UPDATED (11.14 am Pacific) : Filibuster underway. Link to LiveStream below.
The rally begins at 9:00 am, the filibuster at about 11 am. The deadline: midnight.
The goal: prevent a Texas Senate vote on SB5, a sweeping anti-abortion bill.
Texas Sen. Wendy Davis (D) is leading the filibuster, reprising her 2011 role of GOP spoiler.
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From Storify (originally published at 2:47 am Pacific):
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