Pride Parade

The sh_tshow coming out of Russia this past weekend certainly upended the news cycles. Commentary is not an expert on Russia internal politics, but seeing Vladimir Putin stumble badly is ok by me. _____ The hard copy of the Chron has another new look today.  They are doing away with the page A3 City/State section. …

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Pride

Commentary will be at the Pride Parade tomorrow evening in Downtown H-Town. There will be a ton of folks there. It is going to be hot. I will take plenty of water. See you there. _____ From the we are number one department, see this from the Trib: The point at which Latinos would outnumber…

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Dirty Justices

Most Astros fans know that the MLB Commissioner is a punkarse. I just saw this headline on the Chron’s website: Rob Manfred says he regrets giving Astros players immunity during cheating investigation Shut up. This is old news. _____ I never thought I would say it. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito are…

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Fifth Most Liberal

Today is the first day of summer, but you know that. _____ One of my best friends and client, State Sen. Carol Alvarado, is the fifth most liberal member of the Texas State Senate. Mark P. Jones, the Political Science Fellow at Rice University’s James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, came out with…

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Second Most Liberal

Mark P. Jones, the Political Science Fellow at Rice University’s James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, came out with his biannual ranking of Texas State House members.  Commentary’s good friend and client, State Rep. Christina Morales is the second most liberal member of the Texas House.  Way cool.  She represents one of the…

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Juneteenth

Amanda Edwards announced this morning that she is dropping out of the race for mayor and running for congress in the 18th congressional district. _____ Former Texas State Rep. Al Edwards left us three years ago.  Rep. Edwards was the individual who first brought Juneteenth to my attention. Growing up, we weren’t taught about Juneteenth…

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BOM Seating

Commentary doesn’t have a problem with this. This is from the Chron: It was mostly calm and quiet in the auditorium as new Houston ISD board members listened to a presentation about the budget, reviewed an agenda for their next meeting and peppered new Superintendent Mike Miles with questions about his vision for the state’s largest school…

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Happy Birthday, Dusty!

Patrick vs Abbott. Everyone knows Gov. Greg Abbott is a punkarse.  Check the latest from the Trib here: Gov. Greg Abbott is raising the prospect of vetoing large numbers of bills passed by the Legislature as he demands a House-Senate compromise on property tax relief, further raising public tensions with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Sunday is the deadline…

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Not Impressed

Today’s featured photo is the front page of today’s Chron. I am not impressed. The font should have been twice the size.  The headline should have screamed at us. Donald Trump and 37 counts is a historical first and that is the best they could do? Every network and cable news channel were covering the…

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Scoreboard

The featured photo today is scoreboard. I just thought it was a cool picture from this past Saturday. It is also a picture I will send to Texas Monthly at the end of this year. A couple or so months ago, Commentary prematurely renewed my Texas Monthly subscription. Maybe I should not have. Texas Monthly…

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