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I don’t know about this.  I am talking about four dudes getting together recently. Four dudes. See this from a Dallas publication: DALLAS — Four of Texas’ leading Democrats met last month to sort out which of them is the best choice to run for the Senate seat held by Republican John Cornyn and to…

This is America. We live in America. We have elections. We have folks who win elections. We have folks who don’t win elections. Commentary has worked on winning elections. Commentary has worked on elections that didn’t win. Two days ago, close to one million voters voted in New York City’s Democratic Primary. A fella named…

Close to one million voters voted in New York City’s Democratic Primary yesterday and see this from CNN: Zohran Mamdani delivered a political earthquake Tuesday in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, riding progressive demands for change in a city facing an affordability crisis to the brink of a stunning victory. Democratic voters rejected a…

The featured photo is the headline of an op-ed in today’s hard copy of the Chron. The online version has this headline: Tech founder: I love Texas. But I’m moving my company because of the abortion ban. Here is from the op-ed: The Wall Street Journal recently reported on the surprising downturn in Texas’ once-thriving tech sector,…

I guess we will find out in the coming days, weeks, or months if today’s hard copy Chron headline is a bit overdramatic. See the featured photo. _____ Terry Virts is an astronaut who has spent 213 days in space. He recently tweeted that he is a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for U.S.…

Summer officialy gets underway this evening. We have been feeling the summer for a while now. “The 3rd Hour of Today” is celebrating the Summer Soltice this morning from Anchorage, Alaska, the land of the midnight sun. See the featured photo. North to AlaskaWe’re goin’ north, the rush is on That is from the 1960…

Today is June 19, Juneteenth, a national holiday. KPRC Channel 2 News was live this morning from Galveston, the Juneteenth birthplace. Channel 2 News anchor Sofia Ojeda was reporting from in front of the “Absolute Equality” Juneteenth mural. The mural is today’s featured photo. Nice. I will say it again. It was the late State…

Sir Paul McCartney is 83 today. Happy Birthday, Sir Paul! He is still going strong 19 years after turning 64. I can say that I have seen him in concert 3 times. In 1976 at The Summit for the Wings Over the World tour.  At Reunion Arena in Dallas in 2002. And at Toyota Center…

Rice University Political Science Fellow Mark Jones put out his ranking of Texas House members and my state representative and friend Christina Morales is the most liberal. Good. See the featured photo. I would say that State Representative District 145 is one of the most liberal districts in the state. See this from the Trib:…

Last week I mentioned David Hogg and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) issues he was dealing with. I said Hogg was trying to inject much needed energy into the Democratic Party.  Yesterday, I saw this tweet: @ShaneGoldmacher NEWS: Randi Weingarten is out at DNC, citing disagreements with Ken Martin in a resignation letter. “I appear…