"Ms. Asenova was never a supermodel. She was an average model at best with average earnings,"

As a resident of the (not recently) great state of Texas it really pisses me off that they are willing to spend so much money on these issues instead of anything important; say education (of which we rank way near the bottom), healthcare (ditto), workplace safety, and the heat.

Aw jeez, I didn't realize she had come from her father's funeral. As far as I'm concerned Sen. Van de Putte saved the day in the final minutes. She's the one who got the crowd roaring on account of her badassery.

Don't forget Kirk Watson, who played a huge part in keeping the parliamentary fight going for almost 90 minutes to run out the clock after they gave her the last mark for the trumped up germane call.

"It was fucking ridiculous that women had to scream, scream, scream to be heard." <— This, this. So much this. Last night we were telling the politicians what we wanted, and they wouldn't listen. This feels more like an oligarchy than a republic.

Oh man, while reading about everyone that was showing up for support, all I could think was "Thank God the capitol is in Austin."

That's freaking right. You represent a CONSTITUENCY. Your constituency is talking. WHY aren't you listening?

Oh my goodness, y'all. I was in the senate chamber until we were starting to get cleared, which was probably around 12:30AM? I can't articulate how incredible it was. This is the stuff you read about in 9th grade American History and don't quite grasp the gravity of until you find yourself a part of it. My hands are…

I watched this last night. I cannot put into words the feelings of joy and empowerment that filled me when the gallery drowned out that snake of a Lt. Governor and his roll call for a vote. Victory from the jaws defeat.

She probably doesn't live in Texas, since a bipartisan poll found 80% of Texans opposed the bill.

Y'all keep this in mind next time you want to blame Texas for the many ills that conservatism has wrought in the US.If the rest of the world is supposed to abstain from judging the whole nation based on the views a few (an…

I have been obsessively refreshing google news all morning, and now I am happy-sobbing at my desk trying to be quiet so as not to attract attention from co-workers... when really I want to run around the office screaming and jumping for joy! But I think that is frowned-upon office behavior.

LETICIA VAN DE PUTTE!

FUCK YEAH! At what point must a female raise her voice to be recognized over the male colleagues in the room?????

I am almost positive that the Lt. Gov. of Texas could not be a bigger bag of dicks.

I live in the UK and it is 05.09 in the morning here but I can't sleep until this is over either!

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She's still standing!!!

Me fucking too. I have never gotten this nauseous watching CSPAN, for chrissakes.

THIS. This is what happens when Texans have had ENOUGH. TEARS... so proud of my fellow Texans in ATX tonight!