Indivisible Goes to Washington

Last week I had the opportunity to go to Washington with about 40 other Indivisible leaders from across the country. It was a wonderful chance to meet some of the folks I’ve gotten to know virtually over the last year-and-a-half, while also connecting with some of the Indivisible national staff. We had a nice meetup …

Where Has All Our Common Sense Gone? Remarks at the NRA Convention

I gave these remarks at the Texas Gun Sense press conference outside the NRA convention on May 4. Today, once again, children were slaughtered at school because our lawmakers refuse to take any meaningful action to protect them. With each mass shooting, families and communities are devastated, and the community of survivors grows ever larger. …

NEW Pocket Guide with 2018 Election Info!

You know those neat little pocket guides we hand out at marches, rallies, and meetups? Now you can print your own! The pocket guide has been updated for election season! Block walking your neighborhood? Take some with you to hand out to neighbors. The pocket guide now has: contact info for all 6 U.S. Reps …

Call Congress to Protect SNAP on May 8

What: Call-In Day to Protect the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program When: Tuesday, May 8 ​Who: Call your member of Congress at 888-398-8702 Please share this action alert widely and use the downloadable social media graphics from Children’s Defense Fund-Texas below  Adapted from CPPP’s SNAP action alert: About 3.8 million Texans — kids, the elderly, people with …

Get to Know: Workers Defense Project

This is the first in a regular series of blogs spotlighting organizations tackling major issues in Central Texas. Guest post from Workers Defense Project: Workers Defense Project (WDP) is a membership-based organization that empowers low-income workers to achieve fair employment through education, direct services, organizing and strategic partnerships. WDP was founded in August 2002 by employees and …

Indivisible Austin Files Freedom of Information Act for Trump Tax Cut

Indivisible Austin has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. Department of Treasury to demand answers for how Trump’s tax cut will benefit Austin’s wealthiest corporations. The request, filed with the Office of Tax Policy, seeks any internal documents related to “projections, forecasts, and evaluations made by the OTP of expected changes …

Tax plan shell game hurts middle-class Texans

Who is the Tax Cut and Jobs Act for? What is it really meant to do? Create jobs? No. Regardless of how you normally vote, you know this bill doesn’t pass the smell test. It has one priority: cutting taxes for the wealthiest, by shifting the burden to everyone else. Take our quiz to determine …

Sick of This: Help All Austinites Win Earned Sick Days on 11/16

Guest post from Work Strong Austin Coalition (Abajo en español) As Austin continues to grow, too many working people are left without the ability to improve the quality of life for themselves and their families. All workers, regardless of background, wage level, and occupation, should have access to earned sick days. Unfortunately, approximately 223,000 Austin …

How Your Voices Made a Difference: Unraveling

Some weeks are tougher than others, and this was a rough one—between Donny giving companies the right to deny women health care coverage for birth control, to the EPA’s Scott Pruitt rolling back the Obama-era protections of the Clean Power Plan to replace it with his own dirty version and threatening to remove tax incentives for wind and solar …

OMG We are SO Tired of This Repeal BS! Here’s What We Need to Do

We know you are tired of beating back health care repeal bills. We are, too. We’ve been doing this for months, and it doesn’t get any easier. The only saving grace is that the the Senate Republicans can only attempt to repeal the ACA through the gimmick called reconciliation until September 30. (And really, it’s …