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Take a minute from your day and read this chilling story about how quickly we've gotten to where we are.

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Two bills in #TxLege are being sold as a response to “squatters,” people who trespass into a home with no lease. But in reality they are Trojan horses that end protections like due process & legal notification for renters say @HoustonFoodBank & @preventioninst Via @HoustonChron

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And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

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Texas lawmakers hear concerns about bill to require extensive documents to prove of citizenship for voting. Critics warn of the risk of disenfranchisement for people who can’t easily access the right documents. #TxLege www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/0...

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🚨 HB 5337 will be heard Thurs, April 24. It would require proof of citizenship to register to vote - fundamentally impacting voting access & the role of VDVRs. Leave a comment by tomorrow morning! https://www.mobilize.us/lwvhouston/event/779807/ #txlege #lwvhouston

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‘What you are professing is to give these children a 10 foot rope when they’re in a 12 foot hole.’ New in depth look at proposed Texas school voucher plan (ESAs) shows the limited reach they may have as affordable, or scalable, for disability eligible children #TxLege #TxEd youtu.be/OQ-wFIuSsU0?...

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A new bill aimed at clarifying Texas’ abortion law has cleared a Senate committee, with lawmakers adding amendments in response to criticism from both sides of the aisle. txst.us/uk25if

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There are more cases of measles in Texas today than cases of voter fraud over 20 years. Yet some in #TxLege want a married women have to provide more documents to vote than to file a child’s school vaccination record HB5337 is Texas’ own version of Save Act, and they’re both BS

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Today is the day. We are meeting at Houston City Hall, 901 Bagby St., at 12 PM. Be someone who is ready to speak out for democracy. Be someone who is willing to learn about others. Be someone who is ready to build community. Be someone who will stand up to injustice and say no more. See you there!

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Be Someone and Fight for Democracy! www.mobilize.us/50501houston...

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Wake up Texas! Newly revealed voucher problems in Ohio should alarm y’all. “It's insulting that a program that was pitched as a way to help poor families have choice or escape what they thought were schools that were failing them is now a boondoggle for wealthy families.” #TxLege #txed

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Don’t Ohio my Texas! This week Ohio is slashing expected public school budgets, while continuing to pump twice as much new money into private school vouchers. This is the future Gov Abbott’s school choice bill will guarantee Texans as he only plans to grow it. #TxLege #TxEd youtu.be/AxZF5Z9nitI?...

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BREAKING: University of Houston students & alumni launch petition to encourage Ted Cruz to challenge new US Senate filibuster record, starting this Saturday in Washington DC. (Far from #FinalFour in San Antonio) #ForTheCity #GoCoogs chng.it/TKS5JPzBn5

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BREAKING: University of Houston students & alumni launch petition to encourage Ted Cruz to challenge new US Senate filibuster record, starting this Saturday in Washington DC. (Far from #FinalFour in San Antonio) #ForTheCity #GoCoogs chng.it/TKS5JPzBn5

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The Trump administration summarily fired the staff of the U.S. Institute of Peace late Friday night, less than two weeks after forcibly removing the congressionally funded organization’s president and installing in his place an agent of tech Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service.

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‘Right now Texas schools receive just $6160 per student, but if a student leaves, the operating costs remain the same, putting them in a deficit.’ @austinpbs.bsky.social takes deep dive into the Texas school choice (voucher) debate. #TxLege #TxEd youtu.be/0d1jiFcW_8s?...

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Last month Houston & Harris County landlords filed over 6,500 evictions. That’s 3x more than New York (a city with a population 3x bigger.) And 53% above average according to @evictionlab research. Meanwhile #TxLege is considering bills that may make it worse youtu.be/59sgDxScJm0?...

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Free Speech on Texas college campuses How it started // How its going

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‘Right now Texas schools receive just $6160 per student, but if a student leaves, the operating costs remain the same, putting them in a deficit.’ @austinpbs.bsky.social takes deep dive into the Texas school choice (voucher) debate. #TxLege #TxEd youtu.be/0d1jiFcW_8s?...

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“I’m concerned that our children are getting the adequate funding they need. It’s 2025 [but] we’re running on a 2019 budget.” Concerned parents & teachers say Gov Abbott's school choice program could cost public schools billions. youtu.be/GvurdiOzaAQ?...

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SO GET THIS... Texans might get a vote on if kids will walk to school in the dark, but cannot vote on school choice vouchers. State Sen wants vote on an end to clock changes, but opposes statewide vote on main Texas constitutional tenet - free public schools.

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Who did this? RIP Sylvester Turner

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‘Inflation since 2019, the last time teacher pay was raised is over 25%. We’re talking about a 1/4 on the dollar …That means the allotment has to go up more than $1000’ Advocates face-off with Tx House comm considering a paltry $220 per student school funding boost #txlege youtu.be/rY_X019nQ3Y?...

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Earlier: “We have to develop 10 to 12 million acre-feet [of new water supply] in the next 30, 40 years. And that’s not any small task. … It’s multiple decades, billions of dollars. So it only makes sense to treat the water supply needs just like we treat state highways.”

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Texas ranks in the BOTTOM 5th nationally in school funding. So why on Earth is Gov Abbott and the #TxLege pushing to give out the richest private school vouchers in the US? And offering only to add a $220 pittance to public schools? That won’t even cover inflation. #txed

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Voucher Backlash: Texas legislators are starting to face an angry public over school funding & “school choice” vouchers. In east Texas a state rep & the chair of the Tx House Education committee fled their own meeting early with many unanswered questions. youtu.be/Nkv_yj-cVnc?...

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#TexasIndependenceDay Reminder: “…[Mexico] has failed to establish any PUBLIC system of education, although possessed of almost boundless resources (:the public domain)….” Are we going backwards as we abandon state support for public schools in Texas?

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Concerned About Texas Schools? Join parents, students, & educators on Sat. Feb 22 in Austin to stand up for the futures of all #Txed. Mark your calendar, spread the word, join bus or carpool. For more information & Register: savetxschools.org/events/stand...

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Don’t Arizona my Texas: Gov. Abbott accidentally admitted school vouchers will defund Texas public schools. But if you don’t believe him, just look at Arizona. A recent story unpacks all the damage these policies have on an urban district in Phoenix. #txed #txlege youtu.be/nCRHprj9hX8?...

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“My expectation is that it’s going to be a crackdown on climate. People are just somewhere between disturbed and terrified.” NOAA imposes limits on scientists, sparking concerns over global forecasts www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Concerned About Texas Schools? Join parents, students, & educators on Sat. Feb 22 in Austin to stand up for the futures of all #Txed. Mark your calendar, spread the word, join bus or carpool. For more information & Register: savetxschools.org/events/stand...

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“In a world that demands compliance, standing alone is a revolution.” -Unknown- (Powerful 🎨 by Zez Vaz)

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TEXAS KIDS COUNT: 2025 data analysis of child well-being across key indicators identifies where targeted investments can create measurable improvements, ensuring all Texas kids have the opportunity to reach their potential. everytexan.org/research-dat...

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Pushing for “school choice” Greg Abbott insists that parents matter. But some parents matter more than others. A well-off family with 4 kids in private school might get $40k in tuition assistance, while a poor mom of 2 can’t even cover the price difference in tuition for 1 child. #txlege #txed

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Hundreds of protesters took to the streets on Houston on Sunday to oppose President Donald Trump's immigration policies. youtu.be/UXVJBJy2NP8?...

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Hundreds of protesters took to the streets on Houston on Sunday to oppose President Donald Trump's immigration policies. youtu.be/UXVJBJy2NP8?...

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

“I don’t believe him for a minute. The state of Texas has been starving public schools for years, and now they want to give private schools a serving of caviar.” ‘School Choice’ is a top issue for Gov Abbott, but many Texas parents are not buying it. 📺@KHOU #txed #txlege youtu.be/u3Me7rd6GCA?...

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Jose Alvaro went out to buy baby formula in Lubbock. A police officer stopped him over a license plate issue. Alvaro had been navigating the lengthy process of applying for a green card. Now, he faces deportation proceedings and his family’s future is unclear. Reporting by @serranoalej.bsky.social

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“I don’t believe him for a minute. The state of Texas has been starving public schools for years, and now they want to give private schools a serving of caviar.” ‘School Choice’ is a top issue for Gov Abbott, but many Texas parents are not buying it. 📺@KHOU #txed #txlege youtu.be/u3Me7rd6GCA?...

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“School choice” sure is sold as if it was a DEI program. …But for rich families.

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This Houstonian is the late Oveta Culp Hobby. Now that military educators will avoid DEI, few may ever learn she launched and ran Women’s Army Corps (WACs). …And anti-vaxer efforts will likely dismiss that she also led battle against polio as 1st Secretary of Health, Edu & Welfare. (DHHS) SMH

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The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.

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The fact that Trump’s Friday night Inspector General massacre came right after Hegseth was confirmed suggest they are attacking the federal whistleblower process. How soon do we find out elsewhere he’s still drinking, misusing funds, coordinating with militias, planning or covering-up war crimes? 🤔

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