Laura Lightning

Congressional hypnosis. When will they hear the finger snapping and wake up? These people are humiliating themselves and the whole country.

Defend the liberty of a stranger as you would defend your own, or that of a loved one, because that is what's actually on the table—whether we are a society that will sit still as our neighbors are snatched in the night, and disappeared into darkness, or a society that will fight for each other.

Feeling the love for "Clean Slate", a show some of these wockaflockas out here clearly need to watch and digest and whatnot. Please consider putting your eyes on it, so we can make more. Now streaming on Prime.

Texans showed up. We spoke out. Now, we keep going. With your help, we can turn action into impact. Amplify Austin ends at 6 PM tonight, and every donation helps unlock additional funds to fuel real change.

Someone knocked over a pole during a cheerleading competition (parents fighting?) and it led to panic, stampede and chaos. Someone broke a leg. Why? Because of our collective gun violence trauma. We don’t have to keep living like this. www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/d...

2/2 (continued) Texas Governor #GregAbbott out of step with majority of Republican’s of which 69% believe Russia 🇷🇺 is aggressor and 83% of Republican’s who believe #Putin CAN’T BE TRUSTED, per @wsj.com poll this week ⬇️ www.wsj.com/opinion/most...

Volodymyr Zelensky's Oval Office visit ended early when Donald Trump and JD Vance began angrily yelling at him. Here's why women like Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton are too emotional to be president.

Excellent story about yesterday’s Texas Coalition to End Gun Violence Advocacy Day apple.news/A5W7AegD2T-a...

“We deserve a world where kids don’t die in school.” Sen. Roland Guiterrez

“I wish I hadn’t seen what I have seen.” Uvalde State Senator Guiterrez at#TexasAdvocacyDay to prevent gun violence.

In 3 days, the number of measles cases in a highly unvaccinated area of Texas has doubled. There are now 48 cases, all of whom are unvaccinated, and 13 of whom have been hospitalized so far, for a hospitalization rate of 27%. This is huge figure in epidemiology. This outbreak will keep spreading.

Men representing Texas, we need you to stand in solidarity with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault on Thursday, February 20th at 1pm on the South steps at the Capitol. @genefortexas.bsky.social @nathanfortexas.bsky.social @rolandfortexas.bsky.social @lalanitx.bsky.social #txlege

Got questions about Advocacy Day? We’ve got answers! Get ready to stand with Texans from all over the state. 
We are the gun sense majority—be part of the momentum! RSVP now! BIT.LY/TXAD2025  #gunsense #endgunviolence #honorwithaction

In a new lawsuit filed against Trump by state AGs, a family with a trans kid shares she died by suicide last month citing fears Trump would deny her access to gender-affirming care. "Her parents have expressed fear...that what happened to their daughter does not happen to other children."

Each day brings a new atrocity. That this man — who serves as a Kremlin mouthpiece — has been given unfettered access to the inner workings of the entire executive branch is beyond comprehension. Having spent decades studying the American presidency, I can assure you this is unprecedented.

I remember when right-wing media said that I wasn’t qualified to be a member of Congress because of my credit card debt. My debt was nowhere near $1.2 million. Do they think the same of RFK Jr? Or does that standard only apply to young people? We know the answer.

Not sure who needs to hear this but the filing to run for Texas school boards with May elections closes next Friday, February 14. 💘 /1

The TX lege is more focused on school vouchers while gun tragedy is the #1 cause of death for children in the state. Join this march please to demand change.

Texas Coalition to End Gun Violence is holding a march, rally +lawmaker visits on 2/27. Bit.ly/TXAD2025 to register

I think countries around the world should levy tariffs specifically on Tesla in response to US tariffs, as well as banning Twitter as a national security threat driving a wedge between our co-dictators may be the most effective thing they can do

This is a national emergency:

Rep. Jasmine Crockett continues to be on 🔥 #ResistTrump

Now, Trump is trying to solve the problem he invented as part of his anti-trans campaign strategy—by going much, much further than the earlier lies, and threatening to prosecute teachers who take steps to acknowledge or support the identities of trans or nonbinary students.

Such a great point. I’m in San Antonio TX & community members have made this directory of mutual aids & resources for the city & surrounding areas. docs.google.com/spreadsheets... There’s is also this one that was created for TX (just not sure how up to date it is) docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Watch this vido with Holly Clemons. youtu.be/LL_R9RVCZg8

Buy Nothing also has an app, which they specifically designed to encourage people to get off of Facebook. buynothingproject.org/join

The Air Force is stripping Tuskegee Airmen lessons from basic training curriculum because of our White supremacist government. Put that in a headline. www.expressnews.com/news/article...

“Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping” - Fred Rogers Here are a few helpers While still online: usa.gov/legal-aid usa.gov/job-discrimination-harassment A few more aclu.org hias.org girightshotline.org splcenter.org www.americaamerica.news/p/take-stren...

This reporter stated the truth of Musk’s Nazi salute. Her CBS affiliate bowed down to this fascist thuggery by firing her for telling the truth. Shame on them.

Texas friends: some very cool women created material to stand against Greg A and educate fellow Texans about school vouchers. They are looking for connections in rural communities to start respectful conversations with. Can you pm if you can help or have any leads?

Thank you @lonestarleft.com for this: Here are essential Spanish phrases you need to remember: • La Migra = ICE • No digas nada. = Don’t say anything. • Pida un abogado. = Ask for a lawyer.

BREAKING: Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen.

Good morning. A few thoughts at the beginning of this day. open.substack.com/pub/conniesc...

Gun Sense Majority Advocacy Day at the Texas Capitol will be on Tuesday, Feb 27, 2025. Mothers Against Greg Abbott is one of the Partners. We have t-shirts on our website now for the event. mothersagainstgregabbott.com/product/tc-a...

At every corner, we must oppose these baseless attacks on the trans community. The fascist playbook looks to blame the issues created by billionaires and spineless politicians on certain groups of people. Trump has selected trans folks and immigrants. We can’t give an inch on the bigotry. Onwards ✊🏾

Jimmy Carter, a visionary on ending fossil fuels, put solar panels on the White House. Big Oil-backed Ronald Reagan ousted Carter in 1980 and ripped them out Tonight, as Carter lies in in state in the Capitol, a climate-fueled wildfire is destroying Reagan's former hometown of Pacific Palisades

This chart comparing shooting incidents to media coverage gets me every single time. You can see the spike when Eric Adams was trying to win his primary and how that became the norm as soon as cop mayor took office.

If the Trump administration moves ahead with their mass deportation plan, schools will be on the front lines of supporting impacted children This @kalynbelsha.bsky.social story shows the long-lasting ramifications of this kind of enforcement on communities www.chalkbeat.org/2024/10/29/t...