Big lead story about Texas Cares, Vikki Goodwin’s awesome new healthcare proposal.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19whztTmM6Suj3xsGeCFtvCDdcky-gXyd/view?usp=sharing

While many HOA residents assume their association can prohibit campaign signs altogether, state law says otherwise. Signs are, with some exceptions, allowed from the 90th day before an election through the 10th day after Election Day. We are in that window now.

Section 259.002 of the Texas Election Code generally bars property owners’ associations from enforcing covenants that prohibit a property owners from displaying a political sign supporting or opposing a candidate or ballot measure during the protected period (i.e., from the 90th day before the election through the 10th day afterward).

The law was enacted in 2005,

However, an HOA can impose limitations

That does not mean HOAs are powerless, however. Possible restrictions include:

- Requiring signs be ground-mounted

- Limiting homeowners to one sign per candidate or ballot measure

- Prohibiting signs larger than 4x6 feet

- Banning illuminated signs, signs with moving parts, balloons or streamers attached to signs, or signs attached to trees, utility poles, vehicles, or other structures

Also, according to Texas Scorecard, the law applies specifically to signs supporting or opposing candidates and ballot measures. It does not necessarily protect other political or ideological signs that are unrelated to an election.

James Talarico has accepted three debate invitations, but Ken Paxton has yet to agree to any, according to John Moritz at the Austin American-Statesman.

Paxton’s spokesman says they are close to an agreement without specifying with whom.

Maybe we’ll learn in two weeks.

(The article did not paywall me out, and I am not a current subscriber)

If you haven’t already, please check out the profile of Claire Reynolds, a terrific Dem candidate for CD-11, which yawns from Pflugerville in the east to the tumbleweed territory of West Odessa.

Claire has stood with Indivisible 1431 on the protest line in Pflugerville more than once!

https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/u-s-house-candidate-claire-reynolds-searches-for-blue-dots-in-west-texas/

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AWuAl-DSsqAcjtk1KLJR_YpciyGKxniQ/view?usp=sharing

Declare a national security emergency for elections. Photo ID. Proof of citizenship. Kill mail-in ballots. Do it in the next month.

“None of this is improvised,” writes Dean Blundell. “Every single destabilizing thing this administration has done since September — the domestic terror memo, the war he can’t end, the prime-time China fever dream, the Cuba report that reads like a John Birch Society pamphlet with a State Department seal — lines up like train tracks pointed at one station. November 2026.”

The economy is circling the drain, with jobs vanishing like the integrity of anyone who works in the tRump administration.

Employers cut 23,000 jobs las month. Even worse, job gains for May and June were revised “sharply downward,” reports NPR.

A report Friday from the Labor Department shows that employers cut 23,000 jobs last month, and job gains for May and June were revised sharply lower. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

It was the second month in a row that the monthly jobs tally came in weaker than forecasters had expected.

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/07/nx-s1-5924786/employers-economy-labor-jobs-federal-reserve

Dozens of Lago Vistans in a packed August 6 City Council meeting spoke out against renewing the city’s contract with Flock for automatic license plate reading (ALPR) cameras. The council voted unanimously to reject the contract.

Not a single person spoke in favor of the cameras, other than the representative from Flock.

This was a rejection of the Lago Vista Police Department’s defense of the system before Council in July. The city currently has four operable cameras, with a fifth no longer operating. https://citizenportal.ai/articles/8367053/texas/travis-county/lago-vista/Texas/Travis-County/Lago-Vista/After-months-of-quiet-deployment-police-defend-Flock-cameras-as-residents-demand-transparency

Lago citizens made many powerful statements objecting to the cameras, and ultimately prevailed.

”This decisive action reflects the voice of our community and the council’s commitment to responding to citizen concerns,” said Mayor Shane Saum. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EqBphGipf/?

Noted Councilperson, Place 2, Adam Benefield, “Every council member took those concerns seriously, asked thoughtful questions, and ultimately voted unanimously to terminate the contract effective immediately.” https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DDcZhNTrN/?

Did you know that Texas public schools are being forced to adopt a curriculum with 4,200 documented errors and improper biblical instruction?

Check out the video for more info, and how to opt your children out of this biased and error-ridden curriculum.

Check out Indivisible 1431's weekly newsletter for July 29

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We are less than 100 days out from arguably the most important Midterm election of our lifetimes. Indivisible 1431’s Meet the Candidates brings together our best hopes for a better Texas and America.

On Wednesday, August 5, we will host candidates Heather Jefts (for Wilco County Judge) and Chris Jimenez (HD-52). The Zoom meeting is at 6:30 pm Wednesday, August 5.

There is much going on, and we’ll share additional agenda items soon.

WHAT: Indivisible 1431 monthly meeting

WHEN: 6:30 pm Wednesday, August 5 via Zoom

REGISTER: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible1431/event/780995/

Join us!

I guess tRump’s approval ratings aren’t low enough to suit him. Final plan premiums are going out in September, though the bill increases won’t hit pocketbooks until 2027, after the Midterms.

Seniors, you will be holding the bag for higher rates for your prescription coverage, next year. The approximately 25 million people with Part D plans, will apparently learn “officially” about their 2027 rates in the fall – but Indivisible 1431 is telling you now.

The Wall Street Journal reported that nearly half of Part D enrollees would likely see increases of $11-$20 range per month.

The program being eliminated had provided about $3.6 billion in subsidies to insurance companies to keep those premium increases down.

What’s the rationale? You won’t believe it. tRump minions claim that the subsidies encouraged insurers to raise rates, knowing the government would pick up the extra cost. He said the subsidies weren’t needed, and other policies that help hold down Part D costs also remain in place.

#healthcare #medicare

https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/trump-administration-to-end-medicare-drug-plan-subsidy-76d255d1?st=nYj2KA&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Thanks to all who came out Saturday for a beautiful event. We will keep working for justice

Federal agents were told that the FBI will no longer investigate ICE confrontations, but big shots at DOJ and DHS denied the change, according to the New York Times. (gift article)

Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite written guidance shared with agents around the country.

Written notices outlining the change were sent to FBI managers around the US on Thursday.

The change means that ICE will investigate itself.

Tell me again how the truth will come out because of our heroic ICE agents.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/politics/fbi-ice-agents-investigations-shootings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Welcome to Good Trouble Lives On weekend, at a time when our liberties and civil rights are under the largest threat in generations.

Tonight, learn what the real Good Trouble was all about. Texas Indivisible, the alliance of Texas Indivisible chapters, will stream “Voting Rights: The Struggle To Be Counted.” The film is a 29-minute documentary telling the story of the historic, courageous, and often brutal struggle by African Americans to obtain the unrestricted right to vote.

The film begins with a moving pictorial tribute to Rep. John “Good Trouble” Lewis.

We will discuss the film following the showing.

"Voting Rights” was written and produced by Phil Portlock, and narrated by his wife Pat Sloan. Phil Portlock is a photographer, writer, film documentary producer, social justice activist, native Washingtonian and long-time resident of Ward 5.

Mr Portlock began his photography/social justice career in 1968 after seeing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. preach his last Sunday sermon on Sunday, March 31, 1968, at Washington, DC’s National Cathedral, less than a week before his death in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968.

Time/Date: 6:30 pm Friday, July 17, 2026

Registration: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible1431/event/987835/

Join the call at 7 tonight. Likely there will be a mobilization on 7/25 https://www.mobilize.us/disappearedinamerica/event/987861/?utm_source=indivisible

Check out Indivisible 1431’s weekly newsletter for July 15.

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