Going light on the unpleasant news to end the week. If you need to get your sweat on and expend some outrage at our Guns Over People politicians, there are outlets to do that across the state today.
Houston, The Woodlands, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Wichita Falls, Pharr, Frisco, Longview, Rockwall... https://t.co/l3DvOIjECc #TXLege #MarchForOurLives #GunSafetyNow
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) June 10, 2022
Meanwhile Pussy Riot at the Capitol.
PUSSY RIOT x IKIYA X UNICORN PROTESTS THE ATTACK ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS WITH “MATRIARCHY NOW!” BANNER AT TEXAS STATE CAPITOL
— 𝖕𝖚𝖘𝖘𝖞 𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖙💦 (@pussyrrriot) June 9, 2022
MOMENT OF ACTION BEING MINTED AS NFT AND AUCTIONED VIA PARTY BID, ALL FUNDS TO REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTShttps://t.co/WFPqZjh8nY pic.twitter.com/hYqU6x5aqZ
I'm not watching the January 6th hearings. I saw that movie the day it came out. I'm waiting for the
Do you think @JoeBiden legitimately won the 2020 presidential election? Texas responses from February 2022 @TxPolProject Poll, by party ID
— Jim Henson (@jamesrhenson) June 10, 2022
GOP: yes 22%; no 68%; DK 11%
Dems: 91%/5%/4%
Ind: 51%/33%/16%https://t.co/62JqCtrPAF #txlege #January6thCommitteeHearings pic.twitter.com/wMFOncMVyM
"Christian Fascists" is now not just a moniker, but an actual organized movement. Welcome to Texas. (Multiple videos of this incident in the thread, each one worse than the others.) https://t.co/r3p589Svhr
— Dan Perlman ☮ (@dmperlman) June 6, 2022
Good Christian values - Texas style https://t.co/1GIai1Nv8u
— Leigh Parente (@1bed2men4dogs) June 1, 2022
I presume there's polling happening right now that will update us on any changing of hearts and/or minds. Same with assault weapons, Greg Abbott's re-election chances, etc. and all that, you know. So we're waiting.
Meanwhile we're burning up about a few other things.
Our hearts are with our client Antonio, his family, and all trans youth whose families have been subjected to this terrifying state surveillance and cruel punishment.
— ACLU (@ACLU) June 9, 2022
Trans youth shouldn't have to fight this hard to live. https://t.co/B7ttPU5F2x
The one thing that they are willing to talk about is mental health. Everyone ought to read @alexdstuckey series for @HoustonChron about the failures of our mental health system that the TX GOP has presided over. https://t.co/s8EltbNkiz
— Luanne Platter (@fabalasays) June 1, 2022
Judge plans to levy “substantial fines” after Texas failed to comply with court-ordered fixes to its foster care system https://t.co/6Wo42BulO9
— KPRC 2 Houston (@KPRC2) June 8, 2022
Some of the 70 missing children found in West Texas were trafficked in #DFW https://t.co/LHe7hyKgVu #TXLege
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) June 10, 2022
Hey Texas - we’ve been so inundated with tragedy, it feels necessary to lift up that the Texas Rangers papered over this private, Christian ranch that abused kids. …another example of wasted tax dollars, political CYA, and finally… broken kids that no one cares about. #txlege https://t.co/kB4xniVwpc
— genevieve (@genvc) June 2, 2022
I guess that's the segue to cops doing their usual thing.
In South Texas, a huge dome of #border #security has been built over mostly Latino communities near the #Mexico-US line. It took a teenager only seconds to pierce it in #Uvalde. https://t.co/xIlrBw4VQ1 - via @TexasObserver
— Lise Olsen (@LiseDigger) June 7, 2022
Texas prison officials have suspended inmate transports after a convicted murderer allegedly killed a man and his four grandchildren after escaping from custody. https://t.co/4hWzDsFDex
— ABC News (@ABC) June 8, 2022
Yes, we all remember the good old days when prisoner transfers went right by the book.
I did say 'burning up'.
"Heat has become one of America’s most prolific environmental killers, causing at least 10,000 deaths in the U.S. between 1999 and 2016. About 70 Texans have died each year of heat-related causes since 1999."https://t.co/bYFHDBfy8w
— Texas Observer (@TexasObserver) June 5, 2022
Q: What is the cost of #ExtremeWeather in #TX ?
— @CCLHouston (@CCLHouston) June 7, 2022
A: 12 separate $Billion dollar disasters in #TX during 2021#MegaDrought #WildFires #Hurricanes #ClimateChange #TXLege
via @NOAA ▶️ https://t.co/IsTjC0sXhb pic.twitter.com/fEPEkjnkQP
New poll(!): Texans want the state to expand #CleanEnergy and improve infrastructure bc #ClimateChange. https://t.co/zte3hcTx6w #txenergy #txlege
— Emma Pabst (@PabstBlasts) June 9, 2022
More left for Monday on Texas conservatives' latest response to protecting children: poutrage at drag shows. Right now I need some calm-me-downs.
First: so long to these two Texans.
He was the first great running back in franchise history. https://t.co/4JaPQolkbL
— Fort Worth Star-Telegram (@startelegram) June 10, 2022
Jim Seals died yesterday at the age of 80.
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) June 7, 2022
In the February 2020 issue, @MikeHallTexas told the story of Seals' musical roots in West Texas, which would help launch the seventies soft-rock revolution. https://t.co/evdFWiRZhA
“I have problems: I am out of clean clothes, I cannot find my glasses, my English paper is late, and my pockets are not big enough for all the heroin I have,’ reads the Thompson-esque opening line of her 300-page memoir, Corrections in Ink…”https://t.co/gGABPW4FeY
— Texas Observer (@TexasObserver) June 7, 2022
The Austin Public Library and BookPeople will hold a series of events that "engage with books that have been banned or challenged." https://t.co/LLPakAX3qB
— Austin 360 (@austin360) June 8, 2022
Juneteenth commemorates the freedom of Black Americans, celebrates Black history, art, & culture, and reminds us of the progress yet to be made toward racial justice.
— Progress Texas (@ProgressTX) June 6, 2022
We’ve compiled a lineup of #Juneteenth events across the state over the next few weeks: https://t.co/rok6Cnqiza
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is sailing through the Galveston Ship Channel this morning. It's the largest tall ship in active service of the U.S. govt at 295 ft with 3 masts, 22,300 sq. ft. of sail, and 6 miles or rigging. The last time it visited was 1972. #TXwx #GLSwx https://t.co/05819wemS8
— NWS Houston (@NWSHouston) June 10, 2022
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