Lives Depend on Your Vote Last week, a Trump zealot in Florida mailed pipe bombs to prominent Trump critics, including Jewish investor George Soros, and on Saturday a gunman walked into the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and murdered 11 worshipers on Shabbat. The gunman believed the fake, yet very mainstream, rumor that refugees …
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Take Action: Vote Early, October 22 to November 2
Vote Early Early voting starts Monday, October 22 and runs through Friday, November 2. Why wait until November 6? Let’s break all the records for Texas early voter turnout. If you’re the marching type, we’re hosting a March to the Polls featuring a 10-piece marching band. The fun begins at 5:30 Monday on the south …
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Take Action: One Week to Early Voting
One week to early voting Early voting starts next week, on October 22. It runs through November 2. This is the culmination of everything you have been fighting over the past two years. In the end, it all comes down to voting. We have new resources to help you and your less-voting-inclined friends get to …
Take Action: Be sure you’re registered, and elect better people
Take Action TODAY: Be sure you’re registered to vote! Tuesday, October 9th is the deadline to register to vote in the midterms. Are you registered? Are you certain? Are all of your Facebook friends registered? Spread the word! Make sure you’re registered Fill out and print a voter registration form (you have to print it; …
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Take Action: It’s Time to Step Up
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 …
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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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 …
Take Action: Stop DHS from detaining children indefinitely
Endorsements Mike Collier for Lt. Governor We endorsed in the Lt. Governor’s race, in part, in recognition of the importance of this election to the Texas Legislature. Dan Patrick, with his fervent desire to discriminate against immigrants and the LGBTQ community and to restrict the economic security of all Texans, must go, and Collier is …
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Take Action: Pizzas, Postcards and Phone Banks
Endorsements Indivisible Austin is proud to endorse Justin Nelson for Texas Attorney General. Nelson’s campaign has brought serious focus to issues that matter to Texans—and to the serious ethical malpractice committed by the incumbent. In this race, running against indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton, ethics is a serious issue, but not the only one. Read …
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Take Action: No Supreme Court Pick for Unindicted Co-Conspirators
Endorsements Indivisible Austin is proud to endorse Beto O’Rourke for U.S. Senate. We have watched O’Rourke’s campaign closely over the last several months, and we have been excited to see him criss-cross the state to meet with Texans at hundreds of public meetings. In sharp contrast to the incumbent, who seems to spend more time …
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