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🔥 CALLS ARE SHAKING THEM. TX Republicans are already panicked by the flood of outrage. Keep dialing.
Demand they release @nicolecollier95:
📞 Sergeant at Arms: (512) 463-0910
📞 Chairman Charlie Geren: (512) 463-0784
Don’t let them normalize political hostage-taking.
🔥 CALLS ARE SHAKING THEM. TX Republicans are already panicked by the flood of outrage. Keep dialing.
Demand they release @nicolecollier95:
📞 Sergeant at Arms: (512) 463-0910
📞 Chairman Charlie Geren: (512) 463-0784
Don’t let them normalize political hostage-taking.
August 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Help this poor woman Texas peeps!
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OUTRAGE: TX Republicans have literally barricaded Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber. They demand Democrats sign police “permission slips” to exit.
This is not lawmaking—it’s hostage-taking. It’s fascism in plain sight.
📍 Austin: 1100 Congress Ave. TONIGHT 7pm. Rise up.
OUTRAGE: TX Republicans have literally barricaded Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber. They demand Democrats sign police “permission slips” to exit.
This is not lawmaking—it’s hostage-taking. It’s fascism in plain sight.
📍 Austin: 1100 Congress Ave. TONIGHT 7pm. Rise up.
August 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Help this poor woman Texas peeps!
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Showing the endangered leader of an invaded country my hats
August 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Showing the endangered leader of an invaded country my hats
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Stand strong Rep. Collier.
“‘I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts,’ Collier said in a statement that called her a ‘political prisoner’ for refusing Republican ‘surveillance protocol.’” www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Texas Democratic legislator to stay in state capitol after refusing law enforcement escort to leave
State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth on Monday said she will remain locked in the Austin statehouse chamber until the House reconvenes on Wednesday morning.
www.nbcnews.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Stand strong Rep. Collier.
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The net tightens around key figures in the Hope #Florida scandal. This contains the clearest explanation of the timeline I've seen anywhere. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/the-net-ti... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
The net tightens around key figures in the Hope Florida scandal
Florida in Five: Five stories to read from the past week in Florida politics.
jasongarcia.substack.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The net tightens around key figures in the Hope #Florida scandal. This contains the clearest explanation of the timeline I've seen anywhere. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/the-net-ti... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
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After years of watching them not only refuse to speak out, but literally watching them twist themselves into knots to protect him, I know they will never tell the truth.
August 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
After years of watching them not only refuse to speak out, but literally watching them twist themselves into knots to protect him, I know they will never tell the truth.
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TX Dems are headed home, relying on Democratically-led states to throw counterpunches.
"We’re returning to TX more dangerous to Republicans’ plans than when we left. Our return allows us to build the legal record necessary to defeat this racist map in court..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"We’re returning to TX more dangerous to Republicans’ plans than when we left. Our return allows us to build the legal record necessary to defeat this racist map in court..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democrats return to Texas as California kicks off push to pass new electoral map
California effort to add Democratic seats is in response to Texas’s effort to redraw map there to add Republican seats
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
TX Dems are headed home, relying on Democratically-led states to throw counterpunches.
"We’re returning to TX more dangerous to Republicans’ plans than when we left. Our return allows us to build the legal record necessary to defeat this racist map in court..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"We’re returning to TX more dangerous to Republicans’ plans than when we left. Our return allows us to build the legal record necessary to defeat this racist map in court..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Jim Crow 2025
August 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Jim Crow 2025
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All of the legacy media outlets that told us last year that Trump and the GOP really loved voting by mail and criticized me for saying it wasn't true were wrong. Now Trump is trying to ban VBM and he also wants to take over vote counting and certification. I hope they listen to me this time.
August 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
All of the legacy media outlets that told us last year that Trump and the GOP really loved voting by mail and criticized me for saying it wasn't true were wrong. Now Trump is trying to ban VBM and he also wants to take over vote counting and certification. I hope they listen to me this time.
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Texas Republicans have locked Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier inside the state house chamber and refuse to allow her to leave.
They are requiring Democrats to sign “permission slips” and have a police escort in order to leave the chamber, and she refuses to sign it.
They are requiring Democrats to sign “permission slips” and have a police escort in order to leave the chamber, and she refuses to sign it.
August 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Texas Republicans have locked Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier inside the state house chamber and refuse to allow her to leave.
They are requiring Democrats to sign “permission slips” and have a police escort in order to leave the chamber, and she refuses to sign it.
They are requiring Democrats to sign “permission slips” and have a police escort in order to leave the chamber, and she refuses to sign it.
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A permission slip? A DPS escort? To leave your workplace? HELL NO!
No job should ever restrain someone against their will. This isn’t 1825. It’s 2025 and this MAGA authoritarian bullshit has no place in America!
No job should ever restrain someone against their will. This isn’t 1825. It’s 2025 and this MAGA authoritarian bullshit has no place in America!
Collier: I refused to sign and so I was told that I was gonna have to stay here on the floor. They have locked the doors. The sergeants have been instructed not to allow me to leave until I have a permission slip.
August 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
A permission slip? A DPS escort? To leave your workplace? HELL NO!
No job should ever restrain someone against their will. This isn’t 1825. It’s 2025 and this MAGA authoritarian bullshit has no place in America!
No job should ever restrain someone against their will. This isn’t 1825. It’s 2025 and this MAGA authoritarian bullshit has no place in America!
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Everyone dunking on the terrible MS NOW name and logo is right, and it’s crazy to give up the MSNBC brand, but we should put the blame where it belongs: on NBCUniversal and Comcast
Scoop: MSNBC announced today it is changing its name to MS NOW, but behind the scenes NBCU execs forced the network to drop its connection to the peacock, sparking significant tension and a tightly-held rebrand effort. Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/msnbc-new-...
Plucking MSNBC’s Feathers
After nearly 30 years, MSNBC is dropping its name to become MS NOW—a rebrand that sparked tension with NBCU and weeks of behind-the-scenes debate.
www.status.news
August 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Everyone dunking on the terrible MS NOW name and logo is right, and it’s crazy to give up the MSNBC brand, but we should put the blame where it belongs: on NBCUniversal and Comcast
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“This is very much connected to the rise of authoritarianism that we’ve seen across the country,” said the executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. “They can’t win fairly, so they’re trying to rewrite the rules to get their way.”
(Published May)
(Published May)
Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.
In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power…
www.propublica.org
August 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“This is very much connected to the rise of authoritarianism that we’ve seen across the country,” said the executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. “They can’t win fairly, so they’re trying to rewrite the rules to get their way.”
(Published May)
(Published May)
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This is one of the more egregious incidents I've seen! They're only getting more & more violent. And snipers shooting bystanders?! #FckICE You are a bunch of cowards. That's why you wear masks, why you gang up on one person with half a dozen or more men_ nay, you're not men but devolved cockroaches.
CW: Violence
An unarmed veteran was attacked from behind, injured, and hauled into a Portland ICE facility. This is just one example of the unchecked brutality carried out by a secret police force operating in the shadows. Tell your elected officials to act now: www.bluestatedefianc...
An unarmed veteran was attacked from behind, injured, and hauled into a Portland ICE facility. This is just one example of the unchecked brutality carried out by a secret police force operating in the shadows. Tell your elected officials to act now: www.bluestatedefianc...
August 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is one of the more egregious incidents I've seen! They're only getting more & more violent. And snipers shooting bystanders?! #FckICE You are a bunch of cowards. That's why you wear masks, why you gang up on one person with half a dozen or more men_ nay, you're not men but devolved cockroaches.
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Travis Nash - God Bless the USA!
YouTube video by Revolution Radio
youtu.be
August 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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10 days ago a guy lost in Anti-Vax madness fired **500 bullets** at the Centers for Disease Control and killed the first cop who came to stop him.
The cop was Marine Veteran David Rose, whose name has somehow NOT been a national story since the day he was killed. taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...
The cop was Marine Veteran David Rose, whose name has somehow NOT been a national story since the day he was killed. taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...
August 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
10 days ago a guy lost in Anti-Vax madness fired **500 bullets** at the Centers for Disease Control and killed the first cop who came to stop him.
The cop was Marine Veteran David Rose, whose name has somehow NOT been a national story since the day he was killed. taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...
The cop was Marine Veteran David Rose, whose name has somehow NOT been a national story since the day he was killed. taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...
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Texas Republicans are holding a Black woman, a Democratic state rep, hostage in the legislative chamber. They have locked the doors and have banned her from leaving.
“‘I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts,’ Collier said in a statement that called her a ‘political prisoner’ for refusing Republican ‘surveillance protocol.’” www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Texas Democratic legislator to stay in state capitol after refusing law enforcement escort to leave
State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth on Monday said she will remain locked in the Austin statehouse chamber until the House reconvenes on Wednesday morning.
www.nbcnews.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Texas Republicans are holding a Black woman, a Democratic state rep, hostage in the legislative chamber. They have locked the doors and have banned her from leaving.
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“‘I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts,’ Collier said in a statement that called her a ‘political prisoner’ for refusing Republican ‘surveillance protocol.’” www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Texas Democratic legislator to stay in state capitol after refusing law enforcement escort to leave
State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth on Monday said she will remain locked in the Austin statehouse chamber until the House reconvenes on Wednesday morning.
www.nbcnews.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
“‘I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts,’ Collier said in a statement that called her a ‘political prisoner’ for refusing Republican ‘surveillance protocol.’” www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Ummm so this is called holding someone hostage... the fck??
If Democrats refuse a police escort that would monitor their movements, the Republican’s plan is to LOCK THEM IN until the session begins?
DO I REALLY HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS NOT OKAY??
#FreeNicoleCollier
If Democrats refuse a police escort that would monitor their movements, the Republican’s plan is to LOCK THEM IN until the session begins?
DO I REALLY HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS NOT OKAY??
#FreeNicoleCollier
August 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Ummm so this is called holding someone hostage... the fck??
If Democrats refuse a police escort that would monitor their movements, the Republican’s plan is to LOCK THEM IN until the session begins?
DO I REALLY HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS NOT OKAY??
#FreeNicoleCollier
If Democrats refuse a police escort that would monitor their movements, the Republican’s plan is to LOCK THEM IN until the session begins?
DO I REALLY HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS NOT OKAY??
#FreeNicoleCollier
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Surveillance company Flock is now using AI to report us to police if the bot registers *our everyday movements* as “suspicious”
www.aclu.org/news/nationa...
www.aclu.org/news/nationa...
August 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Surveillance company Flock is now using AI to report us to police if the bot registers *our everyday movements* as “suspicious”
www.aclu.org/news/nationa...
www.aclu.org/news/nationa...
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Texas in 2025.
August 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Texas in 2025.
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As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
August 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
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Collier: I refused to sign and so I was told that I was gonna have to stay here on the floor. They have locked the doors. The sergeants have been instructed not to allow me to leave until I have a permission slip.
August 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Collier: I refused to sign and so I was told that I was gonna have to stay here on the floor. They have locked the doors. The sergeants have been instructed not to allow me to leave until I have a permission slip.