Excited about the election wins last week? Mad about Republicans kicking people off their health care? Ready to take action with less than a year until the midterms? Join us for a rally in San Antonio. Friday at 6:30. First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Antonio. Sign up: PoweredXPeople.org

Calling all those who want to lead the fight in Texas to reach, register, and turn out the voters who will power Democratic victories up and down the ballot: we are hiring full-time organizers. For details & how to apply, go to PoweredxPeople.org/Careers

We must take action. It’s the antidote to despair. It’s the key to victory. It’s hope in motion.

Powered by People -- grassroots voter registration and turnout in Texas -- is hiring organizers in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Austin-Round Rock, San Antonio, Rio Grande Valley, College Station, & El Paso. If you are ready to do the tough work to win in Texas: www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit...

In 2018, we swung McLennan County by 22 points from the last Senate race. We did it by showing up again and again, organizing on the ground, building a volunteer army, turning out first time voters, and working with local candidates.

Spent the afternoon talking to Texans in Brazos County, which voted for Trump by 25 points. Conventional wisdom says they’re “too red” but we aren’t about to write them off. The only way we can win elections is by being with those who will decide their outcomes.

Great event in McKinney last night as we continue helping to recruit the candidates and volunteers who will ensure that we have the net new Democratic voters necessary to win up and down the ballot.

Some people talk about coattails that flow down from the top of the ticket. But we know that one of the reasons we got so close to winning in 2018 was because of the incredible candidates down ballot who were pushing votes and power up all the way to the top.

Hundreds of people came out last night in Fort Worth to support Taylor Rehmet’s (Nov. 4) special election campaign for TX Senate District 9. More than 80 of them signed up for block walk shifts and more than a dozen told us they’re open to running for places on the ballot in Tarrant County in 2026.

Hope you’ll join us for free events in Collin County on Thursday (6:30), Bryan–College Station on Saturday (2:00), and Waco on Sunday (2:00). Looking forward to seeing you there! Details at PoweredXPeople.org

We are never gonna give in, give up, roll over, or bend the knee. We are gonna fight and we are gonna win. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNsQ...

Join us Monday night at 7:30 CT/6:30 MT! RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...

We are gonna fight and we are gonna win.

Pretty damn inspiring. Check out all these No Kings events taking place throughout Texas on Saturday. Reply with where you’ll be organizing or find an event near you at NoKings.org

During our town hall meeting in Germany, Julia said that she loves America but can't go back to living there right now. Here’s why: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXPA...

If we’re unable to organize politically, freely contest political decisions, peacefully and democratically vie for power, then we no longer live in a democracy. At that point, we’re once again subjects. That’s why we’re fighting so hard for our rights in TX. www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

We're fighting fire with fire after Republicans stole five Congressional seats in Texas. Join me in supporting California’s Proposition 50 by pitching in at YesOn50Live.com

We beat Paxton again in the 15th Court of Appeals. Turns out you can’t cancel the First Amendment just because you don’t like what your political opponent is saying.

Why the Texas AG is trying to lock me up and what we're doing to fight back and win. open.substack.com/pub/betoorou...

We must offer something that we are voting FOR, a vision about how this country will be better when we stop the bad guys in power and elect Democrats to replace them. So how about this vision that returns power to the people and delivers big, bold change in America: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wisr...

“The Texas Supreme Court dismissed Paxton’s motion. Paxton was trying to reverse the ruling from an El Paso court that had issued a restraining order against Paxton”

We must use the next 15 months to register voters, block walk, knock on doors, get our neighbors out to vote, and meet the people who will decide not only this election but whether we win our country back and set it on a new course. Let's get to work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_ab...

We've beat Ken Paxton in court twice this week.

We took the fight directly to Ken Paxton, and we won.

We're not going to bend the knee. We're going to stand and fight wherever we have to — from the state house to the court house, from Texas to California. Proud to stand with so many today who are willing to fight for this country at its moment of truth! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RYf...

Thanks to everyone who has joined us in this fight for Texas, we’ve been able to donate over $1 million to the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, the Texas House Democratic Caucus, and the Mexican American Legislative Caucus during the special session.

They will not silence us. Be there on Saturday morning and join us as we fight Trump’s power grab. Bring your friends & spread the word.

Hold strong. The people of Texas and our fellow Americans have your backs.

These guys are in full panic mode.

They’re trying to jail me to silence anyone who has the courage to fight back. We will not back down. We will not be intimidated. We will fight these corrupt thugs with everything we’ve got.

We fight everywhere for everyone. Thank you, Abilene.

Trump expects us to bend the knee and let him steal 5 Congressional seats. Our knees don’t bend in Texas.

They want to make examples out of those who fight so that others won't.

At the Howlin Wolf in New Orleans last night. Apparently Louisiana didn’t get the memo that they don’t matter in national politics. So they’re showing up, organizing and fighting these fascists with all they’ve got. Louisiana and Texas will have each other’s backs!

They don’t like it when you fight back. When Trump tried to steal 5 congressional seats Texas Dems did what it took to stop him. So Paxton promised to “hunt them down.” Now he’s coming after anyone who has the courage to join the fight. We won’t back down! www.texastribune.org/2025/08/06/k...

Last night in Oklahoma City. This is the last place they’ll expect it from. But it is the front line for the House in 2026. All of us doing what we can with what we have wherever we are.

Back on Bluesky (to stay), wanted to share what I’m up to. Held a town hall in Charlotte (see below) earlier in the week. There’s power in people coming together and listening to one another. If you get a chance to watch some of it, let me know what you think. www.youtube.com/live/cRettGN...

When they try to divide us, attack the vulnerable and make us feel hopeless we’ve got to join together, bring the outsiders in and give each other a reason to be hopeful. Denton, Texas.

At a time when those who would replace kindness with cruelty, civilization with barbarism, are on the rise... At a time when those who could stop them have, until recently, seemed stunned and scattered... I find cause for hope in the example set by Pope Francis. open.substack.com/pub/betoorou...?

Thanks Indivisible Tulsa for having us and for coming out! www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...

“They’re trying to overwhelm us. We gotta whelm them the other way!” So says Wichita Falls. I agree!!

People are coming together in huge numbers, pro-democracy candidates are winning critical elections and the separation of powers in this country is holding for now. Let’s build on this momentum and do the work to save this country. open.substack.com/pub/betoorou...

Trump will handle the constitutionally mandated exit from his second term much like he did the constitutionally mandated exit from his first. The question for all of us is: will we be ready to stop him? betoorourke.substack.com/p/think-trum...

I was at the back and couldnt hear a damn word the speakers were saying… great problem to have, more people than watts… but it didnt matter. The message is clear even without amplification: we choose to fight.

Trump's confidence game is falling apart. Three things we can do this week to fight back. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Really glad to see that this program was reinstated. Shows that pressure and scrutiny can have an impact.

Too many Republican Congressmen fear Trump more than anything else. Too many of their Dem colleagues fear any kind of fight at all. Holding town halls — all comers welcomed, no question off limits — shifts the focus to the people members of Congress are supposed to serve. Not pictured: Troy Nehls

Feeling hopeful. People are standing strong and fighting back. Three things we can do this week: betoorourke.substack.com/p/three-thin...