deepnhearttx

Just a cynical girl trying to make it in a cynical world. Political Nerd. Proud Texan.

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

A USF professor and nurse from Nigeria has been in ICE custody for 2 months. She no longer appears in the database but might be in Louisiana. She had a protection from removal order/no record. This is inhumane we must get these people out of detention.

https://t.co/RFyALkvtaE

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is disgraceful. According to new reporting, Pete Hegseth pulled decorated officers from promotion lists after merit boards had already selected them.

Staff printed out internet searches showing that officers had spoken at a Hispanic Heritage Month event, joined an International Women’s Day panel, or encouraged sailors to get vaccinated.

Those printouts went into files the officers never saw, and they were used to end careers built over decades.

On one Navy board, every woman and person of color who had been selected, except one, was removed.

Every American should want the most qualified leaders in charge of our military, and these men and women earned their stars.

Hegseth must come before Congress, testify under oath, and answer for his decisions.

He has no business hiding while he sabotages careers.
https://t.co/3PJF8n1zod

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Read the letter here: https://t.co/cOX1jPmhy9

[deepnhearttx @deepnhearttx]

@jon_m_rob @LeticiaForTX9 People outside of Houston do not understand about Alex Mealer being the Republican who ran in this district.

[deepnhearttx @deepnhearttx]

@NoahMF Phil Gramm is the answer to about 4 questions.

[deepnhearttx @deepnhearttx]

@MaxJPringle @TVietor08 What Republicans really want is anti-merit hiring.

[deepnhearttx @deepnhearttx]

@Timodc @RobSandIA Imagine calling staff that just blew the doors off of Republicans DEI hires. Also, Sand's "Not redder or bluer, but better and truer" is the best campaign slogan anywhere.

[deepnhearttx @deepnhearttx]

@Forrest4Trees I had a Republican who knows some people tell me they all think Gina is going to come in and push for a state income tax. I found this bizarre. If this is what Texas Republicans are counting on in the next 2-4 years that's insane.

[Doggocrat @Doggocrat]

Beto walked so Talarico could run.

[Aarón Torres @AaronTorres_]

Another immigration-related bill by Rep. @moralesfortexas, D-Eagle Pass, this one prohibiting law enforcement in Texas from using facial coverings

Bill doesn't mention ICE directly but ICE officers covering their faces has been a major debate topic under Trump 2.0

[Miya Shay @miyashay]

In honor of @nytimes & other journos who keep trying to find some in-depth meaning to Texas politicians wearing boots… I re-up this @GeneforTexas 2019 thread… where the #txlege just wears…. boots.
#ShowMeYourBoots

[deepnhearttx @deepnhearttx]

@Timodc @samstein Sam clearly won. I think Roger Marshall is the only one I saw feet pics of (against my will) on this hellscape of a website.

[Ryan Mac 🙃 @RMac18]

what a lede.

https://t.co/bOrkmLZU9d

[Rep. John Bucy III @BucyForTexas]

Today, I filed my first 3 bills of the 90th Legislative Session:

✅ Expand Medicaid
✅ Implement Online Voter Registration
✅ Reverse 30 years of Republican voter suppression

Texans made their priorities clear. Now it’s our job to deliver.

[Jasper Scherer @jaspscherer]

The 2028 ballot will feature 8 Texas Senate seats currently held by the GOP, which has a 19-12 Senate majority.

Dems would need 4 flips for a majority. Here's how those 8 districts voted in #TXSEN & #TXGOV, per @theoelections data. Talarico carried 5 of them, Hinojosa carried 2:

[Brad Johnson @bradj_TX]

First bill filed in the Texas House for 90(R): @BucyForTexas' HB 101 to expand Medicaid in the state. #txlege
https://t.co/AwIIMz5f8G

[Allison Pecorin @AllisonMPecorin]

The incoming Senate freshmen class has officially made its way to the Capitol

[deepnhearttx @deepnhearttx]

@NilesGApol We will know a lot of Cruz’s 2028 plans based on how that goes.

[deepnhearttx @deepnhearttx]

@JessicaHuseman There was some
Article the NYT did last year about Mamdani’s beard and male politicians with beards that is in the same vein and crazy.

[deepnhearttx @deepnhearttx]

@leedsgarcia Thai whole situation flipped my views of Beshear and Pritzker. Pritzker really threw in. I also don’t think the DGA would have given what they did if Pritzker didn’t embarrass Beshear.