Scientist, activist, immigrant, mother. Denton County Democratic Party Precinct Chair. 🇮🇹🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️https://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3ml7zdcsdpc2yMany good ideas in this post. I am adding two suggestions: 1) automatic voter registration for all US citizens. 2) voting centers on Election Day in every Texas county. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7zdcsdpc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mkylfxfess2bMitch Little aka “because we can” recently endorsed a candidate for city council in Flower Mound, Susan Cox who was also endorsed by Brandon Gill and Ben Bumgarner. Well, she lost! Thanks to the hard work of @flowermoundareademocrats.org we also had a win on school board! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 02:03 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkylfxfess2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mkm5ptwpgs2kThanks for this in depth analysis of Rep. Gill’s despicable style, rooted in racism and hateful rhetoric. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 03:26 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkm5ptwpgs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mjfwwnc3hk2nI bet they shared some fun moments together … [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfwwnc3hk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mjfwu2gb2s2nAfter Rep. Swalwell’s resignations, Rep. Gonzalez is resigning too. He had already withdrawn from his primary runoff.13 Apr 2026 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfwu2gb2s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mj4ihguzbs2fNot all heroes wear capes! Running as a democrat in Texas HD 68 requires courage! I had the pleasure of meeting Jasmine Henderson at an event on Gainesville and I am excited to see her featured here. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 04:31 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4ihguzbs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mi5zg6daes2hWe had more than a thousand people showing up in Flower Mind, Texas for the #nokings protest. No issues at all. A lot of honking and support from the cars driving by. Many great signs but also people with no signs showing up in support!29 Mar 2026 01:42 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5zg6daes2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mhl6ygitks22Heading to the Denton County Democratic Party convention! Special guests: Rep. Jon Rosenthal, nominee for railroad commissioner, and Sen. Eckhardt, nominee for comptroller. All the local candidates! Where: Horizon Unitarian Church, Carrollton. with @dentondems.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Mar 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhl6ygitks22https://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mg5nlm6syc2pToday is Election Day in Texas! If you have not voted yet this is your last opportunity!03 Mar 2026 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5nlm6syc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mfvfupowjs2tToday early voting ended in Denton County with more than 25,000 voters casting their ballots almost equally split between democrats and republicans. Early voting final numbers: Democrats, 55,941 votes Republicans, 59,365 votes. This turn out for a primary is unprecedented.28 Feb 2026 04:40 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfvfupowjs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mfuoael7d22wThis is what voting looks like in Texas. This is my polling location. I am precinct chair. When I block walk these are the people who may open their doors. But Texas Democrats are tough and we will not be intimidated.27 Feb 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfuoael7d22whttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mfno4f2exs2sTexans can be so hateful. This sign is not far from my house and I see it every day. It refers to a proposition on the republican primary ballot against sharia law. The usual islamophobic nonsense.25 Feb 2026 02:47 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfno4f2exs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mfitdlru6k2dGood news: TexasVAN is now showing who voted in the current primaries, not those who voted last November. After block walking in my precinct I adopted a second one and I am almost done. I poll greeted on Saturday and voted on Sunday. Plus Democrats have outvoted republicans for two days in a row!23 Feb 2026 04:37 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfitdlru6k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mf7pnmlxgc2nPlease keep giving Talarico free advertising time! @jamestalarico.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7pnmlxgc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mf2n257dhc2vGreat interview! Keep working hard and let’s flip Texas together! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Feb 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2n257dhc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3meyyqjktuk22Some photos I took today at the memorial for the killing of the art exhibit Ni de aquí ne de allá by artist Victor Marka27 Quiñones. The event was organized by the art students in front of the CVAD where the exhibit was supposed to run until May. Read my other posts for the story behind this.16 Feb 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyyqjktuk22https://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mevqm34s5k2yIf you live in Denton plan to attend this memorial tomorrow morning in the CVAD courtyard on the University of North Texas campus.15 Feb 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mevqm34s5k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mepm2mgozs22More on the closing of Victor Quiñonez’s exhibit at the University of north Texas. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Feb 2026 03:50 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mepm2mgozs22https://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mepjt4hkbc2xCensorship arrives at the University of North Texas! UNT has closed and canceled a solo exhibit of artist Victor Quinonez without any explanation. Among the pieces an illuminated paleta cart and melting paleta sculptures from the artist’s I.C.E. Scream series, https://glasstire.com/2026/02/12/unt-closes-cancels-victor-quinonez-solo-exhibition-without-explanation/?fbclid=IwY2xjawP7cedleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeTP4BLwjbdZYjiq3Me2KbHesd93H5m-Lh8QujBYlckkQiFhvNshFv1eruBQs_aem_ka8hTCos4cvVizJtUx3vew13 Feb 2026 03:10 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mepjt4hkbc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mepanlsj7k2nLook at that! And the first Italian gold medal was won by Francesca Lollobrigida who was born in my hometown, Frascati! Bravi, azzurri! Continuate a vincere!13 Feb 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mepanlsj7k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mem7vk5mcs2vTrump: "If we stopped testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any." Also Trump: "'If we stopped measuring presidential approval right now, we'd have very few unhappy citizens, if any." His approval rates must be abysmal! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Feb 2026 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mem7vk5mcs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3melkeedwks2sImportant report by Congresswoman Escobar on the inhumane conditions in Camp East Montana, an immigration detention facility near El Paso. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Feb 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3melkeedwks2shttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mekdn76ops22Bog crowd for @jamestalarico.bsky.social event at the University of North Texas! A long line of students and general public started to form before the doors opened. There was no enough room for everyone and at least a couple hundred people could not enter.11 Feb 2026 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mekdn76ops22https://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mei2nytw622qSay it louder: precinct chairs are the backbone of the party and knocked on the doors of our neighbors election after election is what will Turn Texas blue. I have 258 doors in my precinct. I am at 25% and plan to finish before early voting starts. Only 20% of Democrats in my precinct vote in the [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Feb 2026 03:50 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mei2nytw622qhttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mecabtwqdc2uBridge protest in solidarity with Minnesota on I-35, N. Garden Ridge Blvd, Highland Village/Lewisville, Denton County, Texas.07 Feb 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mecabtwqdc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3me6csyihv22wCornyn thinks that people would not agree with this: "James Talarico says many non-Christians are more “Christlike” than the Christians he serves with in the Texas Legislature." Remember, Cornyn is running against Ken Paxton!06 Feb 2026 06:49 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3me6csyihv22whttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mdrjfz5dik2aWambsganss conceded. But no worries, god is by her side! Bless her tiny pedophile supporting heart! Congratulations Senator Rehmet! #SD9 #tarrantcounty01 Feb 2026 04:43 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdrjfz5dik2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mdrg3a5gmc25Election day votes are coming in. Rehmet is still leading with 7/129 reporting. This is a +17 Trump district and the democratic candidate is overperforming in this runoff election for TX SD9. If this holds it would be a 30% shift in favor of the democrats. Are we going to turn Texas blue in 2026!01 Feb 2026 03:43 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdrg3a5gmc25https://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mdr6jhxxqk2nDemocratic candidate Taylor Rehmet is leading the runoff election for TX SD9 in Tarrant with 56% of the votes. Early voting only. This is a +17 Trump district. Amazing result so far! Can we all keep our fingers crossed?01 Feb 2026 01:28 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdr6jhxxqk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/anto4texas.bsky.social/post/3mdlyikfobs25I know it sounds crazy but I already miss the snow! It only lasted six days, it’s almost completely gone now. And who knows when we will have another snow day here in North Texas!29 Jan 2026 23:57 +0000at://did:plc:dcxrtpfw6fbf43ojzwmzif4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlyikfobs25