Jessica

Jessica

@superboring.bsky.social

just a Texan wishing she had less worthless senators

82 followers138 following187 posts

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Rep. Lloyd Doggett
@doggett.house.gov

[1/2] Today is #NationalVoterRegistrationDay, and with more than 1.2 million Texans currently on the State’s voter “suspense list” pending an address update, it's never been more important to ensure you can exercise your right to vote. www.votetexas.gov/register-to-...

votetexas.govRegister to Vote in Texas | VoteTexas.govLearn how to register to vote in Texas with easy-to-follow steps. Get all the details you need to ensure you're ready for the next election.
Jessica
@superboring.bsky.social

“On July 27, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency announced that power plants that exclusively keep data centers online won’t be subject to the Clean Air Act.” 🤬🤬🤬

Matthew Gault@mjgault.bsky.social

the more I look into data centers, the more I find a couple of issues that drive me insane. just basic physics-style issues. the power generation problem is one of them

404media.coData Centers Are Easy to Build. Powering Them Is Complicated, Slow, and ExpensiveA new AI data center can be up and running in a year. Building new energy infrastructure to power it could take a decade.

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Josh Kovensky
@joshkovensky.bsky.social

Two defendants who received 50 years each, Savanna Batten and Elizabeth Soto, were never accused of helping plan the demonstration here. They arrived separately, left the protest when guards asked them to, and were not accused of any act of violence talkingpointsmemo.com/news/prairie...

talkingpointsmemo.comPrairieland ‘Antifa’ Activists Sentenced to Decades in Prison on ‘Terrorism’ ChargesFederal judges in Fort Worth handed down maximum sentences to eight people...

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Rep. Mike Levin
@levin.house.gov

Replying to @levin.house.gov

This is a cruel betrayal of the values our nation stands for. They are coming for SSI, and they are hoping you aren’t paying attention.

propublica.orgThe Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their FamiliesA rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...

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Shaindel Beers
@shaindelr.bsky.social

We have a very sweet puppy at @pawspendletonor.bsky.social who is a bit of a medical miracle! Please donate and share to help sweet, little Ruby! #dogs #adoptdontshop #AnimalRescue www.gofundme.com/f/meet-ruby-...

gofundme.comDonate to Meet Ruby, A Very Special Puppy!, organized by Shaindel BeersMeet Ruby! Ruby is a special, little puppy because she is a bit of a medical mirac… Shaindel Beers needs your support for Meet Ruby, A Very Special Puppy!

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Just Jack
@just-jack-1.bsky.social

You can be opposed to the Iranian regime AND the reckless bombing of school kids. You can support the troops AND be opposed to sending them into senseless wars. You are not an antisemite if you decry the Israeli regime’s genocidal rampage. Don’t let morons impose their idiotic view of the world.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his)
@greene.haus

Okay, so: 1) fertilizers are in shortage; 2) E15 comes from corn fed with fertilizers; 3) land used to grow corn for ethanol produces 3.2% of the energy generated by covering the same amount of land with solar panels. With all respect, what are we doing here?

anthropocenemagazine.orgNew study compares growing corn for energy to solar production. It’s no contest.In fact, it would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by one hectare of land covered in solar panels.
Amy Klobuchar@amyklobuchar.com

I called on the Administration to make E15 available to drivers this summer to curb rising fuel costs. Today they announced they are doing just that. This is good for American consumers and farmers. Next, we must pass my bipartisan bill to permanently allow year round E15.

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Parker Welch
@parkerwelch.bsky.social

The Rosedale school rezoning will be going before the Zoning & Platting Commission this Tuesday NIMBYs are asking the City to block the rezoning while they fight the School District in court to enforce language in the racist 1938 deed restriction. AISD needs the rezoning to close their budget gap.

Parker Welch@parkerwelch.bsky.social

People will really say in public, in front of God and everybody, that more teachers should be fired and more kids should lose their school because they don’t want to see a six-story building in their neighborhood

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Kelly
@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social

Replying to @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social

Please speak up for Rodney. A year in an ICE camp is beyond comprehension. Public pressure works. If enough people speak up, a life may be saved. Many of the deaths in ICE custody have been due to medical neglect… let’s make sure Rodney isn’t one of them.

disabledginger.comHelp Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICERodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.

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Robert Goodin
@nidoog.bsky.social

With CECOT being in the news, I want to repost this article my wife wrote about our adopted kids' birth father. He finished a prison sentence and was deported to El Salvador and landed in CECOT. If anyone can help with this, please contact me. We're feeling pretty helpless.

latimes.comContributor: A criminal conviction doesn't make an immigrant 'the worst of the worst'Our children's birth father was a shining example of rehabilitation in California. Then he was deported to El Salvador, disappeared from the kids' lives.
Jessica
@superboring.bsky.social

@darthbluesky.bsky.social can you help boost these pups??!

KXAN News@kxan.com

Reese, Dulce De Leche, and Pete’s Pizzeria and Powersports are three dogs who may be euthanized if the shelter can't find homes for them soon.

kxan.comSan Marcos Regional Animal Shelter at ‘critical capacity,’ seeks homes for at-risk dogsSan Marcos Regional Animal Shelter, or SMRAS, said that it’s at a “critical capacity” of animals, according to a Monday press release from the shelter.

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Ari Drennen
@aridrennen.bsky.social

Can't help but notice that the media breathlessly reporting on the messages that shooters write on their bullets seems to have been followed by a surge of shooters writing messages on bullets

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Texas Tribune
@texastribune.org

An immigration judge ruled ICE can’t deport Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, who has permission to be in the country, unless the agency can provide evidence that her legal status was revoked.

texastribune.orgICE seeks to deport DACA recipient after arrest at El Paso airportAn immigration judge ruled ICE can’t deport Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, who has permission to be in the country, unless the agency can provide evidence that her legal status was revoked.

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Parker Welch
@parkerwelch.bsky.social

Replying to @parkerwelch.bsky.social

Senator Eckhardt is planning to lead a march out of the Capitol and then she invites everyone to meet tomorrow at 8:30 AM on the south steps

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Joe Adalian
@tvmojoe.bsky.social

The Bulwark has a story which mentions the case of Javier Diaz Santana, the deaf DACA man who was swept up into an ICE gulag for over a month. But to understand the true horror of his deal, you should read this (non-paywalled, I think) LAT story. www.latimes.com/california/s...

latimes.comDeaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to TexasJavier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and communicates using sign language, was swept up in a federal immigration raid at his job in Temple City. He could not communicate in handcuffs. His attorney says U....

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Indivisible Rosedale Huddle
@rosedale-huddle.bsky.social

Last week, over 1,000 Texans testified against the GOP’s rigged redistricting plan. Republicans ignored them and passed it anyway. Texas Democrats left the state to block it, and now Abbott is threatening to remove them. This is not normal. Call. Donate. Protest. #ComeAndTakeIt #TexasDemocrats

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Casar: "This idea of fining legislators -- and now I'm starting to hear about the governor or the speaker of the house trying to expel lawmakers from office -- is deeply unconstitutional and it is part of a worrying trend ... it's the kind of authoritarian thing that we think about in other nations"

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Joaquin Castro
@joaquincastrotx.bsky.social

This illegal map is a direct attack on the Voting Rights Act, suppresses the voice of thousands of Texans, and hurts black and brown communities the most. We need to keep speaking out and letting Republicans know this map cannot stand. I’ll keep fighting. This is not over.

Houston Public Media@houstonpublicmedia.bsky.social

A bill that would dramatically redraw Texas’ congressional maps has advanced in the GOP-led House of Representatives, increasing the chances that Democrats will break quorum to deny Republicans the minimum number of legislators needed for the House to function.

houstonpublicmedia.orgCongressional redistricting map passes House committee, pushing Dems towards quorum breakRepublicans on the Texas House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting passed House Bill 4 on a party-line vote. Democrats could prevent further action by refusing to show up, denying Republicans the necessary number of lawmakers needed for the House to function, an action they last took in 2021.

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Howdy Politics
@howdypolitics.bsky.social

Texans: It is extremely important that if you cannot attend tomorrow’s redistricting hearing in Austin, you submit public comment to oppose the new map. It’s important that we have the public opposition on the record for if and when this goes to court #txlege

comments.house.texas.govHouse Public CommentThe purpose of this form is to aid Texas residents in electronically submitting public comments to House committees on measures or matters included on public hearing notices.