Archive for July 2026

After former H-Town City Council Member Letitia Plummer became the nominee of the Harris County Democratic Party for Harris County Judge, someone asked me about her potential vulnerabilities. I replied that she doesn’t file her campaign expenditures and contributions reports on time. It is called compliance issues. Campaign compliance is the dos and don’ts of…

The November election is about three and a half months from now. It is getting political. Here is from a Chron story on State Rep. James Talarico visiting H-Town yesterday: State Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. senator from Texas, was about to answer the final question of a town hall in southwest Houston…

This came out a couple of days ago on the ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo: In a newly released federal search warrant affidavit, federal investigators claim that Araujo had three bags believed to contain crystal meth in his vehicle at the time.  Three small plastic bags containing a ‘white crystal-like substance in the middle…

The electoral process segment of our democracy is rotting because of Donald Trump. Trump’s lies have about a third of the electorate believing the 2020 election was rigged and Joe Biden didn’t win. Tonight Trump will go on TV to lie again about the 2020 election. Shame on those news outlets that will let Trump…

This is from a Chron editorial today: After federal immigration agents fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo while he drove his van to work last week, Mayor John Whitmire said it fell on our federal partners, notably Texas’ two U.S. senators, to ensure a full and transparent investigation. He should have called Maine instead. After Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a…

The ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is a national news story. The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and others have reporters in H-Town covering the killing. Meanwhile, MAGA elected officials are scurrying and avoiding talking to the media, both local and national. They know ICE is a loser with their tactics viewed unfavorably…

The Chron hard copy has now six consecutive front page stories on the ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. See the featured photo. Too bad the Chron E-Board put the Op-Ed by the right-wing knucklehead Kenny Webster on the front page of Sunday’s Chron Outlook section hard copy. The Op-Ed trivializes the Latino leadership and…

Gavin Newsom tweeted this yesterday: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was a husband and father who spent 35 years building a life in Houston. ICE shot and killed him on his way to work. His family deserves the truth. Every immigrant family deserves to live free from Donald Trump’s fear. California stands with you. Let me know…

Here is the headline to a Houston Public Media story on the killing that is today’s featured photo: Democrats are calling for an investigation into Houston ICE shooting. Republicans have been mostly silent Former Chron restaurant critic Alison Cook tweeted this: Something unprecedented happened last night. My MAGA friend (yes, I have one) asked if…

The featured photo is today’s front page hard copy of the Chron. We know we can’t believe anything ICE says. Let’s see if we can get to the truth about what happened. Tragic and sad. _____ I love this. See this from the Chron front page today: State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, the Austin Democrat running against…