A bit of a scattershot postpourri this morning, between catching up and clearing out the bookmarks.
Governor Abbott#GregAbbott #Texas #NoMoreRapists #WhiteAfterLaborDay #GovernorAbbott @IndianaJournos @EandPCartoons pic.twitter.com/UIanwJXzoD
— Tim Campbell (@tc2oons) September 10, 2021
Gov. Abbott told reporters that Texas will work to eliminate all rapists. Except, as a justice on the Texas Supreme Court, he didn’t do that at all. #TXDeservesBetter https://t.co/3wvQxIADyg
— Progress Texas (@ProgressTX) September 9, 2021
Will new #Texas abortion ban threaten state's future as a mecca for tech workers?@washingtonpost
— ChickenFriedPolitics (@ChkFriPolitics) September 12, 2021
-Southern politics are on the menu at ChickenFriedPolitics.com-https://t.co/UVrjSS9ALl
"We've come to the conclusion after talking to lots of candidates that they want to join Solugen but they don't feel comfortable coming to Texas, so for us it's become a no brainer to have R&D facilities elsewhere..." #txlege https://t.co/tkmYroUOGj
— EricaGrieder (@EricaGrieder) September 9, 2021
Bospar, a California-based public relations agency, is paying for its staff members who live in #Texas to relocate to “ensure they have control of their reproductive health.” https://t.co/t9MhG4a4SH
— KVUE News (@KVUE) September 10, 2021
The CEO of Salesforce said the company will help employees leave Texas, and he did so while retweeting a story linking the offer to concern about Texas’ new anti-abortion law.https://t.co/ScSA8RU2no
— CBS Austin (@cbsaustin) September 12, 2021
So it begins. Reinforces Forbes poll showing 2/3 of college educated workers will think twice about moving to Texas #txlege https://t.co/vjpXZwMAmg https://t.co/mncJknr7kU
— quorumreport (@quorumreport) September 11, 2021
It's not just the companies who won't be coming here now, or even the ones leaving; it's the ones we'll be stuck with (as long as we keep patronizing them, that is).
How much money Buc-ee’s owner has donated to Gov. Abbott, Texas Republicans https://t.co/GY8LJVPH4d
— mySA (@mySA) September 12, 2021
FACTS
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 9, 2021
1. @ATT donated 300K to the sponsors of Texas' abortion ban
2. @ATT refuses to comment on the ban or its donations
3. @ATT is running ads on Twitter casting itself as a champion of women
4. @edgillespie, who runs legislative strategy @ATT, wants to ban abortion pic.twitter.com/F35Aw4UsBE
Wrapping up another bad week for the governor, whether he knows, cares, or not.
'This is a really horrific bill': Lawsuits have already been filed block the voting restrictions law, including one by LULAC, Voto Latino, Texas Alliance for Retired American and Texas AFT. https://t.co/vuhErImV6R
— WFAA (@wfaa) September 7, 2021
I looked back at all Donald Trump's tweets claiming election fraud over the last year and compared them to language in the new Texas election law. This is what I found. https://t.co/TJftDyzEfm
— Jeremy Wallace (@JeremySWallace) September 8, 2021
As we reported at the time, Abbott's latest executive order allows private businesses to mandate vaccines for employees: https://t.co/szZ4vNiYLj https://t.co/IivETS7xYr
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) September 9, 2021
Texas Governor Greg Abbott Pulls Ahead in Race to Determine Biggest GOP Assh*le - Vanity Fair https://t.co/hfogXDupwr
— Dr. Carole Eldridge, DNP, RN, CNE, NEA-BC (@Nerdnurse) September 11, 2021
He's not worried. He doesn't care what anyone thinks, and the Lege is about to solidify their control -- and that of the Congress -- for another ten years.
Forget money: It is redistricting that allows 35% of voters to control the Texas political process. Gives lie to majority rule. The primary rules even though the Constitution only recognizes the election in November #txlege https://t.co/dJf6d68kKi via @houstonchron
— harvey kronberg (@HKronberg) September 11, 2021
Thank goodness we have a strong, unified, Democratic Party in charge in Washington, ready to take bold, decisive action for the people.
As Biden popularity falls, Democrats fear losing Senate, 30 to 50 House seats https://t.co/aZgKerRHsY
— RWLatstetter (@latstetter) September 10, 2021
A Democratic senator from one of the poorest states in the entire country is sitting on the deck of his yacht helping corporate lobbyists try to pare back the anti-poverty bill, and this is portrayed by corporate media as absolutely normal and not at all sociopathic https://t.co/hk6QFE2ntI
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) September 9, 2021
If I’m @JoeBiden I tell @Sen_JoeManchin my DOJ may just investigate his daughter & she may just go to prison. Unless of course he takes another look at the $3.5 trillion bill and has a change of heart. It’s what FDR & LBJ would’ve done. And it would’ve worked. https://t.co/F6hH8qWB0Z
— Secular Talk๐ (@KyleKulinski) September 8, 2021
And also in Austin. ICYMI ...
The 2022 dilemma for @TexasDemocrats https://t.co/OsR0ZnrS49 #TXLege #TX2022 #NoBeto #NoCastro #HouNews #ATX #SATX #DFW #RGV pic.twitter.com/bZIGSKE7s0
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) September 11, 2021
Oh well. Maybe in 2028. Or 2032.
Coastal Texas, and poor Cajun country, is going to get awfully wet this week so I thought I'd collect a few storm-related posts before we get washed away again.
In case you missed it, I caught up with the founding father of Houston's Ike Dike plan. He says September may see a key step forward... https://t.co/WjirhQb9S7
— Kaitlin Monte ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ (@kaitlinmonte) September 8, 2021
What you need to know about the finalized Houston Ike Dike plan soon headed for Congress https://t.co/b9RCPIJ0m0
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) September 10, 2021
Last October, the Corps of Engineers estimated total costs of the Texas coastal protection plan ("Ike Dike") at $26.1 billion--almost exactly the current estimate for the Galveston Bay part alone. @emfoxhall @evan7257 @GalvNews @HoustonPubMedia @HoustonChron pic.twitter.com/pGvzvk15eg
— Eric Bender (@ebender00) September 11, 2021
In Manchester, cancer rates are 22% higher than in #Houston. During Hurricane Harvey, nearly 94% of extra toxic emissions in all of #HarrisCounty were concentrated almost solely in Latino, Black, & low-income communities.#TXlege #TCEQ #EPAhttps://t.co/MXrPH4DGh7
— Anna Nรบรฑez (@nunez_anna) September 10, 2021
After Hurricane Ida, around 642,000 people remain without access to clean water, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. https://t.co/OSdrjVqCTO
— grist (@grist) September 9, 2021
The Great Storm made landfall on this day in 1900. September 8, 1900 would mark the defining moment of #GalvestonHistory and its effects are still felt today.
— Galveston Island (@GalvestonIsland) September 8, 2021
Learn more about #HurricanHistoryWeek at https://t.co/37ZxH1hV9o#LoveGalveston #GalvestonHistory #1900Storm pic.twitter.com/NQCJ6dMVU2
Sept. 10, 1961: Hurricane Carla set to make landfall along Texas coast https://t.co/c6DeJMBo2l
— BayouCityHistory (@BayouCtyHistory) September 10, 2021
And since I'm in a historical frame of mind ...
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade”---JFK at Rice University, Houston, today 1962: pic.twitter.com/EROSw4NUwc
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) September 12, 2021
The Tamale House folks in Austin send in this shot of the intersection of Congress and Cesar Chavez in Austin back in 1970. You can see the 1st Tamale House on the left behind the two men. Here's what (almost) this same spot looks like today: https://t.co/IryFMgsiqI
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) September 10, 2021
51 years! pic.twitter.com/VFQQxay5dE
December Bats
— Christopher V. Sherman (@cvsherman) September 10, 2021
Here’s a never before revealed Austin bat photo that I really love with because of the colors in the sky. I call this the December Bats as it’s the December photo in my new Austin #Bat Calendar available now at: https://t.co/YMzbawKdRW
#bats #austintx #atx #texas pic.twitter.com/zs0Frlx2xp
