Watch: TX Filibuster – Sen. Wendy Davis fighting to the end
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Update: The Day After.
So it seems that Gov. Rick Perry is going to call yet another ‘special session’ – from the Dallas Morning News.
Gov. Rick Perry is calling lawmakers back immediately for another special session to deal with abortion issues, and also to consider transportation funding and new sentencing guidelines for 17-year-olds convicted of capital crimes.
Unlike the last 30-day special session, Perry is not waiting 16 days before adding abortion to the agenda. It will start immediately.
“Through their duly elected representatives, the citizens of our state have made crystal clear their priorities for our great state,” Perry said in his proclamation.
“Texans value life and want to protect women and the unborn. Texans want a transportation system that keeps them moving. Texans want a court system that is fair and just,” he said.
For now, here’s one of my favorite moments from last night… just about the only thing that can shut up a bunch of old white men that are far too interested in women’s lady parts.
Wendy “Wonderwoman” Davis just sent out this press release. She tells us it was “our filibuster” – read it all at the link.
2:54am UPDATE: I think we may be able to consider it finally done.
NEW from Texas @RepJoeDeshotel: Caucus over, Sens returning to floor to announce SB5 did Not Pass #txlege
— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) June 26, 2013
2:36am UPDATE: We’re now hearing from multiple sources that sb5 is dead. Still waiting for final confirmations. 1:54am UPDATE: It seems that they are adjourning behind closed doors for the time being. I will report more as I can find it. 1:38am UPDATE: The vote time seems to have been changed after the fact. Still waiting for this image’s veractity to be confirmed 
1:31am UPDATE: People yelling “Stay for Wendy!” President Obama, 5 hours ago tweeted support.
Something special is happening in Austin tonight: http://t.co/RpbnCbO6zw #StandWithWendy — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 26, 2013
1:18am UPDATE: Same Democrat Senator: “It’s really kind of funny… they [R Senators] have no idea what’s going on. You oughta feel free to stay here – it’s your building… right now the Nation is watching you.” 1:11am UPDATE: Democrat State Senator (trying to find his name) “What you saw was the power of the people scaring those who know they were doing wrong” [Towards the end of the night] You couldn’t hear anything – it was going to be rammed through, whatever the cost… 1:07am UPDATE:
RT @rossramsey: This is both unofficial & interesting. Legislature’s website shows the vote happened on 6/26. #txlege pic.twitter.com/0fAGWF46C7
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 26, 2013
1:01am UPDATE: Crowd chanting in the rotunda “We’re not waiting til 2014!”
12:56am UPDATE: Head of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards: “I’m not going anywhere!” in capitol rotunda
12:51am UPDATE: Watch the Ustream embeded below – State Senators are making speeches in the rotunda.
12:47am UPDATE: TX State Senator Whitmire has told reporter that the vote shouldn’t/doesn’t count
RT @mikestatesman: Whitmire: Vote did not start until 12:02, after midnight. It’s in the journal. Vote on SB5 doesn’t count. #txlege
— Jodi Jacobson (@jljacobson) June 26, 2013
12:40am UPDATE: Currently no one, including many Senators have any idea what actually was voted on, or really happened. Several news sites are reporting that the abortion bill passed – but people in the room disagree. For now, here’s a livestream of people in the rotunda. (warning, might start very loudly) Live video by Ustream Put the sound on low for this one – listen to the incredible noise from chanting the protestors in the rotunda were making just a little while ago. Here’s a shot from the rotunda – about midnight Austin time
Every floor of rotunda packed. People have crowded the first floor. #txlege #SB5 pic.twitter.com/xJlqI2a3pV — Shefali Luthra (@shefalil) June 26, 2013
The official Senate computer says there was a vote, 17-12 to pass #SB5 – Dems say it was after midnight, @cltomlinson reports — BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) June 26, 2013
12:20am UPDATE: Protestors getting arrested and booted out of the building – still unsure if a vote has actually happened or not.
12:09am UPDATE: Thanks to multiple parliamentary questions and chanting from the crowd the vote was not taken by midnight Austin time. But – as of 12:09am Austin time the arguments are still going on off camera audio.
Tune in right now – TX Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth began the filibuster at 11:18 a.m – and is now as of 11:37 Austin time going through procedural and parliamentary measures.
Catch up on the days fight at The Texas Tribune’s excellent blog here.
http://www.texastribune.org/2013/06/28/straus-says-perry-crossed-line-davis-comments/
Speaker of the Texas House of rethuglicans says Perry croosed the line personally attacking Sebator Davis.
Texas Senator Davis is considering a 2014 run for Guv Greaseball’s job. In a minority/majority state she might have a rill good shot at it.
According to CNN,guv greaseball of Texas has called another special session to try and get his agenda shoved down women’s throats.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57591221/texas-gov-rick-perry-calls-2nd-special-session-to-pass-abortion-bill/
CBS says guv greaseball can call as many special sessions as he wants and the lege can ONLY deal with whatever HE assigns. Yesterday’s victory will be short lived but satisfying/gratifying nonetheless.
Am amazed and gratified Senator Davis managed to pull this off. I hope there is enough pushback in TX to make the asshats reconsider another special session but am figuring they are tone deaf enough not to hear…
It is a sad commentary that it took running the clock out to put an end to such crap for the moment.
I only got here in time to watch some of the parliamentary questions posed by her peers and allies in the Senate – questioning methods and reasons for “foul” calls against her.
For my favorite Alaska encyclopaedia and historian-a little something for you to peruse late at night when nothing else is going on. You have me hooked on “Pffffttttts’ and I need a “Pffffttt” fix.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/native-american-chief-used-defend-redskins-nickname-may-223849455.html
I despair of ever seeing another open forum,no offense intended.
Thank you for making me laugh long and deep here, mikey 🙂
As amazing and powerful as Ms Davis’ determination is, the immediate call for another special session to pull this crap off and ruling on the VRA have pretty much knocked me flat this week. So happy about about the death of DOMA but feel like I can’t fully celebrate because of the other…
Poor dippo “Chief” Dodson! Pffffft! on so many levels!
Mr McKenna’s barely scratch-the-surface investigation turned up the most glaring foolishnesses, The remarks by family members put paid to some of it as did basic distinctions made by Native leaders and the anthropologist.
The foolishness about him being a chief-at-the-shaman level made me about bust a gut :
“The early Aleuts had shamans and shamanism, but what their sorcery consisted of is now difficult to ascertain, beyond the fact that it was accompanied with the usual accessories of songs, dances, beating of drums, and contortions. The shamans here as elsewhere called themselves mediators between the visible and invisible world between men and spirits ; and the mass of the people believed that they were acquainted with demons who could foretell the future and aid these sufferers, and therefore turned to them for aid in dangerous sickness or misfortune, asked them for good luck in hunting, long life, rescue from danger at sea, the calming of gales ; and also those who were not accoucheurs called them into their houses in cases of difficult birth…
In spite of all their knowledge and their efforts to impose upon the ignorant, the shamans were not held in much respect, being scarcely distinguished from other people; though helping other people, they frequently were themselves in want of assistance, and were forced to apply to others. ”
http://unimak.us/aleut_customs_veniaminov_petroff_.html
No- no shaman chose your family or you Mr Dodson 🙂
And you rilly should travel to Alaska and meet your Unangas or Unangan relatives before you shoot your mouth off anymore. At the very least, read Father Veniaminov’s “Notes… ” sir before you shoot your midwest raised mouth off at all.
Glad you liked that,now try this from guv greaseball from texas.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/27/rick-perry-wendy-davis_n_3510844.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
All life should be allowed to reach its full potential,sayeth the man? who presided over Texas execution of its 500th precious human life.
The weird thing is that I don’t find his stances inconsistent within the logic he arranges around himself. The ALL life is precious dealie comes from a notion of God’s-plan which also includes a strained notion of free will which allows for the community to remove those deemed to have sinned against God as well as to let those who fail to live up to some notion of potential fall by the wayside.
Now- I do think the logic has holey underpants and worn out elastic holding it half together but that is a different discussion.
His smarmy cracks about Ms Davis at that Right-to-Life meeting ?
PPPPPffffffftttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you read it, he sounds like a petulant brat bemoaning the fact that someone he thinks should agree with him about the whole pull-up-your-bootstraps crap doesn’t.
If you listen to it? He sounds like a middle schooler who has just latched onto an incomplete ( and fallacious ) argument to shame a friend into falling into a lockstep peer pressure dealie.
Here’s a link to the bill. Please note the definitions I have pulled from it.
Looks like another way of getting closer to personhood for a fetus snuck in there, eh?
(8) “Pregnant” means the female reproductive
condition of having an unborn child in a woman’s uterus.
(9) “Unborn child” means an offspring of human beings
from conception until birth.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/831/billtext/html/SB00005H.htm
They are redefining lots of stuff.Sec.171.045-Method of abortion-(2) b says-Except as otherwise provided by Sec.171.046(a),a physician performing an abortion under Subsection(a) SHALL terminate the pregnancy in the manner that,in the physicians reasonable medical judgment, provides the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive……..HUH???? Kinda defeats the purpose and intent of having an abortion,imho.
Sec.171.048(b)(in part)-If a federal court finds any provision of this subsection or its application to any person,group of persons or circumstances to be constitutionally vague and declines to impose the saving construction described by this subsection,the Scotex Shall provide an authoritative construction to the objectionable statutory provisions that avoids the constitutional problems while enforcing the statutes restrictions to the maximum possible extent and to answer any questions from federal appellate courts.
So this is Texas idea of seperation of powers? The lege dictating to the 9 rethuglican Scotex justices. I vote to force Texas to secede from normal America.
A humongous hug to you for the “Pfffft fix”. I rilly,rilly needed that!
there’s a nother Pfft! on board now 🙂
Fascinating history lesson,Ms Pi. Not all the way through it yet. Love the descriptions of volcanoes fighting each other. Sounds typically macho-male.
🙂
The Aleutian chain is of mostly volcanic origin so that certainly figures/d in everyday life and history.
Father Veniaminov wrote the first and most full description of the People from his time in post-contact colonial days. It has only relatively recently been available in English translation.
Taken with some grains of salt as per him having a POV of a missionary of the Russian Orthodox church and having “tudes related to that, he did fairly well. He was known for learning languages which is a huge step towards actually “hearing” what others have to say about themselves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocent_of_Alaska
My mother’s family is Russian Orthodox . The church is still a vital part of life in some parts of the state.
You are dealing with dirty rethuglicans here. This bill was not originally part of the special session that Guv. Greaseball called. It was a late addition and it is quite conceivable,from what I’ve read,that he cpuld call another special session to pass this. OTOH this is very encouraging and inspiring that Dems are starting to fight back against tyranny from the rejects from Hell. Does anyone know if rethugs added stripulations to the filibuster to make it as hard as possible to complete? She could not lean against anything for support,she did not get any food or bathroom breaks,she had to stay on topic and could not stop talking for 13 hours. What a woman/heroine!!!!!
The bill that passed, but didn’t, was several anti-women bills that Guncrazy Perry put together and pushed to pass in a special session. I really wish the Dems would promote the view that all of these types of state laws are anti-women and families… Afterall, it’s not like these Faux Pro-Choicers are also increasing SNAP funds, money to education, health care- all of those types of support that would help all these babies thrive.
Hypocrites >:(
“If you are pre-born, you are OK, if you are pre-school, you are f****d” — George Carlin
Boy oh boy…what an emotionally draining day. Woke up to the SCOTUS decision on the Voting Rights Act…then I hear about the Governor of Iowa giving himself the power to deny or allow, personally, might I add, any abortions that are Medicaid funded, in order for him to agree to the Medicaid expansion under the ACA. Then I turned on the filibuster by Senator Wendy Davis in Texas. Talk about the Texas Chainsaw Massacre…the GOP Senate really hacked that situation up good. All that, and the fact that it was 93 at my house today…it’s now 80 outside and 83 inside at 10pm…in Alaska. I am physically and emotionally a wreck…literally, a hot mess.
Hadn’t heard what iowa guv braindead has said. Got to get right on it. Thanks for the heads up(braindead’s rear end)
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130623/BASU/306230028/Basu-Poor-women-become-tools-political-game
Here is an article that covers this pretty well,imho.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130623/BASU/306230028/Basu-Poor-women-become-tools-political-game
You’ve GOT to be kidding me…HAVE to be.
Unfortunately, I know you’re not. My stomach turns at the very thought of the governor — Any governor– even suggesting this is in any way, shape, or form. appropriate. How truly creepy and utterly disgusting. beth.
I’m afraid they may do what the Michigan Republicans did, which is to simply vote that the vote took place in time and to hell with the facts.
Heck, why not? That’s pretty much what the SCOTUS did today with the VRA…saying that because a black president was elected that that means there is obviously no voter suppression, so therefore there is no need for the nine states affected by voter discrimination to need that part of the VRA that protected minority voters. Ugh…what a day!
Right, because everyone knows that only blacks would vote for a Black President.
My head hurts. And there is a head-shaped dent in my desk now.