








Out of options in Austin, House Democrats fly to Washington, D.C., where they plan to press Congress to pass federal legislation protecting ballot access. The behind-the-scenes story:https://t.co/cWMCkad8UI
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) July 12, 2021
POLL: Do you approve of Texas Democrats leaving the state to stall the special session?https://t.co/0JkIEtQF2I pic.twitter.com/BKUhG5uwfI
— CBS Austin (@cbsaustin) July 12, 2021
...state Rep. Dustin Burrows, a Lubbock Republican who chairs the powerful House Calendars Committee ... said in a statement to The Texas Tribune that “unfortunately, the siren call of social media fame and fundraising” had lured Democrats to D.C.
A Texas Senator who wants to be Mayor of Houston would probably break quorum, you'd think #txlege
— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock) July 13, 2021
Meanwhile, the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services continues to hear from the public on #SB2, which would bar transgender public school/higher ed students from competing on teams that match the gender identity. #txlege https://t.co/vk9F3tPaU3 pic.twitter.com/Zvko2zCFeJ
— Taylor Goldenstein (@taygoldenstein) July 12, 2021
Sen. Perry just testified that intersex people have “two full sets of genetalia that they can choose from”…. Someone get this man a science book. #txlege #sb2 #sb32 #protecttranskids
— Dr. Annaliese Cothron (@AECothron) July 12, 2021
And the same Senate committee just approved the paired resolution - SJR3 - that would (with voter approval) change the TX Constitution to allow courts to more often keep defendants in jail without any opportunity to bail out - with cash or otherwise. #txlege
— Jolie McCullough (@jsmccullou) July 10, 2021
Never been more happy to have hours of work made irrelevant. The #txlege wasn't doing policy this year, anyway, just politics; quorum busting was the only leverage that existed to stop the bail bill. That wasn't why Dems left, but it's why I'm glad they're gone. https://t.co/LESFP5y1N2
— Grits for Breakfast (@Grits4Breakfast) July 12, 2021
If you for some strange reason weren't glued to the 9+ hours of bail debates in #txlege on a Saturday, I broke it down for you:
— Jolie McCullough (@jsmccullou) July 11, 2021
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In another First Amendment lawsuit of elected officials getting sued for blocking constituents, Texas Attorney General @KenPaxtonTX has agreed to stop blocking people on Twitter based on their viewpoints, @reeseoxner reports. #txlege https://t.co/fDq8Cu37uV
— James Barragán 🌟 (@James_Barragan) July 12, 2021
When he was a state rep., newly elected state GOP Chairman Matt Rinaldi stood on the floor of the #txlege and threatened to “put a bullet in the head” of a Latino colleague.
— Progress Texas (@ProgressTX) July 11, 2021
That was in 2017. https://t.co/AwoZRcR0z6
CPAC in Dallas Was, Well, a Different Kind of Strange https://t.co/ps8fiy84ra
— Dallas Observer (@Dallas_Observer) July 13, 2021
With members of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers in attendance and QAnon T-shirts for sale, there was no shortage of xenophobic, anti-semitic conspiracy theories. https://t.co/x2fzQQKCrD
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 10, 2021
Matthew @McConaughey hints at 'centrist' 🙄 Texas governor bid https://t.co/bxQuzensK8 #TXLege #TX2022
— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) July 10, 2021
During the 66th #txlege session, 12 State Senators hid off-site to prevent two bills from being voted on.
— David Logan (@A_DavidLogan) July 12, 2021
The Texas House would receive messages from a Senate, "Bee Man"
Lt. Governor Hobby, nicknamed them the Killer Bees pic.twitter.com/dHePlcjrmo
Good morning to everyone but NYC, #SquadUp fans & absentee fathers everywhere. Man up and embrace your responsibilities…just like @JoseAltuve27 does every time he sees @TheJudge44. Only poverty franchises are 8 games out. (Grand finale photoshop: @Northside_Mike) #ForTheH🔥🤘🏼 pic.twitter.com/o178rRQAaX
— Adam Clanton (@adamclanton) July 12, 2021