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Texas Democrat James Talarico on bomb threats, rigged elections, and life on the run.| Mother Jones
Texas Democrat James Talarico on bomb threats, rigged elections, and life on the run.| Mother Jones
1,335 likes, 50 comments - motherjonesmag on August 14, 2025: "From an undisclosed location, three Black Texas Democrats who are on the run describe how they're prepared to protect democracy. @garrisonh recently met up with three of the more than 50 Texas House Democrats who fled the state en masse earlier this month to block a GOP-led attempt to redraw congressional maps that could yield Republicans up to five additional US House seats—part of a radical Trump-inspired scheme to help Republ...| Instagram
852 likes, 16 comments - motherjonesmag on August 5, 2025: "It's a good old-fashioned Western showdown. The knock-down, drag-‘em-out Texas redistricting showdown is heating up. And now, the FBI might get involved. On one side you have Texas House Democrats who fled the state over the weekend to stop Texas Republicans from carrying out Trump’s orders to redraw the state’s maps. And Texas governor Greg Abbott who is very, very upset about it all. As of this writing, the move seems to have...| Instagram
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