BREAKING: Rhonda Barchak, the former Texas district clerk who separated jury panels by race and geography, took the stand this afternoon in Brazoria County and pleaded the 5th to every question except to give details of her employment history.
If you are science literate, run for your local school board. The anti-vaxxers certainly are running, and we need science in schools now more than ever.
Do it. Run.
My name is Michelle Beckley
I’m one of the Texas Democrats that broke quorum on a bad voter suppression bill. Our Governor has targeted us. He has 613,000 followers. I have 4000. Will you help me stay in the fight by asking your friends to follow me? #txlege#SB7
Texas House Democrats have killed SB7, the most suppressive voter suppression bill in the nation. The midnight deadline is 30min away and all together they have walked out and broken quorum—a remarkable, difficult action & the only one that would have kept this bill from passing
@JohnCornyn How long did you have to search for a propaganda outlet that would lie and call a levee a wall? Or do you read this kind of drivel on the regular?
@SenTedCruz This messaging isn’t fooling anyone, Lyin’ Ted. The people who believe in science already know that’s what they’re supposed to do (which is line with Dem messaging) and your antimasker supporters aren’t going to follow reasonable advice.
Yesterday, the Texas House passed a bill that will allow Texans to carry handguns without a license or training.
This is a graphic from CNN showing mass shootings in just the past month.