Boy, that’s rich. The gall.
#GregAbbott #NoRepublicansEverAgain
Greg Abbott Accuses Biden of Using Migrants as “Political Pawns” https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/04/greg-abbott-political-pawns/
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“The Board and the Governor have put their politics over justice and made a mockery of our legal system.”
Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott issued a full pardon for Daniel Perry, who killed Garrett Foster, a protester at a Black Lives Matter march in 2020. Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti explains all the context the governor ignored: https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-pardon-daniel-perry-garrett-foster/
#news #politics #USpol #GregAbbott #BlackLivesMatter #protest #GunViolence #Texas
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“Of all people, you have a #disability so you can relate, I hope.”
Out today from Austin Free Press: Disability rights activists protested outside the Governor's Mansion, for the "liberation" of more people from institutions, marking the anniversary of a key #SCOTUS decision:
https://austinfreepress.org/wheres-abbott-austin-disability-activists-picket-one-of-their-own-at-governors-mansion/
#news #politics #activism #health #HumanRights #disabled #protest #GregAbbott #USpol #politics #law #CivilRights
New from Francesca D'Annunzio: Under Governor Greg Abbott's multi-billion dollar border security bonanza, Operation Lone Star, the Rio Grande no longer holds back law enforcement efforts. Today's digital border reaches across Texas and beyond. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/
This story is presented in partnership with the Pulitzer Center.
#surveillance #tech #SocialMedia #GregAbbott #police #border #privacy #security #USpol #politics #news
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New today: I created a brief guide to help Texans, especially #LGBTQIA+ folks and allies living here, better understand the legislature and which bills are likely to become law ... and which ones probably won't go anywhere.
If we're going to be share, fight, protest ... we should make it count. https://kitoconnell.com/2025/03/22/bad-bills-texas-legislature-understanding-how-to/
#Texas #TXlege #politics #USpol #transphobia #HumanRights #Republicans #GregAbbott #fascism #genocide #News
My latest for Deceleration: Greg Abbott could defund the #police in San Marcos—at least partially—if the Texas governor carries through with his threats over a proposed city council resolution calling for a ceasefire in #Gaza. https://deceleration.news/palestine-greg-abbott-defund-san-marcos-police-israeli-violence/
#politics #Texas #SanMarcos #Palestine #FreePalestine #BDS #news #GregAbbott #USpol
NEW: "The State of #Texas has long been an experimental project of fascism for this country. Which strategies can they equip themselves with, what strategies are effective in forcing public opinion and forcing local municipalities to do whatever they want?"
Here's the extended interview with San Marcos City council member Amanda Rodriguez as a FREE bonus on my Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/free-bonus-and-130206440
#Palestine #Texas #activism #politics #USpol #news #capitalism #SanMarcos #fascism #GregAbbott
“Palestinian Liberation has always shown us that everything is interconnected.”
Out today in Deceleration: San Marcos' city council wouldn't acknowledge the genocide in #Gaza, so Amanda Rodriguez ran for city council and won. My interview with her and others from Palestine Solidarity SMTX. https://deceleration.news/gaza-ceasefire-vote-a-first-in-texas-san-marcos/
#Texas #politics #USpol #news #GregAbbott #Palestine #democracy #solidarity #activism
#Texas Gov. #GregAbbott says at least 161 people are still missing days after flash #floods that killed more than 100 people across central Texas.
#Climate #ExtremeWeather #Republicans #GovernmentFunding #Trump #purge #NWS #NOAA #FEMA
https://apnews.com/article/texas-floods-victims-camp-mystic-death-toll-ea38edadc7e965fb2c76c0ec46245a82?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-08-Breaking+News
We asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies.
The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-governor-greg-abbott-elon-musk-emails-foia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #ElonMusk #Musk #Email #Journalism #FOIA #GregAbbott
TYVM
#Minnesota attorney general sues #Texas Gov #GregAbbott to compel #extradition of #ICE agent for trial
MN’s AG sued the governor of TX Tuesday, seeking to compel the extradition of an ICE agent charged with wounding a man & then #lying to justify the #shooting during the agency’s crackdown in #Minneapolis.
#Trump #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-texas-ice-shooting-christian-castro-461acb1a459bc0ecb41fef5f728df502?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension
#Texas could elect a #Democrat for #governor
It's close
She could also lose to #GregAbbott
If that fills you with dispirit so you resolve to not turn out... well, then you're part the problem
Voting alone will not fix this country
But doing all the other things, and not voting, that's just foolish
Even as just a matter to make the other struggles easier
" #GinaHinojosa could be Texas' first #Latina governor. Here's her story"
