Reposted by Amanda SmithProwler @jcbrown.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Hundreds of masked white nationalist Patriot Front members are marching through Washington, D.C., on Independence Day, carrying Confederate flags in formation. A president should be condemning this. The White House is silent. 143
Amanda Smith @amandahernandez.bsky.social · 12/04/2026www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkyf7hUK/tiktok.comU.S. House Representatives Adelita Grijalva, Yassamin Ansari, and Greg Stanton blasted Mesa's ICE facility for being "inhumane."TikTok video by azcentral 000
Reposted by Amanda SmithNatalia Contreras @nataliaecm.bsky.social · 10/04/2026NEW: Texas counties receive subpoenas for voters’ records from the Department of Homeland Security #txlege www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...votebeat.orgDHS subpoenas Texas counties for voters’ histories and registrationsAt least three counties have been contacted this week for detailed records about some individual voters. 159
Reposted by Amanda SmithCarrie 💙🐾💜 @stemgal.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Someone ask Abbott how this "Keeping Texas Affordable" campaign is going - looks iffy ... [That post is just 2 months old] #txlege 061
Reposted by Amanda SmithThe Jer Witch Project @neveronbrand.bsky.social · 07/04/2026How it feels doing literally any task right now. 72145423319
Reposted by Amanda SmithAdam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Forget Bryon Noem. The spouse-of-a-Trump-Cabinet-Secretary you should pay attention to is Vince McMahon, who is currently being sued for sex trafficking and sexual assault. His accuser, Janel Grant, has filed a declaration with truly horrifying details. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 19574308
Reposted by Amanda SmithBayliss Wagner @baylisswagner.bsky.social · 30/03/2026NEW: Most Texas prisoners live in cells w/o A/C. A trial starting today could change that. The plaintiffs cite heat-related inmate deaths & staff illnesses as proof of cruel & unusual punishment. Texas argues it's moving as fast as it can to install A/C. #txlege www.expressnews.com/politics/art...expressnews.comMost Texas prisoners live without AC. A landmark trial could change that.Attorneys for Texas prisoners say the conditions expose inmates and staff to dangerously high temperatures and have caused several deaths. 0167
Reposted by Amanda SmithTxnewsprincess @txnewsprincess.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Nearly 10 years ago the #txlege voted to start moving into privatizing foster care. It's going as well as you might think it would. Read this from the Lab Report: labreportdallas.com/p/the-presen...labreportdallas.comThe Present Danger of Foster Care in North TexasAfter two deaths, the state says third-party case managers are failing foster kids. What happens in this courtroom helps explain why. 033
Reposted by Amanda SmithAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/01/2026Reporting here. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...startribune.comLive: Shooting reported in Minneapolis allegedly involving federal agentsGov. Tim Walz address Minnesotans in a live broadcast Wednesday night on the surge of federal immigration agents in Minnesota. A federal judge has declined to immediately rule on the ICE surge in Minn... 413548
Reposted by Amanda SmithGraham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 21/09/2025The party of “law and order.” 1720548
Reposted by Amanda SmithGwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc 10822028010509
Reposted by Amanda SmithJune Martin @theworldsgreatestwriter.com · 18/09/2025Wait is the Washington Post’s slogan still “Democracy Dies in Darkness?” I guess it still works as a goal rather than a warning 38679119
Reposted by Amanda SmithChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/09/2025A man very recently called for “involuntary lethal injection” for the mentally ill and the unhoused. Literally talking about murdering other humans—and he still kept his job. Brian Killmeade, Fox & Friends. 581127294380
Reposted by Amanda SmithSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 01/11/2024Trans rights are human rights 297162173762
Amanda Smith @amandahernandez.bsky.social · 06/09/2025There’s nothing Christian about Christian nationalism. Let’s go Talarico! Texans need his strong stance with his faith. #txlege 3102
Amanda Smith @amandahernandez.bsky.social · 28/08/2025I stand with the DC sandwich guy 👊🇺🇸🔥 share.google/bD9dQEp0fJrZ...share.googleGrand jury declines to indict man who threw a sandwich at federal officer in D.C.The former Justice Department employee, who threw a sub at federal officers in Washington and came to be known as "Sandwich Guy," wasn't indicted on a federal felony charge. 142
Reposted by Amanda SmithRep. Christina Morales @repmorales145.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Where do we go from here? Register for today’s Texas Resistance Town Hall at 7pm. Let’s keep holding the line, fighting for democracy, and putting working families first! Register: bit.ly/TexasResistance #txlege 152
Reposted by Amanda Smith50501 Austin @50501austin.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Join us at the Texas Capitol from 10 AM onward! We demand the release of Rep Nicole Collier, the passage of flood relief legislation, and rejection of the redistricting scam. What a shameful second special session from Abbott, Burrows, & Patrick. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... #txlege #letherout 053
Reposted by Amanda SmithRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 19/08/2025If you are anywhere near Austin Texas, tonight, go to the capital. They’re calling for people. This can not stand. Go. You’re needed. #txlege 1100 Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78701 14518
Amanda Smith @amandahernandez.bsky.social · 17/08/2025“Google has called Gemini’s habit of self-abuse annoying” 010
Amanda Smith @amandahernandez.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein EPSTEIN 🚨🚨🚨🚨 040
Reposted by Amanda SmithTexas AFL-CIO @texasaflcio.org · 07/08/2025This fight is going NATIONAL. ✊ We’re showing up to defend the vote, protect our rights, and stop this redistricting scheme. Join Texas workers at the Capitol on Saturday, 8/16 to rally to #FightTheTrumpTakeover! #txlegemobilize.usFight The Trump Takeover Rally Texas · Texas AFL-CIOGreg Abbott is letting Trump take over Texas. Instead of addressing the real crises Texans are facing, he's been using the special legislative session to push Trump's political agenda. Families are st... 22113
Amanda Smith @amandahernandez.bsky.social · 04/08/2025@jamestalarico.bsky.social out here worrying about up and down, not left and right!! #txlege 030
Reposted by Amanda SmithMichael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 01/08/2025The Texas House redistricting committee hearing on the new proposed map is about to start. You can watch live here: house.texas.gov/videos/22418 #txlege 11612
Reposted by Amanda SmithJoe Blanda @joeblanda.bsky.social · 30/07/2025This is how gerrymandering works. This is what's being attempted in Texas right now. This is illegal always. #txlege 024
Amanda Smith @amandahernandez.bsky.social · 28/07/20252:00 PM Senate session today in the Texas Legislature’s special session #txlege Don’t stop speaking up. I stand with Isaiah Martin. @isaiahrmartin.bsky.social #nokings RISE UP! Texas welcomes the rest of you to join our voices!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️ senate.texas.gov/av-live.phpsenate.texas.govThe Texas State Senate – Senate Live Broadcasts 121
Reposted by Amanda SmithTexas Legislative Progressive Caucus @texaslpc.org · 28/07/2025DFW up next, tonight, July 28! Rally at 3:30, public hearing at 5pm at UTA campus. Texas says hands off our maps! #txlege 164
Reposted by Amanda SmithTexas Legislative Progressive Caucus @texaslpc.org · 25/07/2025Tonight Texas Dems stayed late after Republicans shut off public testimony on the Trump takeover of our maps. Thank you Progressive Caucus members Reps. Vikki Goodwin, Lulu Flores, and Gene Wu for making sure every voice was heard! #txlege @vikkigoodwintx.bsky.social @genefortexas.bsky.social 1144
Amanda Smith @amandahernandez.bsky.social · 24/07/2025#txlege Worth the reminder www.reddit.com/r/texas/s/wK...reddit.comFrom the texas community on RedditExplore this post and more from the texas community 010
Reposted by Amanda Smithfairmapstexas.bsky.social @fairmapstexas.bsky.social · 23/07/2025If you missed last night's webinar and testimony training, members of the Fair Maps Texas Coalition and our friends at MOVE Texas will be having another one today starting at noon! Sign up here: bit.ly/fairmapstx #txlege #fairmaps #fairmapstexas #endgerrymanderingbit.ly[Webinar] Redrawing Power: What’s at Stake in Texas’ Mid-Decade Redistricting and How to Testify · MOVE TexasTexas lawmakers are returning to Austin for a special session starting Monday, July 21, and instead of focusing on urgent community needs like flood recovery, Governor Abbott is putting mid-decade red... 031
Reposted by Amanda SmithJosé Menéndez @menendez4texas.bsky.social · 23/07/2025This morning we begin the Joint Hearing: Senate and House Select Committees on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding. 🔴 Watch live here: senate.texas.gov/av-live.php ▪️Hearing information: bit.ly/417Xj4P #txlege 143
Amanda Smith @amandahernandez.bsky.social · 22/07/2025This is so real. And absolutely maddening. senate.texas.gov/av-live.php 000
Amanda Smith @amandahernandez.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Did I just hear Bob Hall blame the Uvalde shooting on THC???! I think I did. Texas is a true nightmare. #txlege senate.texas.gov/av-live.php 121
Amanda Smith @amandahernandez.bsky.social · 22/07/2025#txlege senate.texas.gov/av-live.phpsenate.texas.govThe Texas State Senate – Senate Live Broadcasts 131
Reposted by Amanda SmithMothersAgainstGregAbbott @democracymoms.bsky.social · 22/07/2025🚨 REDISTRICTING HEARING ALERT 🚨 Hearings start this Thursday in Austin, then Houston, and wrap up next Monday, July 28, in Arlington. 👊 Let’s pack the room. Show up. Be loud. Denounce Trumpmandering. #Trumpmandering #TxLege #FairMapsNow 03819
Reposted by Amanda SmithGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/07/2025When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated. 15646839120870
Reposted by Amanda SmithPBS News @pbsnews.org · 22/07/2025PBS News is not going anywhere. We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air. We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support. 738352078706
Amanda Smith @amandahernandez.bsky.social · 21/07/2025TEXAS OPERATION SLOW DOWN TxDOT is partnering with law enforcement agencies across the Lone Star State as they step up their efforts to enforce speed limits during Operation Slowdown July 18 through August 3, 2025. www.txdot.gov/safety/traff...txdot.govBe Safe. Drive Smart. - Drive a Safe SpeedTxDOT’s statewide “Be Safe. Drive Smart” speeding awareness campaign urges drivers to slow down and drive to conditions to help save lives. 000
Amanda Smith @amandahernandez.bsky.social · 16/07/2025They do not understand foreign policy. Cutting off our nose to spite our face. www.youtube.com/live/1FzUjQE...youtube.comWATCH LIVE: Senate considers Trump's request to cancel $9 billion in previously approved spendingYouTube video by PBS NewsHour 010
Reposted by Amanda SmithHoward Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Cruelty as strategy. 04718
Reposted by Amanda SmithBookshop.org @bookshop.org · 08/07/2025You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳 4045622705
Reposted by Amanda SmithRep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos @handle.invalid · 10/07/2025New Flash Flood Warning for areas Dallas County in effect until 9:45 PM CDT. Stay safe and avoid flooded roads! 084
Reposted by Amanda SmithAmanda Smith @amandahernandez.bsky.social · 07/07/2025My friends Jess & Josh were impacted by the Central Texas floods this past weekend. They barely made it out of their house (with their infant) in the middle of the night through a bathroom window as water quickly filled their home. I can’t imagine the trauma. gofund.me/31c25423gofund.meDonate to Flash Flood Relief for Jess, Josh and Baby Z, organized by Mackenzie ramonIt weighs heavily on our hearts to share the story of our close friends, … Mackenzie ramon needs your support for Flash Flood Relief for Jess, Josh and Baby Z 373
Reposted by Amanda SmithAndie Sophia 💛🤍💜🖤 @andiesophia.is · 08/07/2025there's an anecdote about bill clinton's first meeting with putin, where clinton came away from it telling white house staff "he's either very stupid or thinks i am". guess putin finally found his ideal mark 1283
Reposted by Amanda SmithShelby Kent-Stewart @shelbykstewart.bsky.social · 08/07/2025My rage is a living thing. #FuckICE 2232
Reposted by Amanda SmithArizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Rep. Andy Biggs, candidate for Arizona Governor, participating in a paid event hosted by We the People AZ Alliance, a far-right group led by Shelby Busch, who just last year told a crowd she wanted to “lynch” the Maricopa Recorder. 75026
Reposted by Amanda SmithSean & Marokko @seanandmarokko.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Trump is a human rights abuser. Impeach him. 021
