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The 87th Texas legislature has yee'd its last haw, so we decided it was time for a slumber party game now that we can all actually sleep again. We invited Diana Gómez of Progress Texas and Mike Kanin of the Texas Observer to put on their jammies and join us for a (very chaste) game of Spin the Bottle. We determine which bills we'd like to make out with and which bills we wish got shoved in a locker or thrown in a dumpster or given an atomic wedgie. Also, mark your calendar for THIS Thursday, June 10 at 6:30pm when we will be hosting the Molly Awards for the Texas Observer! It will be virtual (yet waywayway better than Zoom), so you can join us from anywhere. Get your ticket here: http://mollyawards.com/

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LINKS WE MENTIONED:

Please join us at the Molly Awards THIS THURSDAY NIGHT at 6:30pm! - mollyawards.com

If you want the FULL rundown of how the Texas legislature works, listen to this episode: https://www.rousertx.com/the-rabble-pod/2021/1/13/how-bills-get-passed-or-dont-in-the-texas-legislature

Take easy action to push for Medicaid expansion in Texas here: https://sickofittx.com/medicaid-hearings/
 

From the Texas Observer: Here is a link to Sophie Novack's incredible portrayal of reproductive health care in West Texas. And here's a link to Sophie Novack and Michael Barajas reminding us that Texas used to have an office dedicated to analyzing disparate health outcomes. And *here* is a link to the lawmaker that committed to getting the office of minority health refunded.

Becky has a highlight on her Instagram on the Texas grid if you need a refresher on why it is so fucked up: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17956783732386320/

Rep James Talarico POOing on the bill that tried to prevent teachers from being able to discuss white supremacy in Texas schools: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPb6vf8JDUQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Find Diana Gómez here: https://twitter.com/missgomez

Find Progress Texas here: https://progresstexas.org/

Find Mike Kanin here: https://twitter.com/MKanin

Find the Texas Observer here:  https://www.texasobserver.org/

Tuesday was opening day of the 87th Texas Legislature (also known as "nerd prom," according to state Capitol insiders). We revisit a conversation from our third episode ever (!) about the bills and the bees (aka how laws are made here in Texas) with friend and shero Stephanie Chiarello, founder of the Over the Lege comedy series. We also reflect on how much is different from the last Texas legislative session 2 years ago.

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LINKS WE MENTIONED:

Links about the Texas Legislature ("TX lege" for short):

• ttps://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/11/texas-legislature-2021/
• https://www.kut.org/politics/2019-01-08/a-beginners-guide-to-the-texas-legislature
• https://www.kut.org/politics/2017-04-03/five-ways-you-can-influence-texas-lawmakers
• https://www.kut.org/texas/2017-03-27/if-the-texas-legislature-were-a-symphony-this-is-what-it-would-sound-like
• Texas legislature online (My TLO): https://capitol.texas.gov/MnuMyTLO.aspx
• How to track bills using the TLO site: http://txlege.indivisible.blue/2017/03/16/how-to-track-bills-in-the-texas-legislature/

Austin Woman Magazine article about us: 
https://atxwoman.com/rouser-politics-texas-women/

Stephanie Chiarello and Over the Lege (their live podcast season 2 debut is happening this Friday at 7:30pm CT on the Over The Lege Facebook page!):

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxs6T8bQR4D7uB7BwgqGkw

https://www.facebook.com/overthelege 
 

Also if you are new to Rouser and The Rabble podcast, here is Stephanie explaining why she nominated us to win the Women Communicators of Austin “Creative Initiative Award”: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EevWimF8CoA&list=PL3JK8kbyG_bVsR_9g5FFSIRI2t71kYCXD&index=6

Stop the tampon tax!

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/email-your-legislators-to-co-sponsor-and-support-hb-321-to-end-the-texas-tampon-tax/

A great tool to see how a bill becomes a law; make sure to allow adobe flash to work (you click on each square and it gives more information):

https://tlc.texas.gov/BillToLaw
 

Dawnna Dukes advocating for smoking:

http://tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=38&clip_id=9606.  

(It's at 3hrs 32 minutes in; amendment 27 is the amendment prohibiting smoking, her amendment is 28 saying no alcohol, etc.)

Rep. James Talarico’s 2019 Jesus Vibes Sermon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLoC90kbLlg

Use the Texas Freedom Network’s tool to tell your state rep to allow virtual testimony from the public this session:

http://bit.ly/lege-action

Emgage’s Running for Office 101

Sunday, January 31st at 4:30 PM 

bit.ly/rfo101

Do our survey! Pretty please! Cuz if we’re not giving you what you want we’re just wasting our time!

https://bit.ly/38NJVXB

Come to our virtual pizza party! Friday, January 22 at 12pm CT:

https://bit.ly/2JuTphQ

We're kickin' it old-school style to close out 2020... political f*ck, marry, kill is back! And so is Kristen! We talk about the things we loved and hated in 2020 and drop some hints about what we're gonna get up to in 2021.

RA News (formerly Reform Austin) is the presenting sponsor of this episode -- go check out their excellent, Texas-specific journalism: https://www.reformaustin.org/  (& their great memes on Instagram @ranewstx)

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LINKS WE MENTIONED:

Pretty pretty please take our survey to help shape The Rabble's content in 2021! We REALLY want to make sure we're focusing on the stuff you want to learn more about & talking to the voices who aren't being heard: https://bit.ly/38NJVXB

Come to our virtual pizza party on Friday, 1/22 from 12-1pm CT! It's gonna be super laid back; we're gonna chat over lunch and you don't have to look pretty or sound smart, you just gotta show up here: https://bit.ly/2JuTphQ

Buy the book Kristen wrote with Casey Chapman-Ross! It's called Boss Texas Women and it's SO GOOD. Buy one for every kid in your life: https://www.bosswomenoftheworld.com/

Asian Democrats of Central Texas

The CHANI app

The You're Wrong About podcast episode Becky mentioned

The moment we've been waiting FOUR FRICKING YEARS FOR is HERE!!! It's Election Day 2020! We're all a little anxious, so we wanted to offer up some calming ASMR at the end of today's episode. You're welcome... ?

TODAY'S ACTION:

We know voter suppression is real, plus there are a lot of first-time voters and first-time poll workers out there, so even in the most innocent cases there are gonna be some serious questions arising this Election Day. 

Your mission today is easy: share share share the voter protection hotline numbers! We made a graphic that we posted to our social accounts @therabbletx, so you can re-share that. Or just share these numbers wherever you see a voting question arise:

• If you have questions or would like to report a problem, please call 844-TX-VOTES for assistance in English or Spanish.
• Non-partisan organizations also provide assistance in other languages:
  • For Asian Languages, call 888-API-VOTE.
  • For Arabic, call 844-YALLA-US.
  • For American Sign Language (video call), call 301-818-VOTE

Found a friend in TX who hasn't voted yet? Send 'em our voter guide, which has a description of each elected office in addition to our endorsements: https://www.rousertx.com/2020-ballot-shortcut
 

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Election Day is tomorrow! What the... how the... ??? We are having so many feelings.

This episode is sponsored by Reform Austin - a local, non-partisan newsroom keeping us up to date on the latest in the Lone Star State: https://www.reformaustin.org/

TODAY'S ACTION:

Okay, y'all. After 44 episodes of the Daily Democracy Challenge, we decided to make today a choose-your-own-democracy-adventure. Hopefully you've tried at least one thing out of the previous 44 that you enjoyed. So, do that thing again!

We're gonna be lit dropping, signing up to be poll greeters, texting neighbors and friends, dropping our printed ballot guide on doorsteps... like, all the things.

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Last two days to turn out the vote!!! AGHHHHH! We can do it!  

TODAY'S ACTION:

Sign up by 5pm today (Sunday) if you want to be a poll monitor on Election Day! You just watch a polling location and report to the pros at the Texas Civil Rights Project if you see any funny business: https://www.mobilize.us/tvp/event/338947
 

Follow up with your friends who haven't voted yet! How to know? There are a couple different tools we've been using to check if our friends have submitted a ballot:

txballot.org

and

The Blue Squad app 

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In our "In the House" series, we explore Texas-specific tidbits about a timely topic + how we can have a flipping good time while flipping this state. In our series finale of "In the House," we get a four-fer: we support FOUR amazing women running to flip seats in the Texas House. This episode was recorded 10/21.

Reform Austin is the presenting sponsor of this episode -- go check out their excellent, Texas-specific journalism: https://www.reformaustin.org/

THIS WEEK’S GUESTS:

Akilah Bacy in Texas House District 138: https://www.akilahbacy.com/

Joanna Cattanach in Texas House District 108: https://joannafortexas.com/

Brandy Chambers in Texas House District 112: https://brandykchambers.com/

Jennifer Skidonenko in Texas House District 106: https://skidonenkofortx.com/

DONATE TO ALL FOUR! There is a $500 match to EACH campaign from Texas Blue Action Dems and Flip the TX House: http://secure.actblue.com/donate/finalinthehouse

BLUE SQUAD MISSION OF THE EPISODE:

Download the Blue Squad App & follow The Rabble podcast to find this week's mission. https://bluesquad.page.link/XSCR

Also, Blue Squad has an amazing new feature where you can text friends to make sure they've voted. Make sure your app is up to date: the missions will appear on the homescreen once you've loaded your contacts.

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THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS:

Texas Blue Action Democrats and Flip the Texas House!

Also Swing Left was SO KIND to let us crash their Texas House Party.

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Happy Halloween! Only 3 more days until Election Day, whoa! Early voting is DONE. What are your Halloween costumes? Are you wearing a costume while you drop election info all over town?? We wanna see! Tag us @therabbletx 

TODAY'S ACTION:

The Texas Democrats are doing a Halloween Spooktacular phone bank with FOUR different time options today. Make sure no one ghosts on voting -- get everyone out to the polls!

https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/350239/

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Only 4 more days until Election Day and one more day until Halloween! What are your politically themed Halloween costumes? We wanna see 'em! Tag us @therabbletx 

TODAY'S ACTION:

We've started to get nervous about losing some of the 12 seats Democrats picked up in the Texas House in 2018, so today we're finding ways to support them. Becky is kicking each of these folks $5 -- we will also link to each of their campaign websites so you can donate to or find a way to volunteer for at least one of them.

Julie Johnson (in Dallas County) 
Michelle Beckley (part of Denton County) 
Terry Meza (part of Irving and Grand Prairie)
Ana-Maria Ramos (part of Richardson and Addison) 
Rhetta Bowers (eastern outskirts of Dallas) 
John Turner (north Dallas) 
John Bucy III (Northwest Austin, Cedar Park, Leander) 
Erin Zwiener (Dripping Springs, Johnson City, Blanco, part of San Marcos)
James Talarico (Round Rock, Hutto, Taylor) 
Vikki Goodwin (West Austin) 
Gina Calanni (Western Harris County) 
Jon Rosenthal (northwest Houston)

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Only 5 more days until Election Day! Because we really, really want to make every day count, we're talking about the tactics that have been most successful for us and how we plan to spend our time these next few days. 

TODAY'S ACTION:

Call your neighbors, call your friends! Becky shares her new strategy for getting the people she calls to actually listen and respond.

Tonight, JVN and Wendy Davis, can you even???! RSVP for this 6pm event here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/1029outandproud

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Only 6 more days until Election Day! AGH! Early voting ends Friday, please encourage everyone you know to vote early. Today we are talkin' about our two favorite things: democracy and snacks.

TODAY'S ACTION:

Have you ever heard of being a "poll concierge"? Becky hadn't, even though she'd done it before! It's a fancy phrase for "give the people in line to vote snacks and water so they don't leave before casting their vote," haha.

You can, of course, just do this on your own at your local polling place. But if you want to plug into something someone's already organizing, here are a couple of official volunteer opportunities in the Austin area: 

Blue Action Dems: https://www.mobilize.us/blueactiondems/event/354990

Travis County Democratic Party: https://www.mobilize.us/traviscountydems/event/354328

See You at the Polls is organizing similar opportunities in Harris County: https://seeyouatthepoll.com/

Know anyone in TX who hasn't voted yet? Send 'em our voter guide: https://www.rousertx.com/2020-ballot-shortcut
 

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Only 7 more days until Election Day! ONE WEEK! AGH! Early voting ends Friday, please encourage everyone you know to vote early.  

TODAY'S ACTION:

So, we've been taking other people's election literature around, but we realized... wait... we made our own guide! And it's actually really good and more thorough than anyone else's, ha!

So if you want to do a little walking in your neighborhood and you live in Travis County, consider printing out some copies of The Rabble's ballot shortcut and dropping them at apartment doors. Don't wanna print and walk? Text the guide link to friends who haven't voted yet! OR if you'd like us to pull you a list of people to text with the link, we can do that for ya, just DM us at @therabbletx on Instagram or Twitter or Facebook. 

Our voter guide: https://www.rousertx.com/2020-ballot-shortcut

Not in Travis County but you did the research for your area? Share your ballot choices with friends! Not everyone has time to do the research for these loooong ballots and your friends will be SO grateful to you.

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Only 8 more days until Election Day, and early voting is going on now through October 30!  Today we ponder... how best to support constituencies we don't belong to?

TODAY'S ACTION:

Ashley hooks us up with the chance to meet a celeb tonight at 6pm CT on the Texas AAPI Virtual Phone Bank with Actor Harry Shum, Jr. (Glee! Crazy Rich Asians!). Sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/tdporganizing/event/357087/

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Only 9 more days until Election Day, and early voting is going on now through October 30!  Lit dropping is lit, y'all. 

TODAY'S ACTION:

Grab a friend or two, and hit the streets taking campaign materials door to door. It's fun and non-intimidating for first-time volunteers.

Find opportunities across Texas here: https://www.texasdemocrats.org/events/#/

Find opportunities in Travis County here: https://www.mobilize.us/traviscountydems

Know anyone who hasn't voted yet and might some additional info? Send 'em our voter guide: https://www.rousertx.com/2020-ballot-shortcut

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Only 10 more days until Election Day, and early voting is going on now through October 30!  Today we're focusing on women gettin' it done. Like astronaut Kate Rubins, who cast her Texas ballot from outer space, whaaaa?! 

TODAY'S ACTION:

Today we're supporting the work of Sisters United Alliance, an organization working to turn out women in Texas who lean Democratic but who don't regularly vote or who have never voted. These are exactly the kind of people we need to work to turn out if we want to flip Texas, and SUA is SUPER smart about how they're doing it.

Donate to Sisters United Alliance here.

Follow Sisters United Alliance on Twitter here.

Follow Sisters United Alliance on Facebook here.

Contact Sisters United Alliance here if you would like to volunteer.

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Only 11 more days until Election Day, and early voting is going on now through October 30!  We gotta make these last days count.

TODAY'S ACTION:

Okay, we are nervous about what these early voting numbers are saying about who is driving the huge turnout in Texas... we aren't getting young folks and new voters out at high enough rates if we really want to flip this state. So we need to recruit our friends to volunteer so we can turn out ALL the votes!!

We are down to the last 2 weekends to volunteer, and we love the resources and volunteer opportunities Swing Left has to offer: https://swingleft.org/p/the-last-weekends?utm_medium=tlws_redirect

Invite your friends to join you!

Don't have time to volunteer? Donate to the Swing Left Immediate Impact Fund, which will be split between a bunch of awesome candidates in Texas.

Know anyone who hasn't voted yet and might some additional info? Send 'em our voter guide: https://www.rousertx.com/2020-ballot-shortcut

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Only 12 more days until Election Day, and early voting is going on now through October 30!  Know anyone who hasn't voted yet and might some additional info? Send 'em our voter guide: https://www.rousertx.com/2020-ballot-shortcut

TODAY'S ACTION:

This is an easy and satisfying one! Sign up to learn how to textbank to Texans so everyone can get all their election questions answered and VOTE. Never textbanked? Neither has Becky! Let's all learn together: https://www.mobilize.us/texasdemocrats/event/315690/

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Only 13 more days until Election Day, and early voting is going on now through October 30!  But guess what... we get to see you tonight!

TODAY'S ACTION:

Come to our series finale of "In the House" TONIGHT at 6:30pm CT, in partnership with Swing Left!  It's gonna be a big ol' Texas House Party with comedy, music, art, and a bunch of sheroes, including MJ Hegar! 

Here's the amazing lineup:
❖ Thao Nguyen (of Thao & The Get Down Stay Down)

❖ Texas US Senate Democratic Candidate MJ Hegar

❖ Comedy from Vanessa Gonzalez (HBO)

❖ Music from LouLou Ghelichkhani (Night Glitter)

❖ Live Event Illustrations from Ami Plasse (Gonzo Viz)

We will also be supporting 4 amazing Texas House candidates: 

Akilah Bacy, 
Joanna Cattanach, 
Brandy Chambers, 
and Jennifer Skidonenko. 

Donate to ALL FOUR OF THEM here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/finalinthehouse

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Only 14 more days until Election Day, and early voting is going on now through October 30!  Who else is feeling sweaty???

TODAY'S ACTION:

Ooookay, Election Day is officially 2 weeks from today. If you have friends who haven't volunteered yet, now is the time to bring them into the fold! OUR dear friend Cari Marshall (the mastermind behind Flip the Texas House) has organized a "Friend Bank" for two of our favorite candidates tonight from 6-7pm -- Wendy Davis and Julie Oliver.

Here's what Cari says:

"We're throwing a socially distanced party on video chat while we turn conversations we're already having with people we already know into our secret weapon for putting Julie and Wendy in Congress!" 

This is the most effective kind of organizing, and we can't wait to join here: https://www.mobilize.us/julieoliverforcongress/event/352482/

Whatcha doin' tomorrow night? We really want you to come to our series finale of "In the House" this coming Wednesday at 6:30pm CT, in partnership with Swing Left!  It's gonna be a big ol' Texas House Party with comedy, music, art, and a bunch of sheroes, including MJ Hegar! 

Here's the amazing lineup:
❖ Thao Nguyen (of Thao & The Get Down Stay Down)

❖ Texas US Senate Democratic Candidate MJ Hegar

❖ Comedy from Vanessa Gonzalez (HBO)

❖ Music from LouLou Ghelichkhani (Night Glitter)

❖ Live Event Illustrations from Ami Plasse (Gonzo Viz)

We will also be supporting 4 amazing Texas House candidates: 

Akilah Bacy, 
Joanna Cattanach, 
Brandy Chambers, 
and Jennifer Skidonenko. 

Donate to ALL FOUR OF THEM here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/finalinthehouse

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Only 15 more days until Election Day, and early voting is going on now through October 30!  Just over 2 weeks to impact this election.

TODAY'S ACTION:

Texas is experiencing record voter turnout during early voting, but we're a little concerned that our most progressive counties are not at the very top of the list when it comes to percentage turnout compared to 2016. For Texas to flip, we need to have massive turnout in our blue-est counties -- Travis and Harris. 

People who aren't confident voters have a lot of questions and need extra info to actually get them to the polls. The way they get that info? Volunteers call them, text them, or put handouts on their doors. We need to be those volunteers! The best way we've found to make ourselves follow through with volunteering is to get a democracy buddy to hold us accountable. Find your democracy buddy and sign up together to volunteer with your local county Democratic party -- they will have the best ways to plug you in where you live. Just Google your county's name and "Democratic party." 

Or message us @therabbletx if you need help!

More on turnout in Texas.

Whatcha doin' Wednesday night? We really want you to come to our series finale of "In the House" this coming Wednesday at 6:30pm CT, in partnership with Swing Left!  It's gonna be a big ol' Texas House Party with comedy, music, art, and a bunch of sheroes, including MJ Hegar! We will also be supporting 4 amazing Texas House candidates: 

Akilah Bacy, 
Joanna Cattanach, 
Brandy Chambers, 
and Jennifer Skidonenko. 

Donate to ALL FOUR OF THEM here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/finalinthehouse

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