They want to make examples out of those who fight so that others won't.
Paxton is trying to shut down Powered by People, one of the largest voter registration organizations in the country, because our volunteers fight for voting rights and free elections… the kind of work that threatens the hold that Paxton, Trump and Abbott have on power in Texas.
In addition to helping register hundreds of thousands of voters, our members have volunteered in other important ways, including picking up thousands of shifts at Texas food banks. During Abbott’s electricity grid failure in 2021, we made more than a million calls to connect seniors to warming centers and safety. We also purchased nearly a million dollars in supplies for Texans abandoned by their elected officials who were too busy fleeing to Cancun or letting their gas pipeline donors steal billions in illegal profits while hundreds of Texans were dying.
Now Paxton’s filed a restraining order to try to take us out of the fight. He wants to silence me and stop me from leading this organization. He wants to stop us from fighting Trump’s attempt to steal the five congressional seats he needs to hang on to power.
But I’m not going anywhere.
I plan on speaking at our rally to stop the power grab in Fort Worth tomorrow afternoon.
@SecVetAffairs@DeptVetAffairs Dude...Biden built those. You've been in office four months and none of them are fully staffed because of your hiring freeze and firing of probationary workers. Stop lying. This is pathetic.
One of Louisiana history’s most colorful characters, Governor Earl Long, liked playing the ponies as much as he enjoyed playing politics and he could just as often be found at the racetrack as at the State Capitol.
But Uncle Earl didn’t just bet on the Kentucky Derby and other big races but often started his day at the Governor’s Mansion by opening up the newspaper not to read the articles on news and politics but to check the odds at racetracks all over the country and call in his bets with bookies.
The Governor frequently left Baton Rouge to spend the afternoon at the Fairgrounds in New Orleans, where he was sometimes joined by Times-Picayune sportswriter and fellow horse racing enthusiast Buddy Dilberto, who usually had a few pieces of prized information from the stables for Louisiana’s chief executive.
When the 1956 Democratic National Convention was selecting a vice-presidential candidate, Governor Long skipped the balloting entirely to go to the racetrack, allowing Alexandria attorney Camille Gravel and Judge Edmund Reggie of Crowley to swing the Louisiana delegation in support of Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. #LaLege #LaGov
This week started with administration officials refusing to acknowledge that Russia started the war in Ukraine. It ends with a tense, shocking conversation in the Oval Office and whispers from the White House that they may try to end all U.S. support for Ukraine. I know foreign policy is not for the faint of heart, but right now, I am sick to my stomach as the administration appears to be walking away from our allies and embracing Putin, a threat to democracy and U.S. values around the world.
@Xfinity this is second time reaching out this week. Without service since 4am - over 14 hours. No news, no internet, no Zoom meetings, no TV, no MLK, no inauguration, no explanation. Third outage this week & no end in sight. Repair time keeps changing. #Help! #BadCable#NoExcuse
Drop the charges against Nauta & Oliveiri and release the classified docs report. The verdict of history is more important than the conviction of 2 accomplices in what is undoubtedly a damaging national security case against a former and future chief exec. https://t.co/UyLzHa5Rwj