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The pictured ad by Grant Grissom (trumptimetoresign@gmail.com) was published in today's New York Times.

I endorse this plea.

A Plea for D Trump to Resign by G Grissom - Ad in NYT 2025-03-02.

Attached are lists and links of bills filed as of February 8th, 2025, by Texas House of Representatives for

District 46, Sheryl Cole;

District 47, Vikki Goodwin;

District 48, Donna Howard;

District 49, Gina Hinojosa;

District 50, James Talarico; and

Today, the third Monday in January, we Americans again commemorate the birth, life, and works of Martin Luther King, Jr. As proclaimed on January 9, 1987:

“In celebrating the birthday of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we honor an American who recognized the great injustice of segregation and discrimination and made it his life's purpose and toil to right those wrongs in favor of justice, freedom, equality, fairness, and reconciliation.”*

The charge for us from this day remains the same as the charge in our Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”.

 A statement by Tim Mahoney, Democratic Chair, Precinct 207, President, NorthEast Travis County Democrats

There’s little doubt that Texas Democrats need to rethink their game plan after the results of the Nov. 5th elections were known on election evening.

In an effort to better understand how we got here, the NorthEast Travis County Democrats (NETCo Dems) sponsored a Focus Group during the regular time of our November meeting on the 16th. A summary of that effort is available here, but its major conclusion was that "'It is not other human beings we should fear; it is the structure of our lives.' Together, we can reshape those structures into something sustainable, just, and full of hope.”

Another view was provided by the head of The 134 PAC: "There are essentially two types of Texas Democrats and they both are drawing two different lessons from the results of the 2024 election.…