Five Weeks We’ve been out canvassing in East Austin, within Rep. Lloyd Doggett’s district (TX-35) for a few weeks now. In rain and shine both, we’ve spoken with residents young and old, consistent voters and skeptics, those following political news and those keeping closer tabs on maintenance at their local elementary school. (Spoiler alert: we …
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Ugh, Kavanaugh | How Your Voices Are Making a Difference
10/1/18 “This nomination is no longer in the best interests of the country” Ugh, Kavanaugh. The American Bar Association, a group of Mormon women, the dean of Yale Law School, and finally—finally—the U.S. Senate determined that serious, multiple, credible allegations of sexual abuse of Brett Kavanaugh must be investigated by the FBI before he can be confirmed. (The American Bar …
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Take Action: Showing Love and Support for Survivors of Sexual Assault and Abuse
Showing Love and Support for Survivors of Sexual Assault and Abuse At the outset, we want to acknowledge that as the allegations about Brett Kavanaugh unfold, our minds and hearts are not only with the brave women coming forward in this instance, but also the tragically high number of survivors of sexual assault and abuse …
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Endorsement: Rick Kennedy for U.S. House District 17
Rick Kennedy draws on his background as a software engineer to position himself as a problem solver. He’s running on a platform that includes protecting access to quality, affordable health care; pathways to citizenship for undocumented immigrants; and reforming the tax code to put money in the hands of consumers, not corporations. During the primaries, …
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“This is Sickening” | How your voices are making a difference
9/24/18 “This is sickening.” Political nonprofits can no longer hide the names of their donors, thanks to a federal court ruling the Supreme Court declined to consider overturning. The billionaire who created the National Debt Clock is disgusted with Donald and the GOP’s running up of our national debt by more than $1.5 trillion in the …
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Take Action: Tell Cornyn and Cruz to delay the 9/20 Judiciary Committee vote on Kavanaugh
Endorsements Mike Siegel for TX10 Mike Siegel is the Austin city attorney who sued Gov. Greg Abbott to stop SB4, the worst anti-immigrant law passed in recent memory. If that were the only thing we knew about him, we’d still probably give him our endorsement. Read our full endorsement of Mike Siegel >> Joseph Kopser …
Endorsement: Julie Oliver for U.S. House District 25
Indivisible Austin is proud to endorse Julie Oliver to be the Representative of Texas’s 25th Congressional District. In May Oliver won a hard-fought runoff to become the democratic candidate for TX25, and she hasn’t stopped fighting since. Health care is the central issue of Julie Oliver’s campaign. She is committed to universal health care, favoring …
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Endorsement: Mike Siegel for U.S. House District 10
Mike Siegel is the Austin city attorney who sued Gov. Greg Abbott to stop SB4, the worst anti-immigrant law passed in recent memory. If that were the only thing we knew about him, we’d still probably give him our endorsement. But that just scratches the surface. Like most Texas Congressional districts TX10 is big and …
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Endorsement: Joseph Kopser for U.S. House District 21
Joseph Kopser, a 20-year military combat veteran and tech entrepreneur, won a hard-fought primary battle that went to a runoff election. Most progressive groups favored his runoff opponent, Mary Street Wilson, but organizations like TX21Indivisible ATX have since endorsed Kopser. Their statement: “TX21Indivisible ATX endorsed Joseph Kopser to represent our district in the U.S. House …
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Activist Spotlight: Brian Clark
How and when did you become an activist? I’d lived abroad for nine years and wasn’t very politically aware. My wife and I moved back to the U.S., to Austin, in 2014, and got active after the 2016 election. I did nothing for a while, fuming and venting my frustration at the TV! My first …