It's not enough for the Texas Republicans to rig the 2026 midterms with their gerrymandering-for-Trump legislation now that the quorum-breaking Democrats have returned. No, Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows had to wag his power-hungry weenie by demanding that Department of Public Safety police intimidate monitor their every move or else remain confined to the House floor.

Most of the Democrats signed the “permission slips” allowing for such humiliation in return for being able to leave. But leave it to a Black woman to keep fighting! Rep. Nicole Collier said , “I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts.”

It would have been great if more Democrats joined her in refusing to sig

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