Another example of the Pissed Off Coalition. It is showing up all across the state and of course looks a little different in every county. I was rooting for John Lira but at the end of the day primaries are about a chance to reach all different kinds of voters and this is a good example of the Pissed Off Coalition. The task will be turning them out again.
Liza, I just watched your entire chat with Andra Watkins! It was great to 'see' you, to hear your take, & everything you've done. I've followed all of Michelle Davis' posts religiously & as much political reporting as I've been able to find since I moved back here from Canada in '93. Thanks you SO MUCH for all your hard work!!! I REALLY hope to be able to share that substack! (I've copied a link from Andra's substack, but I'm not sure it will work.)
The primary was the first time we couldn't vote at one of the schools or the rec center a few blocks away. Luckily, I had a car to take me where I needed to go. I'm near Campbell Green & knew where the alternative location was & had left to vote early!
This is why we have to talk about it. All of the Texas Republicans are doing passport fairs, they will try and take away our right to vote. So we must start voting in every election!
My husband & I always vote in each election, because we were so frustrated by not being able to vote for many years in Toronto before we got our Canadian citizenship. All 3 of our sons were born up there and we moved back here when they were quite young. The smallest was a toddler & had medical issues. We had already seen the best pediatric specialists in Toronto for a few years & they told us to go to the US for second opinions. Our old employer had been trying to get us to move back to N Texas for years so my husband accepted a transfer. There's nothing worse than being a legal immigrant jumping through the citizenship hoops who cannot yet vote! (except, perhaps, being a Texas progressive watching the other party lie while trying to ensure that Democrats don't make progress here in Texas) I will start talking to strangers at the grocery stores again-- especially the workers!
Hopefully the Democrats who voted this time now realize they DO have some power to make a change in Texas politics, and will continue to show up and vote!
I am so sorry for the random comment but can anyone help me confirm some rumors i have been hearing? Since Talarico became the democratic nominee. He obviously is gonna need more funding for the race but i have heard that the DNC is apparently pulling support over his campaign since he won the primary and there are a fucking couple of donors who think its more appropriate to put races in Montana and Nebraska which is insane because they are even more trumpy and republican then Texas. I genuinely think there is a stupidity amount the consultant class with the DNC that is trying to pressure withdrawing financial support from the DNC to invest in this. I need help investigating this because this is just the full fuckery that will make us lose the midterms and its so tiring to see that they just never learn.
I’m trying really hard to not talk about this race. Really, really hard. I want you to know, it’s killing me. But for the sake of unity and cohesiveness, I think it’s important that we move forward.
Fuck the DNC. When have they ever done us any favors? Talarico is a $100 million campaign without their help. Texas Democrats, and moreover Kendall Scudder are not relying on national Democrats to come in and save us.
I know Michelle. I cannot imagine the stress and pressure this is putting on you and please do note i am not expecting nor pressuring you to give me answers. Its just, unforunately this is reinforces a controversial opinion i have that i cannot expect the DNC to reform itself or the democratic party in general unless we massively remove all of these people from their positions and work on significantly changing our system of politics. This is just crazy and i understand now. Do not give me any more answers that will jeopardize your cover and privacy but i think i now understand the relationship with the DNC and Texas dems more then what you were able to give me.
Nah, it’s fine. I heard Kendall Scudder talk about this on the local news station. He said, we haven’t relied on them before, we won’t hold our breath, and we’ll be fine without them.
Sure, their money would help. But I think we’ll still have plenty of money coming in without it.
I hope so. I apologize. Please feel free to tell this new yorker not to butt in Texas Politics but i am honestly impressed and amazed on how yall are fighting. It gives me hope you all are doing the good fight and this new yorker wants to follow your example. I dont really try to complain about the state of new york politics because its nothing in comparison to the dystopia you all experience in Texas.
Ha, no need to apologize. It’s just an area of contention at the moment, if you haven’t seen the thousands of social media posts talking Texas Democrats not to vote 😭 We still have a long road ahead.
Thank-you Michelle, your deep dives into various districts are interesting for those from other regions of the state. I agree with you about the backlash against corporate Democrat and AIPAC control of the Dem party, generally.
An emerging factor in Texas politics has to be the massive damage small businesses and farmers have taken under the Trump tariffs. The destruction of the social safety net is aimed directly at the working class, but that is not the only attack on American health and prosperity currently underway. If you assume that Trump is both a foreign asset who wants to damage the American people, and a tool of control for the 1%, then it makes sense that MAGA would also try to knock out the underpinning of the middle class by destroying small businesses, including farms. (Jim Stewartson does a good job making sense of what lies beneath the destruction; https://substack.com/inbox/post/190164079).
In Texas, we think of Hispanics as primarly labor and working class, but many native Texan Hispanics fall into the category of small business owners, without college degrees, who were among the people most lied to by the '24 MAGA campaign. These dramatic realignments in Texas local politics may well have their roots in the MAGA assault on small businesses, and this is a campaign issue that should not be overlooked by TX Democrats going forward. MAGA promised less regulation and lower taxes, but they didn't say that would be only for big corporations, not small businesses. Tariffs are taxes.
Another example of the Pissed Off Coalition. It is showing up all across the state and of course looks a little different in every county. I was rooting for John Lira but at the end of the day primaries are about a chance to reach all different kinds of voters and this is a good example of the Pissed Off Coalition. The task will be turning them out again.
Me too, I was a John Lira supporter. 😢. Interesting enough, I got a call from Johnny Garcia yesterday.
He also called me a couple of times during the primary but I only picked up once. I am not a fan of AIPAC. Nor the establishment.
I’m trying to learn more about Maureen. The NorthEast side of Bexar County doesn’t know her and WE VOTE. She would do well to talk to us.
I messaged her on Instagram. No reply.
I need to do more research before I vote. Some people are saying with her the Democrats will lose. I don’t want to lose. 🙏🏼
A big HELL NO to AIPAC! That a huge issue for me in NW Dallas County.
Me too.
Absolutely is here too & it's one of the thorny issues that slows me down in talking to people I don't know.
Liza, I just watched your entire chat with Andra Watkins! It was great to 'see' you, to hear your take, & everything you've done. I've followed all of Michelle Davis' posts religiously & as much political reporting as I've been able to find since I moved back here from Canada in '93. Thanks you SO MUCH for all your hard work!!! I REALLY hope to be able to share that substack! (I've copied a link from Andra's substack, but I'm not sure it will work.)
The primary was the first time we couldn't vote at one of the schools or the rec center a few blocks away. Luckily, I had a car to take me where I needed to go. I'm near Campbell Green & knew where the alternative location was & had left to vote early!
This is why we have to talk about it. All of the Texas Republicans are doing passport fairs, they will try and take away our right to vote. So we must start voting in every election!
My husband & I always vote in each election, because we were so frustrated by not being able to vote for many years in Toronto before we got our Canadian citizenship. All 3 of our sons were born up there and we moved back here when they were quite young. The smallest was a toddler & had medical issues. We had already seen the best pediatric specialists in Toronto for a few years & they told us to go to the US for second opinions. Our old employer had been trying to get us to move back to N Texas for years so my husband accepted a transfer. There's nothing worse than being a legal immigrant jumping through the citizenship hoops who cannot yet vote! (except, perhaps, being a Texas progressive watching the other party lie while trying to ensure that Democrats don't make progress here in Texas) I will start talking to strangers at the grocery stores again-- especially the workers!
Hopefully the Democrats who voted this time now realize they DO have some power to make a change in Texas politics, and will continue to show up and vote!
From your lips to Gods ears. 🙏🏼
I am so sorry for the random comment but can anyone help me confirm some rumors i have been hearing? Since Talarico became the democratic nominee. He obviously is gonna need more funding for the race but i have heard that the DNC is apparently pulling support over his campaign since he won the primary and there are a fucking couple of donors who think its more appropriate to put races in Montana and Nebraska which is insane because they are even more trumpy and republican then Texas. I genuinely think there is a stupidity amount the consultant class with the DNC that is trying to pressure withdrawing financial support from the DNC to invest in this. I need help investigating this because this is just the full fuckery that will make us lose the midterms and its so tiring to see that they just never learn.
I’m trying really hard to not talk about this race. Really, really hard. I want you to know, it’s killing me. But for the sake of unity and cohesiveness, I think it’s important that we move forward.
Fuck the DNC. When have they ever done us any favors? Talarico is a $100 million campaign without their help. Texas Democrats, and moreover Kendall Scudder are not relying on national Democrats to come in and save us.
I know Michelle. I cannot imagine the stress and pressure this is putting on you and please do note i am not expecting nor pressuring you to give me answers. Its just, unforunately this is reinforces a controversial opinion i have that i cannot expect the DNC to reform itself or the democratic party in general unless we massively remove all of these people from their positions and work on significantly changing our system of politics. This is just crazy and i understand now. Do not give me any more answers that will jeopardize your cover and privacy but i think i now understand the relationship with the DNC and Texas dems more then what you were able to give me.
Nah, it’s fine. I heard Kendall Scudder talk about this on the local news station. He said, we haven’t relied on them before, we won’t hold our breath, and we’ll be fine without them.
Sure, their money would help. But I think we’ll still have plenty of money coming in without it.
I hope so. I apologize. Please feel free to tell this new yorker not to butt in Texas Politics but i am honestly impressed and amazed on how yall are fighting. It gives me hope you all are doing the good fight and this new yorker wants to follow your example. I dont really try to complain about the state of new york politics because its nothing in comparison to the dystopia you all experience in Texas.
Ha, no need to apologize. It’s just an area of contention at the moment, if you haven’t seen the thousands of social media posts talking Texas Democrats not to vote 😭 We still have a long road ahead.
Thank-you Michelle, your deep dives into various districts are interesting for those from other regions of the state. I agree with you about the backlash against corporate Democrat and AIPAC control of the Dem party, generally.
An emerging factor in Texas politics has to be the massive damage small businesses and farmers have taken under the Trump tariffs. The destruction of the social safety net is aimed directly at the working class, but that is not the only attack on American health and prosperity currently underway. If you assume that Trump is both a foreign asset who wants to damage the American people, and a tool of control for the 1%, then it makes sense that MAGA would also try to knock out the underpinning of the middle class by destroying small businesses, including farms. (Jim Stewartson does a good job making sense of what lies beneath the destruction; https://substack.com/inbox/post/190164079).
In Texas, we think of Hispanics as primarly labor and working class, but many native Texan Hispanics fall into the category of small business owners, without college degrees, who were among the people most lied to by the '24 MAGA campaign. These dramatic realignments in Texas local politics may well have their roots in the MAGA assault on small businesses, and this is a campaign issue that should not be overlooked by TX Democrats going forward. MAGA promised less regulation and lower taxes, but they didn't say that would be only for big corporations, not small businesses. Tariffs are taxes.
May 26 cannot come soon enough! 😁
This one's fascinating-- thank you, Michelle! Shared to bsky.