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Working on Economic Opportunity @EveryTxn. I speak for myself.
On Jan 8, 1964, one of my favorite Texans, Lyndon Baines Johnson stepped into the halls of Congress to make his first annual address to the House & Congress as President, 100 days from being sworn in after the assassination of Pres Kennedy. youtu.be/Fv9aim1QJzM?si…
“Gov. Abbott doesn’t need a special session for these communities to access federal and state aid. He can act now using the powers he has used many times before, often in much less serious circumstances.” Read my opinion in the @HoustonChron: houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outloo… #txlege
“Starving people to death is a diabolical way of waging war. It must end.” — Pope Leo to Netanyahu substack.com/home/post/p-16…
After @BorrisLMiles and I repeatedly asked for this DOJ attorney to come speak to the committee and explain why she's asking the state to illegally draw a new map using race, the Chairman formally invited her. I look forward to hearing from her very soon. #txlege
On July 7th, a DOJ attorney sent a letter to state leaders telling them to target Black & Latino congressional districts. Two days later, the governor put redistricting on the agenda for the special session. But it turns out no one here has talked to this attorney or seen…
FYI.. "trafficking" is a term used in Texas statute specifically in relation to human/sex trafficking... Think forced prostitution & sex slavery... See §20A.01(4) & §20A.02...
HB 70 would stop illegal abortion trafficking of minor girls by requiring parental consent before they can be taken across state lines for an abortion. Parents deserve a say. Girls deserve protection. Contact your legislators now!
We did this to him. This government. This country. We condemned him to this torture because he dared to follow our own laws and seek refuge here. Utterly sick.
Andry entered legally. He waited in Mexico, then went to a port of entry. While there, some Keystone Cop fool of a CBP officer thought his “mom” and “dad” tattoos were gang tattoos, and sent him to ICE detention. That was bad enough. Then Trump sent him to a torture prison.
We did this to him. This government. This country. We condemned him to this torture because he dared to follow our own laws and seek refuge here. Utterly sick.
ANOTHER "ASSAULT" CASE AGAINST US CITIZENS where "assault" was demanding that ICE present a warrant. It's a pattern now. In this case, it was a warrant to enter THEIR private property to arrest a landscaper who was being racially profiled.
BREAKING: Per federal law enforcement sources, the two SoCal medical workers seen in a viral video physically blocking an ICE agent from arresting a Honduran illegal alien who had fled into their surgery center in Ontario, CA have both been charged federally & the male was…
In just six months, over 50 immigration judges have left or been fired, and all hiring in the pipeline was frozen. And now we’re hearing that the admin was illegally ordering judges to interpret the law in a way the Trump admin wanted.
Immigration judges said they were told **how to rule** by DOJ to aid arrests of immigrants in courthouses.
The communities that welcome migrants and refugees can be a living witness of a society where the dignity of all as children of God is recognised and in which all are brothers and sisters, part of the same family. #WDMR2025 @vaticanIHD vatican.va/content/leo-xi…
At the Joint Committee hearing, I asked a simple question: What could’ve prevented this tragedy? TxDOT's answer: Better forecasting data. But Trump cut funding for the National Weather Service, jeopardizing future forecasts and response. We’ve got to trust and fund our experts.
Look carefully at this photo That casket has the body US Rep @SylvesterTurner who died in March & was being eulogized by Texas House Speaker Burrows 4 months later, Burrows & others in #txlege are being asked to carve up his old congressional district from almost the same spot
Another legal immigrant arrested. We can't ever become numb to what is happening. This is wrong. It's not "normal" wrong. It's civilization-altering wrong.
NEW: Despite having $3.4 million in reserves, the Upper Guadalupe River Authority in Kerr County chose to cut taxes and turn down a 0% interest loan from the state rather than fund a $1 million flood warning system upgrade. W/@keribla houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…
New: In a FB post, @VoteGiovanni says he will not seek re-election in 2026. #txlege facebook.com/share/p/16XG8G…?
The Senate State Affairs Committee has unanimously voted hemp ban SB5 out of committee 10-0. It now heads to the full Senate floor for debate and vote. #txlege
Why are we beginning redistricting before getting disaster relief to the Hill Country? Shoot, why are we doing redistricting at all? Because when Trump says jump, Texas Republicans ask how high. #txlege
Thank you Ozzy Osbourne for the inspiration. @BlackSabbath is the template for heavy Rock. #Ozzy
SB 12 would limit local governments from speaking for their communities at the Capitol. Every Texan will continue to defend democracy as the Special kicks off at #txlege. @LFiggy78
An investigation is underway after a Vietnamese national died in the hospital on Saturday while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, according to an email seen by NBC News. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/i…
This reel gives just a glimpse of the rich course content waiting for you this fall in MAS 311, Ethnicity and Gender: La Chicana. Full course description-link in caption! issuu.com/latinostudiesu… Video clip credit: FemBeat Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=qydM9d…