It’s way, way past time for coddling elected officials. NT is right. You don’t like being called out? Prove us wrong. Put up or shut up. You chose to serve, and the moment demands service, not servility to a status quo and the scraps it sometimes deigns to feed you. We don’t send you to Austin to gladhand and secure sinecures. And some of you, we clearly shouldn’t be sending to Austin at all.
If this passes i cant imagine the amount of damage and how demoralizing it is gonna be to Texas Democrats. This is undoubtable gonna damage so many people in Texas and the frustrating part is that any avenues to prevent this has also been captured by the republicans. Texas democrats seriously have to consider investing in the judiciary because the judiciary is also captured by the far right republicans. If the judiciary was independent they could have stopped all these nonsense. Its so disappointing that we had to suffer the consequences of people like Gilberto Hinojosa which was incompetent. This is just pure incompetency and the pure belief that the democratic party for years thought that they could capture "moderate" or even far right republicans to vote for a democrat which they never will.
Can we even stop this in time for the march primaries? I honestly dont have faith we cant. I really am not trying to be nihilistic but the constant inaction and hesitation from our democratic politicians represent why we literally still have about 30% of approval despite it being August 2025. I cant express how this is gonna continuously bleed voters all the time.
Maybe. It’s complicated. If they break quorum, Abbott will surely just call another session. Well they break quorum a second time? And a third? They may need to last until November or December, in hiding. It’s a big ask.
Sigh...... Can the gods truly not be so cruel to grant us a reprieve. Just enough for us to have a chance to overcome this. How much does Texas democrats have to suffer in order to simply enact change.
I agree. The challenge is huge. Republicans planned it that way. They are quite strategic about their power-mongering.
Yes, we are asking a lot of the Democrats. But, there is is an even bigger ask made of us, the citizens of Texas. People are being asked to let Republicans destroy our ability to take care of our own interests just so Donald Trump can cheat his way to unearned power. So much for federalism, Republicans. Trump is treating you like his personal servants.
We know Republicans are useless. Now we will see what Democrats are made of. It is a complex political calculus. Let's see how well they play a weak hand in service of the public. At least they seem to be taking the public servant part seriously.
For this, I’d be willing to go to another state for the rest of the year and I’m sure I don’t have the resources most of the reps have. At worst they get voted out of office next year. They might lose their seat anyway if Abbott decides this redistricting went well and he wants to redo the Texas House map too.
I don’t understand why they wouldn’t break quorum. It is their first chance to actually make a difference through their actions. Their speeches in opposition to terrible bills that pass anyway haven’t counted for much. Walking out though may actually stop this. It’s almost exciting they can do something bold to stand up for themselves and those they represent. If this isn’t why they ran for office then I don’t know why they are there.
I think there are a handful of reasons, some even valid. Like if they’re elderly and have a spouse in bad health. But others might see it as too politically risky, or might not be willing or able to be away from their family and careers for four or five months. Because that’s what the ask is. And others are arrogant and think it just won’t matter.
inherently they are a tribe...they go along to get along...so whomever is their leader directs em........notice how much stock they put in 'leaders' and 'leadership' .....its is an insittuition made of of followers.........and MAGA scares them, so they fold......MAGA will follow 'dear leader' into the maws of hell.....
i have yet to hear one prominent monied Dem offer them a place to live in the Medditerran for the next 6 months........
If you're not willing to walk now, when everything is on the line, then why are you even in office? This isn't just about one vote. It's about who gets to be heard for the next 10, 20, 30 years.
Silence is complicity. Showing up to hand the GOP a quorum is complicity. If you're tired, we get it—but don't hand away the state.
And yeah, if you're the reason we lose this chance to fight back, your name should be known. Not out of spite—out of accountability. Texans deserve fighters, not placeholders.
"Well, California is not going to sit back and watch this happen. We're not going to play by the old rules if it means risking the very survival of our democracy.
If Texas wants to redraw their maps, California will fight fire with fire.
But I can't do this alone. In our state, it will actually require a vote of the people. A vote we can win, but an election that will be expensive with Republicans spending whatever it takes to stop us."
from TT: i don't know if TC fits in their plans....but here is the proverbial brown vote that we, here in Tarrant County, .......neglect.....we are doing it right now.......we will neglect them yesterday, today and tomorrow.......
okay its not like they have familty in other parts of the state and can say around election time....."Dems , u gonna vote for them?.....we haven't seen 1 Dem in 10 years in FTW,,,,,u sure u gonna vote for a Dem?' ....politics doesn't happen in a vacuum. Ignoring 100,000 Hispanic D's in FTW is gonna have consequences.
"In draft congressional map, Texas Republicans bet big that gains with Latino voters will persist
The plan increases the share of Hispanic voters in three of the five districts targeted by the GOP, banking that enough will turn out and vote for Republicans without Donald Trump on the ballot."
is this how the intend to hold the Hispanic vote: "Landowners living along the Texas/Mexico border are once again facing having property confiscated from them as Donald Trump's administration ramps up efforts to build his long-promised wall."- RS
It’s way, way past time for coddling elected officials. NT is right. You don’t like being called out? Prove us wrong. Put up or shut up. You chose to serve, and the moment demands service, not servility to a status quo and the scraps it sometimes deigns to feed you. We don’t send you to Austin to gladhand and secure sinecures. And some of you, we clearly shouldn’t be sending to Austin at all.
If this passes i cant imagine the amount of damage and how demoralizing it is gonna be to Texas Democrats. This is undoubtable gonna damage so many people in Texas and the frustrating part is that any avenues to prevent this has also been captured by the republicans. Texas democrats seriously have to consider investing in the judiciary because the judiciary is also captured by the far right republicans. If the judiciary was independent they could have stopped all these nonsense. Its so disappointing that we had to suffer the consequences of people like Gilberto Hinojosa which was incompetent. This is just pure incompetency and the pure belief that the democratic party for years thought that they could capture "moderate" or even far right republicans to vote for a democrat which they never will.
Can we even stop this in time for the march primaries? I honestly dont have faith we cant. I really am not trying to be nihilistic but the constant inaction and hesitation from our democratic politicians represent why we literally still have about 30% of approval despite it being August 2025. I cant express how this is gonna continuously bleed voters all the time.
Maybe. It’s complicated. If they break quorum, Abbott will surely just call another session. Well they break quorum a second time? And a third? They may need to last until November or December, in hiding. It’s a big ask.
I want to read that the Texas House broken quorum! Or names of those who don’t! 😤🤬
Sigh...... Can the gods truly not be so cruel to grant us a reprieve. Just enough for us to have a chance to overcome this. How much does Texas democrats have to suffer in order to simply enact change.
I agree. The challenge is huge. Republicans planned it that way. They are quite strategic about their power-mongering.
Yes, we are asking a lot of the Democrats. But, there is is an even bigger ask made of us, the citizens of Texas. People are being asked to let Republicans destroy our ability to take care of our own interests just so Donald Trump can cheat his way to unearned power. So much for federalism, Republicans. Trump is treating you like his personal servants.
We know Republicans are useless. Now we will see what Democrats are made of. It is a complex political calculus. Let's see how well they play a weak hand in service of the public. At least they seem to be taking the public servant part seriously.
For this, I’d be willing to go to another state for the rest of the year and I’m sure I don’t have the resources most of the reps have. At worst they get voted out of office next year. They might lose their seat anyway if Abbott decides this redistricting went well and he wants to redo the Texas House map too.
I don’t understand why they wouldn’t break quorum. It is their first chance to actually make a difference through their actions. Their speeches in opposition to terrible bills that pass anyway haven’t counted for much. Walking out though may actually stop this. It’s almost exciting they can do something bold to stand up for themselves and those they represent. If this isn’t why they ran for office then I don’t know why they are there.
I think there are a handful of reasons, some even valid. Like if they’re elderly and have a spouse in bad health. But others might see it as too politically risky, or might not be willing or able to be away from their family and careers for four or five months. Because that’s what the ask is. And others are arrogant and think it just won’t matter.
inherently they are a tribe...they go along to get along...so whomever is their leader directs em........notice how much stock they put in 'leaders' and 'leadership' .....its is an insittuition made of of followers.........and MAGA scares them, so they fold......MAGA will follow 'dear leader' into the maws of hell.....
i have yet to hear one prominent monied Dem offer them a place to live in the Medditerran for the next 6 months........
If you're not willing to walk now, when everything is on the line, then why are you even in office? This isn't just about one vote. It's about who gets to be heard for the next 10, 20, 30 years.
Silence is complicity. Showing up to hand the GOP a quorum is complicity. If you're tired, we get it—but don't hand away the state.
And yeah, if you're the reason we lose this chance to fight back, your name should be known. Not out of spite—out of accountability. Texans deserve fighters, not placeholders.
Thanks to your reporting i have confidence that Dem just might bolt.
Its not their normal posture but with so much press, they may
heh Chair Martin, the 30K money, rent a condo off shore for the patriots that flee.
Oh god that would be such a dream. It is so annoying.
Now this is a begging letter i will respond to: Gavin wants my $3 and tells me why
Scudder.........go 'explictive explicative"...Allison...go "explicative explicative"
"Well, California is not going to sit back and watch this happen. We're not going to play by the old rules if it means risking the very survival of our democracy.
If Texas wants to redraw their maps, California will fight fire with fire.
But I can't do this alone. In our state, it will actually require a vote of the people. A vote we can win, but an election that will be expensive with Republicans spending whatever it takes to stop us."
from TT: i don't know if TC fits in their plans....but here is the proverbial brown vote that we, here in Tarrant County, .......neglect.....we are doing it right now.......we will neglect them yesterday, today and tomorrow.......
okay its not like they have familty in other parts of the state and can say around election time....."Dems , u gonna vote for them?.....we haven't seen 1 Dem in 10 years in FTW,,,,,u sure u gonna vote for a Dem?' ....politics doesn't happen in a vacuum. Ignoring 100,000 Hispanic D's in FTW is gonna have consequences.
"In draft congressional map, Texas Republicans bet big that gains with Latino voters will persist
The plan increases the share of Hispanic voters in three of the five districts targeted by the GOP, banking that enough will turn out and vote for Republicans without Donald Trump on the ballot."
PS: i don't know any pol in FTW with the vision thing.....especially our county party leader Allsion......
but this is a roadmap for 26......simply increase Hispanic T/O ,,,,which has been our playbook for at least 10 years
is this how the intend to hold the Hispanic vote: "Landowners living along the Texas/Mexico border are once again facing having property confiscated from them as Donald Trump's administration ramps up efforts to build his long-promised wall."- RS