Deadline Day
Deadline Day is next Monday, December 8. Potential candidates for the March 3, 2026, political party primaries in Texas have five days to file for office. See this from the Trib:
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, appears to be inching closer to a U.S. Senate bid, scheduling a “special announcement” for Monday.
Cong. Crockett serves the 30th Congressional District. The 30th is a multi-county district which means she must file at the Texas Democratic Party headquarters in Austin. If she runs for U.S. Senator, she also must file in Austin. Her “special announcement” on Monday takes place in Dallas. Regardless of her decision, she is going to have to hustle down to Austin to file. That is cutting it close.
This is also from the same Trib piece:
With little time left until the Dec. 8 filing deadline, Crockett also said on MS NOW she wanted to organize a slate of Democrats with different electoral strengths.
“We also need to make sure we have, what I consider to be, a strong slate — people that can also raise money, people that also have different groups of people that are attracted to them,” Crockett said, adding that she is the leading candidate among Black and brown voters.
“Instead of relying on one person to kind of carry the load, what type of ticket [can we run?]” she said on MS NOW. “So I’ve actually been talking to other candidates, potential candidates, as well, trying to recruit them.”
Democratic state legislators are already running for the other statewide positions, and getting candidates to shift gears before Monday’s filing deadline would be challenging.
Here is the entire Trib read: Crockett inches toward Senate bid.
Commentary is not a fan of these slate makers. It has a bad smell of backroom wheeling and dealing. It comes across as though the slate makers are smarter than the rest of us. And guess what? They aren’t smarter than us. I prefer that the Democratic Party Primary voters sort this out.
If Cong. Crockett ends up running for U.S. Senator, I am not convinced that she beats State Rep. James Talarico in a runoff. Just saying.
Let’s see who fills out the application in the featured photo in the next five days.
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I have a lot more respect for raccoons these days. See this from The Daily Beast:
A raccoon broke into a liquor store by falling through the ceiling, got into the bottles, and then passed out in the bathroom. The animal created havoc in an ABC in Ashland, Virginia, on Saturday, smashing multiple bottles of liquor on the floor, which it then drank up. Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter was called to the scene to take the raccoon in for the night to cool off after its boozy misadventure. In a statement on Facebook on Tuesday, the shelter said an officer “discovered the ‘suspect’ had broken in, ransacked several shelves, and then… passed out in the bathroom. The suspect? A very intoxicated raccoon.” It said an officer then “secured our masked bandit and transported him back to the shelter to sober up before questioning. After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than maybe a hangover and poor life choices), he was safely released back to the wild, hopefully having learned that breaking and entering is not the answer.” According to the Independent, Sam Martin was with animal control at the scene. “I personally like raccoons,” she said. “They are funny little critters. He fell through one of the ceiling tiles and went on a full-blown rampage, drinking everything.”
If you search online, you can find the photo of Rocky Raccoon passed out next to the toilet. From what I hear, a lot of folks have been found passed out next to the toilet. Rocky knew where to head.
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I hardly talk about high school sports. I will say that C.E. King, North Shore, and Summer Creek are in the 6A regional finals. C.E. King and Summer Creek play each other this Friday. All three high schools are in Texas State Senate District 6.
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I will be watching the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree this evening on NBC.