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@Charlesblain
writing ‘the brotherhood effect’ for @jhupress, serving @peptweets, @usccrgov-Texas, talking @fox26houston, @texasscorecard, @bcmpodcast_
HOUSTON|sc Katılım Nisan 2009
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Salinas doubling down on her push for Houston to seek temporary restraining order to stop $110m loss in funds over her immigration ordinance
Alejandra Salinas@salinasforhtx
Governor Abbott’s threat to strip $110 million in public safety funding from Houston is an attempt to bully our city for doing what is right, what is legal, and what upholds the Constitution. The premise that Houston must either repeal this ordinance or lose funding is a false choice designed to force compliance through fear. Those are not the only options. Houston has a clear legal path forward. I sent a letter to urge the Mayor and the City Attorney to immediately file a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to prevent the State from withdrawing funds and seek a declaratory judgment affirming that this ordinance is lawful. If we act now and file, the court will issue an opinion as early as today, providing City Council with critical guidance before any rushed decision is made regarding repeal. There is no funding that will be put at risk by seeking this emergency relief ahead of the State’s April 20th deadline. Houstonians deserve a city that will stand up for them, defend its laws, and protect its residents. I respectfully urge the Mayor to take immediate legal action.
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The collective audience gasp at ~50 seconds is straight out of a sitcom lol
charles@Charlesblain
Absolutely unhinged exchange between Council member Shabazz and @HPOUTX President
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.@salinasforhtx urging the city to file a temporary restraining order over @GregAbbott_TX pulling funds due to her immigration ordinance
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@slocumfortexas @aleksgruman1 @amuse This tweet adds nothing of substance to the dialogue. And it would certainly be hundreds of thousands they’d burn at least.
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@charlesblain @aleksgruman1 @amuse They are going to blow tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars in court and lose their asses because they want to let illegal aliens run loose all over Harris County.
SB4 is the STATE law. It's not "optional"
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Houston is interesting: always in a crisis of our own making, pockets of the city can’t read other pockets have no food, downtown district offers $50k grants to improve your storefront while other TIRZs can’t afford to fix a sidewalk, every nat’l headline “Houston? More like Hou wins!” but I’m going to die here and be buried under the grassy knoll in McGovern
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@aleksgruman1 @amuse Nothing in what they passed prevents turning illegals over to ice, it says they can’t hold them beyond the time it takes to give them a ticket for why they stopped them. And it’s not $100m a year, they have to repay the $110m in grants they received this year.
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@charlesblain @amuse May I ask for clarity of what is not entirely accurate about the statement?
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@charlesblain They voted for Sheila Jackson Lee and Al Green. What do you expect.
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@charlesblain Instead of dealing with the issues the city council is passing rules to prevent police from turning criminals over to ICE - a move that will cost you guys a $100M a year.
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@charlesblain Houston is simultaneously the best and worst major city in the United States.
GIF
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@charlesblain Maybe they’ll name a section of Bike Trail after you?
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@JRDNLTHMS What really gets me is simply saying they got caught up in the excitement of the day and spoke too soon or out of turn would have been a perfectly acceptable answer but instead they pretend he didn’t literally say those words to a reporter and then put them in writing
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@charlesblain I just don't understand how he can say this into a microphone, then hop on line and pretend it all never happened.
Doug Griffith lives in his own fantasy reality.
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Lying is a great way to rebuild the trust between the community and the police
Houston Police Officers' Union@HPOUTX
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@JRDNLTHMS In an email too! I mean it really is mind blowing. It must’ve been his AI clone that said it not him.
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Accepting the lies told by our political class
★@Luv_Xcuses
Be brutally honest, what's one thing Americans are simply better at than the rest of the world??
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