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Rapid response media organization promoting progressive messages and actions. Let's build a stronger Texas together! ProgressTexas.org
ENDORSEMENT ALERT! Progress Texas is proud to endorse Terry Virts for Houston's CD-9!

🔗 For more information about our endorsed candidates, you can visit our website at ProgressTexas.org.
February 9, 2026 at 9:20 PM
ENDORSEMENT ALERT! Progress Texas is proud to endorse @saraheckhardttx.bsky.social for Texas Comptroller!

🔗 For more information about our endorsed candidates, you can visit our website at ProgressTexas.org.
February 9, 2026 at 7:58 PM
ENDORSEMENT ALERT! Progress Texas is proud to endorse @ginafortexas.bsky.social for Texas Governor!

🔗 For more information about our endorsed candidates, you can visit our website at ProgressTexas.org.
February 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Together, we can usher in a new day in Texas. Thousands of Texans came together to protest against ICE and the Trump administration, listen to the full rally featuring speakers like @ginafortexas.bsky.social and more, everywhere you stream Progress Texas Podcasts.
February 6, 2026 at 7:40 PM
On Monday, @juliejohnsontx.bsky.social introduced the Qualified Immunity Accountability Act to protect our communities and hold ICE accountable.

Listen to our full conversation on the latest episode of the Progress Texas Happy Hour, everywhere you stream great podcasts.
February 5, 2026 at 6:16 PM
“A little bit of hope is a dangerous thing.” @jamestalarico.bsky.social Over FIVE THOUSAND people gathered to protest against ICE and the Trump administration on Saturday, listen to the full rally everywhere you stream Progress Texas Podcasts.
February 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
TODAY is the LAST DAY to register to vote in time for the upcoming March primary elections! Find answers to all your voting questions at GoVoteTexas.org
February 2, 2026 at 4:34 PM
BREAKING: Texas Democrat Taylor Rehmet WINS Special Election runoff against Trump-endorsed and Patriot Mobile-funded Leigh Wambsganss in once deep red SD 9. This red to blue flip is HUGE.
February 1, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Democrat Christian Menefee wins the special election for CD-18, narrowing the GOP's very slim majority, and returning representation to the district, after Governor Abbott held the seat open to give Republicans an unearned advantage in Congress.
February 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
@vikkigoodwintx.bsky.social knows that unchecked Republican power is hurting Texas families. She was told IVF was safe, but it wasn't.
January 30, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Wrong then, wrong now.

Don’t forget: Election day for SD 9 Special Runoff election is THIS SATURDAY 1/31! Make sure you have everything you need before you head to the polls at GoVoteTexas.org.
January 29, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Your camera is your best weapon in this fight, and now’s the time to use it.
January 27, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Patriotic Americans reject these assaults on our bodies and rights, and the hourly assault on the truth pushed by white supremacists and Christian Nationalists running our nation’s and state’s government, and funded by billionaires who buy political power.
January 24, 2026 at 9:27 PM
It's time to #vote, y'all!

Make sure you have everything you need before you head to the polls by visiting our voter navigation resource, GoVoteTexas.org.
January 24, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Are YOU Registered to Vote? The upcoming March primary is right around the corner! Visit our voter navigation resource for election deadlines, ID requirements, and more.

🔗 govotetexas.org
January 23, 2026 at 11:22 PM
LIVE NOW - Texas Attorney General Democratic Candidates Debate!
www.youtube.com/live/wO4Cvwz...
Texas Attorney General Candidate Debate - Hosted by RAD and Dallas College Richland Campus SGA
YouTube video by Richardson Area Democrats
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:20 AM
This man's capacity for self-preoccupation is astounding.
January 21, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Planning to vote by mail? New @USPS guidelines indicate that the later you send in your ballot, the more likely it is to be rejected. So do it ASAP! Podcast: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...
Why Texans shouldn’t wait too long to mail voter registration forms and ballots
Deadlines are based on postmarks, which may be later than when you dropped something in the mail, the Postal Service now says.
www.votebeat.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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The fight for public schools in Texas
@texasaft.org
“If you don’t stand up, you’re gonna get stepped on.”

Learn more about @texasaft.org and their lawsuit to protect Texas public school teachers — find it everywhere you stream Progress Texas Podcasts.
January 20, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“If you don’t stand up, you’re gonna get stepped on.”

Learn more about @texasaft.org and their lawsuit to protect Texas public school teachers — find it everywhere you stream Progress Texas Podcasts.
January 20, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees

ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals

Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care

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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
From this morning's interview with Tarrant County Commissioner Alisa Simmons - we honor #MLK best today with service - AND with clear eyes about his message of resistance and justice. Podcast: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
January 19, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Sorry ‘Landman’ fans, but it’s full of sh*t.

Listen to our conversation with oil and gas experts Bill Burch and candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner @jon-rosenthaltx.bsky.social — everywhere you stream Progress Texas Podcasts.
January 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM
@akedwardstx.bsky.social on what really makes America great: a strong democracy.

Early voting for the CD-18 special runoff election starts NEXT WEDNESDAY 1/21! For all your voting needs, visit our voter navigation resource GoVoteTexas.org.
January 15, 2026 at 8:35 PM
An #ICE assistant chief counsel based in Dallas who had been removed from duty upon the revelation that he runs a racist, Nazi-sympathizing X account, is back on duty. Podcast: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
@texasobserver.org @stevanzetti.bsky.social
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, identified by the Observer last year as the operator of an account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM