Fernanda Marrero Hi

Currently: Policy @ Harris County | Fmr: @COHMOEdu | Alum: @HGSE @UHouston | views = mine

[Nikolaj🇺🇦🇵🇸 @nikicaga]

I love Pop Base reporting on this as if it is a real political event

[Acyn @Acyn]

PabloReports: Ted Cruz called you a parasite and disparaged your work as a bartender.

AOC: It’s not a secret the disdain Ted Cruz has for people who work working-class jobs. It’s not a secret what he thinks of the waitresses, the line cooks—he thinks we’re less than him. He thinks that because he has a Harvard degree and has never scrubbed a table that it makes him better than someone who has actually had to work for a living.

I think it’s funny that he’s been taking a government paycheck for 23 years but has the audacity to criticize someone who has come from a family that had to work their way up and earn their place here.

[gwen howerton @kissphoria]

Very excited to announce that I am launching a newsletter for @chron! Every week, I'll be rounding up my favorite stories from around the state of Texas, whether they're moving, funny, or just extremely emblematic of my big, weird home state. Sign up here: https://t.co/vsPWKYZ066

[alli @sonofalli]

me and somebody’s dad at work

[Acyn @Acyn]

Child: I know your name. Mamdani.

Obama: What’s his first name?

Child: Mayor.

[Alejandra Salinas @salinasforhtx]

Governor Abbott’s threat to strip $110 million in public safety funding from Houston is an attempt to bully our city for doing what is right, what is legal, and what upholds the Constitution. The premise that Houston must either repeal this ordinance or lose funding is a false choice designed to force compliance through fear. Those are not the only options.

Houston has a clear legal path forward. I sent a letter to urge the Mayor and the City Attorney to immediately file a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to prevent the State from withdrawing funds and seek a declaratory judgment affirming that this ordinance is lawful. If we act now and file, the court will issue an opinion as early as today, providing City Council with critical guidance before any rushed decision is made regarding repeal. There is no funding that will be put at risk by seeking this emergency relief ahead of the State’s April 20th deadline.

Houstonians deserve a city that will stand up for them, defend its laws, and protect its residents. I respectfully urge the Mayor to take immediate legal action.

[nile @nileandah]

this is my version of an egot

[Alison Cook @alisoncook]

9-year-old who pleaded to be released so he could attend his state spelling bee. What a country we have become.

[Sakshi @thesakshishukla]

the thing about burnout is that it often doesn't look like lying in bed unable to move. it looks like a full calendar, delivered work, and a growing suspicion that none of it matters as much as you're pretending it does. you're functional. but you're not there. and because the output looks the same, nobody notices, even you.

[Jen Rice @jen_rice_]

State that still observes Confederate Heroes Day:

[nikki mccann ramírez @NikkiMcR]

Talarico: "This is proof that there is something happening in Texas tonight tonight, the people of our state gave this country a little bit of hope, and a little bit of hope is a dangerous thing."

He then walks off to Bad Bunny's "DTMF"

[Eleanor Klibanoff @eklib]

The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily BLOCKED a Dallas judge’s order to keep the polls open til 9, ordering the county to separate out votes from people who were not in line at 7pm.

Not a final ruling, but will create chaos in getting results from Dallas County

[ashley @haydensang3l]

just watched revenge of the sith for the millionth time and the ending still hasn’t changed

[daveed @daveedsc]

Los canadienses después de que Bad Bunny los declarara parte de la unión latinoamericana

[mighty-lizard-king @mightylzrdking]

More normal ppl should be politicians imo

[Jen Rice @jen_rice_]

houston's 18th congressional district:
-last 2 representatives died in office
-vacant since march
-TX GOP redrew the map
-finally got to vote this week
-two democrat millennials are going to a runoff
-al green (78) now filing to run against the runoff winner in the march primary

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker from Queens, will be the 111th mayor of New York. He will be the first Muslim to ever lead the city, as well as its first South Asian mayor and the youngest mayor in more than a century.
https://t.co/7tewUOBm0A

[Evan @evan7257]

Thumbs down 👎 to ⁦@UnionPacific⁩, which has money for President Trump tear down the White House and build a gilded ballroom, but apparently no money to build safe railroad crossings for Houston school kids.

https://t.co/mcotF7r0H7

[Jordan Thomas @JRDNLTHMS]

As always, you don't have to be a donor. This is a party!