GAVIN’S TO-DO LIST FOR NOV 8 1. Thank Texas Dems for Prop 50 ✅ 2. Troll Greg Abbott & Trump ✅ 3. Build for 2028 (💰🗳️🇺🇸) ✅ @gavinnewsom.bsky.social in Houston: “Don’t poke the bear!”

I’m in Round Rock Texas tonight where Democrats @jamestalarico.bsky.social is kicking off his campaign for the US Senate

Will Texas ban THC? Some Texas Republicans are trying, but there is still a lot of disagreement even within their ranks on this. Here’s the latest as time ticks down on the latest special session of the Texas Legislature.

Texas Democrats won a key battle this week, but the war is far from over. Republicans are already starting another special session to pass redistricting maps.

Round 1: Texas Democrats? The Texas House officially ended the special session of the Texas Legislature without passing the redistricting plan President Trump wants.

"Our members are holding strong & we're committed more so, now than ever, to see this through and to make sure that we do what we need to do for the people of Texas and the people of the United States of America," Texas Rep. Gene Wu on MSNBC's @Morning_Joe this am @genewu.bsky.social

Don’t count @RepAlGreen out quite yet. While proposed congressional maps wipe out his Houston district, he points out many of his constituents could shift to neighboring 18th, where he could run given there is no incumbent there. “I’m keeping all options open,” he told me.

Look carefully at this photo That casket has the body US Rep @sylvesterturner.bsky.social who died in March & was being eulogized by Texas House Speaker Burrows 4 months later, Burrows & others in #txlege are being asked to carve up his old congressional district from almost the same spot

It’s not just PBS & NPR. Small community radio stations run by historically Black colleges, like KTSU at @TexasSouthern are going to lose key funding These stations were critical during the pandemic in getting info to hard to reach communities www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...

How’s this for a Democratic lineup in San Antonio. That’s former SA mayor Ron Nirenberg, @jamestalarico.bsky.social @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social @betoorourke.bsky.social at Stable Hall in San Antonio where about 1,000 people packed the hall to hear them

The longest current serving Republican in the Texas Senate announces he won't seek re-election. Sen Robert Nichols has been in Senate since 2007. With State Sen. Joan Huffman running for Attorney General, that could make Sen Brian Birdwell (elected in 2010) the most senior R in the Senate.

Did Benjamin Netanyahu “dupe” President Trump and the United States into war? That’s exactly what US Rep @JoaquinCastrotx says just happened. Castro, a member of the House Intel Committee, said Netanyahu sabotaged diplomatic negotiations and goaded Trump into war.

I listened to all 2 hours of the Ted Cruz interview with Tucker Carlson and still can’t figure why he agreed to do that interview. Sure he gets a few minutes of declaring his commitment to Israel but the price he paid for that was soooo steep

As @BetoORourke prepares for events in San Antonio, Laredo & Beaumont, he tells me there’s more to these than meets the eye. Within the crowds are people he hopes to inspire to run officer & bring more energy for 2026 for whoever runs for Senate,Gov & more. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...

"We must pull back the curtain on the unmitigated chaos under Trump 2.0 and translate our findings to the American people in a way they can digest," US @RepJasmine Crockett said in a letter to fellow Democrats as she announced she is running to be ranking Dem on House Oversight.

Texas to expand voting on weekends for next presidential election www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...

"There is a hostility toward single mothers in this legislation that is shameful,” U.S. Rep. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social , D-San Antonio, told me during a press conference today about proposed reforms to food stamps that could make life harder for single moms.

The US House continues its marathon meeting about Trump’s big beautiful bill. Earlier @repaprildelaney.bsky.social was pushing an amendment to make sure SNAP benefits don’t get reduced for any household with children “No child in this country should go hungry,” she said.

Beto O’Rourke at a town hall meeting in Fort Bend County with Minn Gov Tim Walz says: “Chuck Schumer needs to step aside and resign.”

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an attempt by the State Bar to discipline Attorney General Ken Paxton for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...

Is Texas going to join Louisiana and 10 other states that have banned cell phones in all public school classrooms? State Sen. @LoisKolkhorst & State Rep. @CBellJr have filed similar bills that would require every school district to have policy to ban phones.

U.S. Rep Lizzie Fletcher, D-Houston, warns Trump's cuts to the National Institutes of Health could be damaging for key research happening in Houston. “The Trump administration’s cuts to NIH research grant funding jeopardize so much of the work we are so proud to do here," Fletcher said.