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#txpol

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rexi

newsweek.com/full-list-democra

The move will disenfranchise troops overseas, #NativeAmericans, #marriedwomen whose name does not match their birth certificate, and #disabled people who cannot physically get to a #voterregistration location to show their proof.

The following four Democrats voted to pass the bill through Congress:

#RepJaredGolden, #MEpol
#RepMarieGluesenkampPerez, #WApol
#RepHenryCuellar, #TXpol
#RepEdCase, HIpol

What To Know The Republican bill, sponsored by Texas Representative Chip Roy, would help codify an executive order issued by President Donald Trump in March. Critics fear the move will disenfranchise troops overseas, Native Americans, women whose married name does not match their birth certificate, and disabled people who cannot physically get to a voter registration location to show their proof. The following four Democrats voted to pass the bill through Congress: Jared Golden, ME Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, WA Henry Cuellar, TX Ed Case, HI
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Preston Maness ☭

@TexasObserver

>Shortly after, Representative Brent Money, a fellow freshman hardliner, introduced an identical amendment, only swapping out UT-Austin for Texas State University. Lest one think Money suffered temporary amnesia about the fate of his pal Hopper’s amendment, he quickly withdrew the amendment after using his time at the microphone to make sure his colleagues knew how he felt about “woke gender ideology.”

As an alum of Texas State University, the idea that it is some hotbed of left-wing activism is laughable. It'll have a protest or action here or there (sometimes), but it's no UT Austin (which is, itself, largely liberal and performative in its culture).

And, out of 216 undergraduate degrees available at Texas State, there are a whopping FIVE degrees---ALL minors, mind you---that could conceivably orbit around the LGBTQ/DEI boogieman:

* Minor in African American Studies
* Minor in Diversity Studies
* Minor in Latina/o Studies (technically a sociology minor)
* Minor in Peace and Social Justice (technically a history minor focusing on these movements)
* Minor in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

And, out of 130 graduate degrees, there are... none. Literally none.

So, five minors out of 346 total degrees of any sort, only three of which are actually under the Center for Diversity and Gender Studies. Absolute clown shit.

And as for UT Austin?

Undergrad (all under the Liberal Arts college):

* African and African Diaspora Studies
* Asian American Studies
* Latin American Studies
* Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
* Race, Indigeneity, and Migration
* Women’s and Gender Studies
* A few other ethnic studies programs, depending on whether you think they are "woke" or not: Jewish, French, American, etc.

Grad (all under the Liberal Arts college):

* African and African Diaspora Studies
* Asian Studies
* Latin American Studies
* Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
* Women's and Gender Studies
* A few other ethnic studies programs, depending on whether you think they are "woke" or not.

So, considerably more than Texas State (and most of them are full-on bachelor degrees), and yet, still only a dozen or two degrees out of 176 undergrad options and 196 graduate options. And all clustered where you'd expect: the Liberal Arts college. Again. Clown shit.

#txst#texas#txpol
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Brandon Kraft ❤️‍🔥🧡

Paxton vs Cornyn in the Republican primary for the next senatorial election in Texas. I’m amazed at the Republicans ability to provide options that are worse than what I already thought was the worst candidate. #uspol #txpol

(wp.me p1Apvp-uKH)

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Preston Maness ☭

Alrighty. Several hours later, and I have Tarrant County's updated early voting locations :D

Overpass-turbo query: overpass-turbo.eu/s/21qx

Actual location info from county (can match up the numbers on the map to addresses): tarrantcountytx.gov/content/da

And a reddit post in the FortWorth subreddit: reddit.com/r/FortWorth/comment

#reddit #pdf #OverpassTurbo #OSM #OpenStreetMap #OpenData #FortWorth #Tarrant #dfw #txpol #uspol

So far, I only have locations that serve (at least) as early voting centers. There are several more pages of day-of voting centers that I could conceivably add. I'm debating building a small, static, mobile website with #Leaflet to perhaps make a "show me my closest voting station" feature, and maybe a "schedule my voting time" feature that spits out an ical file or something. The opening hours are all there in the OSM data.

(Annoying sidenote: most college/university locations are either early vote only, election day only, or not open at all :()

A map, generated by Overpass-Turbo, from OSM data in Tarrant County on early voting polling places (collated by myself from county data sources). All of Tarrant county is visible, with yellow dots accompanied by numbers. The numbers can be cross-referenced to the county's list of early voting centers to get addresses.
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⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯

tfw ur so lost in the sauce you can't convince urself vaccines work even when ur own kid dies of a preventable illness

i suspect we will be seeing many such cases

> "'The measles wasn’t that bad. They got over it pretty quickly,' the mother said of her other four surviving children who were treated with castor oil and inhaled steroids and recovered."

texastribune.org/2025/03/20/te

screenshot of headline
#measles#MAHA#antivaxxers
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Jill Dominguez

I just signed a petition to be sent to my state rep regarding Gov. Abbott’s outrageous lies. Live in Texas? You can sign too:
resist.bot/petitions/PHCGTY

Abbott spoke in San Antonio Monday, claiming a student’s teachers “were helping a child transition against their will.” He also told a story of a public school principal (or teacher—it changes over time) who quit because a teacher taught students “to disrespect the flag of the United States of America.”
sacurrent.com/news/at-san-anto

ResistbotAbbott makes false claims to push vouchers.Text SIGN PHCGTY to 50409 to send this to your officials.
#USPol#TXPol
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