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Gene Wu
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Football sure brings out #txlege bipartisanship! Where else can @RepLongoria break a finger, @VinceYoung10 make a cameo, & @georgepbush can be a monster? Watch my video that captures every moment👉🏼👉🏼
Oscar @RepLongoria wanted me to note that he kept playing despite the broken finger. Because he is a badass when it comes to amateur sports.
Please support the Vince Young Foundation to help under-privileged young people achieve their full potential!
10vinceyoung.com/foundation/
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Gene Wu
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Outside of the flawed warrant process & lies by the officer, we need to talk about ending the Drug War. A war where these lives are considered acceptable loses.

This situation is the inevitable outcome when we wage war against our own citizens for drug addiction.
When we talk about the militarization of our police force, we are talking about fighting the drug war more than anything else.

It's rare for local police to use no-knock armed raids on anything other than drug cases.
Police and prosecutors know how dangerous raids and no-knock raids are to both police and citizens.

So why do them at all except in the most extreme circumstances?

Because they might flush the drugs?

Why are we raiding someone who has a flushable amount of drugs?
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Gene Wu
@GeneforTexas
Happy Lunar New Year!

2019 is the year of the Golden Piggie.
We handed out some red envelopes to be members and staff in celebration of #LunarNewYear
Here's our #LunarNewYear note to members:
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Gene Wu
@GeneforTexas
Get your kids vaccinated. It's in the Houston area.

Measles is HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS.
Just want to add some details & history. (From CDC)

Measles has killed human beings for a really long time. It's a dreaded disease.
Measles is survivable. But it was still deadly in large unprotected populations.
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Donie O'Sullivan
@donie
#BREAK This evening Facebook suspended a group of Russian-backed Facebook pages with millions of video views, some targeting American millennials. The pages didn’t disclose their Russian ties (but Facebook’s rules don’t say they have to). @CNN

cnn.com/2019/02/15/tec…
Here’s what some of the pages look like. The biggest page is @IntheNow_tweet with more than 3 million followers.
The pages appear to have fallen into a gray area for Facebook.
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Chuck Lindell
@chucklindell
Filed today at #txlege:
HB 748 by Rep. Victoria Neave, D-Dallas, would repeal the law that lets motorcycle operators and riders, 21 or older, ride without a helmet if they have completed a training/safety course and have insurance.
Other bills filed earlier this week include:
HB 694 by Rep. Hubert Vo, D-Houston, would expand voter ID law to allow voters to present university/college IDs and state agency ID cards. #txlege
HB 705 by Rep. Charlie Geren R-Fort Worth, would let voters in TX counties decide whether to raise sales taxes 1%, with $ devoted to cutting property taxes.
Geren also has HJR 24, a constitutional amendment requiring state to pay at least half of public education costs.
#txlege
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Lauren McGaughy
@lmcgaughy
Today, the @TXSBOE will hear public testimony on eliminating Helen Keller, Hillary Clinton and dozens of other people from the state's history curriculum.

Follow me for live tweets from the debate and read this for background: dallasnews.com/news/education… #txlege #txed
@TXSBOE And we're off!

The @TXSBOE has gaveled in. Chair Bahorich says live stream is down, so I'm glad I'm here in person!

First up today is public testimony on the changes to the social studies curriculum. 35 people have signed up to speak. #txlege #txed
@TXSBOE Some curriculum changes have gotten more attention than others.

Yes, Helen Keller and Hillary Clinton (both recommended, not required, to be taught) are on the chopping block.

But there are DOZENS of other proposed changes too.

dallasnews.com/news/education… #txlege
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ChrisTackettNow
@christackettnow
Looks like Texas Alliance For Life is doing "pay to play" advertising for some candidates.
02/25 - Mailer supporting Jason Villalba $11,886
02/28 - Villalba donation for $12k
02/28 - Mailer supporting JD Sheffield $10,483
06/08 - Sheffield donation for $11k
#txlege
And then there is a $17k donation from Texas House Leadership Fund to Texas Alliance For Life on 03/14. Right after TAFL had spent $16,657 on mailers for Capriglione & Cosper ($13k on 02/28), and Clardy ($3.6k on 03/02), all candidates that THL had supported. #txlege
I know stuff like this has just been “politics”. This is the kind of thing the Empower World does, specifically with the New Leadership PAC (which I’ve talked about before). Please, let’s be better than that and not stoop to that level.
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ChrisTackettNow
@christackettnow
Time for an Empower Texans candidate (ETs) snapshot. ETs are on the ballot as Republicans, but I separate them due to donor mix. What will follow is a snapshot of the 19 ET endorsed House candidates still on the ballot (23 endorsed / funded ETs are out). #txlege
As you read through the thread, I'll be using shorthand to save characters.
ET / TRL = Empower Texas and Texas Right To Life. Both are funded by the same folks.
ET9 = Top 9 donors to Empower Texans
ETR = Big $ donors / campaigns who exclusively give to ET candidates
Kyle Biedermann (HD73) running against Stephanie Phillips (D)
Since 01/01/17 raised $336,600
422 donations
$797 avg
ET / TRL - $167,713 (49.9%)
ET9 - $5k (1.4%)
ETR - $30.5k (9%)
ET World Total - $203k (60.3%)
Top 9 donors - $227.8k (67.7%)
#txlege (1/19)
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ChrisTackettNow
@christackettnow
Guess what? Empower Texans did an unexpected 10 days After A Change In Campaign Treasurer report which had Tim Dunn give another $500k. Let's get a quick reminder of what the Empower Texans donor mix has been since 01/01/2015. #txlege
Updated donors to Empower Texans PAC since 01/01/15
- $6.5MM total
- $2.67MM Tim Dunn (40.7%)
- $2.4MM Wilks family (37%)
- $448k Kyle Stallings (6.8%)
- $302k Mayes Middleton (4.6%)
- $297k Dick Saulsbury (4.5%)
- $413k EVERYONE ELSE (6.4%) (471 people)
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And, since Texas Right To Life PAC is just Empower Texans PAC with one or two different donors, I really shouldn't leave them out. #txlege
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