just testified at Austin City Council for the first time in quite a while in favor of our city leading in protecting our trans community, access to necessary healthcare, & bodily autonomy where the State is not only failing but vilifying residents & providers.
Let Austin Live! ๐ฎ
exciting โจpersonal newsโจ to officially share!
Starting next month, I will be the Higher Education Policy Analyst at
@EveryTxn
, an ATX public policy research & advocacy nonprofit! ๐ฎ
I'm so thrilled to work on expanding equitable access to college in TX at & beyond
#txlege
๐ซ๐
Now that weโre official, some โจprofessional newsโจ
Today was my first day as Legislative Director for Representative Lulu Flores (
@VoteLuluFlores
) in the
#HD51
office serving and defending SE Travis County in
#txlege
๐
(in a hallway full of besties ๐)
Day 1 down, 139 to go ๐ฎ
BREAKING: Singer and Queen of Lyrics
@carlyraejepsen
has just fallen down on the stairs at
#Coachella
signifying the extent of her โBoy Problemsโ โค๏ธโ๐ฉน
#WesternWind
๐ฌ
Thanks to the support of my fellow TX-35 state delegates, I have been elected as a Biden National Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in mid-August!
Iโm thrilled to represent TX-35 Democrats in re-nominating President Biden & get him releected in November ๐ณ๏ธ
.
@BetoORourke
in Weatherford, TX tonight bringing out a full school cafeteria tonight to listen to the concerns of semi-rural Texans to best represent us in the Senate. The first time anyone can remember a Senator or Senate candidate visiting Parker County
#BetoForTexas
Pleased to announce my appointment as Chair of
@TCDP
โs Endorsement Committee at this afternoonโs CEC Meeting! Thank you Chair
@PoojaInTexas
for trusting me with this responsibility, Iโm looking forward to vetting local candidates & props for recommendation to our County Party ๐ซ
bit of a ~professional update~
Excited to announce that I am serving as Campaign Manager for notorious progressive tax policy expert (& my former coworker) Dick Lavine
@dlavine
in his race for TCAD Director, Place 3 & co-managing the Dem slate of Dick, Daniel Wang & Jett Hanna ๐งฎ
In honor of TX filing day, here is me being the opposite of a surprise last-minute candidate when I was the first person in Travis County to file for anything this cycle as I filed for re-election as
@TCDP
Precinct Chair for Pct. 111 on the first day of filing 2 months ago ๐โ๐ผ๐ณ๏ธ
The path to maintaining a majority in the US Senate runs directly thru Texas ๐ต
It was great to welcome
@ColinAllredTX
back to Austin post-primary as we unify our party around sending him to the Senate ๐ณ๏ธ
Texans & Americans need Congressman Allred to send Cancun Cruz packing ๐งณ
โIf everything was s bigger in Texas, then the activism is bigger, the resistance is bugger, the justice is bigger, and the Movement is BIGGER in Texasโ โ
@AyannaPressley
with the Boston-to-Austin solidarity ๐
3 Wins for Public Schools ๐ซ
3 Wins for Public Parks ๐๏ธ
3 Wins for all of Travis County ๐
Today TravCo voters chose the reliable, experienced, trusted candidates for TCAD with over 30% margins!
Iโm proud to have managed
@dlavine
โs campaign & helped elect this incredible slate๐
I did a thing and my favorite news publication
@TexasTribune
wrote about it ๐ฐ
โTexas Democrats cannot just do nothing about the housing affordability crisis & let the Republicans run on it,โ said Skyler Korgel, co-author of the zoning platform language.
Proud to report that all *20* of my proposed planks to 2024-25
@TexasDemocrats
Platform were adopted by Perm Platform Committee at our marathon 8-hour meeting on Tuesday!
Representing true blue CD35, proud to have contributed to a truly progressive platform to guide our party๐
Ready for DNCC Roll Call, TEXAS is PRESENT and casting our votes for VP
@KamalaHarris
& Governor
@Tim_Walz
to save American democracy, bury Project 2025, and continue President
@JoeBiden
โs legacy ๐ฅฅ๐ณ๏ธ๐บ๐ธ
such a special night to fall out of a coconut tree & such a labor of love, thank you
@TCDP
& every elected who shows up for LGBTQ Texans ๐ฎ
Happy Pride, Austin ๐
Congratulations to
@jamestalarico
for phenomenal
#txlege
committee assignments as a sophomore on Public Education, Calendars, and Juvenile Justice & Family Issues!!
Us public servant "political staffers" all just worked 20+ hours over the holiday weekend for no additional pay or PTO in order to meet legislative deadlines, including SB 10's TRS COLA.
And just because office budgets got boosted does NOT mean staff salaries increased.
#txlege
Weatherfordโs first Pride was one for the books ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐โจ
if they wonโt move confederate statues from courthouse lawns in the middle of town, at least we can make them colorful to look at for a day ๐
DNCC Day 2!!
Starting off the day right with my Texas delegation breakfast hosted by the great Rep.
@CeliaIsrael
๐ค
On ๐ค theme for our TEXAS spotlight during roll call today and hearing from
@BarackObama
&
@MichelleObama
๐บ๐ธ
Letโs get it
#DNCC
Excited to support and help elect
@kristaforaustin
for D6 on Austinโs City Council as an important flip for ensuring an inclusive & more affordable city for all ๐ณ๏ธ
yimbyful first day at
@YIMBYtown
conference in Austin learning about pro-housing legislative wins in Montana, Vermont, California & Arizona to replicate in Texas and the intersection of urban planning & public policy ๐ข๐ฒ๐๐๐
#yimbytown2024
A very special edition of
#MondaysWithMarianne
with some very special besties โจ๐โจ
2nd pic is me asking
@marwilliamson
what Laura Dern (her roommate) was like in college - โOh everything youโd expect her to be but more lively, more lovelyโ ๐ฎ
Honored to have passed my Lawn Chair Brigade initiation today marching in the Northwest Hills Independence Day Parade as a first time participant but longtime admirer of the Lawn Chair Ladies โค๏ธ๐ค๐
Happy
#4thofJuly
to USA lovers everywhere ๐บ๐ธ
I got my Enhanced Library Card today at
@AustinPublicLib
โs Southeast Branch Library! This new, free form of photo ID is the culmination of nearly a decade of community advocacy. Normalizing the use of this ID with APD & city services is key to ID equity in ATX ๐ชช
The Austin Public Library is now offering "enhanced" library cards to people who may benefit from having another form of photo ID. They're accepted by more than a dozen local agencies and organizations, including APD and Austin Energy.
Such a pleasure to lit drop for the one and only
@BrandyforTexas
today in
#HD112
! I canโt wait to see her fight for strong public education, affordable health care, and immigrant rights in the TX House ๐๐โ๏ธ
#PeopleNotPolitics
Since the TX House will consider the fate of public education in our state, todayโs outfit is a little more meaningful.
As a proud product of Texas public schools starting at Benbrook Elementary, Iโm wearing my momโs Benbrook PTA dress shirt & ofc Red for Pub Ed ๐๐ซ
#txlege
Ready to gavel in tonightโs DNCC finale hearing from the woman of honor, the icon, the next President of the United States โ
@KamalaHarris
๐ฉ๐พโ๐ผ
Sporting coconut suffragette white to honor this historic moment of the first woman of color accepting our presidential nomination ๐ค
Good morning from the Italian Consulate in Houston after an 11 hour drive from El Paso to get my carta dโidentitร (temp paper copy just like Texas) as part of the Houston consulateโs pilot program offering Italian ID cards to citizens living abroad ๐ชช๐ฎ๐น
Averie Bishop is ready for the TX House whether the TX House is ready for her or not!!
In 2020 I regularly blockwalked in HD-112 to help it flip then and we came within 222 votes, but this cycle Averie is going to finish the job. I canโt wait to help welcome her to
#txlege
!
Turning 30 may be scary, nerve-racking & bittersweet but not with all the friends Iโve made over 10 years in Austin๐
Join me in celebrating my 30th birthday tomorrow!
Benefiting
@TCDP
,
@AustinYoungDems
, &
@StonewallAustin
โ orgs that gave me a place in ATX, politics & life๐๐ชป๐
Absolutely thrilled to get started serving on
@accdistrict
โs Regional Advisory Committee as the incredible Trustee
@sgharakhanian
โs Central Region appointee!!
ACC is truly an educational opportunity & community enhancement gem serving Central Texas tenfold our investments ๐ฆ
such an honor to Chair the Travis County Democratic Convention Youth Caucus today following in footsteps of inspiring young party leaders
@itsJenRamos
&
@KolbyDuhon
bringing young delegates together to support youth-led resolutions & young candidates for party office/committees๐ฉต
Itโs official~all 20 of my planks made it into
@texasdemocrats
Platform approved yesterday on the convention floor๐
TX Democrats embrace policies that deliver for everyday Texans from worker safety to ending period poverty, reducing car dependency, & unlocking housing solutions!
Proud to report that all *20* of my proposed planks to 2024-25
@TexasDemocrats
Platform were adopted by Perm Platform Committee at our marathon 8-hour meeting on Tuesday!
Representing true blue CD35, proud to have contributed to a truly progressive platform to guide our party๐
What an honor to present the official
@AustinPride
Grand Marshall sash to my former state representative, future mayor, and champion of our ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ community โ
@CeliaIsrael
๐
Grand Marshall ๐
GRAND MAYOR ๐