Fourth of July Weekend

I just learned this morning that the red, white, and blue rocket popsicle was first introduced in 1955. Yummy. _____ Regina Lankenau is a columnist and member of the Chron E-Board. On this eve to our Fourth of July, Regina has an outstanding take on our national anthem in the lead column of the Chron…

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Yordan

The Trib has a piece on acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announcing he is quitting. Here is what Charles Kuffner had to say about Hancock: “A mostly forgettable term for an undistinguished man. But he did set the table for Sen. Taylor Rehmet to happen, so thanks for that.” Yep. Nice and true words from…

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Top 250 Texans

July, she will flyAnd give no warning to her flight. _____ See the featured photo. Here is what the idiot Bo French tweeted: The correct response to the traitorous decision today on anchor babies is nullification. Texas can just do things and we should. Texas is sovereign. If I have anything to say about it,…

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Souvenir Cups

BREAKING NEWS!! Birthright citizenship survives. The 14th Amendment is the 14th Amendment. I have said it before. There is a process for amending the U.S. Constitution. You don’t do it with a press release. _____ The Chron E-Board likes to get viewpoints from all sides on the Chron opinion page. I get that. Sometimes though,…

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Astrodome Time

CNN tweeted this earlier this morning: Trump says US and Iran will hold new talks Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, after weekend strikes test fragile ceasefire. Tehran has not confirmed the meeting. Trump started this war and we are now in the umpteenth peace talk deal announcement or something like that over the past few weeks.…

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A Mess

The Texas Democratic Party State Convention gets underway today in Corpus Christi. I won’t be able to attend. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will be the featured speaker today. MAGA tried to make a big deal about Sen, Sanders speaking, but nobody paid attention to MAGA. That is what happens when you have a cheating, crooked…

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Second Place

Cheating, crooked Ken Paxton is the most corrupt candidate to be at the top of an election ticket in Texas in like forever. Democrats need to keep the focus on Paxton. Let’s not give the media anything else to write about like who has their feelings hurt. Let’s not blow this opportunity of a lifetime.…

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The Abbott Worm

Sigh. See this from the Trib: This week when Democrats meet at their state convention to energize and organize their party ahead of November, they’ll be doing so without U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, who declined an invitation to headline the event from James Talarico, the Senate nominee who defeated her in March. Last week, Crockett told…

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East End Fire

My admiration for Savannah Guthrie skyrocketed this morning. See this news that broke yesterday: A ransom note sent to an Arizona media outlet shortly after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie said the 84-year-old had died, NBC News and other organizations have reported. Several media outlets reported receiving ransom notes tied to the case in the days after…

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Crossword

We are now up to 15 screwworm cases in Texas. MAGA in D.C. and Austin need to own this. See this from the Chron: It wasn’t until late 2024, when the first case of New World screwworm was reported in Mexico, that the Biden administration announced $165 million in emergency funding. U.S. officials also signed an…

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