Cindy Henry

Wife. Mom. Grandma. Retired educator.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Morning everyone.

Do you know that your President just exempted himself, his family, and all his family's companies from our tax laws?

You are subject to the law. Now he is not.

No one should not pretend this is okay or normal. It's an ongoing constitutional crisis.

[Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert]

So let me get this straight…

We don’t have money for SNAP.

We don’t have money for healthcare.

We don’t have money for public schools.

We don’t have money for veteran services.

We don’t have money for affordable housing.

We don’t have money for mental health services.

We don’t have money for roads and infrastructure.

But we have $1.8b for the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6th?

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Wow. The Pope was just asked his stance on migration. His answer is amazing:

“I would change the question: what is the global North doing to help the global South in its situation that forces them to migrate.”

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Legit question. Now that we all see how self defeating and dumb gerrymandering is, how about we pass a nationwide ban on it to take effect in the 2030 census?

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

It is so fascinating and so bad and so dangerous to live in a time where NOBODY believes ANYTHING the American President says.

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

In Hungary today, let’s hope freedom and democracy win, and let’s hope Putin, Trump, Vance, and Orbán lose.

[MothersAgainstGregAbbottPAC/MothersforDemocracyPAC @MomsAGAbbott]

When Politicians say they are cutting property taxes, they have to replace that money somehow or schools and services take a hit. Texas didn’t shrink government, they just sent you the bill locally. For over a decade, Greg Abbott and Austin politicians have overseen a system where property appraisals have increased by more than 40% since 2019, quietly driving up your tax bill while they brag about record cuts.

Now, heading into 2026, Abbott is pushing a new plan that sounds good on the surface: eliminating school property taxes. But when you follow the money, it’s a classic bait-and-switch.

To replace the $40–$45 billion that funds our schools, the state would have to make it up somewhere else, and that means a massive increase in sales taxes. We’re talking about a potential 25–45% hike, which would hit families every single day at the checkout line.

That’s not tax relief. That’s a tax shift, moving the burden off wealthy property owners and large corporations and onto working Texans buying groceries, diapers, and school supplies.

It’s Robin Hood in reverse, Texas style.

property taxes fund your community directly:

Public Schools (THE BIGGEST CHUNK)
~50–60% in many areas goes to school districts
→ Teacher salaries, buildings, buses, programs
Police & Fire Departments 🚓🚒
→ Emergency services, public safety
Local Government (Cities & Counties)
→ Roads, parks, libraries, trash pickup
Community Colleges & Special Districts
→ Hospitals, water districts, etc.

Sales tax is a CONSUMPTION tax.
You pay it when you buy most goods (not everything—groceries and some essentials are exempt).
Texas state rate: 6.25%

Local areas (cities/counties) can add up to 2% more
So you’ll usually pay around 8.25% total

What Sales Tax Pays For:
This money mostly goes to the state budget.
Highways & Transportation
Public Safety (DPS, prisons)
Health & Human Services
Some Education Funding (but NOT the main source)
General state operations

When there is a budget surplus, that money comes from sales tax. Since 2012 Texas has cut $5.4 billion from public education, and that has resulted in raising local property taxes. Who pays more Property Tax? The top 1%, why do they want to do away with Property Tax, well it's so the top 1% get more money. That's the truth that Abbott isn't telling you, but he's winking at the Billionaires.

[Sara McGee for Texas HD 132 @SaraForTexLege]

We know. That’s why we’re voting you out in November.

[Russell Moore @drmoore]

That one can excuse or ignore this while claiming to be “pro-life” is a sign of a seared conscience. God have mercy on us all.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

This is what taking God’s name in vain looks like. Absolutely vile.

[TX Kids Can’t Wait @TXKidsCantWait]

Now Abbott’s voucher scam is sending Texas taxpayer money to a sham Florida on-line “school”.

[Pastors for Children @pastors4txkids]

The corruption of the Texas voucher program already…

The lies that @GregAbbott_TX told to pass it…

The transfer of wealth from our poorest Texans of color to rich white people…

The sheer egregious immorality of it…

No #txlege member supporting it should be reelected!

[Suzanne Bellsnyder @sbellsnyder]

Here’s an interesting stat:

95% of Texas families did NOT apply for vouchers.

Fund what matters. #txlege

[Cindy Henry @CindyHenry6]

No Kings!!!

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

A bill passed the Senate last night 100-0 to fund TSA, the Coast Guard and FEMA. If Speaker Johnson called it for a vote it would pass easily.

But he won’t do that. Because Trump has ordered him to keep TSA shut down and keep the chaos.

Pure incompetence.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

A billion MAGA bots can screech for a hundred years and it won't change the fact that Bob Mueller was a better man by many orders of magnitude than Donald Trump ever dreamed of being.

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

.@JamesTalarico: I have no problem sharing hard truths and disagreeing with the powers that be in my own party. I’m a Democrat because I feel like it’s the best vehicle to unite working people — but if the party is not doing that, I have no problem calling it out.

In Texas, we have been suffering for 30 years under one-party rule. One-party rule always leads to extremism and corruption because there’s not a check on that power.

We have the opportunity to finally end 30 years of one-party rule in Texas. If we do that, I think it’s gonna improve public policy for all of us.

[David French @DavidAFrench]

If the primary American divide is between right and left, then Talarico isn’t that interesting. There’s a long history of progressive religious activism in the United States, just as there is a long history of conservative religious activism.

Yet if the primary American divide is between decent and indecent, then the equation changes. Talarico shines. https://t.co/xluTH0W0vv

[Sara McGee for Texas HD 132 @SaraForTexLege]

Today is a good day to tell your neighbors how Greg Abbott has chosen to destroy public education so his donors can profit off of education in Texas.

[Scott Braddock @scottbraddock]

Well, what do you know?
*76%* of Texas school voucher applications come from families whose children are not enrolled in public schools. Less than 1% of public and charter school families have applied for vouchers.

It's straight up welfare for the wealthy #txlege