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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 21/07/2026
ICE is arresting relatives who come forward to take custody of migrant children in federal shelters. Attorneys say the federal agencies are using children as “bait” to detain sponsors, leaving kids waiting in shelters for months. bit.ly/4pGQl1N
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ICE arresting relatives trying to take custody of migrant kids
Attorneys say the federal agencies are using children as “bait” to detain sponsors, leaving kids waiting in shelters for months.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Happy Fourth of July from Willie and me!
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 15/05/2026
Trump administration sues Catholic diocese to seize land on religious site near El Paso for border barrier
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Trump administration sues to seize church land near El Paso
The lawsuit argues that 14 acres on Mount Cristo Rey, which features a 29-foot-tall statue of Jesus, are needed for barriers and other technology to secure the border.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I am in Minneapolis now and I wanted to share my latest piece on Substack: substack.com/@katiephang/...
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“Do not stand idly by while your neighbor’s blood is shed.”
Some painfully key words from Leviticus 19:16
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 11/11/2025
Texas has recorded more than 3,500 cases of whooping cough so far this year, 10 times the number in 2023. The uptick has coincided with a decline in vaccination rates for whooping cough, according to disease experts who urge the best way to control the spread is to get vaccinated.
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Whooping cough cases in Texas reach an 11-year high
The state has recorded more than 3,500 cases of whooping cough so far this year, 10 times the number in 2023.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 04/11/2025
New: The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to build a border wall “along the entire southern border,” including in the city of Laredo, Mayor Victor D. Treviño announced Monday.
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Trump administration plans to build border wall in Laredo
The city learned about plans for a new barrier along the southern border during a regular meeting with the Department of Homeland Security.
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Antonio Esparza @antonioesparza.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
BREAKING: @jamestalarico.bsky.social just won the straw poll at the Tejano Democrats convention. This is the largest Hispanic Democratic organization in Texas.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22/10/2025
Let’s make Russia pay, for Ukraines victory! This One Idea Could Make Putin Regret Invading Ukraine youtu.be/V4F4e6Mh1aY
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This One Idea Could Make Putin Regret Invading Ukraine
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Stand Up, Speak Out, Give a Damn @ireallymeanit.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Brief checklist to simplify Trump presidency: Assault on _________ Assault on _________ Assault on _________ …repeat, ditto
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
.@JamesTalarico is showing up for the Rio Grande Valley and the Rio Grande Valley is showing up for James Talarico! 🔥
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Stand Up, Speak Out, Give a Damn @ireallymeanit.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Right, keep practicing those prayers, kids, but no school lunch. Give us this day our daily bread is a reality.
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Stand Up, Speak Out, Give a Damn @ireallymeanit.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
No thank you.
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Senator Roland Gutierrez @rolandfortexas.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
This is full-on authoritarianism. Free Nicole Collier. #txlege
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
"Republicans Aren’t Gunning for 5 House Seats. They’re Aiming to Steal 42" Texas is just the start, writes Peter Rothpletz for Zeteo. The MAGA right’s newest scheme involves a three-pronged strategy to lock Democrats out of political power, perhaps forever. Read/share/subscribe:
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Republicans Aren’t Gunning for 5 House Seats. They’re Aiming to Steal 42
Texas is just the start. The MAGA right’s newest scheme involves a three-pronged strategy to lock Democrats out of political power, perhaps forever.
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Senator Roland Gutierrez @rolandfortexas.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Three people were killed in a mass shooting at an Austin Target. Texas has some of the loosest gun laws in the country. We should be able to go back-to-school shopping in peace, but reckless Republican gun laws keep us in danger. #txlege
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David Jolly @davidjolly.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Next week the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission will convene for a final vote authorizing the first black bear hunt in the state of Florida since 2015. The proposal should be rejected. My full statement here:
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 18/07/2025
The fossil fuel industry doesn’t even want “extreme rainfall” predictions, since that puts attention on their polluting emissions. Sick.
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NOAA was developing a tool to help communities prepare for future rainfall. Trump officials stopped it.
The tool would have projected how climate change could affect rainfall frequency and intensity in communities across the nation.
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Stand Up, Speak Out, Give a Damn @ireallymeanit.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
GOP Dysfunction Continues
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Stand Up, Speak Out, Give a Damn @ireallymeanit.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
They blast “God Bless the USA” while starving victims of an epic tragedy.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 03/07/2025
New: Texas will pay $6.6 million to four former top deputies to AG Ken Paxton who say they were fired after reporting their boss to the FBI. This years-long legal saga concluded on Wednesday, when Paxton dropped his appeal of the April judgement.
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Paxton drops appeal: Texas to pay $6.6 million to whistleblowers
The Legislature will still have to appropriate the funds to pay the settlement, either during the upcoming special session or during the next regular session.
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Stand Up, Speak Out, Give a Damn @ireallymeanit.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Cover-up, standard operating procedure for GOP elite.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Amazing, protesters in San Francisco formed a human banner at Ocean Beach during the "No Kings" protests against the orange felon. Love it. 💙👊
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This is on all the Senators who turned a blind eye and voted to confirm. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
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Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
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Stand Up, Speak Out, Give a Damn @ireallymeanit.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Well, they apparently are okay with more school shootings each year. But, they can feel smug about mandatory displaying of the Ten Commandments in those same public schools.
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Stand Up, Speak Out, Give a Damn @ireallymeanit.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Meanwhile, DOGE dodges regulations to avoid accountability for Elon’s empire.
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Stand Up, Speak Out, Give a Damn @ireallymeanit.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Another giant step backward for Texas. Completely out of step with reality. Maybe their little red hats should say Vote Red, You’re Dead.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 22/05/2025
New: The state House approved a measure Thursday that would let districts set aside time for prayer or religious study. After a final, procedural vote that could happen as early as Friday, the bill will head to Gov. Greg Abbott.
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Prayer period in schools backed by Texas Legislature
A House vote showed broad support for the measure that would let districts set aside time for prayer or religious study.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 09/05/2025
Fear at Texas colleges spread fast after the Trump administration revoked the legal status and visas of more than 250 international students. Students say they have deleted social media accounts, socialize less and steer clear of charged topics to avoid becoming targets of immigration authorities.
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After immigration crackdown, international students in Texas self-censor to protect their education
Students told the Tribune they have deleted social media accounts, socialize less and steer clear of charged topics to avoid becoming targets of immigration authorities.
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Senator Roland Gutierrez @rolandfortexas.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Measles was eradicated in the U.S. until Trump and RFK Jr. took over. Just 100 days into the new Trump administration, Texas and nine other states are undergoing active outbreaks that are so bad, Mexico had to issue a travel warning. www.wired.com/story/as-mea...
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As Measles Cases Surge, Mexico Issues a US Travel Alert
The border state of Chihuahua has recorded 713 confirmed cases, with its outbreak linked to the ongoing cluster of cases north of the border in Texas.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Greg Abbott claims his private school voucher scam will help working families. But when I questioned the bill author, he admitted that it would give $1.2 million in taxpayer funds to Elon Musk. Vouchers are welfare for the wealthy.
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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Exactly
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
You can't use the parks budget to redo your backyard. You can't use the highway budget to repave your driveway. You can't use the police budget to hire a personal security guard. And rich people can't use our public school budget to pay for private school. Say no to vouchers.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 05/03/2025
From Austin city council to the halls of Congress, U.S. Rep. Greg Casar has been increasingly critical of Elon Musk, saying the billionaire receives special treatment and has conflicts of interest.
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Rep. Greg Casar and Elon Musk bring Texas clash to D.C. stage
From Austin city council to the halls of Congress, this lawmaker has been increasingly critical of Musk, saying the billionaire receives special treatment and has conflicts of interest.
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Rep. Gloria Johnson @votegloriaj.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Thank you to the Queen, Dolly Parton, for dedicating the show to Ukraine 🇺🇦💙💛!
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Stand Up, Speak Out, Give a Damn @ireallymeanit.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
More of the same
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
At what point do leaders in the GOP band together (since they seem to lack courage individually) & say enough is enough? The party of Reagan becomes the tool of Putin if they don’t, especially after last night.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Going live in 10 minutes! See you then!
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Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos @handle.invalid · 05/02/2025
@rolandfortexas.bsky.social is right: Private schools are unaccountable to taxpayers. That means they aren’t held to the school safety standards that our neighborhood classrooms are. Let’s keep our taxpayer dollars accountable, and say no to the voucher scam. #txlege
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny: snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 02/02/2025
Breaking: President Donald Trump has ordered tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China — Texas’ biggest trading partners. The tariffs will go into place Tuesday, according to multiple reports.
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Trump orders tariffs on Mexico and Canada — Texas’ biggest trading partners
The tariffs, which also target China, are reportedly scheduled to go into effect Tuesday. Mexico is by far Texas’ largest trading partner, followed by Canada with China coming closely behind.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Senate needs to respond to mass firings of Jan 6 attack prosecutors by rejecting Trump nominees. Have a spine and stand up to this autocratic effort to rewrite history and embolden political violence. Block Bondi and Patel.
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Stand Up, Speak Out, Give a Damn @ireallymeanit.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Here we go again. It’s the party of Me First going against the majority.
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Stand Up, Speak Out, Give a Damn @ireallymeanit.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Trump visiting disaster areas always begins with his “worst ever” declaration followed by insulting the previous administration’s efforts, naming, blaming, and lying. Imagine his version of the Sermon on the Mount “y’all are just suckers and losers, dumb as a rock. I alone blah, blah, blah.”
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Stand Up, Speak Out, Give a Damn @ireallymeanit.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Had to mute the TV while Trump praises himself and condemns everyone else. Not buying into his hatred and doom. The GOP looks the other way while he inflicts his delusional fantasies on the world stage.
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Stand Up, Speak Out, Give a Damn @ireallymeanit.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Irony Alert - Our TV went dark yesterday and, after extensive trouble shooting with techs, is still at 10% brightness making it look like a very dark funeral procession going down Pennsylvania Ave. I’ve been spared from inauguration horrors and I kind of like it.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Two billionaires are trying to take over our state government. They’ve bought the Governor. They’ve bought the Attorney General. They’ve bought the State Senate. Now they’re trying to buy the State House. Texas is too big and too great to be sold to the highest bidder.
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