Four Presidents

Jenna Bush Hager is probably the ultimate nepo baby and she probably doesn’t mind being described that way. She scored some cool interviews that aired on “Today” this morning. She interviewed the four living former presidents – President Bill Clinton, her dad, President George W. Bush, President Barack Obama, and President Joe Biden. As the nation approaches its 250th birthday, Jenna asked the four about their service and message to America. They were good interviews with uplifting responses. I would recommend you check it out. Nice job, Jenna.

That is Jenna and President Obama in the featured photo.

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From the oh, brother department. Here are the headlines and sub-headlines of the latest E-Board take on the H-Town Mayor and the H-Town ICE ordinance:

Whitmire promised to avoid Austin’s fights. Instead, he imported them | Opinion

The mayor’s reversals on immigration show how he approaches Houston City Hall like a Texas senator, not the chief executive of a major city.

Here is the entire take: Why Mayor Whitmire still governs Houston like a Texas senator.

Oh, brother.  Shallow for sure. The H-Town region has one of the highest populations of undocumented residents. We’ve seen masked federal goons ignore due process and violate the rights of U.S. residents over the past year in some cities in America. The mayor is trying to make sure that the H-Town region doesn’t become ground zero for next ICE invasion. To my knowledge there is no playbook for how you deal with ICE in its current form. Don’t get me wrong. ICE is already here. I just don’t want them here in a much larger presence.

When the mayor was running for the job back in 2023, masked federal goons were not an issue. Now they are and the mayor is trying to get us through this.

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On a related note, the lead front page headline in yesterday’s Chron hard copy was:

Some want mayor to challenge state

Here is the headline for today’s hard copy Chron story on the ICE ordinance:

Mayor: Houston may amend new ICE policy

Oh, yeah. This story is located at the bottom right-hand corner of page A3. Oh, well.

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The Astros won last night in Cleveland. The Yankees are in town this weekend.