Passionate about K-12 #CivicEd. With students, co-founded: TX HS Democrats & TX HS Republicans. #VotingRights should be celebrated and exercised!
Houston, Texas
Joined August 2011
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The Constitution mentions "the right to vote" five times.
@Profepps: So if our courts treat the ballot as less than a fundamental right, they aren't reading that in the Constitution, but projecting it onto the Constitution.
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In Opinion
Tom Hanks asks in a guest essay: "How different would perspectives be had we all been taught about Tulsa in 1921, even as early as the fifth grade? Today, I find the omission tragic, an opportunity missed, a teachable moment squandered."
nyti.ms/3gcjE90
See how well your county communicated key election details in 2020.
[Follow link to Google Doc.]
I love meaningful student research & data collection!
Thanks @UHPoliticalSci & @bjrottinghaus.
#Voting #txed
A provision of #SB7 #txlege requires updated election information for county websites. An investigation by our UH Election Lab undergraduate research team found many counties didn't report key 2020 election details.
uh.edu/class/political-scien…
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I applaud @ErinForYall for giving @RepMaryGonzalez credit for being THE person who found the POO. First time I read that bit of info. Big thanks to ALL involved!
Big thanks to @RepMaryGonzalez who found the point of order and unfortunately was unable to be on the floor to call it.
This type of point usually kills a bill, but the Senate did use an unusual parliamentary move to keep the bill alive, and it is on its way to the Governor.
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🧵 So let’s talk about what happened HB 3979, the “critical race theory” bill yesterday.
I put it in quotes because no one behind this legislation seems to know what critical race theory is.
Yesterday, @jamestalarico and I argued a point of order that sent it back the Senate.
Great 'Explainer' piece about how #SB7 will affect #Texas voters and election officials.
Also includes a THREAD that updates the bill's progression throughout the day.
#txlege #VoterSuppression
Good afternoon from the Texas House where we are just one day away from Sine Die. Today, the House is expected to take up #SB7 on voting, among other things. Wondering what's in it? Here's a rundown: #txlege apnews.com/article/tx-state-…
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Senator West: “so we’re going to be able to buy beer at 10:00 in the morning, but we can’t vote until 1:00. You don’t find that kind of disingenuous?”
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The bill on Critical Race Theory (HB 3979) is effectively dead!!!🎊🎉
Rep @jamestalarico’s Point of Order was actually successful!!✨🙌🏽
#TXlege – at Austin, TX
Six GOP Senators voted for #January6thCommission.
Thanks for putting country over party.
@SenBillCassidy (LA)
@SenSusanCollins (ME)
@lisamurkowski (AK)
@SenRobPortman (OH)
@SenatorRomney (UT)
@SenSasse (NE)
Six Republicans voted for the commission. Others said explicitly, on video, on the record, that the effort to establish facts about the worst attack on the Capitol in US history would interfere with Republicans' 2022 election plans.
npr.org/2021/05/28/100052489…
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54 Senators voted for the #January6thCommission, and 35 voted against it.
The minority of votes won.
This is not democracy. #AbolishTheFilibuster
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Tuberville: “we’re in the fourth quarter of life. You know who were doing this for: you”
Points at reporters
“I’d rather be fishing right now, or golfing”
Says we won’t have the same good life his generation will have
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Let me get this straight. When the threat of harm comes from outside our nation politicians clamor to investigate it. When the threat is home grown & lives within our own borders we are supposed to..... ignore it ?
Our democracy is in so much trouble. – at Los Angeles, CA
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Hundreds have died and they’re making us pay. Unbelievable. #txlege
In response to February’s massive electricity outages, Texas lawmakers are considering legislation that would add charges to most Texans’ power bills to cover companies’ financial losses during the winter storm. Here’s the latest: bit.ly/3oRccUU
No. words. left.
Just vacillating between anger and sadness.
The Tulsa race massacre was a horror, AND so was what whites did to Blacks in Denton the same year.
#Quakertown
#TxLege #IwillTeachAllHistory
dallasnews.com/news/watchdog…
Could more time in school help students after the pandemic? Article has links to academic research.
@hechingerreport hechingerreport.org/proof-po…
Posted 12 days before winning PGA Championship by @PhilMickelson.
All about the MINDSET!
Love it!
While you guys were busy on the golf course, I was busy fielding Mom’s “nervous texts”.😂 @PhilMickelson @goodwalkspoiled
