Joseph Hood

Former K-5 educator. Advocate for equitable education. MPA @TAMU. TX ➡️TN➡️DC. TFA Memphis ‘17. Tweets = 🙋‍♂️

[Joseph Hood @JosephEHood]

Texas children are preparing to return back to school next week, and not a single state law has changed since Uvalde.

[Joseph Hood @JosephEHood]

@cmclymer As an Aggie, my advice is to lower expectations. It helps.

[Joseph Hood @JosephEHood]

Twas a fun ride: https://t.co/O9k2s4Qt6d

[J.B. Sauceda @jaybsauceda]

The 4th of July will forever carry a different weight here in Texas. This year it comes marked by mourning, by heartbreak for the lives lost along the Guadalupe and across Central Texas.

This holiday has always been about storytelling. For 250 years we’ve told the story of our founding fathers, their courage, their conviction, and the foresight to declare a nation and build something bigger than themselves.

This 4th of July, we’ll tell that story again, but we’ll add new chapters. The lives lost. The lives they lived. The heroes who rushed toward the water, toward the wreckage, working to put broken homes and broken hearts back together.

So as we grill out and celebrate this country’s founding, let’s also carry the stories of those we lost. Remembering the ones who came before us, and the ones we lost too soon, is one of the most patriotic things we can do.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Happy Fourth of July from Willie and me!

[Joseph Hood @JosephEHood]

@brentonhcooper 😂

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Four conservative justices on the Supreme Court believe Folarin Balogun shouldn't be a U.S. citizen. Something to consider as he carries the U.S. team on his back in the World Cup.

[Joseph Hood @JosephEHood]

I can’t believe they gave us that red on our birthday week!

[Joseph Hood @JosephEHood]

Va Spurs Va!

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

I had the honor of sitting down with Opal Lee — the Texas legend who walked from Fort Worth to DC to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

At 99 years old, she told me: "I’m gonna keep on walking to show some youngsters how it’s done.”

Thank you, Opal. We're walking with you. 💙

[Michael Wear @MichaelRWear]

Worth resharing the statement @CCPublicLife put out last week.

[Gerard Baker @gerardtbaker]

It’s tedious to do censorious comparisons with war leaders past. But I think historians will look at things like this, contrast it with the kind of wartime messaging from past presidents and find in it evidence of how fundamentally unserious we have become as a culture.

[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

[Joseph Hood @JosephEHood]

All eyes on Texas tonight. If you haven’t voted- go now! Half an hour to go.

[J.B. Sauceda @jaybsauceda]

I’ve spent a significant amount of time in the Big Bend region.

The most striking thing about the border wall debate is the bi-partisan uproar against it.

Locals are befuddled by the lack of warning and law enforcement are adamant that it’s an unnecessary expense.

As Terrell County Sheriff @SheriffThad put it, the terrain itself is a God-given barrier.

Spend any time there at all and you’ll understand why. It’s an unforgiving, desolate, yet remarkably beautiful region.

The numbers don’t pencil out for a need and the wall is a solution in search of a problem.

Let’s not destroy one of the most beautiful parks unnecessarily. Let’s not destroy a local tourism economy. Let’s treat Big Bend like the sacred land it is.

My colleague @Forrest4Trees covered the backlash to the plan here: https://t.co/yUypk4c4UO

[Joseph Hood @JosephEHood]

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[Joseph Hood @JosephEHood]

I still get messaging, often, from Texas GOP candidates because I’ve kept my Texas phone number. The only message I’m getting pushed as the primary nears is rank Islamophobia. It is hateful. It is wrong. And it must stop.

[Michael Wear @MichaelRWear]

I am deeply concerned about the rise and return of anti-Muslim rhetoric, and I encourage Christians and civic leaders to reject it. I encourage those promoting this kind of rhetoric to understand it is not just some tactic in a political game or strategy, but has real, disastrous consequences for real people and communities.

[Michael Wear @MichaelRWear]

Just a ton of helpful stuff here in this interview with @BenSasse.

[tribal chief ☝🏻🩸 @luireigns]

Stone Cold has given every person in this photo a Stunner — even the President.

[Taylor Rehmet @TaylorRehmetTX]

This win goes to everyday, working people.

I’ll see you out there!

[Joseph Hood @JosephEHood]

My hometown is represented by a Democrat in the Texas senate for the first time since 1978!

[Bud Kennedy / #ReadLocal @BudKennedy]

If he wins, Rehmet would be the first Democrat elected to the Senate from north Tarrant County since Bill
Meier in 1978. Meier switched to the GOP in 1981.