Elected Board member @TravisCentralAD; Trustee @COAERS; Board member @ProgressTX, @AFSCME_retirees; former @EveryTxn, @EveryTxnUnited; @dlavine.bsky.social

Austin TX
Joined November 2008
“Who are you kidding? You’re all about small government until you get stuck in a tree.” newyorker.com/cartoon/a20984 #txlege
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The rule of law is the rule of law, no matter your party. That’s why two former Texas Supreme Court justices, both appointed by a Republican governor and elected on the Republican ticket, endorsed me in this race. I’m honored by the confidence Chief Justice Tom Phillips and Justice Deborah Hankinson have placed in me.
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🚨 BREAKING: Meta pulled down the main No Kings Instagram accounts. We demand answers for why this happened during our National Day of Action Meanwhile, millions are mobilizing—they cannot silence us Follow for updates: @ACLU, @MoveOn, @Public_Citizen & @IndivisibleTeam -TN
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How does democracy function when one person can donate $150 million for 1 Senate race? In a state where one of his companies has major facilities?
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Trump has betrayed Ukraine and now essentially operates as an agent of Putin a brutal dictator invading a free sovereign nation.
Trump's abandonment of a democratic Ukraine and embrace of autocratic Russia during wartime will be recorded in future history books as one of the greatest, tragic mistakes in American foreign policy in our nation's history.
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We’re all paying the Greg Abbott Corruption Tax. Learn how corruption infects our politics and why we should all be invested in rooting it out with @PublicCitizenTX you stream Progress Texas Podcasts.
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"What if Trump is pivoting to Putin not to help his party to win but because he really wants Russia to?" @sbg1 wonders. newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…
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It’s bad enough when they tell immigrants to show ‘gratitude’ but now they’re telling a man born in America he should show ‘gratitude’ - what, because he’s a Muslim? Also, it wasn’t El-Sayed who wrote a book complaining about his community and upbringing, it was Vance.
Vance on El-Sayed: You deserve better than a little weasel who should shut his mouth and show a little gratitude to the country that gave him everything
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NEW: The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter.
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It is time for change. Hear more from @VikkiGoodwinTX on #DansBan, her campaign for Lt. Governor, and more LIVE from the 2026 @TexasTribune Festival—everywhere you stream Progress Texas Podcasts.
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And if you worked on the issue in the past, when we were the good guys , it makes you physically sick.
Watching America sell out Ukraine is abhorrent.
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Men at a Trump rally, punching a woman, beating up a woman. Trumpism, in a nutshell.👇
If there’s one photo to sum up the Trump era, this is it.
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A Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv. Once again, no early warning from our partners. The main target was energy infrastructure, specifically CHPP-4. Unfortunately, it was hit. A residential building was also damaged, and rescuers are currently putting out a fire there. Our systems detected these missiles only when they were already virtually on approach to Kyiv. CHPP-4 is one of Kyiv’s key energy facilities. According to our intelligence, the Russians are preparing further ballistic missile launches. The facts show that the Russians do not consider themselves bound by what the President of the United States said. Ukraine supported an energy ceasefire. Russia is targeting yet another power plant and the lives of our people. And this is absolutely unjust: when they are destroying our energy infrastructure, and Ukraine is not even receiving early warnings about ballistic missile launches. It is important that the world does not stay silent about this. And it is important that the United States really see what is happening and who is responsible for this war continuing. Please stay safe tonight and tomorrow. We are working to replenish our air defenses with anti-ballistic missiles.
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New: Trump administration has warned Ukraine and allies in Europe that the US could suspend intelligence sharing and European purchases of US weapons for Ukraine if Kyiv does not halt its deep strikes on Russian energy facilities, two European offcials tell CNN. (Confirming FT’s story with some additional details). cnn.com/2026/10/11/politics/…
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“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side
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Russian strikes killed over 80 Ukrainian civilians in two days. Moreover, it has stepped up its hybrid attacks against Europe, both EU Member States and NATO Allies. Suspending sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more revenues to wage war. This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe won’t. On Monday, EU Foreign Ministers intend to approve the biggest set of sanctions listings targeting Russia’s war machine since the start of the war.
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TEXAS — @jamestalarico: “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @TeamTalaricoHQ)
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