Texas #BlueWave could take down Cruz & deal a big blow to @realDonaldTrump & GOP

@QuinnipiacPoll placed @BetoORourke 6 points behind Cruz

▪Beto 43%
▪Cruz 49%

Sizable jump from 11 point advantage Cruz had end of May

#GOTV
#FlipTheSenate
#BetoForTexas
newsweek.com/ted-cruz-beto-…
Texas Lyceum Poll indicated a much tighter race
@BetoORourke 2 points behind Cruz

▪Beto 39%
▪Ted 41%

"This race looks different because it's a strong Democratic challenger raising prolific sums of $, tons of earned media"

—Josh Blank, Lyceum Poll, Dir
texaslyceum.org/resources/Poll…
.@BetoORourke raised over $23 million this season without accepting donations from corporations of lobbyists.
Cruz has raised $30K more than his opponent.
Texas Senatorial race is currently the most expensive in the country.
A democrat hasn’t won Texas statewide race in 24 years.
Latino population of once ruby-red state is turning things a little purple, most political analysts are reluctant to say #BlueWave is coming for state tRump won by 9 points in 2016

“Turning TX blue has been great white whale for Democrats”

—Ford O’Connell, Republican strategist
Rs need 9 Senate races to keep majority
Dems need 28 to take it away
New polls put Dems & Rs at 50-50 chance of controling legislative body
An upset in red state like TX, can push Dems over edge Nov 6
Support for tRump is waning in Lone Star state:

▪Approve 46%
▪Disapprove 52%
.@BetoORourke & @tedcruz will face off in a series of 5 debates over the next few months
Which will likely boost O’Rourke’s profile & name recognition across the state
The 1st debate will take place on Aug 31 in Dallas, TX

#BetoForTexas

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Oct 7, 2018
Registration Deadlines, state by state

Alabama: in person/online/mail is Oct 22.

Alaska: in person/online/mail is Oct 7.

Arizona: in person/online/mail is Oct 9.

Arkansas: in person/mail is Oct 9.
Online registration is not available.

#GOTV
#BeAVoter

nytimes.com/2018/10/06/us/…
California: in person/online/mail is Oct 22.
Register at election office & vote with provisional ballot.
The vote will be counted when registration is verified.

Colorado: by mail/online is Oct 29.
Register in person by Election Day.
Connecticut: in person/mail/online is Oct 30.
Residents can register to vote through Election Day at local election office.

Delaware: in person/online/mail is Oct 13.

DC: in person is Election Day, by mail/online is Oct 16.

Florida: in person/mail/online is Oct 9.
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On Nov 8, 2016, I was shocked, in disbelief, I cried all night, I cried for weeks on/off that America is sexist.
It made my anxiety escalate, made me depressed & insomniac.
What cheered me up was lookin forward to Nov 6, 2018.
Today sucks but we're 30 days closer to Nov 6.
VOTE!
What broke my heart 11/08/16 that America said, like today: we know dude sexually assaults women, we don't care about what happened to you.
Nov 8, 2016 & Today October 6, 2018 was an assault to #MeToo survivors.
As a survivor & mother of a little girl is a double punch to my gut.
On Nov 8, 2016, I was so happy thinking the nightmare hellish circle that took over America would finally be over.
Our kids went to vote with us, I told my baby girl Ruby who was almost 3 at the time a woman would be president, I told her every little girl can be president now.
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Oct 4, 2018
Sexual assault & harassment linked to long-term health problems for women:

High blood pressure
Depression
Insomnia
Anxiety

A few possible long-term health consequences face mid-life women who experienced sexual assault & harassment, according to a study.
cnn.it/2Rkhqap
Not everyone is able, willing to identify what happened to them, but that doesn't prevent the body from having opinions about it & expressing them.
Women who reported prior sexual assault were 3 times more likely to experience depression.
Twice as likely to have elevated anxiety than women without a history of sexual trauma.
Those who experienced either sexual assault or harassment were twice as likely to have sleep problems, including insomnia, the study found.
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Sep 22, 2018
Aggravated Sexual/Abuse by Force/Threat of Force:
When person knowingly causes another person to engage in sexual act
Attempts to by using force against that person by threatening, placing that person in fear that person will be subjected to death, serious bodily injury, kidnap
Abusive Sexual Contact:
When no sexual penetration actually occurred but when the intentional touching of genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, buttocks of any person with intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person occurs
Sexual Abuse of a Minor/Ward:

Knowingly engaging in a sexual act with a person between the ages of 12 & 15 years.
Aggravated sexual abuse with children is a serious form called statutory rape, which the perpetrator shall be fined, imprisoned for any term of years, life or both.
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Sep 21, 2018
The audacity of the "president"of the United States asking why Dr Christine Blasey Ford didn't contact FBI 35 yrs ago.
First of all it was not a federal crime for her to contact FBI.
Second of all she was 15.
I was groped at 7 yrs old, 30 yrs later still haven't told my parents.
A 12 yr old groped me under my skirt.
I froze.
Was paralyzed
Confused.
Scared.
My mom feet ahead of me, unaware of what was done to me at the school entrance, early in the morning.
I remember every detail of that day at 37 yrs old.
I thought I'd get in trouble.
It was traumatic.
When you get sexually assaulted no matter what age or how many years have gone by, you heal from it, you learn how to cope with the trauma & pain but the scars live with you til your last breath.
I don't let it define me.
My #MeToo scars are a reminder of my strength & resilience
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Sep 21, 2018
$2M DND
$10M FEMA
$29M Coast Guard
$34M TSA
$33M ICE
$202M Total
$17M Head Start
$4M HIV
$17M CDC
$10M Medicare/Medicaid
$2.2M Maternal/Child Health
$6M Ryan White HIV/AIDS
$13.3M Ntl Cancer Institute
$87.3M Ntl Health Institute

$462M TOTAL taken from vital programs to cage kids
Source for the $260 Million taken from vital programs.

Source for the $202 Million taken from FEMA & other important national security programs.

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