Texans deserve to know where billions in taxpayer dollars are being spent. This week we published new reporting about how after pouring billions into Texas’ border wall construction, state lawmakers have quietly stopped funding the infrastructure project. 🧵

Hey JD Vance — nice of you to finally make it out to California. Since you’re so eager to talk about me, how about saying it to my face? Let’s debate. Time and place?

It’s that time of year! Let’s go kilian jornet ! #WS100

Sen. Ted Cruz stripped weather forecasting funds from Trump's megabill. Then the floods came. motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

Meteorologist Troy Kimmel (used to watch his forecasts when I lived in Austin) concludes it was “negligence” if these camps didn’t have action plans in place to respond to NWS flash flood warnings. #negligence #kerrville podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yal…

“I never wrote a picture in my life.”

Up to 1.7 million Texans are expected to lose their health insurance through coming changes to the Affordable Care Act marketplace under Republicans’ tax and spending megabill, according to an analysis by health policy experts. bit.ly/3TQ3CpI

TODAY! Join DLAT and Leah Litman, host of Strict Scrutiny and author of Lawless, at 12 PM CT for our free July CLE discussing the new restrictions on injunctive relief! Register at bit.ly/dlat-july-cle

🚨NEW: Governor Gavin Newsom plans to call for a special election in November for voters to approve a new congressional map in California to combat the Texas GOP’s gerrymander attempt. RETWEET to thank Gavin Newsom for standing up for our democracy!

We can’t lose focus on what matters – right now, Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next year’s midterm elections. This is a power grab that undermines our democracy.

Ted Cruz treating his posts like Cancun: Gets caught, then disappears.

I am so proud of the Texas House Democrats and the work that they’ve done. Their willingness to put themselves on the line to highlight the current assault on our democracy has set an example for what all of us have to do.

🔵 New - Senate primary poll - Texas 🔵 O'Rourke 58% 🔵 Allred 38% Texas SU #B - LV - 8/12

Texas Republicans passed their extremely partisan gerrymandered map in the dead of night. Why? That’s when spineless thieves operate.

You didn’t get the weekend, 8-hour day, or child labor bans because corporations were generous—unions fought for them. The working and middle class thrive when unions are strong. That’s why the rich fight unionizing. America is strongest when labor is strong.

HEY, DONNY. YOU APPARENTLY SUCK AT EVERYTHING EXCEPT LOSING: JOBS, HAIR, LAWSUITS. TRY CREATING JOBS LIKE GAVIN (ECONOMY GENIUS) NEWSOM. I'M GROWING THE WORLD'S 4TH LARGEST ECONOMY, YOU'RE GROWING YOUR WALLET AND ANKLES. WE DON'T NEED A BALLROOM WE NEED A PRESIDENT WITH BALLS!!

Robert De Niro on Donald Trump: “He’s a punk. He’s a dog. He’s a pig. He’s a con. A bullshit artist. A mutt who doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Doesn’t do his homework. Doesn’t care. Doesn’t pay his taxes. He’s an idiot. He’s a national disaster. He’s an embarrassment to

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