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Will Texas turn blue this year? – Houston Public Media

State Sens. Sarah Eckhardt and Nathan Johnson discuss the future of the Democratic Party in Texas during the…
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Texas Senate Democrat Talarico Declares War on Billionaire Power in Fiery Acceptance Speech

Texas Senate nominee James Talarico delivers a fiery acceptance speech, calling out billionaire power and launching a grassroots movement to unite working Texans and reclaim democracy.

Texas Senate Democrat Talarico Declares War on Billionaire Power in Fiery Acceptance Speech

Texas Senate nominee James Talarico delivers a fiery acceptance speech, calling out billionaire power and launching a grassroots movement to unite working Texans and reclaim democracy.

Texas Shock: Working-Class Democrat Wins Deep-Red Senate District

A union machinist shattered political myths by flipping one of Texas’s reddest districts. Here’s why working-class politics still win.

Texas Shock: Working-Class Democrat Wins Deep-Red Senate District

A union machinist shattered political myths by flipping one of Texas’s reddest districts. Here’s why working-class politics still win.

Amy Klobuchar Warns Trump’s Federal Crackdown Is Backfiring—and Democrats Are Ready to Win

At the Harris County Democratic Party JJR gala, Klobuchar connects Minnesota’s crackdown to a national awakening—and explains why democracy is pushing back and winning.

Jasmine Crockett tells ‘The View’ being black ensures Texas Senate win — but Sara Gonzales isn’t buying it

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.theblaze.com/shows/sara-gonzales-unfiltered/jasmine-crockett-tells-the-view-being-black-ensures-texas-senate-win-but-sara-gonzales-isnt-buying-it

Jasmine Crockett tells ‘The View’ being black ensures Texas Senate win — but Sara Gonzales isn’t buying it

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.theblaze.com/shows/sara-gonzales-unfiltered/jasmine-crockett-tells-the-view-being-black-ensures-texas-senate-win-but-sara-gonzales-isnt-buying-it

When Democrats Enable MAGA: The Case for Admonishing Some Democratic Leaders

Precinct Chair & Humble Area Democrat President John Cotter explains why Democratic leader Houston Mayor John Whitmire must be held accountable, as his actions betray core values.

When Democrats Enable MAGA: The Case for Admonishing Some Democratic Leaders

Precinct Chair & Humble Area Democrat President John Cotter explains why Democratic leader Houston Mayor John Whitmire must be held accountable, as his actions betray core values.

When Democrats Enable MAGA: The Case for Admonishing Some Democratic Leaders

Precinct Chair & Humble Area Democrat President John Cotter explains why Democratic leader Houston Mayor John Whitmire must be held accountable, as his actions betray core values.

When Democrats Enable MAGA: The Case for Admonishing Some Democratic Leaders

Precinct Chair & Humble Area Democrat President John Cotter explains why Democratic leader Houston Mayor John Whitmire must be held accountable, as his actions betray core values.

When Democrats Enable MAGA: The Case for Admonishing Some Democratic Leaders

Precinct Chair & Humble Area Democrat President John Cotter explains why Democratic leader Houston Mayor John Whitmire must be held accountable, as his actions betray core values.

Democrats hold Houston “Democratic” Mayor, John Whitmire accountable for his MAGA-adjacent moves.

Mayor John Whitmire admonished. Harris County Democrats have done what Democrats around the country must do before the 2026 primaries: make neoliberals and DINOs unelectable.

Democrats hold Houston “Democratic” Mayor, John Whitmire accountable for his MAGA-adjacent moves.

Mayor John Whitmire admonished. Harris County Democrats have done what Democrats around the country must do before the 2026 primaries: make neoliberals and DINOs unelectable.

Grassroots Democrats Admonish Houston Mayor for Betraying the Party

Grassroots precinct chairs led by Cameron Campbell, aka Coach Cam, delivered a historic rebuke to Houston Mayor John Whitmire, proving Democratic values still matter when enforced from the ground up.

#CameronCampbell #CoachCam #democraticAccountability #GrassrootsPolitics #HarrisCountyDemocraticParty #HoustonDemocrats #JohnWhitmire #PrecinctChairs #progressiveOrganizing #TexasDemocrats

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Grassroots Democrats Admonish Houston Mayor for Betraying the Party

Grassroots precinct chairs led by Cameron Campbell, aka Coach Cam, delivered a historic rebuke to Houston Mayor John Whitmire, proving Democratic values still matter when enforced from the ground up.

#CameronCampbell #CoachCam #democraticAccountability #GrassrootsPolitics #HarrisCountyDemocraticParty #HoustonDemocrats #JohnWhitmire #PrecinctChairs #progressiveOrganizing #TexasDemocrats

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RESOLUTION OF ENDORSEMENT MORATORIUM FOR MAYOR JOHN WHITMIRE

The resolution condemns John Whitmire for aiding GOP power, legitimizing authoritarian politics, and violating Democratic values, calling for accountability and denial of future party endorsements.

RESOLUTION OF ENDORSEMENT MORATORIUM FOR MAYOR JOHN WHITMIRE

The resolution condemns John Whitmire for aiding GOP power, legitimizing authoritarian politics, and violating Democratic values, calling for accountability and denial of future party endorsements.

State Rep. Jon Rosenthal, a Houston-area Democrat, announced Monday he is running for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission, meaning he will not seek reelection for his position in the Texas House of Representatives.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/09/29/532105/houston-area-state-rep-jon-rosenthal-announces-bid-for-texas-railroad-commissioner-wont-seek-reelection/

#Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #JimWright #JonRosenthal #StateReps #TexasDemocrats #TexasHouseOfRepresentatives #TexasRailroadCommission

Texas Republicans note that some of the congressional districts they intend to flip next year were redrawn to become majority-Hispanic. Democrats say the GOP made sure to add Hispanic Texans who are unlikely to vote.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/09/17/531089/texas-gop-may-be-banking-on-low-hispanic-turnout-in-new-map/

#HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #9thCongressionalDistrict #CongressionalRedistricting #CongresswomanSylviaGarcia #HispanicVoters #TexasDemocrats #TexasRepublicans

Update: Several Texas Democrats who signed documents agreeing to leaving the state's House chambers with a police escort will rip up those documents and return to spend the night on the floor with state Rep. Nicole Collier, @CNN reports.

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#NicoleCollier #Texas #TexasDemocrats #Redistricting #USPolitics

Texas Democrat Nicole Collier has been locked in the state's House chambers since yesterday because she refused to be escorted from the building by state troopers — a requirement of GOP Speaker Dustin Burrows, who says this is to prevent another walkout by Democratic representatives. “I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts,” said Collier, who has represented District 95 in Fort Worth since 2013. Here's more from @time.

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#NicoleCollier #Texas #TexasDemocrats #Redistricting #USPolitics

A Fort Worth lawmaker said on Monday that she can't leave the Texas House chambers because she won't agree to round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers, which the GOP speaker is requiring of Democrats who fled the state.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/19/528968/fort-worth-rep-nicole-collier-refuses-to-leave-texas-house-protesting-state-trooper-escorts/

#News #Politics #Texas #89thTexasLegislature #CongressionalRedistricting #SpecialSession #TexasDemocrats #TexasHouseOfRepresentatives #TexasRepublicans

“How Do You Tell Voters to Fight When You Gave Up?” — Roland Challenges Texas Dems Ending Walkout - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdOyIvltp-E&ab_channel=RolandS.Martin
#RolandMartin #RolandMartinUnfiltered #Texas #TexasDemocrats #BlackStarNetwork #Democrats #VotingRights #Redistricting #BlackVoters #CivilRights #Democracy #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackFediverse #BlackThreads #BlackSky #Politics

“How Do You Tell Voters to Fight When You Gave Up?” — Roland Challenges Texas Dems Ending Walkout - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdOyIvltp-E&ab_channel=RolandS.Martin
#RolandMartin #RolandMartinUnfiltered #Texas #TexasDemocrats #BlackStarNetwork #Democrats #VotingRights #Redistricting #BlackVoters #CivilRights #Democracy #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackFediverse #BlackThreads #BlackSky #Politics

“How Do You Tell Voters to Fight When You Gave Up?” — Roland Challenges Texas Dems Ending Walkout - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdOyIvltp-E&ab_channel=RolandS.Martin
#RolandMartin #RolandMartinUnfiltered #Texas #TexasDemocrats #BlackStarNetwork #Democrats #VotingRights #Redistricting #BlackVoters #CivilRights #Democracy #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackFediverse #BlackThreads #BlackSky #Politics

“How Do You Tell Voters to Fight When You Gave Up?” — Roland Challenges Texas Dems Ending Walkout - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdOyIvltp-E&ab_channel=RolandS.Martin
#RolandMartin #RolandMartinUnfiltered #Texas #TexasDemocrats #BlackStarNetwork #Democrats #VotingRights #Redistricting #BlackVoters #CivilRights #Democracy #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackFediverse #BlackThreads #BlackSky #Politics

“How Do You Tell Voters to Fight When You Gave Up?” — Roland Challenges Texas Dems Ending Walkout - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdOyIvltp-E&ab_channel=RolandS.Martin
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Nazi Texas AG Corrupt Criminal Ken Paxton Whining To Judge For Beto O'Rourke To Be Jailed Over Continued Fundraising For Texas Democrats Walkout

"He still thinks he’s above the law, so I’m working to put him behind bars," the Texas AG said.
#TexasDemocrats #TexasGOP
#LockAllOfTheMAGATrumpCultUpNOW https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ken-paxton-beto-orourke-jailed_n_689b6e07e4b0196f49c51590

#uspolitics #politicsgirl #TexasDemocrats Politics Girl short on the importance of the Texas Democrat walk out and how to support them.
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New strips every Sunday. Reposts of strips from my first-term collection, TRUMPBERT: OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE (https://www.Trumpbert.com) most weekdays.

What we can do: https://www.AuthorFreeman.com/what-we-can-do/

#dilbert #parody #trump #satire #comic #webcomic # #texas #gerrymandering #TexasDemocrats

If TX Republicans have the FBI haul back the Democrats from their walkout to get the redistricting done then I hope OR Democrats refile those abortion and gun measures that were scuttled by Republican walkouts.

Fair is fair.

#USpol #TexasDemocrats #Oregon

#Republican Senator #JohnCornyn makes disturbing announcement that #FBI Director and MAGA loyalist #KashPatel has approved his request to hunt down #TexasDemocrats who have left the state in protest of the insane #gerrymandering #GregAbbott, #DonaldTrump are trying to force youtu.be/fwHIaknJeww?...

GOP Senator Makes ALARMING FBI...

On today's episode of #FascismInTheUSA...

#Cornyn Says #FBI Will Help Find #Texas Lawmakers Who Left State

The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on congressional maps. Democrats said #FederalLawEnforcement was being misused.

By J. David Goodman and Julie Bosman
Aug. 7, 2025

"Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said on Thursday that the F.B.I. had agreed to his request to help track down dozens of Democratic Texas state lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a redistricting plan.

"The activation of federal agents could create a standoff between the Trump administration and state leaders in Illinois, where many of the absent #Democrats have taken refuge.

"It was not clear on Thursday morning whether federal agents had actually taken action in the case, or what role they might eventually play.

"Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois scoffed at the idea that federal agents could be deployed against the Texas lawmakers present in his state, calling it 'a lot of grandstanding.'

" 'The reality is that all that he has said is that the F.B.I. has been authorized to locate the House Democrats — nothing more,' Mr. Pritzker told reporters at the Illinois State Fair on Thursday. 'I welcome the F.B.I. coming to the state,' he added. 'But they won’t be arresting anyone because there is no federal law that prohibits those Texas House Democrats from being here.'

"Mr. Pritzker has previously said that federal law enforcement agents might be used in an attempt to #intimidate lawmakers, even if the agents did not have cause to make arrests.

"Several of the #TexasDemocrats in Illinois said that as of Thursday morning, no federal agents had been seen or reported at the lawmakers’ hotel in St. Charles, about 25 miles west of Chicago.

"The whereabouts of the Texas lawmakers are widely known, but until now at least, they had considered themselves safe from arrest because they were far from the jurisdiction of Texas law enforcement agencies.

" 'I am proud to announce that Director #KashPatel has approved my request for the F.B.I. to assist state and local law enforcement in locating runaway Texas House Democrats,' Mr. Cornyn said in a statement.

"In his letter on Tuesday requesting the bureau’s assistance, Mr. Cornyn argued that the Democratic lawmakers might have violated state bribery laws by accepting money from outside groups to support their efforts to prevent a vote in the Texas House on a redrawn political map.

"No criminal warrants have actually been filed against the lawmakers in Texas. The speaker of the Texas House has issued civil warrants, saying that the Democrats violated rules of attendance for that chamber,but those warrants have not been considered enforceable outside the state during previous legislative walkouts."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/politics/texas-redistricting-cornyn-fbi.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/qLpkc

#FashPatel #Fascism #ACAB #Overreach #CharacteristicsOfFascism

On today's episode of #FascismInTheUSA...

#Cornyn Says #FBI Will Help Find #Texas Lawmakers Who Left State

The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on congressional maps. Democrats said #FederalLawEnforcement was being misused.

By J. David Goodman and Julie Bosman
Aug. 7, 2025

"Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said on Thursday that the F.B.I. had agreed to his request to help track down dozens of Democratic Texas state lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a redistricting plan.

"The activation of federal agents could create a standoff between the Trump administration and state leaders in Illinois, where many of the absent #Democrats have taken refuge.

"It was not clear on Thursday morning whether federal agents had actually taken action in the case, or what role they might eventually play.

"Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois scoffed at the idea that federal agents could be deployed against the Texas lawmakers present in his state, calling it 'a lot of grandstanding.'

" 'The reality is that all that he has said is that the F.B.I. has been authorized to locate the House Democrats — nothing more,' Mr. Pritzker told reporters at the Illinois State Fair on Thursday. 'I welcome the F.B.I. coming to the state,' he added. 'But they won’t be arresting anyone because there is no federal law that prohibits those Texas House Democrats from being here.'

"Mr. Pritzker has previously said that federal law enforcement agents might be used in an attempt to #intimidate lawmakers, even if the agents did not have cause to make arrests.

"Several of the #TexasDemocrats in Illinois said that as of Thursday morning, no federal agents had been seen or reported at the lawmakers’ hotel in St. Charles, about 25 miles west of Chicago.

"The whereabouts of the Texas lawmakers are widely known, but until now at least, they had considered themselves safe from arrest because they were far from the jurisdiction of Texas law enforcement agencies.

" 'I am proud to announce that Director #KashPatel has approved my request for the F.B.I. to assist state and local law enforcement in locating runaway Texas House Democrats,' Mr. Cornyn said in a statement.

"In his letter on Tuesday requesting the bureau’s assistance, Mr. Cornyn argued that the Democratic lawmakers might have violated state bribery laws by accepting money from outside groups to support their efforts to prevent a vote in the Texas House on a redrawn political map.

"No criminal warrants have actually been filed against the lawmakers in Texas. The speaker of the Texas House has issued civil warrants, saying that the Democrats violated rules of attendance for that chamber,but those warrants have not been considered enforceable outside the state during previous legislative walkouts."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/politics/texas-redistricting-cornyn-fbi.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/qLpkc

#FashPatel #Fascism #ACAB #Overreach #CharacteristicsOfFascism

On today's episode of #FascismInTheUSA...

#Cornyn Says #FBI Will Help Find #Texas Lawmakers Who Left State

The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on congressional maps. Democrats said #FederalLawEnforcement was being misused.

By J. David Goodman and Julie Bosman
Aug. 7, 2025

"Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said on Thursday that the F.B.I. had agreed to his request to help track down dozens of Democratic Texas state lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a redistricting plan.

"The activation of federal agents could create a standoff between the Trump administration and state leaders in Illinois, where many of the absent #Democrats have taken refuge.

"It was not clear on Thursday morning whether federal agents had actually taken action in the case, or what role they might eventually play.

"Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois scoffed at the idea that federal agents could be deployed against the Texas lawmakers present in his state, calling it 'a lot of grandstanding.'

" 'The reality is that all that he has said is that the F.B.I. has been authorized to locate the House Democrats — nothing more,' Mr. Pritzker told reporters at the Illinois State Fair on Thursday. 'I welcome the F.B.I. coming to the state,' he added. 'But they won’t be arresting anyone because there is no federal law that prohibits those Texas House Democrats from being here.'

"Mr. Pritzker has previously said that federal law enforcement agents might be used in an attempt to #intimidate lawmakers, even if the agents did not have cause to make arrests.

"Several of the #TexasDemocrats in Illinois said that as of Thursday morning, no federal agents had been seen or reported at the lawmakers’ hotel in St. Charles, about 25 miles west of Chicago.

"The whereabouts of the Texas lawmakers are widely known, but until now at least, they had considered themselves safe from arrest because they were far from the jurisdiction of Texas law enforcement agencies.

" 'I am proud to announce that Director #KashPatel has approved my request for the F.B.I. to assist state and local law enforcement in locating runaway Texas House Democrats,' Mr. Cornyn said in a statement.

"In his letter on Tuesday requesting the bureau’s assistance, Mr. Cornyn argued that the Democratic lawmakers might have violated state bribery laws by accepting money from outside groups to support their efforts to prevent a vote in the Texas House on a redrawn political map.

"No criminal warrants have actually been filed against the lawmakers in Texas. The speaker of the Texas House has issued civil warrants, saying that the Democrats violated rules of attendance for that chamber,but those warrants have not been considered enforceable outside the state during previous legislative walkouts."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/politics/texas-redistricting-cornyn-fbi.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/qLpkc

#FashPatel #Fascism #ACAB #Overreach #CharacteristicsOfFascism

On today's episode of #FascismInTheUSA...

#Cornyn Says #FBI Will Help Find #Texas Lawmakers Who Left State

The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on congressional maps. Democrats said #FederalLawEnforcement was being misused.

By J. David Goodman and Julie Bosman
Aug. 7, 2025

"Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said on Thursday that the F.B.I. had agreed to his request to help track down dozens of Democratic Texas state lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a redistricting plan.

"The activation of federal agents could create a standoff between the Trump administration and state leaders in Illinois, where many of the absent #Democrats have taken refuge.

"It was not clear on Thursday morning whether federal agents had actually taken action in the case, or what role they might eventually play.

"Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois scoffed at the idea that federal agents could be deployed against the Texas lawmakers present in his state, calling it 'a lot of grandstanding.'

" 'The reality is that all that he has said is that the F.B.I. has been authorized to locate the House Democrats — nothing more,' Mr. Pritzker told reporters at the Illinois State Fair on Thursday. 'I welcome the F.B.I. coming to the state,' he added. 'But they won’t be arresting anyone because there is no federal law that prohibits those Texas House Democrats from being here.'

"Mr. Pritzker has previously said that federal law enforcement agents might be used in an attempt to #intimidate lawmakers, even if the agents did not have cause to make arrests.

"Several of the #TexasDemocrats in Illinois said that as of Thursday morning, no federal agents had been seen or reported at the lawmakers’ hotel in St. Charles, about 25 miles west of Chicago.

"The whereabouts of the Texas lawmakers are widely known, but until now at least, they had considered themselves safe from arrest because they were far from the jurisdiction of Texas law enforcement agencies.

" 'I am proud to announce that Director #KashPatel has approved my request for the F.B.I. to assist state and local law enforcement in locating runaway Texas House Democrats,' Mr. Cornyn said in a statement.

"In his letter on Tuesday requesting the bureau’s assistance, Mr. Cornyn argued that the Democratic lawmakers might have violated state bribery laws by accepting money from outside groups to support their efforts to prevent a vote in the Texas House on a redrawn political map.

"No criminal warrants have actually been filed against the lawmakers in Texas. The speaker of the Texas House has issued civil warrants, saying that the Democrats violated rules of attendance for that chamber,but those warrants have not been considered enforceable outside the state during previous legislative walkouts."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/politics/texas-redistricting-cornyn-fbi.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/qLpkc

#FashPatel #Fascism #ACAB #Overreach #CharacteristicsOfFascism

On today's episode of #FascismInTheUSA...

#Cornyn Says #FBI Will Help Find #Texas Lawmakers Who Left State

The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on congressional maps. Democrats said #FederalLawEnforcement was being misused.

By J. David Goodman and Julie Bosman
Aug. 7, 2025

"Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said on Thursday that the F.B.I. had agreed to his request to help track down dozens of Democratic Texas state lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a redistricting plan.

"The activation of federal agents could create a standoff between the Trump administration and state leaders in Illinois, where many of the absent #Democrats have taken refuge.

"It was not clear on Thursday morning whether federal agents had actually taken action in the case, or what role they might eventually play.

"Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois scoffed at the idea that federal agents could be deployed against the Texas lawmakers present in his state, calling it 'a lot of grandstanding.'

" 'The reality is that all that he has said is that the F.B.I. has been authorized to locate the House Democrats — nothing more,' Mr. Pritzker told reporters at the Illinois State Fair on Thursday. 'I welcome the F.B.I. coming to the state,' he added. 'But they won’t be arresting anyone because there is no federal law that prohibits those Texas House Democrats from being here.'

"Mr. Pritzker has previously said that federal law enforcement agents might be used in an attempt to #intimidate lawmakers, even if the agents did not have cause to make arrests.

"Several of the #TexasDemocrats in Illinois said that as of Thursday morning, no federal agents had been seen or reported at the lawmakers’ hotel in St. Charles, about 25 miles west of Chicago.

"The whereabouts of the Texas lawmakers are widely known, but until now at least, they had considered themselves safe from arrest because they were far from the jurisdiction of Texas law enforcement agencies.

" 'I am proud to announce that Director #KashPatel has approved my request for the F.B.I. to assist state and local law enforcement in locating runaway Texas House Democrats,' Mr. Cornyn said in a statement.

"In his letter on Tuesday requesting the bureau’s assistance, Mr. Cornyn argued that the Democratic lawmakers might have violated state bribery laws by accepting money from outside groups to support their efforts to prevent a vote in the Texas House on a redrawn political map.

"No criminal warrants have actually been filed against the lawmakers in Texas. The speaker of the Texas House has issued civil warrants, saying that the Democrats violated rules of attendance for that chamber,but those warrants have not been considered enforceable outside the state during previous legislative walkouts."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/politics/texas-redistricting-cornyn-fbi.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/qLpkc

#FashPatel #Fascism #ACAB #Overreach #CharacteristicsOfFascism

#TexasDemocrats, including Rep. #JohnBucy, do not back down in brilliant resistance of #GregAbbott and Trump's scheme to rig the midterm elections in #Texas as Abbott loses his mind with civil arrest warrants for the Democratic congressional leaders, who left to break quorum youtu.be/EQbnRN9adoQ?...

Texas Democrat John Bucy STUNS...

Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into whether Beto O’Rourke’s political group, Powered by People, is breaking laws by funding Texas Democrats’ out-of-state travel attempting to stop the passage of new Republican-favored congressional maps.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/06/528110/paxton-launches-investigation-into-beto-orourkes-political-group-for-funding-democrats-who-left-state/

#News #Politics #Texas #AttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #BetoORourke #PoweredByPeople #QuorumBreak #TexasDemocrats

Please don't back down, Texas Democrats. And to Democrats in general: Are you starting to understand that you need to fight back? Republicans will stop at nothing. If they're going to pull this kind of stunt, then states with Democratic trifectas need to do the same. #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Texas #TexasDemocrats #Gerrymandering #US #USpol https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/us/hochul-new-york-texas-redistricting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b08.E5uA.s40YGQDl8T0K&smid=url-share

Seeing Things – Texas Democrats’ Moral Clarity – by Liza Donnelly

What’s happening in Texas and the redistricting fight is meaningful; I believe this is a moment. It is a fight for the House of Representives coming up in the next midterm election. The Republicans are not playing by the rules; Democrats intend to meet them head-to-head in this battle.

Yesterday, Texas Democratic legislators left Texas in order to stop the state Republicans from passing legislation that would redraw the voter registration map of Texas to add five GOP seats to the Texas house. Without a quorum, the legislation could not vote on this. Texas state representative James Talarico said in a video posted to social media,

“My Democratic colleagues and I have just left our beloved state to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab. Trump told our Republican colleagues to redraw the political maps here in Texas in the middle of the decade to get him five more seats and protect his majority in Congress. They’re turning our districts into crazy shapes to guarantee the outcome they want in the 2026 elections. If this power grab succeeds, they will hang on to power without any accountability from the voters. But Texas Democrats are fighting back. We’re leaving the state, breaking quorum and preventing Republicans from silencing our voices and rigging the next election. We are not fighting for the Democratic Party. We are fighting for the democratic process, and the stakes could not be higher. We have to take a stand.”

Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu said, “If Donald Trump is allowed to do this, if he is allowed to once again cheat and get away with it, there’s no stopping this. This will spread across the country, and…will occur everywhere. Because if one person’s going to cheat and no one’s going to stop it, why doesn’t everyone just do it then? And that is not a society, that is not an America that works. Everyone is already tired of the hyperpartisan bickering and all the fighting because we never get anything done. And they are creating a system that will reinforce that and make it even worse. And we’re telling people, please come out, stand up against it, rise up and say no more. Enough.”

Wu said the Texas Democratic representatives “did not make the decision to come here today…lightly, but we come here today with absolute moral clarity.”

The Democratic legislators bravely left their home state on principle, and traveled to Illionois, New York and California where they were welcomed with open arms by the govenors of each state. Illinoir govenor Pritzker said,

“To be in public office right now is to constantly ask yourself, how do I make sure that we’re standing on the right side of history? There’s a simple answer. The wrong side of history will always tell you to be afraid. The right side of history will always expect you to be courageous. Expect courage from people around you, and it will show up. Expect fear, and fear will rule the day. Let the courage of these leaders be an example to the rest of the country. I’m proud to stand side by side with our friends from Texas today.”

Governor Kathy Hochul of New York hosted some of the Democratic lawymakers at a luncheon in Albany, and called them “profiles in courage.”

Texas Govenor Abbott immideately shot back when the Democrats left, saying he has the power to replace them, that they forfeited their seats.

What happens next is unclear. Blue states are working to ammend their state’s constitutions so that they can redraw their electoral maps just as Texas is trying to. What Abbott will do, where the Democratic legislators will go, will Abbott try to arrest them: this is all still unknown.

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Texas Democrats’ Moral Clarity – by Liza Donnelly

Original article: View source

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Democrat Colin Allred launched his campaign for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, making a second run at the upper chamber after failing to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz last year.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/07/01/525353/texas-democrat-colin-allred-launches-2026-u-s-senate-campaign/

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Former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, a prominent Texas Democrat, was back in the Houston area Thursday to rally support for his political party and discuss issues facing the region, the state and the country.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/05/29/522622/texas-democrat-beto-orourke-returns-to-houston-area-for-another-town-hall/

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A state district court judge dismissed a lawsuit Thursday over the Fort Bend County Democratic Party chair’s removal from his elected office, saying she didn’t have the authority to intervene.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/05/22/522079/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-over-fort-bend-democratic-party-chairs-removal/

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Several Texas Democrats in Congress, including two representing Houston, banded together to speak out against a sweeping Trump-backed bill that would make deep cuts to Medicaid and supplemental food program SNAP.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/05/22/522018/texas-democrats-band-together-to-speak-against-trumps-proposed-cuts-to-medicaid-and-food-stamps/

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The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to censure Houston Congressman Al Green for disrupting President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday in Washington.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/03/06/515378/u-s-house-votes-to-censure-houston-congressman-al-green-for-disrupting-trumps-address/

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Democrats in the Texas House will no longer be allowed to hold influential committee chair positions under new rules passed by the chamber on Thursday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/01/23/511836/texas-democrats-havent-been-in-power-for-30-years-they-just-lost-more-control-at-the-capitol/

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