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Joel Montfort

@montfort.me
48.9K followers 43.7K following 821 posts

#TX politics. Political Scientist. Democrat. #ODAT #texasdemocrat, #txlege

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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 05/08/2026
Last night at Paxton's event in Allen, TX. One lady with a Talarico sign. They made her leave. All heroes don't wear capes.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 16/07/2026
The Nazis are arresting Native Americans. Let that sink in.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 03/06/2026
Local activist Jesse Ringness captured this racist White Nationalist digital billboard running at city hall in Frisco, TX, during the redneck rally.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 18/05/2026
Latest poll out of Texas Southern U has Paxton and Talarico tied for Senate. n=1223 data.ddhq.io/polls/2026/0...
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 14/05/2026
I am always complaining about Dallas's complete lack of interest in preserving history. The Wyland Whale wall, completed in '99 in downtown Dallas, is being painted over for a FIFA ad. The ghouls who are destroying this city should be tarred and feathered.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 27/04/2026
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 17/04/2026
Finally, we know who the downed pilot was.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 13/04/2026
Remember when Obama posted a meme of himself as Jesus? Me neither. He's truly an insane narcissist with his finger on the Nukes. What could go wrong?
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 10/04/2026
In 1921, 10,000 aggrieved coal miners in West Virginia wanted more pay and attempted to unionize. The owners sent in 3000 armed goons and the law to put down the insurrection. The ensuing Battle of Blair Mountain killed dozens of Americans and only ceased when 30,000 US soldiers arrived.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 03/04/2026
The GOP decries how awful the cities are in our state. They claim they are crime-infested, homeless folks everywhere, crowded, and controlled by Democrats... But the map shows the conservative rural half of Texas is declining in population, and the cities are booming.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 02/04/2026
Texas has the most prisoners of any state, nearing 150K. -We rank #6 with our imprisonment rate at 452/100K. -We rank #8 in Black/ White incarceration rate at 3.5/1.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 30/03/2026
If this isn't the Texas GOP's gamebook, I'm a duck. - Education - DPS - Health care - CPS - EBT
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 29/03/2026
Impeached philanderer AG Ken Paxton looks to be DJT's pick in the Texas Senate race. James Talarico has just been handed a golden goose.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 25/03/2026
From the New Yorker.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 24/02/2026
Absolutely astounding that the City of Dallas is truly considering tearing down iconic City Hall, designed by I.M. Pei, so they can give the land to a Trump supporter who will build a casino.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 19/02/2026
This reboot of Arrested Development is hilarious. Can't wait to see the season finale.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 20/01/2026
With the Governor of VA sworn in, Democrats now control 24 governorships in the US. That is up from 16 just a decade ago. The GOP wants you to believe Democrats are finished, but the numbers tell a very different story.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 07/01/2026
Files? What files?
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 22/11/2025
There is so much to unpack here. DJT giving the thumbs up with Mamdani, in front of the Roosevelt portrait with Lincoln looking on. Then there is the representation of horseshoe politics, and they are in front of an arch. 🤯
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 19/11/2025
As @hcrichardson.bsky.social points out in her email today, it is the 162nd anniversary of Lincoln's famous speech at the location of the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 11/11/2025
AG Ken Paxton has sued the non-profit voter registration org 'Jolt'. Paxton claims Jolt's efforts to register people at TX DMV locations are an effort to register undocumented immigrants so they can vote. This suit likely stems from a tweet from Bartiromo last summer. www.kvue.com/article/news...
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 16/10/2025
The sooner Benedict Arnold resigns, the better.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 16/10/2025
Scott pleaded the Fifth 75 times while testifying as CEO of his company in a massive, widespread Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme, which resulted in a settlement with the DOJ and $1.7B in fines.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 16/10/2025
The “kids” VP Vance is referring to are 24,27,28, 29,31. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 16/09/2025
My god, we've found something Ted Cruz is worse at than being a Senator. Highway paint roller dude.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 15/09/2025
.@jamestalarico pointing out the real problem in the United States: BILLIONAIRES. It's not trans people, immigrants, or muslims. The ultra-wealthy are destroying our country.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 12/09/2025
The call is coming from inside the house?
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 11/09/2025
Hard to believe this happened 24 years ago. I remember the morning and my complete disbelief so clearly, it still haunts me. A scar that will forever shape this country moving forward. #911
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 10/09/2025
tHiS iSn't BiLl CLiNtOn'S hAnDwRiTiNG.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 01/09/2025
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 01/09/2025
Vance, on vacation, waiting patiently to hear he's up.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 30/08/2025
He missed the bus.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 30/08/2025
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 27/08/2025
Is he tweeting about resolving world conflict? No. Instead, his tiny megalomaniac brain tweets with his tiny bruised hands about every little petty thought he has so his low-IQ dolt followers can lap it up. How did the greatest country in the world vote for this imbecile?
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 23/08/2025
Here are the final new Congressional districts in Texas overlayed on the 2024 presidential vote by precinct. Democrats were 42% of the '24 elections, and now have 8 of 38 seats (21%). Elections have consequences. #txlege
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 21/08/2025
The party of Lincoln is now actively defending slavery. This alternate timeline is batshit crazy.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 20/08/2025
Me heading to vote in the TX GOP primary next year with my brand new voter registration license plate.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 16/08/2025
oof!
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 16/08/2025
*chef's kiss*
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 08/08/2025
His simple-minded idea to move America into a second Gilded Age is to actually gild everything. Working title, "Fake it til you make it."
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 01/08/2025
You can clearly see how these Democratic districts are diced up and moved around to deny Democratic representation in TX.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 01/08/2025
Diving into the first proposed highly gerrymandered Congressional map of #txlege. I have included in my maps the proposed Congressional district boundaries ( white lines), the old district boundary hash marked, and included the 2024 precinct majority vote ( blue is Democratic).
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 26/07/2025
I should mention Capriglione is the author of the draconian TX abortion bill that has killed several women who were refused treatment while pregnant.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 03/07/2025
Created a heatmap of 2018 Beto v 2024 Allred percentage differences. Blue colors indicate Beto won that county by a larger percentage than Allred. Redder indicates Allred won the county.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 23/06/2025
Astronaut Terry Virts, a very well-qualified candidate, has announced he is running as a Democrat for the Senate here in Texas. Looks to be a great candidate with a Master's in Aeronautics and a career as a pilot in the Air Force.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 18/06/2025
Here is a great example of what they did in South Texas. Those landowners who held out and refused to sell their land look pretty smart now.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 14/06/2025
Pleasantly surprised. Well over a thousand folks showed up for the #NoKingsProtest in McKinney, TX.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 13/06/2025
These are just one justification apart.
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 13/06/2025
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 12/06/2025
We live in a banana republic.
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