Gerrymandering is modern-day voter suppression.  The Voting Rights Act was meant to stop this, yet we are still being carved out of power.  #TexasRedistricting #VRA

Chaos erupted at Commissioners Court Thursday as dozens of children descended on the courtroom to support a proposed tax increase for a trio of childcare programs. houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst…

Trump threatened to arrest us. Abbott threatened to remove us from office. Paxton threatened to “hunt” us down. Yesterday, we received a bomb threat. But we will not back down.

The Attorney General just filed a lawsuit to vacate my seat and remove me from office. I broke quorum to protect the voice of millions of Texans. This seat belongs to the people of Texas House District 136 — not Ken Paxton. I’m not backing down.

Our state representatives are not runaways and they definitely aren't cowards. Words matter.

Landed in Chicago a few moments ago, and here’s one of the first things I see. God, I love Illinois Democrats.

Next election Texas will have an Attorney General who speaks the truth. #JaworskiforTexas

Stand!

.Gene Wu: "We can't fight this fight forever. What we need is Americans to stand up. We're buying time for Texans to wake up, for Americans to gear up. To not only deal with Texas, but deal with this in every other state. If people who lie, cheat, and steal are allowed to

Trump expects us to bend the knee and let him steal 5 Congressional seats. Our knees don’t bend in Texas.

These strategies are not student centered. Students need productive struggle to grow.

The city of Washington, D.C. belongs to the great people of Washington, D.C., not the occupant of the White House. If he actually cared about the wellbeing of the people of Washington, he wouldn't have blocked D.C. from spending its OWN money in the way it saw fit. This is not

STATEHOOD FOR D.C.

Mayor Muriel Bowser: I think I speak for all Americans. We don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil.

The man in the White House wants to “crack down” on crime in D.C.… cute. The audacity of sitting in the Oval Office with felony charges and thinking you can lecture anyone on “law and order.” This isn’t about safety — it’s about power, control, and distraction. If Trump cared

.Gavin Newsom: "It's the rule of Don, no longer the rule of law. And people need to understand the lines that are being redrawn in Texas are not about party. They're about power. And you've got to meet fire with fire and power needs to be asserted in blue states, not just red

Texas House Democrats will return to the House floor after taking the fight nationally, and as California begins the process of neutralizing the Trump-Abbott redistricting scheme in Texas. #texlege

This is Texas and this should be against the law. Nicole Collier #TexLege

In case anyone's confused, yes, slavery was bad.

Trump and Abbott just rammed through maps designed to kick people like me out of office. They don't want me in Congress because they don't want us to be heard. But we're not going anywhere. Today I'm launching my campaign for reelection in the city I love. #TX37