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Heron Greenesmith, Esq. @herong.bsky.social

Point of order withdrawn.

aug 28, 2025, 10:44 pm • 5 0

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Charley Sheets (post-divorce arc) @rcsheets.net

Point of chaos

aug 28, 2025, 10:44 pm • 0 0 • view
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Heron Greenesmith, Esq. @herong.bsky.social

New amendment: changes the fines. Several R reps stand up in support. Several Ds object. There's a vote. Amendment passes.

aug 28, 2025, 10:45 pm • 7 0 • view
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Heron Greenesmith, Esq. @herong.bsky.social

A rep: "I hope my colleagues in support of this bill never experience the trauma that people in the LGBT community experience. Because I do not think you'd be able to handle it."

aug 28, 2025, 10:48 pm • 24 2 • view
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Heron Greenesmith, Esq. @herong.bsky.social

Another rep stands up to remind the House that HB 8 will drive away business and tourism: "This bill threatens our ability to attract the best to Texas."

aug 28, 2025, 10:51 pm • 12 0 • view
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Heron Greenesmith, Esq. @herong.bsky.social

"Discrimination has no place in our laws."

aug 28, 2025, 10:52 pm • 9 0 • view
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Heron Greenesmith, Esq. @herong.bsky.social

Rep Turner: Senate Bill 8 is big government at its worst. It tells Texans where they can go and where they cannot go. Even worse, it watches you. Even worse, it tells Texans to rat each other out.

aug 28, 2025, 10:54 pm • 15 1 • view
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Heron Greenesmith, Esq. @herong.bsky.social

Rep Turner: This is the most un-Texan bill that this body has ever taken up.

aug 28, 2025, 10:57 pm • 13 1 • view
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Heron Greenesmith, Esq. @herong.bsky.social

Rep listing the names of Black trans women killed this year.

aug 28, 2025, 11:00 pm • 11 0 • view
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Heron Greenesmith, Esq. @herong.bsky.social

Rep raising up the story of Passion Star, a Black trans woman who faced horrific violence in Texas prison. legacy.lambdalegal.org/blog/2016120...

aug 28, 2025, 11:03 pm • 9 0 • view
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Heron Greenesmith, Esq. @herong.bsky.social

Rep: This bill is not just cruel. It's unconstitutional.

aug 28, 2025, 11:04 pm • 10 1 • view
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Heron Greenesmith, Esq. @herong.bsky.social

Rep: This bill is not about Texas.

aug 28, 2025, 11:04 pm • 7 0 • view
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Miss Nicki Brie @transgirlinsea.bsky.social

One of so many.

aug 28, 2025, 10:59 pm • 1 0 • view