Defund Militarized Police

The days I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations, I have really good days.

[Rochelle Garza @RochelleMGarza]

I'm proud to have the endorsement of every major newspaper in Texas.

They know it's time to restore honor & integrity to the Attorney General's office and end Ken Paxton's corruption.

In two weeks, we will make history and win this race.

[Defund Militarized Police @LLCooLTAD]

@unusual_whales

[Marisa Charpentier @marisacharp]

For @KUT, I talked to Austinites choosing to get vasectomies or their tubes removed in the wake of the state's bans on abortion. https://t.co/CEoe7G18pk

[Chris Harris @chrisharris101]

I agree that police violence settlements cost our city too much. But that doesn't mean stop compensating victims & their family.

It means creating accountability to deter police violence & investing in alternatives that respond to crises w/o violence & resources to prevent harm.

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

Police budgets are at record highs in Houston. The city and county have never before spent so many billions of dollars on cops and prosecutors and the local jail. They are gorging themselves on overtime, surveillance tech, military weapons, and fraud/waste/abuse.

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

Imagine a universe where Howard Schultz was imprisoned for breaking the law over and over again or Jeff Bezos did 3 months in jail while waiting trial for the $62M Amazon stole in tips from its drivers. The very thought is absurd—like trying to describe the scent of the color red

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

tight that Starbucks, Amazon and Kroger continue to casually break labor law and get slapped with token citations that are the equivalent to a half a penny fine for the avg person while DC-area media has a week-long meltdown over not detaining enough poor people for fare evasion

[Defund Militarized Police @LLCooLTAD]

@edsbs The Iowa of the South

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

One of the open secrets everyone in the legal system knows but that media does not treat with nightly urgency: the scope of white collar crime in the U.S. is breathtaking, and it’s almost entirely ignored by cops and prosecutors.

[Defund Militarized Police @LLCooLTAD]

@kendallybrown JFC. Take his badge and gun.

[steven monacelli @stevanzetti]

An unfortunate signal that unless there is a major electoral shift in Texas, state politicians will maintain every tool of oppression available. Remember that white folks use cannabis at similar if not higher rates as non-whites but are far less likely to be arrested or jailed.

[Rethink35 - Stop I-35 expansion & demand better! @rethink35]

What’s a typical weekend like in a city where building spaces for cars takes precedence over people? Here’s two days in the life in the city built by TxDOT.

[The Onion @TheOnion]

FEMA Requires Flood Victims To Pass Drug Test Before Qualifying For Rescue https://t.co/Ty21R8T99J

[Alex Nguyễn @alexnguyen2311]

A @TexasTribune follow-up: Officials publicly stated that the Texas A&M on-campus early voting site traditionally had low turnout. County's data shows that the MSC saw the second highest number of early votes in recent general elections. https://t.co/zk2AmOSJO5

[Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke]

Abbott banned abortion in cases of rape.

Last night, he told victims of rape that they’ll be fine because he’ll give them “baby supplies” after forcing them to give birth to their rapist’s child.

This election is about ending Abbott’s attacks on women. We are voting him out.

[Texas Democratic Party @texasdemocrats]

“We need to legalize marijuana so we no longer spend half a billion dollars locking people up and forgo another half billion dollars in revenue per day. Let’s legalize marijuana, and get this done.” – @BetoORourke #TXGovDebate

[Don Lewis @DonLew87]

Justice Sam Alito decrees questioning the integrity of the Supreme Court 'crosses an important line', within hours of a Supreme Court justice's wife - Ginni Thomas - testifying about an attempted insurrection. Got it.

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

Just so we're clear, Republicans want to ban abortions, books, dropboxes, polling places, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and the acknowledgement of LGBTQ Americans in classrooms.

But sure, "party of personal freedoms." Got it.

[Texas Tribune @TexasTribune]

Brazos County won't restore the on-campus early-voting location at Texas A&M University for the 2022 elections.

For months, A&M students fought against county’s removal of the early-voting site — a decision students say would suppress the youth vote. https://t.co/tHnwlfzK78