Archive for August 2022

As expected, Cong. Liz Cheney was defeated last night.  She doesn’t have a future with the current GOP. Gov. Greg Abbott rolled out his first ad a couple of days ago. It is like they are introducing a new fella to folks. He is not recognizable. Won’t work. _____ Back in 2020, in the early…

We lost a great one on Sunday. Paul Burka was one of the best to cover Texas politics and the Texas Legislature over the last 50 years. Paul brought us the Texas Monthly Ten Best and Worst Legislators.  A state senator or state representative had to earn it to get named to either.  Being named…

In six days, my Dad will celebrate his final double-digit birthday.  _____ The editorial cartoon that is featured on this post was in yesterday’s Chron. It pretty much sums up the GOP’s response to Donald Trump’s denials and admissions of the past week. It is indeed a sad, sick, and pitiful sight. The MAGA infested…

MAGA world doesn’t care if Donald Trump took classified documents on nuclear weapons. They don’t believe in the rule of law.  Some GOP members of Congress who are not card carrying MAGA world nuts but still blindly follow Trump are nervous right now. They should be. Aaron Parnas, an attorney and Democratic strategist from Florida…

A year ago today, State Sen. Carol Alvarado started her 15-hour filibuster. It was a cool, emotional, and exhilarating watch.  My landline is her campaign phone number and I remember getting calls throughout the night from folks across the country telling me to thank the Senator for her efforts. You try standing on your feet…

Trying to overturn a legal election. Violently attacking the U.S. Capitol. Taking official documents from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. These are what you call federal crimes. The MAGA lawless world is bent out of shape because the proper federal authorities are acting, executing search warrants, and seizing cell phones. It hurts, but that is how these…

This moron has no shame. Check this tweet from @AriFleischer on yesterday’s FBI raid of Donald Trump’s crib: All I can say is the FBI better have the goods. This better be a slam dunk criminal case, otherwise the Biden Administration and DoJ have crossed a line of no return. If they got the goods,…

The editorial cartoon I have up today was in last Thursday’s hard copy of the Chron. Originally, it was in the New York Daily News. It is eerily well done with the Twin Towers shadows. _____ This Trib headline today says a lot. Texas Republicans are trying to sell school choice measures, but rural conservatives…

This must be a sobering and honest admission by the Superintendent of HISD. Here is from the Chron today: Houston ISD’s police department would not be prepared should Texas’ largest school district be targeted by active shooter, Superintendent Millard House II said Thursday night. “I don’t know that this has garnered community insight but what I do know is…

This is from the Chron on the William-Paul Thomas bribery plea: William-Paul Thomas, the mayor’s council liaison, was offered more than $13,000 by a local bar owner to help him pass a building inspection and fast-track a new permit to reopen a bar as a restaurant, newly unsealed court documents show. Thomas contacted the “relevant” fire official…