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The featured photo says it all. Here is from the Chron front page: Houston City Council amended its recently approved policy limiting police officers’ interactions with federal immigration agents after Gov. Greg Abbott’s office threatened $114 million in city grants, despite some council members saying the changes will dilute the policy’s effectiveness. The 13-4 vote came amid…

ABC 13 Houston tweeted this yesterday: $60K in tax dollars are funding Mayor Whitmire’s new podcast, according to city records Some folks want the H-Town Mayor to use the city’s TV facilities to do his podcast to save money. Nope. I was watching the H-Town city council meeting yesterday through the city’s TV channel. It…

Jenna Bush Hager is probably the ultimate nepo baby and she probably doesn’t mind being described that way. She scored some cool interviews that aired on “Today” this morning. She interviewed the four living former presidents – President Bill Clinton, her dad, President George W. Bush, President Barack Obama, and President Joe Biden. As the…

Tomorrow is a Texas state holiday. Yep. April 21 is San Jacinto Day.  At Texas state agencies, skeleton crews are required. On April 21, 1836, Sam Houston and the Texas army defeated the Mexican forces at the Battle of San Jacinto to secure our independence from Mexico. The San Jacinto Battleground and Monument are located…

Gov. Greg Abbott in the featured photo was elected governor in 2014. He has been in office for over 11 years now. Four years ago, ProPublica and the Trib did a piece on Abbott amassing power and here is the sub-headline of that article: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has consolidated power like none before him,…

You probably know the answer to this. How would local MAGA leaders react if Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo would post an image of herself in AI Jesus-like healing a constituent. Local MAGA like Sen. Paul Bettencourt would be going batsh_t crazy. Different strokes. _____ Former Houston Police Chief Troy Finner will soon become the…

Some of the comments coming from all over H-Town on the HPD and ICE debate at H-Town City Hall got me to thinking about Will McAvoy played by Jeff Daniels in “The Newsroom.” In the first episode Will is on a panel and “sorority girl,” err Jenny, asks the panelists why is America the greatest…

I am not surprised by this. I am not surprised at the timing. See this from ABC Channel 13 News: HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The City of Houston is being warned to change or repeal its new immigration policy or risk losing $110 million in public safety funding. That warning comes in a letter sent on…

The featured photo is all over the place. At center top is yesterday’s lead editorial headline in the Chron hard copy. It is about the H-Town City Council vote on how the police department should deal with ICE. Here is the headline: Mayor’s political coalition shattered Here is from the editorial: The Republican-Democratic coalition that…

The Chron hard copy has a piece today on the passing of Vic Fertitta. Vic is the father of Tilman. Check out the sad and lousy featured photo. The Chron has Mr. Fertitta at “900” years old. Come on. This is sloppy, lazy and totally disrespectful of the Fertitta family. Do right. At least they…