Let's begin with some of the events from the weekend just passed.
Trans people are loved and valued. We’re not going anywhere. #TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️⚧️ pic.twitter.com/6PR3GiT8pb
— ACLU of Texas (@ACLUTx) April 2, 2022
Y'all are great! 🏳️⚧️ pic.twitter.com/dcI4onym5z
— Texas Freedom Network (@TFN) April 2, 2022
Kimberly Shappley also celebrated Transgender Day of Visibility, and The 19th reported on what TDoV meant for trans folks in Texas this year.
Instead of taking Joe Campos Torres to jail, police took him to a place known at the time as the "The Hole." https://t.co/elGMp762gU
— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) April 2, 2022
A new wave of unionization is hitting Texas. | via @TexasStandard https://t.co/I7JOjNebZB
— KUT Austin (@KUT) April 3, 2022
Counter-weighted unfortunately by the ongoing social injustices.
Workers at the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services were told to only communicate face-to-face or with personal devices when discussing investigations into trans families.
— Progress Texas (@ProgressTX) April 3, 2022
No state emails or phones? That's beyond suspicious. #ProtectTransKidshttps://t.co/veV4jfnEgH
In letter to HR on his last day as an assistant attorney general, lawyer warns of overt politicization and hostility toward LGBTQ employees at a key division in Texas AG's office: https://t.co/mSXqiDXijZ via @statesman
— Chuck Lindell (@chucklindell) April 1, 2022
A question about the "broken" regulatory system asks about TCEQ's rejection of EPA's science on #ethyleneoxide. @EnvDefenseFund's Elena Craft explains the problem here. "Generally," she says, "Texas is less protective." #SEJ2022https://t.co/PdvXrvMJ8B
— One Breath is at #SEJ2022 (@OneBreathHOU) April 2, 2022
It’s not enough to ban nearly all abortion care in Texas for (some of) our right-wing elected representatives — they want to criminalize and prosecute nonprofits that help largely low-income women of color travel out of state for care. https://t.co/1kZVgl0fmA
— Mary Tuma (@TumaTime) March 30, 2022
Houston had an eviction crisis before the pandemic, during its peak, and now. https://t.co/zm92lceZFv
— houston climate houser (@zoyamiddleton) April 1, 2022
"Of the more than 7,200 arrests made by state police over seven months, about 40% involved only charges of trespassing on private property, according to an analysis of Texas Department of Public Safety data by the news organizations." - @jsmccullou #txlege https://t.co/7ZXVxbGVHs
— Nick Hudson (@NickCHudson) April 4, 2022
Finally, from our latest issue, Stephen Franklin & Abel Uribe profile Latino workers in Texas, who are more likely to be severely injured on the job, while struggling with an unusual workers’ compensation system that leaves some without protection:https://t.co/CsvGICWTmD
— David Dayen (@ddayen) April 4, 2022
It's difficult to say whether Dr. Hotze's publicity stunts are a social injustice, the rantings of a lunatic, or just garden-variety demagoguery. You decide.
One of Steve Hotze's own investigators was indicted last year for allegedly holding a repairman at gunpoint while in search of phony ballots. This year, aided by AG Ken Paxton, he plans to enlist more private sleuths to search for voter fraud. https://t.co/Sp4phMWDeC
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) April 3, 2022
One thing is clear, as Zach Despart points out ...
A consequence of Harris County’s incompetence during the Texas primaries is it allows unfounded rumors like this to flourish. https://t.co/51Zd7A8ngd
— Zach Despart (@zachdespart) April 3, 2022
Here's another pathetic example of Houston Democrats' foibles playing right into the hands of the raging local conservatives.
Nearly 300 Harris County defendants were ordered to be released from jail due to a computer system glitch that prevented them from going before a magistrate within the state-mandated time frame. https://t.co/jWW1IRxyCb via @houstonchron #hounews
— Matt Schwartz (@SchwartzChron) March 30, 2022
Unforced error after error in a midterm cycle that will be dominated by Biden's and DC Dems' failures to accomplish significant relief for suffering Americans foreshadows an electoral shellacking in November. No amount of demonizing the demons in the GOP will rescue them.
The Lone Star State ranked No. 2 in terms of work-related stress and No. 4 for family-related stress, according to the study. https://t.co/cwULVZjKNm
— KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) March 29, 2022
The latest IPCC report has dropped, so I'll have some tweets about that and the #SEJ2022 conference from over the weekend in a large environmental Wrangle tomorrow. Right now I feel like I need a few calm-me-downs.
Next Friday, April 8, @AvenidaHouston is bringing back Party on the Plaza! 🥳 The free live music series will feature an incredible lineup of cover and tribute bands 🔥 🎶 Stay plugged in for the latest updates as the series kickoff approaches😎 #PartyonthePlaza22 #ExploreHou pic.twitter.com/Aso4UlKWCj
— Houston (@VisitHouston) March 28, 2022
2022 Willow Waterhole MusicFEST Blends Music and Nature - https://t.co/rq32FkTiaE pic.twitter.com/OtP5i1axI8
— Willow Waterhole Greenway (@willowwaterhole) March 25, 2022
In apropos of anything, if you didn't know that John Redcorn and Dale Gribble's voice actors could 100% play themselves in live action, you do now pic.twitter.com/GHCUaORAd2
— Victor Perfecto! (@VicPerfecto) March 30, 2022
San Antonio's late Hispanic Elvis remembered in candid street photography https://t.co/rjzUGz0Y3l
— Laredo Morning Times (@lmtnews) April 1, 2022
If Instagram had existed during her lifetime, Frida Kahlo would have been the queen of it. The artist loved being photographed and painted many self portraits. Perhaps, then, she wouldn't mind a new, Instagram-friendly exhibit of her work.https://t.co/M37YVIXZld
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) April 2, 2022
Great article with superb photos about caves that you can visit in Texas. They mention nine caves. How many of them have you visited?https://t.co/xf3ytXB6Nv@TexasHighways
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) March 31, 2022
