Good morning! There's an interim hearing on the House Elections Committee today at #txlege, so I'll be live-tweeting what I can in this thread. Video here! house.texas.gov/videos/22675

A movie about how the American legal system has all but given legal immunity to megacorps for defective products, leaving the consumer with no recourse but quick settlement when they suffer harm using those products???? Hellllllllllll yeah

They let me be grumpy in an official news outlet!! Thanks to the great folks at Democracy Docket for channeling my rage into something readable 😅

Yesterday the whole country got a good look at what TX elections are like, when TX Republicans changed voting rules then blocked efforts to protect voters: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

it is incredibly telling and unfortunate that every single publication seems hell-bent on punishing WB for giving a successful black director money for an original movie, even if it's actually going over well. and that's something the industry should examine but of course they will not

@3severaldays.bsky.social ARE YOU OKAY

Okay I'm back on my livetweeting game and it's Senate State Affairs up first today so you know what that means...

🧵🇺🇸 Good morning! Today is the first House Elections Committee meeting at the Texas Legislature. Chair Shaheen and Rep. Bucy are opening the committee, and I'm livetweeting (liveblueskying?). Video feed is here! house.texas.gov/videos/21233

I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis. This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

In 10 minutes, Speaker Burrows will convene the TX House to vote on their rules for this session! I'll try to livetweet what I can pick up/understand from the debate in this thread.

JUST IN: Tesla Cybertruck explodes at the entrance to Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas

here come old laptop he come bootin up slowly he got broken touchpad he need one more update he got no space on this pc one thing i can tell you its got no warranty

MAN: i’m leaving you WOMAN: is this about the hokey pokey again MAN: *clenching fist* that’s what it’s ALL about

i understand the emotions but a bunch of fascist psychos are about to be in charge of federal law enforcement, tighten up

Apropos of absolutely nothing, a good holiday watch this year would be the Station Eleven miniseries (on Max in the States). Moving and surprisingly life-affirming, I promise it’s not just about a deadly pandemic.

We fund ISRAEL to have better healthcare than us.

Day 5: we finally did Glicked! Was a good, no great movie day

I'm not going to sing when I see Wicked tonight because I'm not a monster, but I do think Alamo Drafthouse should have a little soundproof booth in the lobby where you can go belt Defying Gravity after the show (mockup below)

So the deal is that Democrats give up all four remaining circuit court nominees and Republicans in return allow the majority to confirm district court nominees? I hate the post-election circular firing squad thing. But this is unbelievable. D Senators agree to hand Trump four APPELLATE seats? Now?

Not just Aliens… anyone got suggestions for my list? boxd.it/1miXk

Good explainer.

Oh my godddddd oh my god OH MY GOD I HATE IT HERE

Great thread from one of my favorite creators, who is trans! Cis folks gotta follow trans folks’ lead when it comes to trans safety and autonomy.

Truly devastated to lose Jen’s detailed democracy reporting in Texas 😩 Thank you for all your great work, queen!

#txlege is coming and so are the professional election deniers. I made this as a coping mechanism. I'm True Elections Foundation. What about y'all?

Good folks doing increasingly difficult work ✨🇺🇸💪🏻

it's insane to have experienced the shift in both NCAA and Olympic guidelines on trans fem athletes go from "two years of HRT and you're good" to "we are going to chromosome test you, your team, and your dog before you can play pick-up air hockey"

Impressive how Rahm keeps finding new ways to suck after all these years

My face the whole time I was reading this:

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trump will be the next reagan in the sense that in 30 years every time you notice some horrible defect in society you'll do some quick research and trace it back to trump

already tired of the whiny threads from young men about how society forced them to become monsters because they put woke in the video games or whatever. back in my day you applied some guyliner, wrote some emo lyrics in a journal, and handled it

oh nice they have both

Choose your fighter:

anyone else see this pop up lately? this is worse than when they tell you to click on crosswalks

hello, I came over here