Kelley 🗳️

I like voting and dogs and soup. (she/her/hers)

[Kelley 🗳️ @kelleycato]

Election work is like the grown-up version of summer camp friends. It was SO good to see all of my people at elections training this morning.

[Jen Rice @jen_rice_]

-Florida GOP map that no voters approved = upheld
-TX GOP map that no voters approved = upheld
-Missouri GOP map that no voters approved = upheld
-Virginia Dems map that voters approved = rejected

[cold 🥑 @coldhealing]

This feels like a poster you would find inside an abandoned high school as worldbuilding in a post-apocalyptic video game

[Ben Crew @BenjaminCrew1]

"Lemon, I'm sure you're aware of the Great-American-State-Fair's unfortunate cancellations. Nevertheless we still have Vanilla Ice, Milli, and the state of Florida"
*Tracy walks in with blue skin*
"LIZ LEMON, I FELL ASLEEP IN THE LINCOLN REFLECTING POOL AND THEY PAINTED OVER ME"

[Jon @jallain13]

Wow. San Gabriel Skatepark in Georgetown. @ChikageWeather @averytomascowx #atxwx #txwx

[Jen Rice @jen_rice_]

I don't say this often. But if you or your loved ones live in TX: you must read this story from the Texas Tribune & ProPublica about flood safety. Flooding is simply part of life in TX, you ignore this information at your own risk, and hurricane season starts Monday. 🧵

[Anna Victoria @DiamondAnia82]

Well this was breathtaking #atxwtx

[Avery Tomasco @averytomascowx]

TIME-LAPSE: WOOSH

What a storm in Austin! Strong winds have knocked out the power to more than 15,000 Austin Energy customers. That's more than Tuesday's severe storm #atxwx #txwx

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

Whether it’s Ken Paxton committing multiple felonies or James Talarico ordering a vegetarian taco, both Texas Senate candidates have troubled pasts.

[Jen Rice @jen_rice_]

This is a huge blow to Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton: The TX Supreme Court — all of them elected Republicans — just ruled against Abbott & Paxton in *unhinged* cases trying to remove Dem lawmakers from office for breaking quorum to stop a vote on a gerrymandered congressional map.

[Jen Rice @jen_rice_]

This is *insane.* Even if you are too tired to follow the news you have to understand this. The Louisiana governor has *suspended an active congressional election with 42k votes already cast* — it's insane.

[Ara-el ⛥ @arycarangi]

mother elektra sirviendo una clase de miranda priestly

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach.

The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome. But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court struck down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana, weakening a landmark voting rights law’s protections against discrimination in redistricting. https://t.co/bzYNbFduSA

[Michael Kandel @K_A_N_D_E_L]

the pitt video game actually looks pretty cool

[Chris Walker @WalkerATX]

This is cool. Watch Austin's rain dome fail.

[James🗳 @_fat_ugly_rat_]

There truly is no punishment horrible enough for somebody this heinous

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

A praying mantis landed on his hat, and instead of freaking out, he gave the little guy an update on the game 😂

[GFed @GfedGoCrazy]

April fools doesn’t hit the same living in a misinformation epidemic

[Samantha Ruddy @samlymatters]

My most controversial philly opinion is that we spend too much time talking about Gritty--who I love--but not enough time talking about Phang, the Philadelphia Union snake who was given special legs to play soccer via a freak Ben Franklin-inspired electricity incident.