Mollie Haven Miller

[Chris Tackett (aka See It Name It Fight It) @cjtackett]

On this, the 70th Anniversary of the Brown v Board of Education decision by the United States Supreme Court, desegregating public schools, the immediate push for “vouchers” in it’s wake, let us take a quick spin through how Texas has funded it’s public schools since 2007. #txlege

[Neil Ellis Orts @neilellisorts]

Excited to have the chance to share the Houston dance community with a wider audience. Browse through this Dancer's Guide and learn about the many ways dance is expressed here! #Dance #DanceWriting #Houarts #HouDance
https://t.co/YFCWoXrbIs

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas dodged questions Tuesday about Kate Cox, a mother of two who has drawn national attention after their state’s Supreme Court blocked her from getting an abortion after her fetus received a fatal diagnosis. https://t.co/DPHqioGMEs

[Mollie Haven Miller @mavenmiller]

@GovAbbott Just stop. Fund public schools so we’re first in the nation.

[Mollie Haven Miller @mavenmiller]

@GregAbbott_TX Don’t send luck. Send money to public schools.

[Mollie Haven Miller @mavenmiller]

@GovAbbott Absolutely no strides for #txed Where’s the support for public education? Fund public schools.

[ATPE @OfficialATPE]

URGENT #TXED ACTION ALERT: Contact your state representative immediately to deliver this message:
1. Vote against the conference committee report of HB 100 if it contains any form of voucher.
2. You can’t vote for vouchers and call yourself a public education supporter. #txlege

[Texas AFT @TexasAFT]

Statement from President Zeph Capo on #HB1, which contains no basic allotment increase & no raises for #TxEd employees:

"Is this a joke? Congratulations to Commissioner Morath, the only person associated with TX public education to receive a pay raise in this budget."

#TxLege

[Nicole Biguenet Pedersen @nicole_biguenet]

Bad night for voting rights in Houston - TX House just abolished the election administrator, then passed a bill that allows a state takeover of local election administration, and at the last second amended it to target just Harris County

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

After 16 people were killed in a hot air balloon in Lockhart, Cruz authored and passed legislation improving safety rules. After mass shootings, he only offers his prayers.

That’s not because laws don't work, but because there's no hot air balloon lobby funding his Senate seat.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

YOU helped arm him with guns, ammo and tactical gear. He did exactly what you knew he’d do. Spare us your prayers and talk of justice for a gunman who is fucking dead. The only accountability we can hope for is that gun extremists like you are thrown into the ash heap of history.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Republicans keep blaming mass shootings on mental health, but then defend the killing of the mentally ill too.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

WHEN DO THE GUNS START MAKING US SAFER? Texas keeps weakening its gun laws and selling a record number of guns; meanwhile, the state’s gun homicide rate has increased 90% since 2011.

Shouldn’t Texas be one of the safest states in the nation? Or at least getting safer?

[Mollie Haven Miller @mavenmiller]

Nightmare world

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

BREAKING: The 5th Circuit in Texas just struck down the federal domestic violence restraining order gun prohibition. Given that domestic violence is often a precursor to gun violence, this ruling is a death sentence for women and families in the US.

https://t.co/CWHH5jEE31

[Molly O'Toole @mollymotoole]

Just crossed Darién Gap w/500 migrants from across world. Saw best & worst of humanity but mostly humanity. 23yo diabetic died—no insulin. Wife,toddler & rest had to bury him in mud & go on. Dehumanizing policies distract from failure to meet challenge of our time: Refugee planet

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

Average list price for a unit of insulin:

$6.94 Australia
$7.52 UK
$9.08 France
$11.00 Germany
$12.00 Canada
$14.40 Japan
$98.70 United States

If Republicans have an intellectual argument against cheaper insulin, I’d really love to hear it.