Public Education Advocate, Former Librarian, Writer, Reader, Italian student, Traveler, Swimmer
Austin, Texas
Joined February 2010
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Sara Stevenson🌻 retweeted
When being just and honest comes at a price, pay it. When forgiving seems like a defeat, forgive. When everyone tells you to think of yourselves first, do not be afraid to put yourselves in the last place. Be willing to give up time, money, comfort and plans to serve others. May those who see you find themselves asking: “Why do they live in this way? Where do they get this freedom? Why do they love one another so much?” #ApostolicJourney #Uruguay
Sara Stevenson🌻 retweeted
Trump: In Texas, Talafreako...
@JamesTalarico: That’s Senator Talafreako. Hi America, I’m James Talarico, the guy who's been texting you every day asking for $5.
Trump: In this economy, who can blame you?
Talarico: But I think, Mr. President, if we can work together, we can make life better for everyday Americans. It's clear people want something new. They want something different. I'm talking, of course, about SNL's cold opens. How many of these Trump freezes are they gonna do?
Trump: Infinity.
Talarico: Well, in that case, there's only one thing left to say. Live from New York, it’s Saturday night!
Sara Stevenson🌻 retweeted
New: @BetoORourke has a clear message for Texas Democrats following their historic victories Tuesday: deliver.
O'Rourke thinks Dems should do 3 things in 2027:
-Expand Medicaid.
-Raise the state minimum wage.
-Increase public school teacher salaries.
dallasnews.com/news/politics…
Sara Stevenson🌻 retweeted
We pray that @GinaHinojosaTX’s platform of goodness & righteousness will end the despicable politics of hatred, lies & fear-mongering that has marked @TexasGOP politics for decades.
Gina’s election is about great public schools for ALL Texas kids!
#txlege, let’s restore #txed!
The woman with the ten-gallon hat is really ridiculous. I’ve heard her speak. Cos-play.
Democrats take control of State Board of Education for 1st time since 1994. Plan to remove Christian nationalism from state standards.
houstonchronicle.com/politic…
Sara Stevenson🌻 retweeted
Crucial for understanding what happened in Texas (and the US) this week.
So many of our book-banning foes from 2022 & 2023 became allies in 2025, because they realized the culture wars were a smokescreen for the destruction of public schools. Ask @LaneyHawes
I wrote about the *red state strategy* of knocking out GOP opponents of vouchers by smearing them on issues that were completely unrelated to school choice a while back. Seemed kinda risky to me educationwars.substack.com/p…
Love this so much! She achieved her dream! ❤️❤️
Sara Stevenson🌻 retweeted
In his first public appearance since winning the election, @JamesTalarico adds his “I voted” sticker to Lorenzo Salgado’s memorial in Houston.
Lorenzo was murdered by ICE 4 months ago today.
Sara Stevenson🌻 retweeted
Latest Russian internet joke: "Trump's 7th and greatest bankruptcy, the Republican Party!" The goal now must be to prevent America from becoming the 8th.
Sara Stevenson🌻 retweeted
This was how Mississippi eliminated poor folks with no credit cards from the voter rolls.
Sara Stevenson🌻 retweeted
Ted Cruz in 2012, on what would happen if Texas went blue:
“The Republican Party would cease to exist. We would become like the Whig Party.” newyorker.com/magazine/2012/…
Sara Stevenson🌻 retweeted
Hi y'all! I'm excited to support Speaker @Senfronia4Texas , the 1st Black woman to serve the role, and the 1st Dem in 23 years. I look forward to working w/ the Speaker and @TexasHDC to deliver affordability & the meaningful change Texans demand. Let's get to work. #hd45 #txlege
Sara Stevenson🌻 retweeted
Knowing he was facing a tough Midterm election, @POTUS ordered @GOP govs and legislatures to take the extraordinary step of mid-decade redistricting to redraw congressional lines.
This effort to rig elections in his favor failed spectacularly.
TX and FL were the hub of the plan.
But of the nine seats the Rs hoped to pick up between the two states, they gained just one.
Meanwhile, in CA, which, led by Gov. Newsom, voters approved a remap in response, and Dems picked up five seats.
And the @GOP efforts also inflamed Black and Hispanic voters in the South and Southwest, hiking turnout and Dem voting.
In Texas, the governor who dutifully launched the remap wars lost in a stunning upset. The state house that affirmed the plan turned blue for the first time in more than two decades.
For Republicans, Trump's gambit was an unmitigated disaster.
Sara Stevenson🌻 retweeted
Official headshots of what's shaping up to be the before/after Big Three in Texas #txlege
Sara Stevenson🌻 retweeted
By now I’ve read or seen every major victory speech from Tuesday’s remarkable election. There were many powerful and moving speeches, but in my judgment, the best was from James Talarico. I urge you to read it. I think it’s a harbinger of the future.
robertreich.substack.com/p/t…
Sara Stevenson🌻 retweeted
My campaign and others complained about this for months. This should’ve been a national story. Thank God @MSTODAYnews reported it and we and others were able to try to reach these voters.
Local journalism matters!
Voter inactivations surged ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections, the first since the MS Secretary of State’s Office authorized unverified data from the credit bureau Experian for counties to use statewide when cleaning their voter rolls.
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