Thinking of Senator Hoffman, his wife, and everyone mourning Speaker Hortman and her husband. An attack on a democratically elected leader is not just a personal tragedy for those directly impacted—it is an attack on our democracy itself.

wapo helping democracy die in darkness

Just hours after a man assassinated a Dem politician and murdered her husband and shot another Dem and their spouse, Trump spouts that “Radical Left Democrats are sick of mind, hate our Country, and actually want to destroy our Inner Cities.” We have a deeply troubled president

The Department of Homeland Security is again asking us to reject what we can see plainly with our own eyes. Brad Lander did not assault police officers, just as Senator Padilla did not fail to identify himself. This is absolute authoritarian behavior.

Bernie is right. Political parties have control over the terms of primary elections. The DNC has the power to ban Super PAC spending. If Democrats really want to become the party of working people and fight the forces that brought us Trump, they must disavow Big Money.

The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.

Once we have found all the missing and taken care of those who have lost so much, the next questions are clear. How much contact did TDEM have with locals & were there any prep on the ground with thousands of campers settling in for a long holiday weekend.

Extremely helpful thread here by Beto O'Rourke for anyone wondering how they can help those impacted by severe flooding in Central Texas Donation stations are popping up across the area to collect misc items that will be transported to Kerrville and other impacted areas

in case you are wondering how people in rural areas can distribute and receive emergency information in a disaster even when cell service is unreliable, that technology exists and it is called public radio stations

in fact, it was Dan Patrick's Senate that failed to even give it a hearing after being passed 129-18 in the House #txlege

Texas officials have long worried about the dangers to children who packed into camps each summer along the flood-prone Guadalupe River. They knew that warning systems were inadequate. So why was nothing done? We have reviewed documents spanning a decade to find answers. 🧵 1/9

Are you a lib who has been blocked by Emily French on Twitter? Ask yourself this one question: did I ever tweet gleefully about Texans dying?

NEW: In his first presser after the deadly floods, the Kerr County Judge said they do not have an emergency alert system. But we've learned that not only does the county have such a system, but first responders asked that it be triggered very early Friday AM. Some residents

This Governor just told the world he DOESN’T GIVE A DAMN about doing the real work of governing to keep Texans safe after the horrific July 4th floods. Greg Abbott just added congressional redistricting to a 30 day Special Session that should be laser focused on saving lives.

Special sessions are 30 days long and designed to address emergency items like this weekend’s devastating floods. It’s not the time for culture wars or pandering to extremists. We should focus on our emergency response systems to keep Texans safe and save the rest for 2027.

Abbott’s decision to call a special session on redistricting is nothing more than a craven power grab. Read my full statement here:

The only thing the governor and #txlege have any business prioritizing in the special session is flooding. None of the extra garbage items on the agenda. People are dead and missing. A bathroom bill sure as hell won’t fix that.

U.S. President Donald Trump asked Liberian President Joseph Boakai where he learned to speak "so beautifully" during a White House meeting on Wednesday. English is the official language of Liberia.