@GregAbbott_TX
Seriously?! You’re going to gaslight the victims by calling them illegal, and evading your own complicity in creating this gun violence mess.
You said less than a year ago “it could’ve been a lot worse,” and boy are you proving it.
@tplohetski
FOIA Request: How many suspected felons do Texas prosecutors let hang out on bail for 9 years and then offer them community service and a fine?
@AP
Should Iowa farmers still get farm subsidies, if the state isn’t going to participate in USDA nutrition programs? Are they gonna tithe a portion of their fields?
@DanPatrick
Because prayer and the 10 commandments certainly stopped a school shooting at a religious school in Nashville. And sexual assaults and inappropriate behavior in religious schools everywhere else too
Amirite, Dan? 🙄
#DYK
: A Harris County state legislator who pushed to stop a modest guaranteed income experiment, had a $623,500 PPP loan forgiven? But he fears giving a few poor people $500 for just 18 months ($9000 total, or 1.4% of his “loan”) is a slippery slope to socialism?
Today, based upon an opinion letter I sent to Attorney General Paxton (), the AOG filed a lawsuit against the clearly Unconstitutional Universal Basic Income, UBI, program started by the leftist progressive majority on Harris County Commissioners Court.…
During Hurricane Harvey many Texans were saved by members of the Cajun Navy. So maybe during a pandemic a few of y’all might be saved by the Cajun Army.
Louisiana’s own
@ltgrusselhonore
, hero of the Katrina response, wants y’all to “take the shot.”
Survivors...the Washington Post has been working on a story about the AR15, mass shootings, & the physical & emotional trauma left in the wake of these tragedies.
There are videos & photos that may be activating to you.
Please take appropriate steps for your wellbeing.
"BA 2.12 is the mother of all variants in terms of transmissibility. It's getting up there with measles. Have respect for it because it can come and get you."
[Dr
@PeterHotez
- Baylor College of Medicine]
Doctors warn of possible sub omicron variant wave.
@notcapnamerica
@ehanks2208
He was just found this weekend.
Not several weeks ago.
There’s a lot of moving pieces here still, I’d advise waiting for more investigation and mental health assessment before rushing to judgement.
It’s already turning into re-traumatizing media circus.
On the official
@HoustonTX
Bike to Work ride, I experienced the violence I often experience biking in Houston. This driver almost ran me over, I believe intentionally because cyclists were slowing him down.
"We aren't seeing 2,000 or 3,000 COVID deaths a day anymore, but we are seeing 400 to 500, which is still a lot of deaths.”
[Dr
@PeterHotez
]
Houston experts agree annual COVID-19 shot best way to keep people protected
@lmcgaughy
I’ll ask again: How often do Texas prosecutors allow an indicted felon to hang around on bail for 9 years then offer a fine and community service?
ICYMI: Governor Abbott last week bluntly said he’s holding up $4 billion in new education spending until he gets a school voucher bill. (ESAs).
This impacts both the state’s student allotment to districts and teacher raises.
#TxLege
@GregAbbott_TX
“Parents know what’s best for THEIR kids.”
[Greg Abbott]
…Unless of course those parents should think they also know what’s best for their kids health and sense of self. Then the governor & attorney general have other ideas.
[🎨
@Nick_Anderson_
]
Interview: Dr
@PeterHotez
, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine discussed the latest variant, what could be emerging from China and his ongoing conflict with what he describes as “anti-science aggression.”
October is Bullying Prevention Month, but during it Gov. Abbott is holding up $4B in new education funds until he gets his school voucher bill. This impacts both per student allotment funding (currently 43rd in US) and teacher pay raises ($7,700 behind US pay avg) .
#TxLege
“…It wasn't mental health that killed these people, it was an automatic rifle. I'm a gun lover. I have guns. I'm a former police officer. I’m a former Army officer ... prayers won't bring these people back. We need action in our legislatures.”
#TxLege
🗣️
@ERCOT_ISO
Y’all keep trying to put this on wind and solar when they have been saving your 🍑 all summer long. Maybe it’s your poor grid improvements, 2 years after Uri.
@Mike_Hixenbaugh
@taygoldenstein
Has anyone attacked Powder Puff Football games yet? Girls in pads. Boys in cheerleading skirts. It’s a Texas tradition.
@ERCOT_ISO
@RedCrossTXGC
This is getting to be a thing, y’all. Maybe we need to talk about our relationship with profiteering gas & pipeline firms.
#txlege
"You're damn right I left Texas and I'm glad I did. And you know why...I left Texas to give my people a right to be able to vote without them being infringed upon."
Senfronia Thompson
TX State Rep - HOU
Today before Congressional panel on voting rights
@cltomlinson
But how long before parents demand more money?
Pretty quickly if demand rises and there are a limited number of seats middle income folks grab. But for low wage families it’s little more than a coupon for a luxury brand store in a far away neighborhood.
The Young People Will Run: In 2016
@MarcelMcClinton
was locked down in his church during a Houston mass shooting. In 2018 he helped organize Houston’s March for Our Lives rally. And today he announced he’s running in 2019 for city council.
🤠 Texans of the Year 🤠
Congrats to Houston’s Dr
@mebottazzi
& Dr
@PeterHotez
! It’s a marvelous recognition. Made even more so because they managed to impress our ornery Dallas cousins. 😉
via
@dallasnews
Vaccine scientist Dr.
@PeterHotez
’s advice for getting through the new COVID-19 wave:
- Pick the individuals you want to pod with
- Avoid others when you can
- Look after your mental health
@GovAbbott
Why aren’t you proudly tweeting about the voter suppression too?
When the state wants its money for vehicle registrations, they let you do that business at hundreds of grocery stores in the area?
But only ONE county run voting drop-off site?
C’mon
@GovAbbott
.
Dream Big, Work Hard, Give Back
Spotted in my
@HEB
today. But better then seeing
@JJWatt
on the cover was the solid community service message on the back and mention about
@WattFoundation
. 👍
Now when is the softball charity classic coming back, JJ?
@GovAbbott
If Texans had “mastered the safe practices” we wouldn’t be in the mess (again) that we find ourselves now. Self responsibility is not working.
@AlexMealerTX
Funny 🤔 this was obviously not filmed from a METRO bus. Dozens go down that street every day and you are never riding them. Why are you on the
@METROHouston
board?
Some stars know Texas so well. We remember Houstonians still laughing over this joke after the movie, heading out to the parking lot. L🤣L
RIP PeeWee/Paul Reubens.
Every year since 2006 at least 60% of Americans thought crime in the US was increasing. In reality, the violent crime rate (there aren't national stats of low level crime) is down >20% since then.
via
@Crimealytics
Texas appeals court upholds Harris County mask mandate.
"The Governor does not possess absolute authority under the Texas Disaster Act to preempt orders issued by local governmental entities or officials that contradict his executive orders.”
“We are on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe…I can’t think of a more important time in modern American history when we need a smooth transition. The fact that this is the time it won’t occur will only mean greater loss of life."
[Dr.
@PeterHotez
]
@GregAbbott_TX
Governor please, if parents decided what kids should/shouldn’t be taught, we would never teach things that parents can’t remember, or never understood.
After all, no child should be ashamed to realize a parent can’t diagram a sentence, or do simple fractions 🙄