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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Campaign Kickoff

It is sickening to watch GOP elected officials and GOP leaders defend Donald Trump on the indictment counts.  Sickening. Trump’s former AG Bill Barr said yesterday if half of the charges against Trump are true, then Trump is “toast.” Trump then called Barr a “gutless pig.” Sickening. _____ The H-Town Mayor tweeted out these in…

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Indicted

Commentary said this yesterday: I guess we are kind of on an indictment watch this week. Unprecedented, but not surprising. Considering who might get indicted. The featured photo of today’s Chron front page doesn’t exactly scream at us.  The indictment was expected by a lot of folks.  Donald Trump is a dirty crook. It is…

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BOM Meets

I guess we are kind of on an indictment watch this week. Unprecedented, but not surprising. Considering who might get indicted. _____ The HISD Board of Managers (BOM) will have their first meeting at 5:30 pm today over at HISD headquarters on W. 18th Street.  Anti-TEA HISD takeover groups will protest at HISD at 4:15…

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PGA

From the Chron: About 1,500 low-income families in Harris County will get $500 a month for 18 months as part of a new pilot project that puts the county squarely in the middle of a roiling national debate about how best to address stubborn poverty.  The Harris County Commissioners Court authorized the plan Tuesday in a 4-1…

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