Statements from Our Lawmakers on the White Supremacist Violence in Charlottesville

These are in chronological order. https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/896450159428677633 https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/896450314349490176 https://twitter.com/RepLloydDoggett/status/896459266239987712 https://twitter.com/RepMcCaul/status/896487102082412544 https://twitter.com/RepRWilliams/status/896503486543691777 https://twitter.com/DanPatrick/status/896504379565641728 https://twitter.com/RepBillFlores/status/896510877364563969 https://www.facebook.com/judgecarter/posts/1462536010526769 We grieve for the Charlottesville victims & fiercely reject the views & actions of white supremacist groups. They are un-American. #txlege — Joe Straus (@SpeakerStraus) August 13, 2017 https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/896540709993533440 https://twitter.com/RepLloydDoggett/status/896543440204214272   https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/896543609440407553 https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/896547391192653824 https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/896548130635878401 https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/896591297808433153 https://twitter.com/LamarSmithTX21/status/897194350299545601 https://twitter.com/RepRWilliams/status/897440149495308289 https://twitter.com/RepRWilliams/status/897440544019947520 https://twitter.com/RepRWilliams/status/897440950934528000      

Why I Risk Heat Stroke For Healthcare — A Texas Protester’s Story

Guest post by Emily Wolinsky, posted with permission It’s July in Texas. I’m not sure if those of you who are not from Texas understand just how hot it becomes at this time of year for people living in this state, but this kind of sweltering sweatfuckery is hard to for most non-Texans to comprehend …

Four things you can do to stop SB4

https://soundcloud.com/user-226299444/conference-call-april-25-2017-sanctuary-cities The time has finally come–the Texas House of Representatives is going to debate and vote on SB4 on Wednesday. SB4 is the so-called “sanctuary cities” bill that will undermine community policing efforts and will affect our neighbors, our workforce, kids in our schools, and the relationship between police and our communities. This doesn’t just …

April 25: Emergency Conference Call on SB4: “Sanctuary Cities” Bill

https://soundcloud.com/user-226299444/conference-call-april-25-2017-sanctuary-cities Our next conference call is on the night before the full Texas House votes on SB4, the “Sanctuary Cities” bill. We are lining up guest speakers, including Jose Garza of Workers Defense Project and Chris Valdez and Karla Perez Ramirez of United We Dream. Watch this space for more detail. WHAT: Indivisible Austin Conference Call WHEN: …

Protections for Trans Students Rescinded – Call Your State Reps

Our new affiliate, TX Lege Indivisible, has a writeup on Trump’s overturning of transgender student protections and what you can do about it. On Wednesday the Trump administration announced that it would be rescinding federal rules that simply allowed transgender students to use the bathroom that they choose. So what does this announcement mean? It means …

Governor Abbott’s Cruelty Will Be His Undoing

Authoritarian regimes succeed only when there are enough lackeys willing to brutalize their fellow citizens on behalf of the autocracy. These lackeys do it without being told, and they do it with zeal. One such lackey is Gov. Greg Abbott, whose fealty to Trump is painfully evident in the case of a Tarrant County, Texas, woman named Maria Ortega, who …

SB4 “Sanctuary Cities” Update

Short version: This is an URGENT call to action. Call, email, fax, tweet at, and post on Facebook to your state senators, tell them you oppose Senate Bill 4, and urge them to vote against it. The bill aims to eliminate so-called sanctuary cities and counties, where local officials decline to participate in federal immigration …

How to Help: Active Immigrations and Custom Enforcement Ops in Travis County

Through attorneys in the Austin immigrant rights community, we’ve learned that there appears to be an active ICE operation in Travis County right now. According to our sources, ICE is lodging detainers for any foreign-born person in a county jail. We understand that those with criminal warrants and outstanding orders for removal are being specifically targeted. …

Jeff Sessions Update

Many of you may be aware that Jeff Sessions—Donald Trump’s pick for Attorney General– displays a willful blindness’ on voting rights , civil rights, conflict of interest laws, and on the fact that a foreign adversary interfered in our democratic elections to get a billionaire con man elected. He should absolutely not have been nominated for …

Emergency Texas #MuslimBan Actions

This post will be updated as we get more information. Here is what we know so far: Austin Airport: Protest planned for 2 p.m. Meet downstairs in front of the garage at the arrival terminal. https://www.facebook.com/events/760757904100266/ Houston Airport: Protests began at 1 p.m. at Discovery Green https://www.facebook.com/events/386770058353091/ Rally Against Hate at 5 p.m. – Terminal E …