Climate Crisis
EXCLUSIVE: Australian Bushfires Highlight Political Failures to Consider Climate Change
The bushfires currently decimating large swaths of Australia, a country the size of the continental US, were both foreseeable and largely preventable. However, failure to effectively consider climate change impacts and adaptation, coupled with some misguided land management practices, have led Australia to the current catastrophe. This will have long-term impacts on politics, the economy, sustainability and entire communities.
Photo: Charlie Emery, General Manager of Soilco
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Demand Cruz and Cornyn support a fair and open impeachment trial
Remind John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of the oath that they took to support and defend the Constitution and demand they support a fair and open trial in the Senate to fully hear the evidence and hold Trump accountable for his actions. If they don’t, they’ll become accomplices in Donald Trump’s coverup.
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Demand your Senators support a fair and open impeachment trial
Tell Greg Abbott: Call a special session to #DoSomething about gun violence in Texas
Dear John Cornyn: Your failure to act on the climate crisis is a dereliction of duty
Tell Your Senators We Need Stronger Gun Laws Now
2020 is here
Add Texas 2020 election dates to your calendar (Texas Tribune)
Monday, February 3 is the last day to register to vote in the March 3 primary. Make sure you are eligible to vote.
Visit our 2020 Election Resources page
Texas House
In 2018, 17 State House Republicans won by less than 10 points. Eight of those won by less than five points. Beto won in nine of those districts, and in all but one of the counties where these districts live.
Get involved to flip the Texas House
Support Dr. Eliz Markowitz in the Jan. 28 special election runoff in HD-28
U.S. Senate
Indivisible Houston, Indivisible Katy Huddle, and the national Indivisible team hosted an issue forum with seven of the Democratic candidates running for John Cornyn’s senate seat. Here are some of the candidates running:
- Chris Bell, former Member of Congress and Houston City Council
- Michael Cooper, pastor, community organizer and former candidate for lieutenant governor
- Amanda Edwards, an at-large Houston City Council member
- Annie Garcia, nonprofit leader
- MJ Hegar, an Air Force veteran and former TX31 congressional candidate
- Sema Hernandez, a Houston area human rights activist and DSA member, who ran against Beto O’Rourke in the 2018 Democratic senate primary
- Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, founder of Jolt Texas
- Adrian Ocegueda, former gubernatorial candidate
- Royce West, Texas state senator
Watch Indivisible Houston’s candidate forum
U.S. Congress
There are competitive races in all of our districts that have Republican incumbents. Several of the candidates that Indivisible Austin endorsed in the 2018 general election—Mike Siegel, Rick Kennedy, and Julie Oliver—are running again in 2020.
Congress Critter of the Week: Who Is Chip Roy?
Hey, we’re just asking questions. But who is Chip Roy, TX21’s representative in the U.S. Congress? Who is he… really?
Find out more at whoischiproy.com
RSVP for the TX21 candidate forum on January 18
Events
Tuesday, January 14
CD 17 Congressional GOP Candidates Forum
6 to 9 p.m. at Smitty K’s, 12601 SH 30, College Station, TX 77845
Grassroots Victory 2020 for CD-17 invites you to “Get to know the CD 17 GOP Congressional Candidates” in this Q&A forum. Currently 8 of the 12 GOP candidates are scheduled to attend.
Saturday, January 18
Women’s March ATX: Rally at the Capitol
The Women’s March ATX – Rally at Texas Capitol will be on Saturday, January 18, 2020. We will gather on the south steps at the Capitol Building for a rally 12:00pm – 3:00pm.
More information at www.womensmarchontexascapitol.org
TX21 candidate forum
6:30 p.m. at Opal Divine’s Austin Grill, 2200 South Interstate 35 Frontage Road
Please join TX-21 Indivisible for an Austin-area Congressional Candidate Forum! Invited candidates: Wendy Davis, Jennie Lou Leeder, Chip Roy. Confirmed candidates as of January 7, 2020 are Wendy Davis and Jennie Lou Leeder.
This will be a moderated forum with questions submitted by audience members before the event (with this invite RSVP, at sign in, and in a final Q&A session, time permitting).
Monday, January 20
MLK Community March
The Annual Community March celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy while uplifting diversity and multiculturalism in our city. All businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals are invited to march and celebrate Dr. King’s legacy.
The MLK Community March kicks off on Monday, January 20, 2020 at 9 a.m.with a short program at the MLK Statue on the University of Texas campus.
At the conclusion of the program at the MLK Statue, we will march to the south steps of the Capitol for a rally.
After the Capitol program, the march will proceed to the historic Huston-Tillotson University, where exciting activities are planned.
More information at mlkcelebration.com
Your Moment of Zen
An astrophotographer has clicked an exceptional video, wherein we can feel the rotation of the earth
Using a tracking mount, aligned with North Star, he kept clicking images every 12 seconds for the next 3 hours.
The camera is looking at the same portion of the Milky WayFab! pic.twitter.com/5yAuc9VqZd
— atul kasbekar (@atulkasbekar) January 9, 2020
Volunteer with Indivisible Austin
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