Archive for November 2022

From the where is the story department. Here is a headline from an online Chron story: Dozens of protesters allege, without evidence, widespread fraud in Harris County elections Here is the beginning of the story: Dozens of protesters joined high-profile election deniers Steven Hotze and Weston Martinez Tuesday outside Harris County Commissioners Court where they…

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs getting the call last night, well, made my night.  She wins the race for governor of Arizona. Yuk, yuk, yuk to Kari Lake. Loser. MAGA loser. From an online story: Hobbs marked her victory Monday night with a tweet that read: “Democracy is worth the wait. Thank you, Arizona. I am…

The right wingers on “What’s Your Point” yesterday admitted that they got it wrong on the Harris County Judge race. They didn’t have any excuses. Host Greg Groogan opined as to why more Harris County voters didn’t heed the message on crime and judgeships.  I will tell Greg why. Democrats think crime is a major…

Today is Veterans Day. Thank a veteran. _____ Jasper Scherer of the Chron has a frontpage story that focuses on Texas Democrats, rural Texas, and Tuesday’s election outcome. Commentary is quoted in the story. Here are parts: Throughout the midterm campaign, Beto O’Rourke and other Texas Democrats tried to chip away at Republicans’ lopsided advantage…

We are still waiting to see who controls congress. The Donald Trump GOP certainly didn’t expect this result. _____ Here is from today’s Chron: Fresh off a narrow reelection that was anything but assured, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo on Wednesday held a news conference to praise colleagues, thank supporters and call out some members…

Commentary will take it. The GOP, Mattress Mack, and others spent millions trying to defeat Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and they came up short. Lesley Briones knocked off Harris County Commissioner Jack Cagle.  Now he has a reason not to show up for work. Democrats will hold a 4-1 Commissioners Court majority. It looks…

I don’t have any use for Cancun Cruz. I would never throw a beer can at him. Cancun has certainly earned his POS status. I won’t be paying this fella. See this from the Daily Beast: Elon Musk has discussed putting all of Twitter behind a paywall as a new way for the company to make money as advertisers…

Election Day is tomorrow. The pandemic, polling issues, unreliable voter turnout models, the drop in mail ballots, the Donald Trump factor, worldwide inflation, and abortion make it kind of difficult to predict what result will show up tomorrow night. I just hope it is a good night for Democrats. _____ Commentary wasn’t surprised we won…

The Chron E-Board pretty much admitted that they goofed big time when they endorsed Alexandra Mealer for Harris County Judge. A classic case of buyer’s remorse. Dummies. This is what was posted online yesterday from the Chron E-Board. First the headline here: Editorial: Mealer, return your big donations from far right megadonors Here is how…