On Sheinelle
New Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows got elected yesterday and the majority of his votes came from Texas House Democrats.
Here is from the Trib:
Burrows won the speaker’s race after two rounds of voting, edging out Cook by a vote of 85-55. During the first round, Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez-Ramos, a Richardson Democrat, received 23 votes from fellow Democratic members — enough to keep Burrows and Cook from reaching the majority threshold of 76.
In the ensuing runoff round, twelve Democrats who had voted for Rodríguez-Ramos switched to Burrows. He also netted two more GOP votes from members who defected from Cook. Nine members marked themselves present without voting for either option, and one member, Yvonne Davis of Dallas, was marked as absent.
Burrows’ winning coalition was made up of 49 Democrats and 36 Republicans, drawing instant backlash from hardline members and activists who vowed revenge in next year’s primaries.
“Today, the RINO (anti-MAGA) Establishment laughed in the faces of our Republican grassroots. They chose Democrat chairs and Lobbyist buddies over their voters,” Rep. Shelley Luther, a freshman Republican from Tom Bean who had vowed to oppose the Phelan-Burrows leadership team, wrote on social media. “I look forward to seeing if they’re still laughing after the next round of primaries. The fight starts today.”
Here is the entire Trib read: Dustin Burrows voted Texas House speaker | The Texas Tribune.
This is clearly a loss for MAGA Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and crooked AG Ken Paxton. Good. Let’s hope the infighting in Texas MAGA world continues for the next 139 days.
Here is the wackiest statement to come out of our State Capitol yesterday from Texas MAGA Chair Abraham George:
“There is no separation between church and state. We don’t want the government in our churches, but we should be in the government.”
These MAGA guys are nuts and dangerous.
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I don’t know about you, but it appears as though the MAGA folks are rooting for the wildfires to kick the arses of the California Democratic Governor and LA area Democratic elected officials. Just plain old sick MAGA politics.
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Commentary and a bunch of other folks have been wondering about where Sheinelle Jones has been the last few weeks. She has not been on “Today” in a while. See this from this morning:
Sheinelle Jones has announced she is taking some time off the air from TODAY in order to attend to “a family health matter.”
She updated fans with a message on Instagram that was read on the show by Savannah Guthrie on Jan. 15.
“Hi everybody … I sincerely appreciate all of you who have reached out while I’ve been absent from the show,” Sheinelle said. “I want to share with you that I’m taking time to deal with a family health matter.
“It’s not lost on me how lucky I am to have not only the support of my Today Show family, but to also have all of you. Your kindness means so much to me.
I’ll see you soon.
Love, Sheinelle
Here is the entire read: Sheinelle Jones ‘Taking Time’ Away From The TODAY Show.
I wish her the best. The featured photo is from last Halloween Day and Sheinelle as Foxxy Cleopatra from “Austin Powers in Goldmember.” Cute.
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The Astros still have not posted starting times for their 2025 regular season home games.
