URGENT: Texas politicians are trying to advance legislation — #SB14 and #SB15 — that bans trans students from accessing life-saving health care and playing college sports.
This is a critical week for LGBTQIA+ rights in Texas.
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Over 80% of registered TX voters live in counties that use the Countywide Polling Place Program.
The SOS’s office testified that there hasn’t been any consistent issues attributed to this program.
YET the #txlege is actively working to take away a good, popular voting option.
Inbox: 27 Rio Grande Valley/South Texas orgs have signed a letter of opposition to SpaceX's launch, which is scheduled for tomorrow morning.
Among the concerns are wildlife destruction, gentrification, pollution and being ignored by public officials.
"Texas is doubling down on ways to limit the vote, including a proposed 'election police force' - one of the worst in the country for voting rights," says @cliff_notes, Executive Director of Black Voters Matter.
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That’s right! On May 6th, San Antonio WILL become the first city in TX to say our resources won’t be spent on chasing down and criminalizing people who get abortions. Vote FOR Prop A!!!
We cannot overstate how extreme #txlege has become. While there are - of course - many others, some of the hate bills du jour are to create a vigilante police force at the border, and to imprison migrants. Say NO to HB 7 and HB 20.
ACT 4 SA is extremely excited to announce the launch of https://t.co/3KMGURH67t, a database that tracks officer misconduct and disciplinary actions.
Watch as our Executive Director Ananda Tomas explains its
purpose and importance, and check out the public dashboard today!
Dear Dems: Gen Z saved our ass.
Not just the party, the country, the west and the planet.
We need to make THEIR agenda ours in EVERY way. No more baby steps.
Go ALL IN on climate change, debt relief, social justice, repro rights, cannabis legalization & living wages.
THIS. If you aren’t from the south, you can shut tf up. You will not erase our communities and the work we’ve done and are doing to try to navigate these oppressive ass systems. We are doing everything we can.
When my daughter was a toddler, she'd drop a glass of water or juice and say "Uh oh, the glass fell!" The passive voice implying she had no responsibility in the accident.
That's what the @nytimes is doing here, pretending that they weren't a major drive of The Narrative
Harris Co held for Dems.
Trump Rs threw the kitchen sink, the refrigerator, over $20M in TV, mail & digital - along w/ a truckload of MAGA mud - but still lost.
Congrats to @LinaHidalgoTX, @AdrianGarciaHTX, @LesleyBrionesTX, all other Harris Ds & all those who helped them.
Young voters are breaking 3-1 for Dems. No generation has been this progressive or politically engaged in American history.
A look at what youth voter turnout has gotten us: