You following along? You in Texas? Out of state? How are ya? I'm getting a little tired, ngl. But I'm here for the long haul with ya.
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Thank you for this thread and for your presence there, truly. I don’t live in Texas anymore, but having spent many hours at the capitol (testifying, watching), I know it takes a huge amount of mental and psychological stamina. And that’s as a cis person not being demonized! You matter, this matters.
aug 28, 2025, 10:25 pm • 6 1 • view
Thank you very much! This is pretty grueling ngl
aug 28, 2025, 10:26 pm • 1 0 • view
💜💪💜💪💜
aug 28, 2025, 10:29 pm • 1 0 • view
Rep Collier: I want trans people to know you are valued and loved. I don't want any one to go home thinking we don't stand for trans people's rights.
aug 28, 2025, 9:24 pm • 16 0 • view
Amendment to remove the private right of action fails.
aug 28, 2025, 9:26 pm • 8 0 • view
Rep Garcia Hernandez proposes an amendment to clarify the fee-shifting portion of the bill, which, iirc, currently allows a complainant to recover fees but NOT someone who has been wrongfully persecuted or harmed by false accusations.
aug 28, 2025, 9:29 pm • 10 0 • view
Rep Garcia Hernandez: let's call this bill what it is: legislative bullying.
aug 28, 2025, 9:31 pm • 10 0 • view
Rep Garcia Hernandez: "Access to a court house is not a luxury, it is a right. Once those doors can be closed to some, they can be closed to all."
aug 28, 2025, 9:33 pm • 13 0 • view
So some people pronounce it Tex-iz? If I pronounced it that way, would it be like mocking folks with a Texan accent? Or is it correct, like Arkansaw?
aug 28, 2025, 9:38 pm • 7 0 • view
Amendment to remove the fee-shifting provision fails.
aug 28, 2025, 9:39 pm • 7 0 • view
Next amendment by Rep Rose, but there is a point-of-order that the amendment is not germane. Reps proceed to the clerk's desk.
aug 28, 2025, 9:41 pm • 6 0 • view
OK, I gotta run to the restroom. It's down 4 floors. No joke. Let's see how long it takes.
aug 28, 2025, 9:45 pm • 9 0 • view
Again, the only restroom I'm allowed to use in the Texas capital is the family restroom in the basement. As I was walking in, a capital police officer entered first, yelled Hello?? then left. Wtf.
aug 28, 2025, 9:52 pm • 9 0 • view
I propose that once this bill passes (I no longer want to say "if" given the trajectory right now) we should make sure this year's state fair has the worst turnout in ages out of spite I dunno who to get in contact with to make it happen, but it needs to happen. go woke or go broke
aug 28, 2025, 9:31 pm • 2 0 • view
Oh Texas is long past that point.
aug 28, 2025, 9:29 pm • 0 0 • view
I remember the day into overnight session of SB7 and the overnight session discussion of HB2899 in 2017. Both featured more people against the bills than for (the Senate State Affairs committee still passed the bill but fortunately neither of them became law then)
aug 28, 2025, 9:38 pm • 1 2 • view