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Big Bad Bear

5 years

11 stockings on our mantle represent all 10 of my Blessings! Can’t wait to celebrate Christ’s birthday with ALL of them next weekend!

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Big Bad Bear

@CoxHerb

1 year

I don’t really like the city parks. I want to join a country club so my kid doesn’t have to play with “those” kids and I want the city parks system to pay for my membership. School Vouchers in a nutshell.

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Big Bad Bear

@CoxHerb

5 months

I’m a lifelong conservative and used to be a Republican but our party, under your leadership, has completely lost their way. You now cater to a handful of billionaire donors and have turned your back on Texans, particularly the 5.5 MILLION kids who attend our public schools.

Greg Abbott

@GregAbbott_TX

5 months

Conservatives strongly support school choice. Liberals are against school choice. Makes you wonder about the Republican Texas House members who voted with the liberals against school choice. A change is coming on March 5th.

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@CoxHerb

1 month

Who is behind the voucher scam? Billionaires. 👀👀👀👇👇👇

Avalon4

@Avalon416

2 months

@DavidPepper @jennycohn1 @clevelanddotcom

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Big Bad Bear

@CoxHerb

1 year

TEA creates STAAR Tests. Holds us to BEST standards. Uses tests to show public schools are “failing.” Pushes for vouchers to steal $$ from public schools to pay for tuition to private schools. Private schools don’t have to take STAAR Tests or provide for fiscal accountability.

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Big Bad Bear

@CoxHerb

10 months

Man, we sure could use Ann Richards right about now.

Stuart Williams

@CaprockDemocrat

10 months

“I insist we maintain local control. I insist that we involve the teachers, the principals, the school board members, and the administrators who actually run the education system, in the planning and in the development of policy for public education.” -Ann Richards, 1990

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Big Bad Bear

@CoxHerb

9 months

I had to block some college kid in N Carolina who insisted on lecturing me that we have teacher unions in TX. Pretty sure I would know. Been here since 1965, whole family were teachers. Me for 29 years. Always belonged to an association but WE DO NOT HAVE TEACHER UNIONS IN TEXAS!

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Big Bad Bear

@CoxHerb

2 years

The One Who Stayed. I bumped into this incredible young man yesterday on the way to my office. I got to tell him just how special he has been to the football program and to our beloved Baylor University. It brought tears to my eyes as I thanked him. #Sicem ⁦ @JalenPitre1 ⁩ !

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Big Bad Bear

@CoxHerb

9 months

Get ‘em girl!!! Abbott out to utterly destroy the largest public school district in Texas and this young lady ain’t havin’ it! My new hero in Houston!

HISD Outreach Team (H.O.T) 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓

@HISD_Outreach

9 months

Protect Lauren Ashley at all costs‼️ Love to see community leaders speaking truth to power. We need more leaders like this in @TeamHISD 👏👏👏

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@CoxHerb

3 years

Literally the headlines in the Austin paper this morning. #Sicem

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@CoxHerb

7 months

Where my teachers at this morning? I’m in Austin at the Capitol. No VOUCHERS!!!

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@CoxHerb

3 months

Heads up Texas professional educators and every parent that loves your local community public school. Vote NO for Prop 11. This is their voucher scam. We already have “school’s choice” in Texas. Just pay your own way. #BlockVote

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@CoxHerb

6 months

Voters are definitely watching

Amy Ingram 🦁🏀

@CoachIngram10

6 months

This guy right here @GovAbbott has lost on vouchers every time…he won’t put it on a ballot for Texans to decide but he’ll hold schools & teachers hostage while the money is there because he’s beholden to rich donors pulling the strings! Now you’re losing voters! All your fault!

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@CoxHerb

10 months

Abbott fights for 350,000 kids in private schools while completely ignoring the 5.5 million kids in Texas public schools and the 450,000 teachers who serve them. All in the name of satisfying his billionaire donors who want to make $ off these kids. Texas kids are not for sale!

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@CoxHerb

2 years

When @NickiCollen leads the Band in Word Up at the @BaylorMBB game it’s litty. #Sicem

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Big Bad Bear

@CoxHerb

8 months

Yup. We’re the only state in the union that penalizes teachers from receiving THEIR Social Security that they rightfully earned. I am one of those teachers in this boat and it makes me angry. It’s time for a LOT of changes.

Tracy Fisher

@antraasa

8 months

It is unbelievable that the state of Texas has not provided a cost-of-living adjustment for retired teachers in nineteen years! Oh, and they don’t receive social security either. #txed #txlege

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Big Bad Bear

@CoxHerb

5 years

So, PETA throws a hissy fit and Baylor can no longer take their beautiful bear cubs to football games. Those people from ATX are allowed to take that dang cow anywhere they want and tonight it nearly killed a poor defenseless little doggie. Where’s the outrage from PETA???

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@CoxHerb

7 months

Man, I love this guy @jamestalarico SOOOOOO MUCH!!!

James Talarico

@jamestalarico

7 months

Abbott and his billionaire mega-donors are trying to defund our schools with a voucher scam. My colleagues and I are fighting to fully fund our schools. Our message is simple: fund students, not scams. #txlege

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@CoxHerb

3 months

Anyone else notice how the pro-voucher crowd in Texas is sounding more and more desperate as the primaries approach? Brutal attacks on every candidate that didn’t vote for their voucher scam. Shows us who they really are. Vouchers have never been about the kids. It’s all about $.

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Big Bad Bear

@CoxHerb

8 months

@GregAbbott_TX There are currently 350K kids in Texas private schools. How did they get there? Kidnapped? Drafted? Their parents CHOSE to send them there. School choice already exists. Fully fund Texas public schools. Give teachers a raise. Fix TRS and provide a COLA for retirees. DO YOUR JOB!

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@CoxHerb

11 months

Welp, Gov. Abbott. Looks like your Texas public schools aren’t failing after all. In fact, it looks like you have entirely made up the whole story line of “failing Texas public schools.” And the #VoucherBois complaining about “government schools” sure have gone quiet recently.

Texas Association of School Boards

@tasbnews

11 months

Texas high school STAAR results have mostly eclipsed pre-pandemic levels.

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Big Bad Bear

@CoxHerb

4 months

And there ya go. It’s never been about the kids. It’s all about the $$$. Abbott chasin’ that 💰!!!

Texas Tribune

@TexasTribune

4 months

New: Gov. Greg Abbott received a $6 million campaign contribution last month from Jeff Yass, a national Republican megadonor whose priority issues include school vouchers. Abbott's campaign is calling it the “largest single donation in Texas history.”

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Big Bad Bear

@CoxHerb

5 months

Competition? So, private schools will: Take all state mandated tests Admit every student that applies Provide fiscal accountability Have duly elected boards Nope. None of that. You don’t want competition You just want public $s to pay for your tuition and an unlevel playing field

Amn3

@Nobs_3

5 months

@CoxHerb You make it seem that parents won’t be able to still choose their public school? Competition is always a good thing and parents should have the freedom to choose where their children go to school.

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Big Bad Bear

@CoxHerb

9 months

TONS of other Texas public school districts in the same boat because our Governor, Lt. Gov. and TxLege refuse to do their actual job under the Texas Constitution and fully fund Texas public schools. They are all bought and paid for by the voucher crowd. Shameful behavior.

The 134 PAC

@The134PAC

9 months

You can thank the Republican Party for this.

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@CoxHerb

2 years

Coach Aranda is in the house! #Sicem

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Big Bad Bear

@CoxHerb

7 months

Can confirm.

Texas Parent PAC

@TXParentPAC

7 months

#txlege @TxREA_

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@CoxHerb

7 months

This is their plan; to starve Texas public schools to death and then claim that they are failing. We see you governor. No vouchers in Texas!

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@CoxHerb

7 months

You don’t have the votes in the House and you know it. No vouchers in Texas! Fully fund Texas public schools. Give teachers a raise. Fix TRS. Provide a COLA. Man up and be somebody. Do your actual job rather than pandering for your big $ donors.

Greg Abbott

@GregAbbott_TX

7 months

School Choice is one step closer in Texas. The Texas Senate is poised to pass the school choice bill. via @statesman

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@CoxHerb

7 months

We already have choice in TX. There are currently 350K kids in private schools. How did they get there? Kidnapped? Drafted? No. Their parents CHOSE to send them there. Go to any school you want. Just don’t force the rest of us to pay for it.

Marc LeBlond

@mleblond1

7 months

Many schools do things you and I don’t like. The solution to this problem is not to force every school to do only the things you and I approve of. The solution is more choices for more families.

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@CoxHerb

3 months

Man oh man!!! You can literally SMELL the desperation from the pro-voucher crowd on here today. They’re losing and they know it. Never vouchers. Support Texas public schools. #BlockVote regardless of party.

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@CoxHerb

7 months

Stay outta Texas Betsy! We don’t want you or need you messing up our Texas public schools. And Abbott doesn’t have the votes in the House. STAY OUTTA TEXAS!!!

Betsy DeVos

@BetsyDeVos

7 months

It's go time! Texas' students and families have waited long enough to call the shots on how and where they learn.

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@CoxHerb

7 months

We already have school’s choice in Texas. Fully fund Texas public schools Give teachers a HUGE pay raise Fix TRS Provide a COLA for retired teachers In short, DO YOUR JOB, MAN!!! Stop catering to your big $ donors! Work for the VAST MAJORITY of Texans, not just the chosen few.

Gov. Greg Abbott

@GovAbbott

7 months

Now is the time to deliver school choice for EVERY family in Texas and restore parents as the primary decisionmakers in their child’s education. I called Special Session #3 to fulfill that promise for Texas families.

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@CoxHerb

1 month

So, no vouchers then. Cool.

Scott Braddock

@scottbraddock

1 month

Sen. Bettencourt, R-Houston, says government has no business taking public money and giving it to individuals with no strings attached #txlege

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@CoxHerb

1 year

Can confirm. Texas public schools teach the TEKS or standards that are developed by the Texas Education Agency. The TEA Commissioner is appointed by Abbott. Morath is actually Abbott’s puppet. All of this is just more lies to push his voucher agenda. Killing our schools for $$$

Jim Boyle

@JimGBoyle

1 year

Abbott sounding like Marjorie Taylor Greene claims pub schools are teaching “a woke leftist, radical agenda”. This is totally false. The GOP State Board of Education sets the standards which are to be met for reading, math, and writing in public schools. @mimiswartz @Texans4E

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@CoxHerb

1 year

Texas Christian Nationalists dead set on utterly destroying Texas public schools in the name of making a profit off of our 5.5 million kids and their teachers. This is despicable, sinful and immoral behavior.

KenTX 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@CowboysKen

1 year

@CreightonForTX Are these the two guys you’re catering to?

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@CoxHerb

21 days

Y’all payin’ attention, Texas? THIS is the way!

Senator Heidi Campbell

@Campbell4TN

21 days

We did it!! Thanks to everyone who joined the fight to protect our TN public schools - parents, school board members, students, teachers, & colleagues (some across the aisle). I’ll always go to bat for our kids, even if it means being dragged by folks on the far right. Go team!

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@CoxHerb

1 year

My wife and I sent our 2 kids through Texas public schools, K-12th grade. They both successfully graduated from Baylor University in 4 years. Now we are extremely blessed with 5 beautiful grandkids, all of whom attend Texas public schools.

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@CoxHerb

9 months

Can confirm. And yes, I’m absolutely furious.

Matthew Arend

@matthew_arend

9 months

In Texas we underfund public education. Anyone angry about that?

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@CoxHerb

9 months

In case anyone was wondering here it is all laid out for you. This has been their plan all along; to utterly destroy public schools. Not in Texas! Not now. Not ever. No vouchers!!!

Christopher Tackett (cjtackett on 🧵)

@cjtackett

9 months

Chris Rufo spelled out the intent on how to get to universal School choice at this event at Hillsdale College on 4/5/22: “You need to operate from a premise of universal school distrust” This has been the goal. It’s why it’s CRT, banning books, attacking educators. #txlege #txed

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@CoxHerb

2 months

Good for Aledo ISD! Paxton and his clan are grasping at straws at this point. They know they’re losing. You can literally smell the desperation from their side.

Aledo ISD

@AledoISD

2 months

Aledo ISD has determined that the Texas Attorney General’s office has filed suit against the district. Please read the important information below. #BearcatsVote

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@CoxHerb

4 months

It’s weirder still. I’m Republican. I just think it’s immoral to steal public tax $s from already woefully underfunded Texas public schools to pay for rich kid’s tuition payments to their private schools.

Phil Parker’s Hat

@PhilParkersHat

4 months

@CoxHerb It’s weird. Dems freedom of choice EXCEPT in education. I wonder who benefits from no competition in public education.

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Big Bad Bear

@CoxHerb

6 months

Our Governor has held 5.5 million kids hostage to force his voucher scam upon us. And our most marginalized students with special needs have suffered the most. Shameful behavior on his part.

Ryan Chandler

@RyanChandlerTV

6 months

Tonight @KXAN_News : Lawmakers report Texas underfunds special education by nearly $2 billion. But more support for this and many public ed needs has been tied to ESAs. Special needs Texans left waiting for improved services after education bill fails:

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@CoxHerb

4 months

Can confirm.

Phillip Sanders

@Coach_PS

4 months

Any candidate @GovAbbott endorses is not a friend of public education.

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@CoxHerb

5 months

Lifelong Republican here. But my party has lost its way. Your vouchers scam is just a money grab. Stealing public $ from already woefully underfunded schools is immoral. And it’s never, ever been about the kids. You know it I know it We all know it Literally everybody knows it

Brian Harrison

@brianeharrison

5 months

Correct. Universal school choice does exist… it’s just relegated through housing markets… the least equitable and most REGRESSIVE method of allocation. Yet (rich) liberals love it... keeps poor families from sending their kids to the schools theirs go to. #txlege #txed

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@CoxHerb

8 months

How do you know when Lt. Dan is lying? Easy. His lips are moving.

Jim Boyle

@JimGBoyle

8 months

Patrick defends his taking $3M from the pro-Paxton acquittal PAC just before the start of the Impeachment Trial by saying he took an equal amount from the “other side”. This totally a crock. There is no other side.

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@CoxHerb

6 months

This is what we are fighting against. If vouchers were so popular they wouldn’t have to resort to back room deals and dirty politics. But they know the vast majority of Texans dearly love their public community schools. So they pull stunts like this to appease their big $ donors.

Ash Hall

@LGBTActivist

6 months

Man. The TX Senate is where democracy goes to die. Multiple hearings with no notice (so only two witnesses made it over in time to testify against vouchers), one of which is literally not even in a hearing room or chamber, all so they can ram through bills Texans don't want.

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@CoxHerb

8 months

Vouchers = scam Our governor is turning his back on the 5.5 million kids that attend Texas public schools and the 400,000 teachers who serve them. Pandering to his big $ donors. There are 350K kids in private schools in Texas. They already have school choice.

Dinah Miller

@DinahMillerTX

8 months

@GregAbbott_TX Stealing our property taxes for other people’s religions & other people’s private schools-lacking transparency, accountability & oversight. Vouchers are taxes!

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@CoxHerb

1 year

Fighting on all sides for Texas public schools, the 5.4 million students who attend them, and all of the dedicated teachers who serve them. This week I’ve been called: Nazi F’ing grifter Leftist Socialist Facist Man, I’m just a guy who spent 29 years serving kids in schools. 🤷‍♂️

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@CoxHerb

1 month

I don’t like the city parks. I want to join a country club so my kids don’t have to play with those kids. And I want the park system to pay for my membership. Vouchers in a nutshell.

Crony B. Devangelist

@DevangelstCrony

1 month

@WatsonSpeaking @CoxHerb Where do I sign up to get my refund for planes that don't fly so I can buy my own security forces?

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@CoxHerb

10 months

Texas public schools serve ALL of God’s children. Special needs, 504, homeless, bilingual, behavioral disorders, medically fragile, trans, autistic. Our business is literally saving kids and we do it every day. By their own admission private schools cannot and so not serve them.

Michael Strong

@flowidealism

10 months

@CoxHerb So it doesn’t matter to you how many children’s lives are improved? I’m seeing estimates of new ESA users at 30/40k. If 1% of those are leaving their previous school due to bullying (almost certainly an undercount), then 300-400 students would be better off. And you don’t care?

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@CoxHerb

4 months

This right here!!! Pssst…Ifs never been about the kids. 😮😮😮😮👀👀👀👀👇👇👇👇

Christopher Tackett (cjtackett on 🧵)

@cjtackett

10 months

There is a concerted attack on public schools in Texas. This is a map of the money and groups out front leading the charge. Yes, it is elected leaders like Abbott, Patrick, and other lawmakers, but it's billionaires, PACs, and Organizations pulling the strings. #txlege #txed

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@CoxHerb

1 month

Parents have been empowered for years in Texas, Nate. There are currently 350K kids in private schools. How did they get there? Kidnapped? Drafted? Their parents CHOSE to send them there. And they can choose to do so now. They just need to pay their own way.

Nate Schatzline

@NateSchatzline

1 month

WOW! 👀 We need to empower parents in their child’s education now more than ever before! #txlege

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@CoxHerb

6 months

Maybe we should, and stay with me here, hold a special session to actually fix the GRID!!! And then fully fund Texas public schools and give teachers a HUGE raise. Just a thought.

Gene Wu

@GeneforTexas

6 months

Texas Power Grid: Too cold = doomed Too hot = doomed Just right = doomed, also

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@CoxHerb

10 months

Friday night lights in Texas. Football team, cheerleaders, drill team, band, tons of kids in the student’s section, half the town. Everybody shows up. Everybody takes pride in their community schools. And everyone benefits from strong public schools that serve a public good.

Pastors for Children

@pastors4txkids

10 months

Texans are getting a front row seat on what happens when local elected officials ignore the people they are bound to serve and kowtow instead to national billionaire political funders. This is what Texas vouchers are all about: Them. Not you. #txed #txlege

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@CoxHerb

6 years

Excited to attend the @BUFootball game today. Had season tix since 1993, seldom missed a game. Due to health concerns I had to miss the first two games this year. I am so excited to cheer for my beloved Baylor Bears today. Take nothing for granted. #Sicem #SicKU

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@CoxHerb

9 months

Yup. They have no excuse not to fully find Texas public schools and provide every teacher in the state with a raise. Looking at you TxLeg This is a direct reflection of the inept leadership of our Gov and Lt. Gov. Leadership matters and we don’t have any in Austin.

Jay McWilliams

@steerstrong

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THIS 👇👇👇

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@CoxHerb

4 months

This. Right. Here. 👇👇👇👇👇

James Talarico

@jamestalarico

4 months

A billionaire mega-donor just gave Greg Abbott $6 MILLION to keep pushing private school voucher scams. This is the largest bribe in the history of Texas politics. Greg Abbott doesn’t work for the people of Texas — he works for his billionaire bosses.

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@CoxHerb

7 months

TOP LINE: Texans do NOT want vouchers. Cry harder.

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@CoxHerb

1 month

“School’s choice” “The tide that lifts all boats” my rear end. Vouchers = scam #FollowTheMoney

Josh Cowen

@joshcowenMSU

1 month

The latest voucher legislation across the states has language that schools may keep their “creed” or “values” (do a word search and you’ll see it) when they take the voucher bailout. It’s on that basis they reject who they want.

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@CoxHerb

7 months

If vouchers are such a great deal why didn’t they pass years ago? Because Texans DO NOT WANT VOUCHERS! Try to keep up, man. Vouchers = scam HUGE money grab #FollowTheMoney

Leo Linbeck III

@leo3linbeck

7 months

As you may have noticed, I’m a one-issue guy right now: passing #schoolchoice out of #txlege to help low-income families I’m not on Team R or Team D, but I try to work with both and here’s what I see: Texas Ds are getting played by rural Rs and national Ds Here’s why 🧵

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@CoxHerb

2 months

This is exactly what we have been fighting against all along. Still fighting.

Jim Boyle

@JimGBoyle

2 months

TEA has appointed conservators for IDEA Public Schools, the largest network of charter schools in Texas. After a federal audit IDEA was required to return $29M in federal grants. IDEA had leased a jet for $15M, paid its former CEO a $900K severance and bought private boxes for

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@CoxHerb

7 months

I’ve never called 911 for fire or police services? Why should I have to pay for those taxes? Because public services serve a public good for all. It’s really not that difficult.

Spudislander35

@spudislander35

7 months

@CoxHerb Why should those parents pay for services they aren’t using?

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@CoxHerb

5 months

The Texas Primaries are more urgent for Texas Professional educators than ever before. Ignore the R or D; vote against everyone that is pushing the voucher scam. Tell your family and friends and all parents who love their Texas public schools. #BlockVote

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@CoxHerb

6 months

Texas public schools serve ALL of God’s children.

AnnaForLISD

@AnnaForLISD

6 months

Today students from @LeanderISD , Region 13 Trustees, Superintendent Hooker and various disability rights organizations came together to say No to vouchers! We will continue to work together to advocate for educational opportunities for all students! #TXED #txlege

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@CoxHerb

3 months

Or teacher Or administrator Or parent who loves their Texas public school Or student 18 years or older Or any of the above group’s family members

Ryan J Higgins, Ed.D.

@ryanjhiggins

3 months

There shouldn’t be a single coach in Texas thinking they’ll vote for Abbott again in his next election. Dude is gutting the system that our communities depend on so he can push his own personal agenda and get money from out of state donors.

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Big Bad Bear

@CoxHerb

10 months

Thank you, sir! Those of us who are also pro-kid appreciate you and salute you! Keep fighting the good fight!

James Talarico

@jamestalarico

10 months

“As one of the only members who has taught children in public schools, I’m not going to be lectured about being pro-kid. The reason I ran for office was for kids. And the reason I’m opposed to these private school voucher scams is because I’m pro-kid.”

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@CoxHerb

2 months

@lmcgaughy Hmmm…if he were innocent then there wouldn’t have been a deal cut. Got it. Paxton is corrupt as they come. And he’s fully supported by Abbott and Lt. Dan. The @TexasGOP has lost its way. No longer Conservative. Just a haven for the elite and out of state billionaires.

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@CoxHerb

3 years

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@CoxHerb

5 months

Texas professional educators need to VOTE in the primaries. Vote for Public Education candidates across party lines. There are no party lines when it comes to supporting public education. Either they do or they don’t and it will be plain to see. Teachers can win every election!

Robert O’Connor

@CowboySupt

5 months

All educators need to vote in the primaries and make sure your vote goes to pro public education candidates. Especially support all the brave reps who voted to represent us and now are getting attacked and primaried. Now is time to step up and help those that helped us. VOTE 🗳️

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@CoxHerb

1 month

We don’t have teacher unions in Texas. The Texas Education Agency creates the curriculum. Their Commisioner is appointed by Abbott. Yes, his agenda to starve Texas public schools is horrific. And yet most of those schools are doing amazing things for kids.

Lmorgan

@LMorgan_TX

1 month

@CoxHerb Get rid of the unions entirely and allow local elected school boards autonomy over the curriculum and you might have a starting point for a compromise. Years of horrid public education and agenda driven bullshit have led to this.

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@CoxHerb

2 months

Pay attention Texans. This rotten apple has got to go!

Sid Miller

@MillerForTexas

2 months

@eminentdomaintx Public education is a closed socialist system that hurts kids and wastes money.

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@CoxHerb

3 months

And I didn’t think I could love my HEB more than I already did! But I absolutely CAN!!! Thank you, @HEB !!!

Scott Uhl

@ScottUhlTX

3 months

The Texas owner of @CentralMarket & @HEB is Pro-Public K-12 Education and is fighting the battle AGAINST VOUCHERS ! 👏🏻

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@CoxHerb

4 months

You mean public community schools that proudly serve the kids in their neighborhoods? What a misinformed soul you must be. “Government schools”: straight outta the vouchers playbook.

Daniel

@FinEssentials

4 months

@CoxHerb Government schools have never been about the kids.

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@CoxHerb

6 months

@DeAngelisCorey @GovAbbott @GregAbbott_TX @tedcruz @TexasGOP @LPTexas @BradBuckleyDVM @chiproytx @MattRinaldiTX @GovernorPerry @yct BREAKING: These Texas heroes are representing actual Texans rather than out of state PACs and billionaires. Fixed it for ya’! You’re welcome.

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@CoxHerb

4 years

@GregAbbott_TX So, Gov. Abbott just got re-elected for like, ever. #GodBlessTexas

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@CoxHerb

7 months

More lies coming directly from the Governor. These numbers are completely made up. His voucher scam about to be defeated AGAIN because he doesn’t have the votes in the House. And he knows this. Why all the lies? Starting to smell like desperation. NO VOUCHERS IN TEXAS!!!

Gov. Greg Abbott

@GovAbbott

7 months

A majority of Texans from EVERY community support school choice. I called Special Session #3 deliver on our promise to empower parents to choose the best education for THEIR child.

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@CoxHerb

5 years

It’s Halloween at the Middle School they said. Dress up as something Scary they said. It will be fun they said. So I came as a middle school boy...scariest creature on the face of the Earth. I swear I’m not listening to my music! Don’t send me to the Principal,I heard he’s crazy.

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@CoxHerb

9 months

They just keep coming even after it’s been defeated so many times. Betsy wants YOUR public school tax $s and Abbott is fronting for her. Get involved. Send emails. Make phone calls. Let ‘em hear ya! No Vouchers in Texas!!!

Pastors for Children

@pastors4txkids

9 months

Vouchers failed FOUR TIMES this #txlege , as they have over & over for 2 decades in Texas. Each election, rightwing billionaires spend massive money to defeat House members who oppose vouchers. The billionaires lose. The people win. No vouchers in TX. Not now. Now ever. #txed

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@CoxHerb

8 months

And here ya go. Vouchers are absolutely NOT for “all students.” Stop lying and tell the truth. This is why vouchers have already failed in the House 4X. And they’ll fail again in any and all special sessions our sold out governor decides to call. Vouchers = scam

Tricia Cave

@tdcave

8 months

THIS. These voucher bills strip special needs students of their federal rights. Don’t believe me? Here’s the provision - it was in ALL of the voucher bills this session. This one is from SB 8.

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@CoxHerb

6 months

So you want a competition? So all private schools will: Enroll every single student Take all the state mandated tests Provide fiscal accountability Provide complete transparency No they won’t & you know it. You don’t want competition; you want tax $ and an unlevel playing field.

Vance Ginn

@VanceGinn

6 months

If government schools are competitive, then you shouldn’t have anything to worry about in keep the failing monopoly supported with taxpayer money. #txlege

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@CoxHerb

7 months

Blocking some parochial teacher who called me a Marxist socialist who hates the Ten Commandments. Really? Lifelong conservative Republican and a Christian. Welp, I guess I don’t fit their narrative. Gonna keep fighting this good fight against vouchers!!!

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@CoxHerb

6 months

BREAKING: We already have school’s choice in Texas, Brian. Send your kids to any school that might actually accept them. Just don’t force the rest of us to pay for it.

Brian Harrison

@brianeharrison

6 months

It's official: after one full regular session and three special sessions... we still have not passed #schoolchoice or any serious border security bills. Texans deserve better from their government. #txlege #BidenBorderCrisis #txed

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@CoxHerb

4 months

Here ya go every Texas professional educator and all parents who love your public schools. This is the list! This is who needs to be elected to represent Texas public schools. Spread the word!!! #BlockVote

Pastors for Children

@pastors4txkids

4 months

Public education is on the ballot in March 5 primaries. And on the line. These are the rural Republican heroes who saved #txed from the destruction of vouchers in the 88th #txlege . Texas primaries are open. D’s and R’s alike can vote for candidates of either party! VOTE!!!!!

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@CoxHerb

7 months

This is why we fight vouchers. 👀👀👀👀👀👇👇👇👇👇

Nikki Reale

@RealeNikki

7 months

@AFPhq Both oil tycoons Farris Wilks and Tim Dunn have previously stated they want to “tear up, tear down public education to nothing” and replace the current system with private Christian schools. Betsy DeVos has stated that vouchers will “build God’s Kingdom.” -The Texas Observer

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@CoxHerb

1 month

Hey Danny boy, I’ve been voting R since 1976. I’m not “the left.” Extremely conservative I’m a Texas professional educator who is sick and tired of being attacked by my own party. Do some due diligence. Yass & DeVoss absolutely OWN Abbott and Patrick and Paxton and half the House

Dannyhohum (Related to John B. Rich somehow)

@DanielHorne3

2 months

@CoxHerb Who does the left always talk about out of state donors? Y’all started that tactic. You get more donations from outside district that Republicans do. Stop misleading people

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@CoxHerb

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Pastors for Children

@pastors4txkids

6 months

Gov @GregAbbott_TX will not stop until he gets vouchers. He plans to primary #txlege House members of his own party to get them. This isn’t democracy. This is dictatorship. There is only one person who can stop him. You. #txed

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@CoxHerb

7 months

Wrong again Colleen. Texas per pupil allotment is $6,160z Same amount since 2019. Inflation has eaten that away. 43rd in per pupil funding. 49th in teacher pay. Maybe do some due diligence before you jump into the deep end.

Colleen Hroncich

@ColleenHroncich

7 months

@GignacWilliam @CoxHerb Lol—TX public schools get around $13k per student. With school choice, teachers could start their own schools and families could pay with their scholarships. This isn’t a fantasy – it’s happening elsewhere.

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@CoxHerb

7 months

. @senatorbirdwell No vouchers. Not under any name you choose to call them. Absolutely no vouchers AT ALL! Public funds belong to public schools. Texas public school serve ALL of God’s children. Texas is watching, sir.

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@CoxHerb

6 months

This. 👀👀👀👀👀👇👇👇👇👇

SuzyMcDoozy

@DoozyMcDoozy

6 months

Texas - Betsy DeVos is a billionaire from Michigan who wants to end public schools everywhere. Her primary lobbyist is Corey DeAngelis. This is where the voucher legislation is coming from. Vouchers are not grass roots. #txlege #SchoolChoice @GregAbbott_TX @Toth_4_Texas

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@CoxHerb

9 months

This. 😮😮😮😮👀👀👀👀👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

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@CoxHerb

4 months

This is 100% on Abbott at this point. Time to #BlockVote in the primaries. Every Texas professional educator and parent that loves their public schools. Ignore the R or D by the name and vote against every single candidate that is shoving their voucher scam down our throats.

San Antonio Report

@SAReport

5 months

Commentary by Julia Grizzard: We will see more educational programs vanish and more budget cuts unless we vote for officials who support public schools.

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@CoxHerb

5 months

Oh, Robert. Bless your heart. We don’t have teacher unions in Texas. They’re actually illegal. Associations only. Hang in there buddy!

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@CoxHerb

4 months

Thanks, Greg. It’s clearly NEVER been about the kids. Just kick our most marginalized students to the curb.

Edward McKinley

@ByEdMcKinley

4 months

Texas school districts surprised by new $300 million special ed hit, with schools already facing a deficit of over $2B. This just makes the hole even deeper, essentially,” said Amanda Brownson, w/ the Texas Association of School Business Officials.

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@CoxHerb

7 months

So, all those National Merit scholars being routinely produced by Texas public schools don’t count? Got it. “All students” tells me everything I need to know about you and your opinion. Zero facts Zero substance Zero relevance

Richard Payne

@realrepayne

7 months

@CoxHerb Public schools are failing ALL students! School Choice will solve all issues in education.

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@CoxHerb

9 months

This. Personally, I’m sick and tired of the disrespect coming from our Gov towards Texas professional educators and Texas public schools to satisfy his big $ donors. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

🏈🔴Jeff Jones⚫️🏈

@coachjdjones

9 months

Yesterday @GovAbbott praised public ed teachers and students (after bashing them all summer), but watch the bashing resume when accountability ratings drop. Mark my words, this pathetic politician will show his true colors

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@CoxHerb

1 year

@cjtackett Interesting since the per pupil funding amount for public school students is about $6,610. So private school kids are given more money? And private schools don’t have the same academic accountability, or fiscal accountability or transparency? Or serve special needs students? Wow.

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@CoxHerb

6 months

Ummm…that would be your Governor who wasted everybody’s time and money. And now he wants to call another special to shove his voucher agenda down our throats? No thanks. No vouchers. Not now. Not ever. Never vouchers.

Office of the Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick

@LtGovTX

6 months

Tragedy or Comedy? Tragedy – Speaker Dade Phelan and the Texas House have just wasted another special session with no action on the legislative priorities of the governor, the Senate, and the majority of Texas voters. Comedy – Speaker Phelan's pattern - waste time to the very

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@CoxHerb

7 months

I’ve worked in public schools for over 32 years. People like you with opinions and zero experience or substance are the frauds.

Spudislander35

@spudislander35

7 months

@CoxHerb Public education is a fraud, first responders aren’t. When you have to compete for students, then you’ll finally understand that you have to deliver value for the money you get. Captive market to get extorted $$ isn’t a free exchange.

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@CoxHerb

5 months

It’s 100% on Abbott at this point.

RaiseYourHandTexas

@RYHTexas

5 months

School districts across Texas dealing with a deficit budget...now a few #superintendents are weighing in. #ElPaso superintendents blame budget problems on Governor's politics @KFOX14 #TxEd #TxLege

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@CoxHerb

6 months

Just finished my last class of the semester in our Master’s program and walked out to this. Thanksgiving dinner for our students. I truly LOVE this university. ⁦ @Baylor ⁩ #Sicem

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@CoxHerb

2 months

Seriously, he should just resign now. What a complete and total embarrassment to the entire state of Texas. Professional grifter. Disbar him and let’s all move on.

Jim Boyle

@JimGBoyle

2 months

Next up for Ken Paxton is the Whistleblowers’ Lawsuit which is stayed while waiting on the Sup Ct of TX (SCOT) to rule on a 3rd writ of mandamus to derail the Lawsuit. The Office of Attorney General consents to the “issues” in the petition while simultaneously denying the facts.

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