Kelly Darby
@kellydarby.bsky.social
7th gen Texan. Public affairs 🤝 public policy. MSW. #txlege
I'm not surprised that our state leaders would want to limit the ability of outside lawyer groups to monitor what's happening to incarcerated kids. It must be a bummer to take a break from accusing public schools of grooming kids to evade ?s re: the rampant sexual abuse of kids on your own watch.
a man is holding a box of tissues in his hand and asking , `` tissue ? ''
ALT: a man is holding a box of tissues in his hand and asking , `` tissue ? ''
media.tenor.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I'm not surprised that our state leaders would want to limit the ability of outside lawyer groups to monitor what's happening to incarcerated kids. It must be a bummer to take a break from accusing public schools of grooming kids to evade ?s re: the rampant sexual abuse of kids on your own watch.
TX was going to charge a min. of $225,000 to answer these questions:
👉# of requests for child removals in the past 5 years
👉# of children who subsequently died
👉Names of children who died after request was denied
👉# of removals requested to county district attorneys for the same period
👉# of requests for child removals in the past 5 years
👉# of children who subsequently died
👉Names of children who died after request was denied
👉# of removals requested to county district attorneys for the same period
If Texas was ever a lifeline for children at risk, it has shut the door, the windows, the curtains, and turned off the lights. #txlege
So very grateful for dogged reporting that keeps showing up anyway, with a flashlight. @texaspublicradio.bsky.social @paulflahive.bsky.social
So very grateful for dogged reporting that keeps showing up anyway, with a flashlight. @texaspublicradio.bsky.social @paulflahive.bsky.social
Texas keeps child abuse and neglect deaths out of sight, bringing to light proves complex and costly. - When Home Is The Danger
This story is part of When Home is the Danger, a multi-part series on how Texas is leaving children in dangerous homes and families without ongoing support or
ip.whenhomeisthedanger.org
April 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
TX was going to charge a min. of $225,000 to answer these questions:
👉# of requests for child removals in the past 5 years
👉# of children who subsequently died
👉Names of children who died after request was denied
👉# of removals requested to county district attorneys for the same period
👉# of requests for child removals in the past 5 years
👉# of children who subsequently died
👉Names of children who died after request was denied
👉# of removals requested to county district attorneys for the same period
If Texas was ever a lifeline for children at risk, it has shut the door, the windows, the curtains, and turned off the lights. #txlege
So very grateful for dogged reporting that keeps showing up anyway, with a flashlight. @texaspublicradio.bsky.social @paulflahive.bsky.social
So very grateful for dogged reporting that keeps showing up anyway, with a flashlight. @texaspublicradio.bsky.social @paulflahive.bsky.social
Texas keeps child abuse and neglect deaths out of sight, bringing to light proves complex and costly. - When Home Is The Danger
This story is part of When Home is the Danger, a multi-part series on how Texas is leaving children in dangerous homes and families without ongoing support or
ip.whenhomeisthedanger.org
April 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
If Texas was ever a lifeline for children at risk, it has shut the door, the windows, the curtains, and turned off the lights. #txlege
So very grateful for dogged reporting that keeps showing up anyway, with a flashlight. @texaspublicradio.bsky.social @paulflahive.bsky.social
So very grateful for dogged reporting that keeps showing up anyway, with a flashlight. @texaspublicradio.bsky.social @paulflahive.bsky.social
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What an awful thing to read 😭
Working on this story took a toll on me this week. I'm not new to learning about the many heartbreaking things that our foster kids have to endure, but to learn of a child in so much pain for days being ignored until he finally just died right in front of his peers...just no words. #txlege
Foster child death linked to state-contracted home prompts criminal investigation
The Greenville-based treatment center has closed after the death of an 11-year-old boy the day before Thanksgiving.
www.texastribune.org
February 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
What an awful thing to read 😭
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But TX is Pro-life
#TXLege
#TXLege
Working on this story took a toll on me this week. I'm not new to learning about the many heartbreaking things that our foster kids have to endure, but to learn of a child in so much pain for days being ignored until he finally just died right in front of his peers...just no words. #txlege
Foster child death linked to state-contracted home prompts criminal investigation
The Greenville-based treatment center has closed after the death of an 11-year-old boy the day before Thanksgiving.
www.texastribune.org
February 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
But TX is Pro-life
#TXLege
#TXLege
Working on this story took a toll on me this week. I'm not new to learning about the many heartbreaking things that our foster kids have to endure, but to learn of a child in so much pain for days being ignored until he finally just died right in front of his peers...just no words. #txlege
Foster child death linked to state-contracted home prompts criminal investigation
The Greenville-based treatment center has closed after the death of an 11-year-old boy the day before Thanksgiving.
www.texastribune.org
February 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Working on this story took a toll on me this week. I'm not new to learning about the many heartbreaking things that our foster kids have to endure, but to learn of a child in so much pain for days being ignored until he finally just died right in front of his peers...just no words. #txlege
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“We just released the leaders of two terrorist organizations,” a counterterrorism expert and senior Trump DHS official told me. “In the name of politics, we have just released violent criminals out onto our streets.”
More than 100 Texans active in the Jan. 6 insurrection among those pardoned
A Texan was the first to breach the Capitol and many others joined the assault. The presidential pardon helps cast all of them as folk heroes.
www.texastribune.org
January 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“We just released the leaders of two terrorist organizations,” a counterterrorism expert and senior Trump DHS official told me. “In the name of politics, we have just released violent criminals out onto our streets.”
Public policy / social media mind hive: I'm interested in finding social media newsie-types/influencers who would be interested in what's happening in the Texas foster care space.
Cross-interests: children and families (obviously), mental health, human trafficking, the courts, politics, good gov..
Cross-interests: children and families (obviously), mental health, human trafficking, the courts, politics, good gov..
January 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Public policy / social media mind hive: I'm interested in finding social media newsie-types/influencers who would be interested in what's happening in the Texas foster care space.
Cross-interests: children and families (obviously), mental health, human trafficking, the courts, politics, good gov..
Cross-interests: children and families (obviously), mental health, human trafficking, the courts, politics, good gov..
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Mark your calendars! January 9th is advocacy day at the Capitol. Learn how to track bills, testify, & advocate for issues that are important to you. 📢 #txlege
January 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Mark your calendars! January 9th is advocacy day at the Capitol. Learn how to track bills, testify, & advocate for issues that are important to you. 📢 #txlege
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It’s time we held abusers accountable.
I just filed HB 179 to eliminate the statute of limitations for survivors of child abuse — ensuring every survivor has a chance to be heard.
Justice for our kids shouldn’t have an expiration date. #txlege
I just filed HB 179 to eliminate the statute of limitations for survivors of child abuse — ensuring every survivor has a chance to be heard.
Justice for our kids shouldn’t have an expiration date. #txlege
December 10, 2024 at 3:58 PM
It’s time we held abusers accountable.
I just filed HB 179 to eliminate the statute of limitations for survivors of child abuse — ensuring every survivor has a chance to be heard.
Justice for our kids shouldn’t have an expiration date. #txlege
I just filed HB 179 to eliminate the statute of limitations for survivors of child abuse — ensuring every survivor has a chance to be heard.
Justice for our kids shouldn’t have an expiration date. #txlege
Put me in a different timeline please. I don’t want this one.
No threat found at Stony Point High School after campus goes on lockdown, officials say
Police on Tuesday afternoon investigated reports of a suspicious person at Stony Point High School. No threat was found, officials say.
www.statesman.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Put me in a different timeline please. I don’t want this one.
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The most obvious explanation is the right one: Texas cannot defend the deadly consequences of its own law, so it is suppressing them.
This is intentional, calculated erasure - not a “coincidence”. #txlege
www.texastribune.org/2024/12/06/t...
This is intentional, calculated erasure - not a “coincidence”. #txlege
www.texastribune.org/2024/12/06/t...
Texas’ maternal mortality committee faces backlash for not reviewing deaths from first two years post-Dobbs
Committee members said it was necessary to skip the two years after Texas passed its restrictive abortion laws to offer more timely recommendations.
www.texastribune.org
December 9, 2024 at 5:31 PM
The most obvious explanation is the right one: Texas cannot defend the deadly consequences of its own law, so it is suppressing them.
This is intentional, calculated erasure - not a “coincidence”. #txlege
www.texastribune.org/2024/12/06/t...
This is intentional, calculated erasure - not a “coincidence”. #txlege
www.texastribune.org/2024/12/06/t...
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Kicking off the holiday season surrounded by these incredible women! ✨ So grateful for the leadership, energy, support, and action they bring to Travis County and Texas every day. Hosting this December brunch was truly a joy. #txlege
December 9, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Kicking off the holiday season surrounded by these incredible women! ✨ So grateful for the leadership, energy, support, and action they bring to Travis County and Texas every day. Hosting this December brunch was truly a joy. #txlege
Judge Jack ordered Texas to speed up their investigations into abuse allegations of disabled kids. Instead, TX asked a 5th Circuit panel for permission to keep those kids in danger indefinitely & - as a bonus - to kick Jack off the case. The panel said yes. And yes. #txlege @texasmonthly.bsky.social
This Judge Tried to Force Texas to Fix Foster Care. She’s Paying a Price.
Greg Abbott hired a coterie of high-priced attorneys to stop Corpus Christi federal Judge Janis Jack. It’s working.
www.texasmonthly.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Judge Jack ordered Texas to speed up their investigations into abuse allegations of disabled kids. Instead, TX asked a 5th Circuit panel for permission to keep those kids in danger indefinitely & - as a bonus - to kick Jack off the case. The panel said yes. And yes. #txlege @texasmonthly.bsky.social
One thing I want to find on Bluesky is a sober assessment of what 2024-2028 will look like in terms of the rolling out of Trump's agenda, especially in parallel to what the Texas Legislature #txlege plans to do. And when I say "sober assessment" I don't mean the "darkest vision".
November 15, 2024 at 6:02 PM
One thing I want to find on Bluesky is a sober assessment of what 2024-2028 will look like in terms of the rolling out of Trump's agenda, especially in parallel to what the Texas Legislature #txlege plans to do. And when I say "sober assessment" I don't mean the "darkest vision".
"Doge" is the word my family uses when we're talking about walking the dogs but don't want the dogs to understand that we're talking about them.
November 14, 2024 at 9:46 PM
"Doge" is the word my family uses when we're talking about walking the dogs but don't want the dogs to understand that we're talking about them.
What do you want to know about the class action lawsuit against Texas foster care? Ask me anything - I’ll do my best to answer. #txlege
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Drugged and forgotten, this foster child clings to life while Texas looks away
Texas is asking 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to bump Judge Janis Jack from yearslong foster care case and look the other way as a Houston child clings to life.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 13, 2024 at 6:28 PM
What do you want to know about the class action lawsuit against Texas foster care? Ask me anything - I’ll do my best to answer. #txlege
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Happy to be here! I work in public affairs on a number of issues that get playtime at the Capitol. So I am and find an active #txlege community here! 😁
November 13, 2024 at 2:27 AM
Happy to be here! I work in public affairs on a number of issues that get playtime at the Capitol. So I am and find an active #txlege community here! 😁