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Dusty’s Book
This is the headline of a story on the front page of today’s Chron hard copy: Republicans attack Austin ties of Texas Democratic candidates Here is how the story begins: Texas Democrats agree they must broaden their appeal beyond their liberal base if they want to compete in the 2026 midterms. But four of the party’s…
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Cheating, crooked Ken Paxton’s impeachment lawyer endorsed State Rep. James Talarico. Here is what Scott Braddock tweeted: Democrat endorses Democrat isn’t big news in Texas. Dan Cogdell didn’t defend Paxton in his impeachment trial because he liked him. They hired Cogdell because he is one of the best criminal defense lawyers in Houston, and therefore…
Read MoreThe Heights
This is an interesting story in the Chron today. See this: The White House-inspired redistricting plan in Texas may be inadvertently helping James Talarico’s chances of winning a U.S. Senate seat in ways that the Democrat himself would have been hard-pressed to pull off by himself. For decades, statewide Democratic candidates have struggled to figure…
Read MoreNever Mind
At least the fellow admits that he sucked up big time, err never mind, See this from the Chron: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn went so far as to push legislation renaming a highway for President Donald Trump as he sought the president’s endorsement in his hotly contested runoff with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Now he says…
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From AP: CBS News fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, a day after he reportedly said Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “slender qualifications” for the job. The move deepened the turmoil at the nation’s most influential TV news program, days after a leadership overhaul. Pelley, 68, criticized…
Read MoreTexas Values
This is from the lead story on the front page of the hard copy of the Chron today: In the days after the primary runoff, Gov. Greg Abbott was urgently working to mend fences among the state’s fractured GOP and sounding the alarm to supporters that they need to take this cycle seriously. He called on…
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Former First Lady Dr. Jill Biden was interviewed by Craig Melvin on “Today” this morning. See the featured photo. She is selling a book. She is just reminding us of her bumbling husband during the last year of his term. Sad. _____ On “What’s Your Point?” yesterday, no one really pushed back on cheating, crooked…
Read MoreKeep the Change
Here is a hard copy headline on the front page today of the Chron business section: Americans about to pay even more at the grocery store It is today’s featured photo. Now here is from HuffPost: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was grilled about his department’s plans to print commemorative $250 bills featuring President Donald Trump on Thursday amid growing economic tensions…
Read MoreThank You
Texas Democrats had a great runoff election day this past Tuesday. We got our preferred opponent to be on top of the MAGA ticket. See the featured photo. A big thank you to the PACs aligned with the punkarse Sen. John Cornyn for driving up the negatives on cheating, crooked Ken Paxton and making sure…
Read MoreProvisional Ballot Process
Former H-Town City Council Member Letitia Plummer beat former H-Town Mayor Annise Parker last night. The Plummer win is being called an upset. Here is what I said right after the March 3 Democratic Party primary: In the runoff for Harris County Judge, Plummer could be aided by several local runoffs with African American candidates. First…
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