Works Best
With one week to go before the Democratic Party primary in Texas, I have received 25 pieces of campaign mail this primary season. The mail piece in the center of the featured photo hit my mailbox yesterday. It got my attention. It stands out. It works best. Nice job.
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This was in the Chron a few days ago:
A group of Texas Democrats say the state may be discriminating against Islamic schools by blocking them from its $1 billion private school voucher program.
The callout comes two weeks after Hearst Newspapers reported that not a single Islamic private school has been allowed to participate in the program. Several Islamic institutions had been removed from the state’s approved map, and other schools had been effectively barred by a review by the comptroller’s office. The block is a “troubling pattern of exclusion with serious constitutional and statutory implications” and could result in lawsuits against the program, the Democrats warned in a letter to acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock, whose office is overseeing the program.
“Texas was promised ‘Education Freedom’ for all – but Muslim Texans are currently being locked out,” state Rep. Salman Bhojani, one of two Muslim members in the state House, wrote on social media. Bhojani’s suburban Fort Worth district includes several affected schools.
Hancock’s office began inviting schools to apply in December, though several Islamic school leaders have been hesitant to say whether they believe religious discrimination is playing a role. Some are still hoping to be invited to the program, which closes its application window for families in under a month. More than 100,000 families had already applied as of this week.
The last thing Hancock wants to do is contribute to the Islamification of Texas during a MAGA primary. No Islamic schools will get voucher approval during this MAGA hate environment. Just saying.
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From NPR:
The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds. It also removed some documents from the public database where accusations against Jeffrey Epstein also mention Trump.
Some files have not been made public despite a law mandating their release. These include what appears to be more than 50 pages of FBI interviews, and notes from conversations with a woman who accused Trump of sexual abuse decades ago when she was a minor.
NPR reviewed multiple sets of unique serial numbers appearing before and after the pages in question, stamped onto documents in the Epstein files database, FBI case records, emails and discovery document logs in the latest tranche of documents published at the end of January. NPR’s investigation found dozens of pages that appear to be catalogued by the Justice Department but not shared publicly.
Folks know that this is out there. Trump and the DOJ are not going to be able to keep this away from the public. Sooner or later is all I have to say.
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“Today” interviewed Ellen Weinberg-Hughes this morning. She is the mother of ice hockey 2026 Olympic gold medalists Jack and Quinn Hughes. It turns out she was also an outstanding ice hockey player. She played with the U.S. women’s national team. Cool.
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Heading into the 2026 MLB season, Jose Altuve has 2,388 base hits. 612 from the magic number. Now you know.