Austinmutualaid

[Matthew Choi @matthewichoi]

Woah

Austin Dem Rep. Lloyd Doggett calls on Biden to withdraw

[Austinmutualaid @austinmutualaid]

@dennis_shall @givebutter Thank you @dennis_shall we appreciate your support! This fundraiser is on going!

[Eric Pointer @EricPointerTV]

Austin Mutual Aid just held a press conference to discuss the impacts a new Supreme Court ruling will have on the unhoused population in Austin. It allows cities to put a ban on outdoor sleeping. One woman who has personal experience being unhoused shared her story.

[Chris Harris @chrisharris101]

So why does the Austin police frat keep confronting City Council about staffing if they can't do anything else about it?

The Austin police frat wants even more pay & even less oversight in the next police contract.

So they scare people into badgering council to this end.

4/5

[Chris Harris @chrisharris101]

On top of that, all the police hired from the $ in the 1994 crime bill started reaching retirement.

Add on the cops that quit during the pandemic (like many jobs) & all the folks cops run out of the job w/ their awful culture & it means lots of cops leaving & fewer joining.

3/5

[Chris Harris @chrisharris101]

#ATXCouncil already funds:

- the highest big city police salaries in Texas,
- 100s of vacant positions,
- $10s of K in bonuses for new recruits &
- all the cadet classes the academy can run.

But police *still* struggle to recruit & not just in Austin but all over.

2/5

[Chris Harris @chrisharris101]

To all the people scared by Austin police frat fear-mongering about staffing:

1. There's nothing more #ATXCouncil can give police to fill vacancies & the police frat knows this - they just want more $ & impunity.

2. Austin officials can help, but not how you've been told.

1/5

[Remi Kanazi @Remroum]

I've had a lot of people getting in touch about losing their jobs for speaking up about Palestine.

If you're being targeted, reach out and I will connect you to movement lawyers.

[🦋 Whitney Mitchell 🦋 @punkybabee2010]

I love you and miss you so much..This is too much.. You didn't deserve any of this.💜 This pardon that @GregAbbott_TX is trying to do is extremely wrong and disgusting.. #GarrettFoster #GregAbbott

[Austinmutualaid @austinmutualaid]

Y’all!!! Our outreach van was stolen just a few hours ago in N. Austin. We use this van for our regular outreach & food rescue efforts. It is needed right now & for tomorrows food pantry pop up. Please be on the look out! Share this far & wide!

[Texas Harm Reduction Alliance @TexasHRA]

🧵This morning we hosted a meeting outside of @SalArmyAustin. Dozens of shelter residents stopped by to share their anger and worries.

Salvation Army is the only downtown shelter offering beds to single women. The closure is reckless and will be devastating.

[Mutual Aid Disaster Relief @MutualAidRelief]

We will be coordinating closely with our friends at Central Florida Mutual Aid. Please support their Hurricane Ian efforts if you are able: https://t.co/utXDoL0wyb

[Austinmutualaid @austinmutualaid]

@uncannyartness Thank you for this support! #tedcruzsucks

[Artness! by Justin Brown @uncannyartness]

So, we've now sold 14 of my '
Eat Shit, Ted Cruz shirts, which means we've raised another $27 to donate to a cause which he wouldn't support. So I sent those proceeds to @austinmutualaid ! Thanks to everyone who's helped do some good. Shirts still up: https://t.co/HfaLshPzkd