with his tiny bruised hands about every little petty thought he has so his low-IQ dolt followers can lap it up. How did the greatest country in the world vote for this imbecile?
The #txlege is passing bills that violate the state Constitution. This one, authored by Rep Matt Shaheen, removes local DA power and hands it to AG Paxton to prosecute election fraud. Voters are supposed to vote on a referendum to change the constitution, not the legislature. 100% a power grab.
Can't make this shit up. ANOTHER Trump Burger owner has been detained by ICE for deportation. This guy overstayed his visa from 2009. He also went to jail for injecting people with fake vaccines. www.sacurrent.com/news/another...
Down in Houston, two fake ski-masked "cops" wearing bulletproof vests and badges tried to serve a warrant, then started firing through the door. The homeowner returned fire and killed them both. ICE is emboldening lunatics. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Here are the final new Congressional districts in Texas overlayed on the 2024 presidential vote by precinct. Democrats were 42% of the '24 elections, and now have 8 of 38 seats (21%). Elections have consequences. #txlege
A Federal Judge has ruled that Alligator Alcatraz must be closed to preserve the Florida Everglades. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The party of Lincoln is now actively defending slavery. This alternate timeline is batshit crazy.
In a surprise to absolutely no one, a Federal Judge has temporarily blocked the posting of the 10 commandments in TX classrooms, stating it violates both the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment. www.aclu.org/press-releas...
TX Democratic State Reps @TerryforTexas and @VentonJonesTX haven't let their illegal Texas DPS Trooper shadows slow them down. They went to a gay bar in Dallas to talk to the Stonewall Democrats. I love it!🤣 www.chron.com/culture/arti...
For those that don't know, Texas has open primaries so that Democrats can vote in the GOP primary.
Me heading to vote in the TX GOP primary next year with my brand new voter registration license plate.
Historian Andrew Lownie’s new book about Prince Andrew is titled "Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York." The book has quite an accusation, that Jeffrey Epstein bragged about sleeping w/ Melania before her relationship w/ Donald Trump. I wonder if that's why DJT stopped talking to him?
oof!
*chef's kiss*
His simple-minded idea to move America into a second Gilded Age is to actually gild everything. Working title, "Fake it til you make it."
The Lebanese owner of Trump Burger in Houston, Roland Beainy, has been arrested by ICE for overstaying his visa. I just can't with the people. Literally supporting the regime that deports them.#FAFO www.wfaa.com/article/news...
Anemic job growth under DJT's leadership. He's driving us straight into a recession. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
I'm sure TDP, Lulac, and every other org will sue, but will it stop this madness? No.
You can clearly see how these Democratic districts are diced up and moved around to deny Democratic representation in TX.
Diving into the first proposed highly gerrymandered Congressional map of #txlege. I have included in my maps the proposed Congressional district boundaries ( white lines), the old district boundary hash marked, and included the 2024 precinct majority vote ( blue is Democratic).
Trump supporter's husband detained while trying to renew papers. #FAFO www.dallasobserver.com/news/pro-tru...
They're only targeting criminals? Glenn Valley Foods isn't sure it can keep operating after ICE raids now suffering a 70% drop in production and almost no employees left. Meat prices are up 7% this year and climbing. Making America Great Again. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
I should mention Capriglione is the author of the draconian TX abortion bill that has killed several women who were refused treatment while pregnant.
More detail: www.sacurrent.com/news/gop-tex...
Tx GOP Rep. Capriglioni allegedly had an affair with an exotic dancer, paid for abortions, and fantasized about ejaculating into cookie batter for his daughter's bake sale. 🤯 www.texastribune.org/2025/07/25/g...
TX has the 5th highest mortgage delinquency rate. www.realtor.com/news/trends/...
Texas is the most disaster-prone state in the union w/ 190 extreme weather events between 1980 and 2024, but it does very little to prepare for or prevent disasters. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
So our gov @GregAbbott_TX is having "intimate and embarrassing" email exchanges with @elonmusk and refuses to release ALL of them to @TexasTribune through the FOIA—zero transparency. www.keranews.org/texas-news/2...
Look at what else they spent the ARPA money on, instead of a flood warning system $370K for a sidewalk so veterans can enjoy a view $100K for employees to get CDL licenses & employee retention $356K for software, clocks, fire alarms Kids in a candy store www.hccommunityjournal.com/article_fd3f...
Do I have this right? In 2016, Kerr Co looked into installing a $1M flood warning system & decided it cost too much. They repeatedly asked the state for help, but TX only offered $50K. Then in '21 the Biden admin gave them $10M to use on anything, & they spent it all on the police?
A real tear-jerker of a story of one family and their loss in the massive flood on the Guadalupe River. A must-read. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
Created a heatmap of 2018 Beto v 2024 Allred percentage differences. Blue colors indicate Beto won that county by a larger percentage than Allred. Redder indicates Allred won the county.
If you're a naturalized U.S. citizen, your citizenship is on the chopping block if you lied on your application because you were convicted of a crime. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Three cities of the Texas Triangle are ranked in the top 15 places to live for 2025. www.statesman.com/story/news/s...
NIMBYism is alive and well in the Texas home builders market and is one of the main culprits for higher housing costs as our suburban sprawl reaches its limits all over the state. —gift Article. www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
Colin Allred has announced he is running for US Senate. Let's hope he gets out there and hustles to meet voters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=51kq...
Informative article from @TheAtlantic arguing liberals need to wise up on taking our court battles to the top under a conservative SCOTUS. Something I have thought about for a while. We should not be picking battles we can't win right now. Gift article. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
NYT has the data on the large upswing in ICE arrests which are up 124% y/y. gift article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
If you ever wondered how Dred Scott v. Sandford could possibly have happened, look no further than the conservatives on our court now. www.politico.com/live-updates...
ICE is raiding farms and ranches in TX, rounding up immigrants. The farmers aren't happy about it as their workers disappear. Elections have consequences; higher food prices are coming. MAGA needs to sit down and listen to the smart people in the room. www.fox4news.com/news/immigra...
With the new state chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social, I am expecting some big changes. Don't count TDP out.
Astronaut Terry Virts, a very well-qualified candidate, has announced he is running as a Democrat for the Senate here in Texas. Looks to be a great candidate with a Master's in Aeronautics and a career as a pilot in the Air Force.
"We're not at war with Iran. We're at war with Iran's nuclear program." - JD Vance Categorically the dumbest statement with the most catastrophic consequences I've ever heard. Our VP doesn't even understand what war is.
Wait a minute, you mean to tell me the cartels have shovels and can just dig under the border and deliver drugs to the US like Uber? What about those expensive walls we put in? fox5sandiego.com/news/border-...
When it's the GOP's idea, socialism is spectacular. 🤣@tedcruz wants to give every baby $1K to invest. Of course, I'm not sure how the baby would even use a mouse to set up a Schwab account, but one bridge at a time. These guys are something else. www.texastribune.org/2025/06/19/t...
I wish you all a Happy Juneteenth from Texas.
My exact question. What does visiting a biohazard lab have to do with her job?
Kristi Noem is going above and beyond, putting life and limb in harm's way to protect us from foreign invaders...the microscopic kind, while visiting a biohazard lab. Does she ever actually work? www.newsweek.com/kristi-noem-...
Here is a great example of what they did in South Texas. Those landowners who held out and refused to sell their land look pretty smart now.
The Texas Tribune has a great article about how fragmented and pointless the Abbott border wall is. It is Texas's Afghanistan. A completely fraudulent project that has utterly failed in its stated goal and cost taxpayers billions. apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
Abbott's border wall, the one that he crowed on about relentlessly, and how Biden was at fault for not continuing to build it, remember? He's quitting building it after only 8% of the original plan has been completed, with worthless sections. #boondoggle www.texastribune.org/2025/06/17/t...
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Well, let me figure out where to put it. Can't load it here.
I stand corrected on the number. A few thousand folks easily showed for the #NoKingsProtest in McKinney,TX. Heres a 4x speed video of everyone. Stretches maybe half a mile.
Pleasantly surprised. Well over a thousand folks showed up for the #NoKingsProtest in McKinney, TX.
ICE's strategy now is to have the DHS lawyer ask the judge to dismiss the case when someone is seeking asylum. When the seeker leaves, they are immediately detained by ICE. That is why they are waiting in the halls of fed courthouses all over the country. www.npr.org/2025/06/12/n...
These are just one justification apart.
#holdtheline folks.
We live in a banana republic.
The gods have a really ironic sense of humor. www.thedailybeast.com/weather-fore...
Totally tacoed.
Gov Abbott is preparing to deploy the TX National Guard in cities across TX in preparation for the protest this weekend. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Spoke with Andrew Stanton Newsweek about the TX GOP Congressional delegation's desperate efforts to redraw our Congressional Districts to keep them in power after the mid-terms. They are very worried about the elections next yr. www.newsweek.com/texas-redraw...
TX GOP, at DJT's behest, is debating whether to ask Abbott to call a special session to redraw all 38 of our Congressional districts to favor the GOP more. At stake would be 2 seats in South TX that Democrats won by less than 5 pts in '24. www.texastribune.org/2025/06/09/t...
Perspective. 10M people in LA.
CNN: We have breaking news now from the Pentagon. CNN can now report that roughly 500 Marines are being mobilized in response to the protests in Los Angeles.
DJT: "We're going to have troops EVERYWHERE...We're not going to let our country be torn apart like it was under Biden and his autopen..." He's insane.
A well-researched article written by @liz_crampton of Politico on Democratic hopes for the Texas Senate race. Who's going to take on Paxton? Take a minute and read up. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
I'm coming to the conclusion that all of this has been planned from the beginning. They want the public to react to ICE, thats why the agents are masked & brutal. Then they can take control of the blue cities/states and enact their plan. Democrats need to get ahead of this.
Ben Schrader, a high-ranking federal prosecutor in Tennessee, resigned rather than pursue charges against Garcia. abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenl...
(It's sarcasm)
“Trump’s going to have to get one of those bumper stickers for his Tesla that says ‘I bought this before Elon told everyone I was on Epstein’s plane.’” — STEPHEN COLBERT www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/a...
Too bad the US doesn't have a multi-party system, so he can spin the wheel of political fortune and make a fool of himself trying again.
No one saw this coming. Least of all Democrats who have watched Elon naively evolve from a liberal titan to a MAGA poster boy because he didn't like COVID mandates 5 years ago. Gift Article: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/u...
Phang: There’s a Texas Tribune article that reveals that the Trump administration knew the vast majority of the 238 Venezuelan immigrants sent to CECOT in mid-March had not been convicted of crimes in the U.S.—even though the administration wanted to label them as terrorists before deporting them.
There's always money in the banana stand.
There's always money in the banana stand.
I've been chuckling all evening at these posts. 🤣🤣🤣
Damn, this season finale of The Apprentice is a doozy.
We can rebuild bananas. We have the technology. We can make them better than they were. Better, stronger, faster, and tariff free.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oh, definitely. Bondi will resend that order stat.
Not on my 2025 bingo card: Dems and MAGA sharing a calendar to coordinate Tesla protests.
The benefactors make the laws, that's why.
