Texas Values
This is from the lead story on the front page of the hard copy of the Chron today:
In the days after the primary runoff, Gov. Greg Abbott was urgently working to mend fences among the state’s fractured GOP and sounding the alarm to supporters that they need to take this cycle seriously. He called on Republicans to back the entire party slate — even candidates he had campaigned against in the hotly contested primaries.
“This year is unlike any other, and we MUST unite,” Abbott wrote in a fundraising memo.
This is from the Dallas Morning News:
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Cornyn will support the “Republican ticket” in November, but he said Monday he still believes Attorney General Ken Paxton is a crook who is unfit for office and will put the seat at risk in November.
“I stand by everything I said during the whole campaign,” Cornyn told reporters as he returned Monday to the Capitol where he has represented Texas for nearly a quarter century.
I wonder how long it will take Cornyn to unite behind Paxton and say nice things about him.
This is also from the front page Chron story:
The Republican governor has said (State Rep. James) Talarico “doesn’t share Texas values.”
Let me know when Abbott says cheating, crooked Ken Paxton shares Texas values.
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Hello June. This is from the Chron:
Houston’s Pride Festival and Parade is moving to the first weekend of June this year.
Pride Houston 365 shifted the 2026 celebration to June 6 because of FIFA World Cup events expected later in the month. The move marks the first time in the organization’s history that the parade will take place at the beginning of Pride Month instead of its usual late June date.
The featured photo is from 2023 and in my book reflects part of Texas values.
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I saw this yesterday:
Rosamund Pike has publicly berated an audience member for texting during the finale of her West End play.
The British actress, 47, plays a Crown Court judge in Suzie Miller’s play Inter Alia at the Wyndham’s Theatre.
However, after the curtain had fallen for one of her performances, Rosamund returned to the stage to address a member of the audience for ‘texting’.
The Gone Girl star claimed that texter had ‘broken the bond’ between the cast and audience.
She also said that it’s ‘hard’ for actors to continue with their performances after they notice an audience member not paying attention.
Speaking to The Times, one person who was at the play said: ‘She suggested that someone texting in the climax of this devastatingly emotional play broke this bond. She seemed genuinely upset.’
The source also added that her criticism left everybody ‘a bit stunned’ and made them feel as though ‘we had all let her down’.
‘It’s a very emotional play. She indicated the area of the stalls where the person was sitting but said she would not single them out,’ they continued.
‘She joked that maybe they were a doctor who saved someone’s life and she hoped that was the case.’
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It is Dollar Dog Night at Daikin Park this evening.
Tomorrow night is Pride Night at Daikin Park with Pride Fans being handed out to the first 10,000 fans in attendance. Cool.