#TxLege

Elizabeth Beck

elizabethforTX

Woke up early feeling like I just may run for State Representative!!- @Lizzo... Shoutout to my girls running for the #txlege: @AkilahBacy @NataliforTexas @alisafortexas #FlipTheTexasHouse #RunLikeAGirl #StayAtHome Want to

Texas Jamie Ford 🌻

ThisIsItYall

THREAD: Extremist members of the #txlege promise a vote on permitless carry THIS Thurs 4/15 in the House. If passed, HB1927 removes licensing requirements 4 carrying a loaded handgun in

Emmett, SaD (Like a PhD, but in sad) He/Him/His

asian_emmett

Who else is pissed as hell about #txlege continuing to attack Texans right to bodily autonomy? I know I am, so I put that anger to use this morning. I’ll

Jasper Scherer

jaspscherer

New: @SylvesterTurner says Houston officials will start issuing citations to people who fail to comply with the state's mandatory mask order. First offense = warning, followed by a citation and

Jon Rosenthal

Jon_RosenthalTX

THREAD: Based on my layman's understanding of law, the policeman who kills a handcuffed or prone man (without forethought or planning) should be charged for manslaughter. #txlege https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/26/minneapo

Texas Jamie Ford 🌻

ThisIsItYall

“No one likes you but the weirdos.” —Message from the entire state to the Texas Senators trying to end-run extreme gun bill permitless carry around the legislative process. THREAD: Here’s

Vance Ginn

VanceGinn

Headline #s look good! Most jobs ever created in a month. Glad to see unemployment rate falling from recent peak.This provides more evidence #GreatDisruption recession was sharpest and shortest ever.That

Matt Rinaldi

MattRinaldiTX

(1/ ) A month after @GregAbbott_TX lifts the Texas mask mandate & all business restrictions, the Texas Senate passes a bill that requires masks on toddlers and 6 ft distancing

Jenifer Sarver

utsarver

Pleased to sign on to this letter to the @TXSBOE calling for an "abstinence plus" approach to sex education, which is supported by 75% of Texas voters. Why is this

RockChalkDust

Rockchalkdust

Call it what you want, open carry makes me feel LESS SAFE, @DrSchwertner. There is a gun violence epidemic, and you think it’s a good idea for anyone to openly

Anna Núñez

nunez_anna

#Undocumented #Latina believed respiratory infection was #coronavirus but was never tested & feared testing site bc of #immigration status.If #Latinos get sick, unlikely to appear in official medical stats in

Jon Rosenthal

Jon_RosenthalTX

THREAD: Sharing my perspective today – I’ve worked in Oil & Gas for 25+ years and now serve on the Texas House Energy Resources Committee. The price crash in WTI

Progress Texas

ProgressTX

THREAD: Hey Texas @GovAbbott has another press conference today. Typically we'd live tweet it, but we decided that while Abbott continues to parrot Trump, we’re going to highlight local

James Talarico

jamestalarico

Today I gave the invocation on the House floor.I prayed for love to guide our policy-making.A radical love for the oppressed, the hungry, the homeless, and the sick. #txlege “Holy

Grits for Breakfast

Grits4Breakfast

The "camping ban" bill (#HB1925) aimed at homeless people is up in the TX House Monday. #txlegeThe bill defines camping as residing in a place "with shelter" ... BUT ...

Texas Jamie Ford 🌻

ThisIsItYall

Today the Texas Senate filed ANOTHER permitless carry bill, in an indication of their desperate need to roll back our gun laws while ppl are dying. Here are a few