Update 2 (8/27):
After months of resistance from #txDems, Texas Republicans' anti-voter bill passes the Texas House. This voter suppression bill will take effect on the 91st day following this session. The clock is ticking. The U.S. Senate must act. Full clip here: https://t.co/3VR0jXx341 #txlege pic.twitter.com/q4warZ6wmA
— Rafael AnchΓa (@RafaelAnchia) August 27, 2021
As a reminder to @TexasHDC, @RafaelAnchia and all of the quorum-restoring Dems...https://t.co/teNMl1eC1r #TXLege #SB1
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) August 27, 2021
Gov. Abbott’s voter suppression bill will be signed into law, and the people in Washington who could do something about it don’t care about what happens here in Texas. #txlege
— Christopher Edmerson (@ChrisEdmerson) August 28, 2021
Hold the phone ...
A bipartisan amendment that was a collaboration btwn Republican @BriscoeCain and Democrat @BucyForTexas and sought to prevent innocent mistakes from being prosecuted as voter fraud is delaying the TX GOP priority elections bill.
— Taylor Goldenstein (@taygoldenstein) August 28, 2021
Our story:https://t.co/7N11tLWVHM #txlege
In refusing to accept House's changes, SB1 author @SenBryanHughes cites a @BriscoeCain amendment meant to address situations like Crystal Mason's, who was convicted of illegal voting though she has said she didn't know she was ineligible https://t.co/LYSxkjAw0A #txlege https://t.co/1aaGimjeTV
— Alexa Ura (@alexazura) August 28, 2021
I'll check back in tomorrow evening (with a fresh post).
Update 1:
#Breaking: It has been a long night on the Texas legislature, where moments ago we witnessed the nearly 50-page voting bill (#SB1) advance in the Texas House. #txlege https://t.co/JP0wZ3YCP9
— Acacia C (@acaciatree18) August 27, 2021
@TexasHDC, #SB1’s passage is not inevitable. Y’all have the power to stop it. We know it’s a fight, but y’all are fighters & we are counting on you to have the courage to not show up for the 3rd reading later today. Please don’t give up now. #txlege https://t.co/cQSGz8RY0K
— Texas Democrats with Disabilities (@TXDisabledDems) August 27, 2021
The #txlege will continue debate on #SB1 tomorrow morning at 11am. But there's still time before then to fight for equitable voting rights.
— Every Texan (@EveryTxn) August 27, 2021
Contact your representatives NOW: https://t.co/KX5v72LncZ (@MOVE_texas) pic.twitter.com/03FugsBzhw
BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE!
— Taylor Hogeland π€ (@TaylorHogeland) August 27, 2021
ππΌRep. Tracy King
ππΌ@RepLongoria
ππΌ@EddieLucioIII
ππΌ@moodyforelpaso
ππΌ@EddieMoralesJr
ππΌ@jamestalarico
ππΌ@TurnerForTX
ππΌ@RepWalle
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Original post:
The Texas House is set to take up the GOP-backed elections bill today (#sb1)
— Allie Morris π (@MorrisReports) August 26, 2021
Its sponsor, Rep. Andrew Murr, has already pre-filed a lengthy amendment:https://t.co/Dd4GpHcKO6#txlege
In some ways this would move the elections bill toward the Senate version. Reading through it after 11pm there are ways in which it's more moderate language. It would help me understand it better if they'd stop writing laws on how Texans can vote in the middle of the damn night https://t.co/f7RGfaCZjl
— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock) August 26, 2021
Follow the action at the #TXLege hashtag or in my Tweet feed at the top right. In other news ...
I don’t have to. I live in Texas, @GovAbbott keeps bringing the 3rd world to us. This #txlege session is Middle East pic.twitter.com/tLzfF8cgEj
— Aunt is Stalking Me (@wendy_mcroberts) August 25, 2021
From constitutional carry to medical marijuana, 9 new Texas laws that take effect Sept. 1 https://t.co/god4NtPQ2k #txlege
— Kolten Parker (@KoltenParker) August 25, 2021
A long and controversial legislative session resulted in a mixed bag of criminal justice bills. Here’s a roundup of new criminal laws (or changes to existing laws) stemming from the 87th legislative session. https://t.co/vGh0Ar9aee#TxLege #87thLegislature @TBLScertified
— Varghese Summersett (@VersusTexas) August 23, 2021
Yes, the very bad is upon us, with the worst to come.
Keep in mind a six-week ban is slated to take effect in about a week (and even if that is temporarily halted) a ban on D&E, the safest, most common abortion procedure at 15wks will take effect Sept. 9. #sb4 #txlege #sb8 https://t.co/ZHJieVwVnT
— Mary Tuma (@TumaTime) August 23, 2021
On this travesty, there is considerable pushback.
Texas' 6-week abortion ban is set to go into effect on Sept 1st. It will also let strangers sue people who help someone get an abortion. We're shouting #BansOfOurBodies.
— Progress Texas (@ProgressTX) August 25, 2021
Join the protest: https://t.co/IUGJdMeWQw #txlege pic.twitter.com/527xZZFGhJ
In Texas, ‘Reproductive Freedom Congregations’ catch on as new abortion law loomshttps://t.co/hXozXKFreN
— San Antonio Review (@SanAntoReview) August 26, 2021
Hah!!!
— Rose Quartz and Moon Water (@starfishncoffee) August 26, 2021
This anti-abortion whistleblowing site is being flooded with Shrek porn#reproductivejustice #sb8 #txlege #abortionrights https://t.co/Ue4EnkC6gf
Others, not so much. And new dangers loom.
Businesses that don’t want handguns on their premises have to post at least two signs, in both English and Spanish: one for concealed carry and one for open carry.
— Texas Standard (@TexasStandard) August 24, 2021
Starting Sept. 1, they will have to post a third sign to exclude unlicensed carry. https://t.co/5ldrroph3e
With a few political updates:
Attorney General Ken Paxton investigates Attorney General Ken Paxton to find that Attorney General Ken Paxton is not guilty of any wrongdoing. https://t.co/DIojnQoDgl
— Denton Left (@DentonLeft) August 24, 2021
Texas: Circling the Drain | @rossramsey @TexasTribune #TxLege https://t.co/UJl9ex6pYC
— Rudy England (@RudyEngland) August 26, 2021
Nugent, a memorable surrogate from Abbott's 2014 campaign, backs one of his primary challengers seven years later > https://t.co/YzJmQQTiUL
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) August 24, 2021
Hah, new excuse for why you’re driving on the shoulder
— SVSalon π¦ (@SVSalon) August 24, 2021
“West told the officer that the reason she was driving this way “was because she was listening to her GPS,” the affidavit said.” https://t.co/Q0akEi83Uw
Rick Perry’s pitch for COVID-zapping filtration devices in the halls of the Texas Capitol was a bit much https://t.co/wSCt9aTBAc
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) August 25, 2021
The former Bush advisor pledges to help Texas Democrats win in 2022—including, possibly, by putting his hat in the ring.https://t.co/whc5e3vIBZ+
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) August 24, 2021
Dowd would be primarying Mike Collier if he takes the leap; another Republican turned Democrat. Moldy Caucasian conservatives are about all Texas Dems are good for any longer, I guess.
Here's the latest from the southern border.
The Supreme Court says the Biden administration likely violated federal law in trying to end a Trump-era program that forces people to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. It’s not clear how many people will be affected by the ruling. https://t.co/KpcUpwiCOf
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) August 25, 2021
Seven months after President Biden was sworn into office & still nobody seems to know what’s going on with 100+ land condemnation suits here in the #RGV, nor what appears to be new border wall construction.
— Dina ArΓ©valo (@PhotogDina) August 23, 2021
My story here: https://t.co/HaWRDfqI0H
One thing's for sure:@GregAbbott_TX's border barrier along the Rio Grande, if it becomes reality, apparently will be built entirely on land upriver from Cameron, Hidalgo and Starr counties.
— Bob Garrett (@RobertTGarrett) August 25, 2021
Read my story for details: https://t.co/xzkSAHoS1Q #txlege pic.twitter.com/0JUoUAJbyf
Texas will literally close a food bank site in El Paso in order to free up Texas Natl Guard members to arrest people at the border.https://t.co/v5H0Cf4ygH
— Keri Blakinger (@keribla) August 24, 2021
Beginning my segment on the environment with an anniversary.
The worst of storms also brought out 8.3 million pounds of air pollution, killed 68 people, flooded more than 150,000 homes and wrecked Houstonians' mental health.
— One Breath Partnership (@OneBreathHOU) August 25, 2021
And four years later, Texas Republicans have done nothing to make coastal residents safer. #HurricaneHarvey https://t.co/mwStrgOoUb
With a new storm brewing and taking aim at the Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast, keep in mind that personal responsibility is all you can count on in our headlong rush to "freedumb". Take all necessary precautions now.
August 23. Five dead, 2 workers missing, 6 injured after a fire erupts in the Gulf of Mexico at a PEMEX offshore oil platform. The second massive failure at a PEMEX offshore oil platform in two months. Photo c/o @offshoreenergyt pic.twitter.com/fsiKtX2HTp
— Antonia Juhasz (@AntoniaJuhasz) August 25, 2021
Dear @POTUS, Texas fails to regulate #oilandgas flaring: 69-84% of methane flares are unpermitted.
— Earthworks (@Earthworks) August 24, 2021
To tackle the #climatecrisis, declare a climate emergency, reinstate the crude export ban, and have @EPA cut oil & gas methane pollution 65% by 2025.
https://t.co/PTi5SPaqRO pic.twitter.com/Z9fZc5PQVN
A well written article by @Jennifer_Hiller is still so applicable.
— Ed Cowsar (@EdCowsar) August 23, 2021
Iconic Rancher Sonny Fitzsimmons quoted in it, ran for Ag Commissioner, passed away recently.
Texas oil boom turns water into gold - #Lubbock Avalanche-Journal #txwater #txlege #EFT https://t.co/vhx92fTBvX pic.twitter.com/qFi6voxWuf
Transportation of high-level radioactive waste through Dallas-Fort Worth debated as #Texas special session agenda includes nuclear waste storage in Andrews County, @EmilyECaldwell writes. #txlege #radioactivewaste #nuclearwaste #NuclearEnergy #environment https://t.co/UqhICAoADv
— John Gravois (@Grav1) August 25, 2021
The #txlege took a third of the money TCEQ is supposed to give back to Texans to retire polluting cars and heavy-duty equipment and gave it to TxDOT to widen freeways.https://t.co/ftJkFeYhsD
— Allyn West (@allynwest) August 23, 2021
COVID, and then criminal justice news.
A reminder that Charles Schulz was ahead of the curve when it came to anti-vaxxers. This strip is from January 3, 1967. pic.twitter.com/C7eZDbVfys
— Luke Epplin (@LukeEpplin) July 22, 2021
We have an incredibly powerful antivaccine lobby here in Texas, including an antivaccine PAC (political action committee). Been going up against them for years, in the attached tweets I will provide some of my writings. They're a tough crowd and they gang tackle... https://t.co/AGSEvrulv8
— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) August 25, 2021
π§΅ππ½ Right now in Texas, roughly 60,000 human beings are locked up in local jails. About 2 in 3 (40k people) are not convicted. Most are locked up because they can’t afford a monetary payment. #SB6 will make this worse. Lawmakers must #fixsb6 by striking sections 6 and 7 #txlege pic.twitter.com/8zkwC8xxR4
— Texas Civil Rights Project (@TXCivilRights) August 25, 2021
THREAD: I've been studying media complicity in mass human caging for years, but this Houston Chronicle editorial demanding millions in cash for more prosecutors is among the worst I've seen. Some of this stuff will shock you. https://t.co/OGrG8pDK8R
— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) August 23, 2021
A union update:
In the notoriously anti-labor Lone Star State, three recently unionized newsrooms are fighting for their first collective bargaining agreements, the contracts that will determine their future working conditions. https://t.co/CFNHliPXeb
— Texas Observer (@TexasObserver) August 24, 2021
And two calm-me-downs.
Working hard on Vorticity 4…it’s coming along, but still probably weeks away from release. But here’s a scene of the Sudan, Texas tornado, one of the highlights of the year for me. Capturing the entire life cycle was amazing! @canonusa #txwx pic.twitter.com/rOfqyQV3Ee
— Mike Olbinski (@MikeOlbinski) August 25, 2021
Based on the diaries of Susanna Clark and Saviano’s 2016 book "Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark," the film tells the saga from Susanna’s point of view, with Academy Award-winner Sissy Spacek voicing Susanna’s narration. See the film at the Modern.
— The Modern (@themodernfw) August 23, 2021
