It is important -now more than ever- that we put the people, not power-hungry politicians, in charge of drawing fair, representative election maps. #FairMaps
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Please join us for a Redistricting Town Hall on Thursday, Oct. 2 at 6 PM at the @AcresHomeBiz
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A federal court in El Paso will consider Texas' controversial new congressional maps. Here's a timeline of how we got here.
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Today, the Prison Policy Initiative released the latest in its series of reports looking at the impact of prison gerrymandering in several states. Today’s report focuses on Texas. -Aleks Kajstura, @PrisonPolicy
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which Blacks had a voice.
PBS recently released a documentary featuring important stories from his life and career ––
Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect
You can watch the documentary here: pbs.org/video/becoming-thurg…
and not just to white citizens alone. One of the cases that he was the most proud of was a case out of Texas called Smith v Allwright (1944), a case which overturned the all-white primaries. He understood that Black freedom depended on a functioning democracy in 4/
Before he became the first Black Justice to serve on the Supreme Court, he was one of the most successful civil rights attorneys of the 20th century. He spent much of his career ensuring that the rights afforded by the US Constitution applied to everyone equally 3/
For example, by examining the history of the Civil Rights Movement, we can better understand the motivations of activists then and the continuing fight for racial justice today.
Today, we take a look back at the work of Thurgood Marshall. 2/
Understanding history helps people become more informed and engaged participants in political discourse and decision-making by recognizing the origins of social issues. 1/
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Texas Republicans called the constitutional concerns raised by the DOJ, which the GOP cited as the reason for a mid-decade redistricting effort, a “mistake” as they gear up to defend their new gerrymander in court next week. democracydocket.com/news-ale…
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NEW: In a brief on Louisiana’s redistricting case, the DOJ argued the creation of a Black-majority district is “electoral affirmative action.”
If SCOTUS agrees, it would gut one of the last remaining protections for minority voters.
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Today is National Voter Registration Day and now more than ever, making sure we’re all ready to use the power of our vote up and down the ballot is crucial. Need information about getting registered to vote? You can head to votetexas.gov #voteready
Tarrant County has had so much growth over the past two decades with much of it driven by communities of color. The "extra round" of redistricting we just went through however, threatens to stifle their voting power: texastribune.org/2025/09/02/…
What we’re witnessing has terrible significance for the people of Texas but we will continue to fight with everything we have to draw attention to this injustice. #txlege #gerrymandering #riggedmap
Our statement: teapawt.net/FairMapsTexas/status/1…
The Texas House has just passed their racially discriminatory map that does dirty work in attempting to take away our voting power and Texans deserve better.
#txlege #ourvoteourpower #redistricting #gerrymandering #riggedmaps
To catch you up: Earlier this evening the House adopted the map, 88 to 52, along party lines.
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The Texas House has just passed their racially discriminatory map that does dirty work in attempting to take away our voting power and Texans deserve better.
#txlege #ourvoteourpower #redistricting #gerrymandering #riggedmaps
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Rep. @NicoleCollier95 is still being held in the House Chamber for refusing to be chaperoned by a DPS officer
And now Rep. @SherylCole1 is being threatened with arrest on the grounds of... walking too fast
Perfectly functional democracy at work here folks
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While on my morning walk in the Mueller neighborhood, my DPS escort, who was forced upon me to track my every movement, threatened to arrest me. He lost me on the trail, got angry about it, and made a scene in front of my constituents on the trail. #txlege
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More than 5,000 people gathered in Austin on Saturday to protest the Texas Legislature’s plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to give Republicans an advantage in the midterms. kut.org/politics/2025-08-16/… #txlege
