For the first time in 111 years, a President is planning to fire a sitting Fed governor—and of course, it’s the first Black woman, Lisa Cook. Trump’s message is clear: when Black women rise, he’ll do anything to push us down. Newsflash: we’re not going anywhere.

🚨NEW: With the Texas congressional map having passed in the wee hours this a.m., the first lawsuit over them has been filed. This one by the Gonzales plaintiffs. Here's the 67-page compliant: drive.google.com/file/d/1v7dG... #txlege

I promised Texas would be sued. And I don't bluff. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

👀 18K viewers waiting to see if Texas House Dem Rep Nicole Collier will continue to be falsely imprisoned and held against her will. #txlege #GregAbbott x.com/i/broadcasts...

📣 TEXANS! Texas State Rep Collier is being held hostage in the Texas Capitol unless she signs a paper (she refuses). Texas Capitol police are there to arrest her if she tries to go home. The paper says she will return to the state legislature and not break quorum. ‼️ Call/protest!

Collier: I refused to sign and so I was told that I was gonna have to stay here on the floor. They have locked the doors. The sergeants have been instructed not to allow me to leave until I have a permission slip.

Abbott said he has “bullets in his belt” for TX Dems. GVP advocates know the danger of this rhetoric. People I care about are scared for simply doing the job they were elected by me and my neighbors to do. It’s un-American. #endgunviolence #txdemocrats #txlege www.instagram.com/reel/DNbKdFp...

Governor Abbott just said he’s got “bullets in his belt” that he’s ready to use against Texas Democrats. As a prosecutor, I’ve had criminals threaten my life. I never thought I’d see the day that the Governor of Texas threatens my life. Governor Abbott, retract your statement.

You all know what to do. 🤣 @demandingliz.bsky.social‬ @akgurl-blue.bsky.social‬ @joeycade.bsky.social‬ @ramt.bsky.social‬ @margeinkeller.bsky.social‬ @tedcruzsucks.bsky.social‬ @martaelenaetx.bsky.social‬ @alphasolo.bsky.social‬ @progresstexas.bsky.social‬ @harriscodemocrats.bsky.social‬

Texas - A huge ruling to note now that the #TxLege passed its own version of the bill. 👀

Lots of red white and blue and delightful signs at the Northwest Houston suburban protest.

/4 The Trump administration will use violence here to test the waters for more violence and more authoritarianism. Watch, also, for the Trump administration to give clearer signals encouraging private violence by supporters.

Let’s be very clear: Los Angeles is the perfect place for this to play out for the Trumpists. The Trumpists hate California and hate Los Angeles and a vast amount of their base feels the same — even the Trumpists here, who wallow in hating the place they live. /1

It stalled in the Senate. Of course it did. 😭 #txlege

The TX Senate just passed a bill that relies on bigotry and nothing else to erase trans and intersex people from Texas law. Thank you @mollyfortexas for standing up for us and fighting for the truth! #txlege

Freshman Rep. Lauren Ashley Simmons hit the ground running – founding the first-ever Texas Labor Caucus and leading a bipartisan fight for working Texans. She's proof that when we organize, we win. #txlege

“If a law forces non-binary Texans, who are real people, into categories that don't reflect their lived experiences or identities … that would actually become discrimination in practice,” Menéndez said. ▪️ @texastribune.org: bit.ly/4kGd1LR 🧵 #txlege #lgbtq #transrights

Sb 12 #txlege Conference Committee report is up. We got the worst possible language: full 'Don't Say Gay' ban on LGBT "instruction, guidance, activities, or programming;" a ban on educators assisting (using correct name of?) kids socially transitioning, and a ban on LGBT student clubs. #txed

Rep. Angie Chen Button's SB 38 would allow landlords to kick tenants out on the street just 3 days after an eviction notice. Rep. Mary Gonzalez introduced an amendment to extend that time to 7 days, giving working families a chance to stay in their homes. Republicans killed the amendment. #txlege

Both inmates and corrections officers are suffering in the Texas heat. It's past time for the state to install A/C in prisons. Let's get this bill through the Texas Senate! #txlege

#TxLege: The Senate has released its 225-page rewrite of school funding bill HB 2. 30 minutes before its hearing on the bill. We're analyzing the contents & are at the hearing w/classroom members. Regardless of what's in it, this is no way to treat the most consequential bill for our schools.

#txlege Right now: Texas Senate live hearing on the public education bill: senate.texas.gov/videoplayer....

I just killed HB 1091 – a bill that would've thrown out legally cast ballots from seniors and disabled Texans who vote by mail. Republicans unanimously passed these rules in 2017 – now they want to change them. They can try to deceive Texans all they want, I won't let them. #txlege #votingrights

Not only will it prohibit future ERPOs, but it may (1) block existing protective orders pursued in civil court (THIS IS HUGE); (2) prevent law enforcement from honoring POs from other states; and (3) have a chilling effect on women seeking POs if their abuser has a gun (they all do). #txlege

I believe they’re going after Larry McMurtry #texas #bookban #txlege #booksky

“We have a magnificent inheritance of religious liberty and every believer today, no matter your faith, has a claim to that inheritance,” said Dan Patrick, who is currently pushing a #txlege Senate priority bill to display the Ten Commandments in Texas classrooms.

Gov Abbott is loudly decrying criminal bail problems in Texas, but he’s not said anything - pro or con - about recent pardons of violent criminals from the January 6th insurrection. Despite saying those actions should never be allowed to happen again just a week later. #TxLege

The Texas House Public Education Committee has set a hearing for Tuesday on SB 13, a wide-ranging bill that would ban “sexually explicit” materials from school libraries and give parents the right to review their children’s library checkouts. #txlege capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/T...

This passed the House two weeks ago and has been sitting in the Senate Education committee since 4/23. Yet vouchers were easily passed by both chambers and are being signed into law by Abbott Saturday. Is the #txlege going to give this $8B funding to public education or not?

Called some #txlege offices to ask about a hearing for HB2. Here’s what they said: Sen. Hagenbuch (my rep & committee member): House bills should get hearings soon Sen. Creighton (committee chair): no idea when/if bill will get hearing LG Dan Patrick: no idea when/if bill will get hearing 🤷‍♀️

The #txlege wants to pass a law forcing the TX State Fair to allow in guns (+ other entities like the Houston Zoo). It passed the Senate and the House Public Safety Committee can vote out their version at any time. Call your House Rep and say HELL NO on SB1065: capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/...

The #txlege, folks: "Do you think it’s a good use of our time to write laws based on debunked internet conspiracy theories?" "Well this piece of legislation before us covers this as well as other things that ARE true.” This guy knows his bill is absolute bullshit, and yet he persists.

Texas lawmakers are trying to force public schools to display the Ten Commandments. The same politicians trying to control what students think — by banning books and censoring curricula — are once again trying to dictate what students worship. Urge your lawmakers to vote NO on #SB10! 📢 #txlege

I thoroughly enjoyed watching all 17 minutes of this video of Rep. James Talarico calling out Rep. Stan Gerdes on the absurdity of his furries bill. Thank you @jamestalarico.bsky.social for pointing out what a waste of time this hearing was when there are real problems the #txlege could solve.

Senator Molly Cook’s statement on the passage of SB 31 and SB 2880. #txlege

The first question we need to ask is why Trump wants to keep Abrego García in El Salvador. A normal administration would want to retrieve someone wrongly sent to a foreign gulag. I believe part of the reason I that Trump wants a fight with the courts in which he can defy their orders.

When you vote for republicans in Texas because they care about “public safety”, just remember they want to give felons back their guns (even in courthouses). #txlege #MomsAreEverywhere @momsdemand.bsky.social

4 year olds forced to represent themselves in immigration court. This happens everywhere. #thisisamerica #momsky gothamist.com/news/4-year-...

When you vote for republicans in Texas because they care about “public safety”, just remember they want to give felons back their guns (even in courthouses). #txlege #MomsAreEverywhere @momsdemand.bsky.social

These folks bring their guns to the #txlege now and, while there's always a threat of getting shot out of malice, I'd add basic gun safety seems beyond many. Speaking only of my own experiences in the same rooms w/ pro-life gun fetishists, that's been a more frequent source of IRL immediate concern.

UPDATE: The FSU shooter allegedly espoused white supremacist beliefs, and was even asked not to return to a political debate club. Reid Seybold, an FSU student who knew the shooter, shared his story with @nbcnews.com.

Watch @repjohnbryant.bsky.social take on Rep. Schoolcraft’s amendment that would pull funding from schools that need it the most — and Schoolcraft’s cruel response. #txlege

Isaac remains unmoved by the fact that some parents had to provide DNA to facilitate identification of their murdered child. WHY? Because 376 law enforcement officials, AUTHORIZED to carry, did NOTHING as children were massacred in their school rooms.

To the person who edited Carrie Isaac's Wikipedia page after she said, "It's like you're deaf" to my friend and fellow constituent who was testifying at a hearing against some very stupid gun laws (lower the age to carry, licensed or not, to 18, for example🤯): I love you. 🥰

The Texas House Public Safety Committee heard a bill yesterday that would allow high schoolers to carry handguns, but want to cosplay concern on the floor today after a shooting on a Dallas high school campus. Nothing changes here. #txlege @momsdemand.bsky.social #ThoughtsAndPrayers

1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

Thank you Sara!! Some of my faves today:

🧵 Let’s play a little game called ‘If The Texas GOP Gets What They Want This Session’, shall we? #txlege I’ll go first. Mine will be about guns. HB3053 will STOP cities/counties from hosting gun buybacks, specifically if the goal is to take guns out of circulation or out of civilian hands 🤯

🚨Tariffs: 🚨 trump can EXEMPT from tariffs anyone he wants Read that again He controls who is charged & who is exempt 1️⃣He will SELL exemptions 2️⃣He will WITHHOLD exemptions He is a MOB BOSS collecting his PIZZO The absolute power here is insane!! shorturl.at/5FVBg