BridgeTheGulf

Lifting up the voices of Gulf Coast communities working towards a healthy, just and sustainable future. Featuring blogs, videos, and photos.

[bekah hinojosa @beksbot]

UPDATE: We are SUING the @TCEQ for its bad decision to temporarily allow SpaceX to discharge polluted water into Boca Chica wetlands, a critical habitat and sacred Native site.

Press release here: https://t.co/fBmLrB0JaN

[Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter]

Florida is the second-highest incarcerator of youth in privately run facilities in the nation.

Children in #Florida deserve reform that respects the uniqueness of childhood and protects the future of Florida’s next generation. Read more in the #OnlyYoungOnce report: https://t.co/pe6lD4W0Lg

[Extreme Temperatures Around The World @extremetemps]

Fierce heat wave in Texas and Mexico.
97F at Faith Ranch Texas and record heat with insane temperatures at high elevations in Mexico like
33.3 Durango 1873m
30.0 Sombrerete 2352m

Tomorrow the heat on the Mexican Plateau will increase and peak with more November records coming.

[Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert]

I’m listening to Republican strategist Sarah Longwell on NPR talking about public opinion of Trump’s tyrannical posture and she just said:

“When I ask voters in focus groups if they think Donald Trump is an authoritarian, the #1 response by far is, ‘what’s an authoritarian?’”

[HaitiInfoProj @HaitiInfoProj]

What does Trump win if the US stops supporting #Kenya's peacekeeping mission in #Haiti? https://t.co/wYZg5TPNMy

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Shomari Figures just became only the fourth Black member ever elected to Congress from Alabama

https://t.co/MwTBpi4hcK

[Forrest Wilder @Forrest4Trees]

Elon Musk's injection of cash into a PAC backing Republican judges appears to have paid off

[Jason Garcia @Jason_Garcia]

The impact of gerrymandering:

A state where 57 percent of voters want to eliminate government interference with abortion has a Legislature that imposed a near-total ban on abortion.

[steven monacelli @stevanzetti]

It's still too early to call but at this point it looks like the only Dallas HERO Initiative proposition in play is S, which would remove government immunity in lawsuits against the city. If only S passes, Dallas HERO will have blown up qualified immunity for police officers too.

[Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter]

The "Big Lie" conspiracy to undermine the 2020 election results helped create a wave of election deniers and conspiracy theories.

Read Part 3 of the #Hatewatch series, highlighting how communities are fighting back against election conspiracy theories. https://t.co/00nri7Qlpd

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

People who say this election could be the "end of democracy" are so extra...

Or maybe they know the TRUE history of the election-denying white supremacist who led a violent insurrection, overturned a presidential election and ended democracy in America.

A thread

[Forrest Wilder @Forrest4Trees]

This is Big Bend, nine hours and 500+ miles from the RGV.

[Robert D. Bullard @DrBobBullard]

Public utilities commissions and why the race for clean energy is local | Grist https://t.co/uSDy5iqY90

[Smarter Every Day @smartereveryday]

Hey it's me Destin, from Smarter Every Day. Now that it's time to elect America's next leader, I would like to share something very interesting and important with you. I've been paying attention to this for a while, and I think if you look for it, you see it too.
🧵 1/n

[CNN Communications @CNNPR]

This image is completely fabricated and manipulated and it never aired on any CNN platform.

[Dwight McKissic @pastordmack]

For those who have expressed outrage over my voting for Kamala Harris, in response to the MSNBC article that was published yesterday and has over 700, 000 views….please know that, anyone who has or will be voting for Donald J. Trump, I simply will not engage with you in a discussion surrounding my character, credibility, or whether or not I’m a Christian.

[Forrest Wilder @Forrest4Trees]

So many Republicans worried that drug-using, Tesla-driving godless libertines from California would change Texas. Time to take down those "Don't California my Texas" billboards.

[Jason Leopold @JasonLeopold]

FYI, this is how SpaceX, a private company, marks their emails in an attempt to have it exempt from the FOIA when they communicate with a govt agency.

[ProPublica @propublica]

Immigration is not part of Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez’s job. But in Del Rio, Texas, like in other majority Latino communities across the country, the issue is high on voters’ minds and is disrupting long-standing political allegiances.
https://t.co/tePOFfKiE5

[Jen Rice @jen_rice_]

in total, houston (harris county) voters cast 1,232,960 ballots during the 12-day early voting period (that's in-person + mail). we have 2,693,055 registered voters here. the other 1,460,095 people: polls will be open 7am-7pm on tuesday, election day.