Archive for June 2025

I guess we will find out in the coming days, weeks, or months if today’s hard copy Chron headline is a bit overdramatic. See the featured photo. _____ Terry Virts is an astronaut who has spent 213 days in space. He recently tweeted that he is a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for U.S.…

Summer officialy gets underway this evening. We have been feeling the summer for a while now. “The 3rd Hour of Today” is celebrating the Summer Soltice this morning from Anchorage, Alaska, the land of the midnight sun. See the featured photo. North to AlaskaWe’re goin’ north, the rush is on That is from the 1960…

Today is June 19, Juneteenth, a national holiday. KPRC Channel 2 News was live this morning from Galveston, the Juneteenth birthplace. Channel 2 News anchor Sofia Ojeda was reporting from in front of the “Absolute Equality” Juneteenth mural. The mural is today’s featured photo. Nice. I will say it again. It was the late State…

Sir Paul McCartney is 83 today. Happy Birthday, Sir Paul! He is still going strong 19 years after turning 64. I can say that I have seen him in concert 3 times. In 1976 at The Summit for the Wings Over the World tour.  At Reunion Arena in Dallas in 2002. And at Toyota Center…

Rice University Political Science Fellow Mark Jones put out his ranking of Texas House members and my state representative and friend Christina Morales is the most liberal. Good. See the featured photo. I would say that State Representative District 145 is one of the most liberal districts in the state. See this from the Trib:…

Last week I mentioned David Hogg and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) issues he was dealing with. I said Hogg was trying to inject much needed energy into the Democratic Party.  Yesterday, I saw this tweet: @ShaneGoldmacher NEWS: Randi Weingarten is out at DNC, citing disagreements with Ken Martin in a resignation letter. “I appear…

Commentary said this yesterday about Gov. Greg Abbott calling up the Texas National Guard ahead of this weekend’s planned protests in Texas: Let’s just call this what it is. Provocation. Gov. Abbott is hoping for the protests to get out of hand so he can look like a tough guy. This guy will never be…

Well it’s been building up inside of meFor oh I don’t know how longI don’t know whyBut I keep thinkingSomethings bound to go wrong But she looks in my eyesAnd makes me realizeAnd she says don’t worry babyDon’t worry babyDon’t worry babyEverything will turn out alright Don’t worry babyDon’t worry babyDon’t worry baby These lyrics…

Commentary doesn’t say much about ICE and their work these days. I will let the featured photo do the talking from today’s Chron. That’s what America voted for last November. It does not surprise me, and it should not surprise you. _____ ABC News is letting go one of their top journalists for telling the…

More on that tie runoff in Pasadena. From ABC Channel 13 News: PASADENA, Texas (KTRK) — Two hundred and seventy-two votes to 272 votes: those are the totals in the race for a city council seat in Pasadena after this weekend’s runoff election. The results are not official yet, but after the initial count, there is…