Executive Director @TXBlueAction “Revolutions that last don’t happen from the top down. They happen from the bottom up." -GS
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Lana retweeted
Bill filing for the 90th Legislative Session opened today, and I’m proud to have filed the first wave of our legislative agenda!
Our bills include Elliott’s Law, expanding access to communication tools for Texans who have difficulty speaking; increasing the basic allotment and moving toward enrollment-based funding for public schools; and raising the cost-of-living adjustment for retired teachers.
I’ve also signed on to legislation to repeal private school vouchers and require workplace posters informing veterans about the benefits and resources available to them.
These are just the first steps in an agenda focused on strengthening our schools, supporting Texas families, and making our state work better for everyone.
Lana retweeted
Texas Republicans spent years telling Democrats to leave if we didn’t like how they ran the state.
We decided to keep Texas and replace the management.
Lana retweeted
It appears that 7.7 million people voted early in Texas this year. For comparison, that is only 400k less than the total people who voted in 2022 (mail, early, and Election Day).
Lana retweeted
Dems made 300 million calls to voters in '24. Only 3% picked up.
Conversations with people you know can be 2.5x more effective in getting out the vote vs. the traditional organizing method of contacting strangers.
Something to keep in mind in these final few days...
Lana retweeted
Texas public schools get a basic allotment of $6,215 per student. Private-school vouchers? $10,474.
After years of barely increasing basic funding for public schools, Texas politicians found billions for private-school vouchers.
And the state’s own dashboard shows only 17.38% of voucher recipients attended public school in grades 2–12 the previous year.
We aren’t funding school choice, we are subsidizing private-school tuition with taxpayer dollars while public schools struggle.
Greg Abbott did this. Vote him OUT.
.@DonHuffines launched the TEFA Transparency Dashboard so that Texans can “see how their tax dollars are being spent.” Groups under 10 students are masked; his office notes this “prevents individuals from being identified.”
comptroller.texas.gov/transp…
Lana retweeted
He’s a fucking racist and there should literally be no debate about it.
This is racism. Plain and simple.
Lana retweeted
There are 40 kids in my daughter’s 10th-grade English class because of staffing cuts and school closures in the district. Forty. And yet Tx legislators are congratulating themselves on how much they “support public education.” Vote them out.
Lana retweeted
Texas is refusing to release basic information about its billion-dollar voucher scam.
The unelected Comptroller wants to double the program’s budget but won’t provide data on how the money is being spent.
If taxpayers are footing the bill, they should know what they're paying for.
NEW: Texas Comptroller @DonHuffines touts open government.
But when it comes to the $1 billion student voucher program he oversees, it's a secret.
His office said it was to prevent me and others from "doxxing ... Texas students."
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houstonchronicle.com/politic…
Lana retweeted
Texas was built by hope. By people who had no business believing — but believed anyway.
To every Texan who’s ever wondered if anyone in power is paying attention: We are taking our state back.
Because a little bit of hope is a dangerous thing.
Lana retweeted
"Pro-life" would be 20 Sandy Hook students voting in their first midterm election.
Just saying.
Lana retweeted
“Your son leaves as Jimmy and comes back home in three days as Janet, and they don’t even ask you.” — Donald Trump
How about we focus on “Your son Jimmy leaves for school and never comes home because he was killed in a school shooting.”
Because that’s what’s ACTUALLY fucking happening in American schools.
Lana retweeted
Katie Zacharia has been fired as White House Press Secretary after five days.
That’s half a scaramucci.
Five days is now a zacharia.
