Dr. Kristin Hook for Congress
Scientist and former federal worker running for U.S. Congress to fight for affordability, accountability, & opportunity for working families in #TX21!
www.hookfortexas.com
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressLet me give a shout out to this beautiful soul I was blessed to have met tonight after the Ice Out Rally here in Austin Texas, @kristinhook.bsky.social Dr. Hook is running for Texas Congressional District 21! Thank you for the great conversation and obvious love for human rights and SCIENCE!
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressIn this closeup of the shooting of Alex Pretti: You can see Alex Pretti being shot at point blank range in the back by an ICE agent. Alex Pretti's left hand is leaning on the ground. His empty right hand is by his side. Alex Pretti is not holding a gun in either hand and is not a threat to agents.
- ICE HIRING EXPOSED Under Trump and cowardly Republicans in Congress, our federal government has fired thousands of highly skilled public servants & scientists like me and is using a janky hiring process to onboard and arm untrained and violent people to unleash on our streets. Nobody wants this.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for Congressbut failed to provide the TX voters a written proof they are registered to vote. After redistricting voter may have been moved to a new district and that info is on the card. This is voter suppression and a failure of SoS Jane Nelson. Before retiring, Nelson was my representative in the TX Senate.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressThe Texas Secretary of State admitted today that there will be a delay in the mailing of the voter registration cards. I know that Denton County will mail the cards in February with voters receiving them AFTER the deadline to register to vote. The SoS rushed to share the TX voting roll with the DOJ,
- My statement on the violent killing of Alex Pretti today by ICE
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressThe Liberal Austin Democrats released their 2026 slate, endorsing @clairereynoldsforcongress.org along with @jamestalarico.bsky.social, @gregcasar.bsky.social, @caitlinrourk.bsky.social, @kristinhook.bsky.social, and @tanyafortexas.bsky.social in federal races. bluevoterguide.org/endorser-org...
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressExtraordinary photo and photojournalist. Imagine being attacked on all sides and still having the presence of mind to try to save evidence of the oppressive encounter.
- Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressMy whole life, fascism was defined as being stopped by armed, masked agents of the national government who demand your papers, on pain of arrest, injury, or death. That’s now here, and the group of people who warned about that the most are either silent or in favor of it,
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- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressKERNEN: How are you blaming Trump's policies for the affordability crisis when Biden had higher inflation? WARREN: Trump's tariffs have driven up prices. Trump's energy policies have driven up prices. And Trump's decision to cut access to healthcare has doubled or tripled the cost of healthcare
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressNEW: Mass resignations at the DoJ Civil Rights Division - including the Chief of the Criminal Section - over the administration’s refusal to investigate the murder of Renee Good. www.cbsnews.com/news/minneap...
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressA woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressEach Friday, I write a briefing on what is happening to American science & higher ed. 🧪 This was Year 2, Week 2: - science budgets avoid catastrophic cuts, but NOT okay - vaccination schedule hijacked & kids will suffer - university mergers in Oregon & so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressSome 600 immigrant kids were sent to federal custody by ICE in 2025. A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf. Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn. (Published Nov. 2025)
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressYou and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressMurdered.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressSamuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists. Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot. It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
- My campaign slogan: Make Politics Boring Again
- The Constitution is clear: only Congress can send us to war. Without evidence of provocation or the approval of Congress, Trump’s invasion of Venezuela today sets a dangerous precedent for the U.S. and the world. I strongly condemn these unlawful actions. Congress must act.
- Proud to be a part of this moment as a Congressional candidate in TX-21!!
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressJames Talarico exposes GOP private school voucher scam: “Elon Musk is a Texas resident and is eligible for these funds. He has 8 children. That's $2 million in funds for Elon Musk. You're taking tax dollars of plumbers and nurses to subsidize families who already have kids at private schools."
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressSo in spring, Pam Bondi said there was nothing to the Epstein investigation, then “closed” it. Now, they “find” 1 million more docs. So did she close this without seeing these docs? Or was someone hiding them?
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressNot only are people showing up to defend their neighbors and our democracy, they’re doing so in historic numbers. The amount of our local groups has doubled and the overall size of our movement has quadrupled!
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressCasual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressCasual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressI don’t think the law passed by Congress said that DOJ has to release less than 1% of the materials by Dec 19.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressTeam Tucker wrapped up our last Data Pizza Party of the year, and it was our biggest one yet! We’re building a team to flip Texas at every level. Check out our website to learn how to get involved 🤠
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressWOW: In a special election for Kentucky State Senate District 37, Democrat Gary Clemons has won with a staggering 72.5% of the vote, defeating Republican Calvin Leach, who received 25%. Harris won the district by 6, so Clemons outperformed the 2024 results by roughly 42 points.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressNo blood for oil
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressWTF? ICE is arguing in court that US CITIZENS can be detained, handcuffed, and biometrically screened unless they can prove citizenship on the spot. And that a REAL ID isn't enough. This isn't border security.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressNearly one-quarter of Americans say the country’s health care system is in crisis, with 29 percent citing high costs as the most urgent problem with national health, according to a new Gallup poll.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressWe like to start our day with an optimistic good morning post, but after reading of the mass shootings at Brown and Bondi Beach, we’re heartbroken. So recently we felt that terror ourselves. So let’s dream of a world where people aren’t randomly shot while living their lives. That’s optimism.
- My heart goes out to the Brown University students, families, and faculty who are the latest victims of gun violence in our country. 💔 Thanks to our first responders, many are safe. This epidemic is curable with basic gun safety laws, health access for all, and political will.
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- Hot off the press! I’m going to personally see to it that the racial gerrymander by Texas Republicans and Trump backfires in their faces. Follow and support my #TX21 campaign @ www.drkristinhook.org www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressRequiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control. All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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- 💯 to this!!!! “Precinct chairs are the ground troops of democracy, the people who actually knock doors, register voters, track down the missing Democrats in their neighborhood, and build the muscle memory of turnout.” Look up your precinct chair and offer to help! Don’t have one, then SIGN UP!!!
- IT’S OFFICIAL!!! I just filed to run for U.S. Congress again to serve Texas’ 21st District! This is what a scientist running for office looks like!!! It’s time to finish what we started - for working families, scientists, civil servants, and everyone harmed by Trump. ¡Ya basta!
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety. My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressMark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressWalmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay. See the problem?
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressTHIS IS BIG For non-academics who might not understand why: 1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house 2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressI really don’t think we can overstate the harm that the tech ethos of move fast and break things (followed by the unsaid “and then just move on”) has done beyond tech. Government, ngos, universities, public schools that have invited the folks who think like this in keep ending up gutted
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressScientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.) RTs appreciated.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressThe DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressYou can’t reform this.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressHang on, a pause is by definition temporary. Permanent is the opposite of temporary. “Permanent pause” is an oxymoron, a contradiction. If you want to be president of the US, don’t you think you should learn English, @realDonaldTrump ?
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressIt’s not a great deal if you don’t need it. And especially this year, others really need support. So for all of us who have enough, let’s refuse to get sucked into the holiday shopping frenzy and share instead of shop. We don’t need more stuff, we need communities where all our neighbors are safe.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressThe most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda. And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressHappy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍂🥧 Have some anti-vax family at your table? Here is a summary of 14 studies that found no association between vaccines and autism. h/t @drtomfrieden.bsky.social
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressIf telling the troops not to follow illegal orders is “sedition,” what do we call colluding with the Kremlin to manipulate the U.S. President into advancing Russian interests over America’s?
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressThis is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for CongressListen, this administration isn’t “making America great.” It’s targeting our neighbors, tearing families apart, and putting lives on the line. Democrats on Oversight are standing up because this fight isn’t about left or right. It’s about right and wrong. Period.
- Reposted by Dr. Kristin Hook for Congress"The Supreme Court may further erode the Voting Rights Act in an upcoming decision. Beyond affecting Congress, that would reverberate across local governments nationwide." boltsmag.org/voting-right...
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