I ran an analysis of the 2024 election results and found that @jasmineforus.bsky.social turned out nearly DOUBLE the number of Democrats than any other congressional candidate in Texas between 2022 and 2024. This is important info for voters who believe we win Texas by turning out Democrats.

Breaking MS NOW: An ICE whistleblower is expected to testify at a congressional forum today that the agency is "lying to Congress and the American people" about its training of new recruits. Ryan Schwank was an ICE academy instructor for new recruits before he resigned earlier this month.

ICYMI, last year I wrote an essay for American Scientist magazine defending funding basic research, even research that sounds silly when presented out of context. 🧪 www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%...

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

Thank you for allowing me to walk with you. We are part of the Blue Wave!

On a block walk to get out the vote for early voting, which starts TOMORROW here in Texas! Met a fellow resister and constituent today who I can’t wait to represent in #TX21! @decombest.bsky.social Let’s get ‘em!

I don’t think that boy is smart enough to read. TX could have had @kristinhook.bsky.social but instead self-destructively settled for this blockhead.

I quit my job as a federal scientist in 2023 to run for Congress and prevent this nightmare. Over the last year, I’ve circled the drain with other brilliant scientists unable to find work for the first time in 25 years. I’m running again. Help me win! www.hookfortexas.com

Trump and his goons pushed out (or didn't replace) more than 10,000 federal government STEM Ph.D.s since he took office, representing 106,636 years of federal work experience. www.science.org/content/arti...

Pleased to see former UT Insect Collection bug nerd @kristinhook.bsky.social getting the Austin Chronicle endorsemment for the TX-21 House seat. This is Chip Roy's district.

Let me give a shout out to this beautiful soul I was blessed to have met tonight after the Ice Out Rally here in Austin Texas, @kristinhook.bsky.social Dr. Hook is running for Texas Congressional District 21! Thank you for the great conversation and obvious love for human rights and SCIENCE!

In this closeup of the shooting of Alex Pretti: You can see Alex Pretti being shot at point blank range in the back by an ICE agent. Alex Pretti's left hand is leaning on the ground. His empty right hand is by his side. Alex Pretti is not holding a gun in either hand and is not a threat to agents.

ICE HIRING EXPOSED Under Trump and cowardly Republicans in Congress, our federal government has fired thousands of highly skilled public servants & scientists like me and is using a janky hiring process to onboard and arm untrained and violent people to unleash on our streets. Nobody wants this.

but failed to provide the TX voters a written proof they are registered to vote. After redistricting voter may have been moved to a new district and that info is on the card. This is voter suppression and a failure of SoS Jane Nelson. Before retiring, Nelson was my representative in the TX Senate.

The Texas Secretary of State admitted today that there will be a delay in the mailing of the voter registration cards. I know that Denton County will mail the cards in February with voters receiving them AFTER the deadline to register to vote. The SoS rushed to share the TX voting roll with the DOJ,

My statement on the violent killing of Alex Pretti today by ICE

The Liberal Austin Democrats released their 2026 slate, endorsing @clairereynoldsforcongress.org along with @jamestalarico.bsky.social, @gregcasar.bsky.social, @caitlinrourk.bsky.social, @kristinhook.bsky.social, and @tanyafortexas.bsky.social in federal races. bluevoterguide.org/endorser-org...

Extraordinary photo and photojournalist. Imagine being attacked on all sides and still having the presence of mind to try to save evidence of the oppressive encounter.

My whole life, fascism was defined as being stopped by armed, masked agents of the national government who demand your papers, on pain of arrest, injury, or death. That’s now here, and the group of people who warned about that the most are either silent or in favor of it,

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Ew.

KERNEN: How are you blaming Trump's policies for the affordability crisis when Biden had higher inflation? WARREN: Trump's tariffs have driven up prices. Trump's energy policies have driven up prices. And Trump's decision to cut access to healthcare has doubled or tripled the cost of healthcare

NEW: Mass resignations at the DoJ Civil Rights Division - including the Chief of the Criminal Section - over the administration’s refusal to investigate the murder of Renee Good. www.cbsnews.com/news/minneap...

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

Each Friday, I write a briefing on what is happening to American science & higher ed. 🧪 This was Year 2, Week 2: - science budgets avoid catastrophic cuts, but NOT okay - vaccination schedule hijacked & kids will suffer - university mergers in Oregon & so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

Some 600 immigrant kids were sent to federal custody by ICE in 2025. A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf. Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn. (Published Nov. 2025)

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.

Murdered.

Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists. Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot. It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.

My campaign slogan: Make Politics Boring Again

The Constitution is clear: only Congress can send us to war. Without evidence of provocation or the approval of Congress, Trump’s invasion of Venezuela today sets a dangerous precedent for the U.S. and the world. I strongly condemn these unlawful actions. Congress must act.

Proud to be a part of this moment as a Congressional candidate in TX-21!!

James Talarico exposes GOP private school voucher scam: “Elon Musk is a Texas resident and is eligible for these funds. He has 8 children. That's $2 million in funds for Elon Musk. You're taking tax dollars of plumbers and nurses to subsidize families who already have kids at private schools."

So in spring, Pam Bondi said there was nothing to the Epstein investigation, then “closed” it. Now, they “find” 1 million more docs. So did she close this without seeing these docs? Or was someone hiding them?

Not only are people showing up to defend their neighbors and our democracy, they’re doing so in historic numbers. The amount of our local groups has doubled and the overall size of our movement has quadrupled!

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

I don’t think the law passed by Congress said that DOJ has to release less than 1% of the materials by Dec 19.

Team Tucker wrapped up our last Data Pizza Party of the year, and it was our biggest one yet! We’re building a team to flip Texas at every level. Check out our website to learn how to get involved 🤠

WOW: In a special election for Kentucky State Senate District 37, Democrat Gary Clemons has won with a staggering 72.5% of the vote, defeating Republican Calvin Leach, who received 25%. Harris won the district by 6, so Clemons outperformed the 2024 results by roughly 42 points.

No blood for oil

WTF? ICE is arguing in court that US CITIZENS can be detained, handcuffed, and biometrically screened unless they can prove citizenship on the spot. And that a REAL ID isn't enough. This isn't border security.

Nearly one-quarter of Americans say the country’s health care system is in crisis, with 29 percent citing high costs as the most urgent problem with national health, according to a new Gallup poll.

We like to start our day with an optimistic good morning post, but after reading of the mass shootings at Brown and Bondi Beach, we’re heartbroken. So recently we felt that terror ourselves. So let’s dream of a world where people aren’t randomly shot while living their lives. That’s optimism.

My heart goes out to the Brown University students, families, and faculty who are the latest victims of gun violence in our country. 💔 Thanks to our first responders, many are safe. This epidemic is curable with basic gun safety laws, health access for all, and political will.

Hot off the press! I’m going to personally see to it that the racial gerrymander by Texas Republicans and Trump backfires in their faces. Follow and support my #TX21 campaign @ www.drkristinhook.org www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...

Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control. All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

IT’S OFFICIAL!!! I just filed to run for U.S. Congress again to serve Texas’ 21st District! This is what a scientist running for office looks like!!! It’s time to finish what we started - for working families, scientists, civil servants, and everyone harmed by Trump. ¡Ya basta!

Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."