The big news…Despite the GOP attempting to deflect the investigation onto Hillary Clinton (in light of the revelation of her funding the infamous Steele dossier), the two are not a zero-sum proposition, and special investigator Robert Mueller continues digging into the campaign, business dealings, finances, and potential collusion of Donald and his cohorts. News broke …
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Today we have a message for the president. Texans are hurting from Hurricane Harvey, and it will take us years to recover. While it will be some time before the full damage estimates and economic impact of the storm are assessed, we can be sure that our great state’s recovery will take a long time. …
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
Please join our next conference call on Tuesday, May 9 at 8 p.m. CT. Guest speakers: Dr. Valerie R. Peterson, who is on the Board of Directors of NARAL Pro Choice Texas. Dr. Peterson also shared her personal abortion story in the New York Times and continues to be engaged with reproductive rights in the …
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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 …
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: …
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Democracy in America is in trouble. All across the political spectrum, Americans feel alienated from their government. They find it distant, ineffective, corrupt, and interested primarily in serving the powerful at the expense of everyone else. Many millions have given up in frustration, feeling powerless to do anything. Others have embraced partisan warfare, turning our …
Greetings redistricting warriors! I have some pointers for how to approach your calls to House and Senate committee members. I am not a fan of supplying scripts — according to a recent article in the New Yorker, scripted calls are more likely to be ignored. If you can put key ideas into your own words, …
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Listen: Carthy Shelton, Stephanie Swanson and Josh Hebert, DeGerrymander Texas; Liz Haltom, Texans Ending Gerrymandering Like many of you, I am a newly activated liberal. It feels great. Yes, Trump is terrible, and the short-term outlook looks bad for a lot of public priorities, but his elevation has triggered an awakening that will persist after his …
Good news this week, friends: Republican MoCs are beginning to push back against Donald and his agenda–with health care, with the budget, and with his baseless wiretapping allegations. That’s the clearest sign so far that our voices are being heard. Don’t let up! The reason these GOP lawmakers are finding their spine is that constituents …
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