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Censure
It looks like Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo brought this one on herself. No excuse for this behavior. This is a result from the Chron today: Harris County commissioners voted 3-1 Thursday to censure Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo following a heated disagreement over a proposed tax increase for early childcare programs. Commissioners Lesley Briones, Tom…
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The Trib has a piece today on the racial crap Texas State Rep. Gene Wu is having to endure these days. Check it out here: Attention on Texas Dems’ leader Gene Wu incites racist slurs | The Texas Tribune. This is what MAGA is about. I wonder if the punkarse Texas House Speaker has stepped…
Read MoreAbbott Loses It
Commentary said this yesterday about Gov. Greg Abbott threatening Texas State House Democrats: What are you waiting on you moron. Go to court and get them tossed, then call 51 special elections. Tough guy, my arse. I guess Abbott’s folks read my Commentary. See the featured photo. See this from the Trib: Attorney General Ken Paxton,…
Read More51 Specials
Sorry for the delay. Technical issues. _____ This fella is a knucklehead, but most Texas Democrats know this. See this from the front page of today’s Chron: Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows issued civil arrest warrants Monday for the more than 50 Democrats who fled Texas to block a vote on the controversial plan to boost the…
Read MoreCome and Take It
The lead story on “Today” this morning on Texas State House Democrats is the featured photo. The move by Democrats was expected and now Gov. Greg Abbott is trying to come off as a tough guy. See this from the Trib today: Gov. Greg Abbott informed Texas House Democrats late Sunday that he would attempt to have…
Read MoreCarlos Correa
It is clear Democrats – locally, statewide and nationally – are on message opposed to the Donald Trump mid-decade redistricting grab-off in Texas. I can’t say that about MAGA. The current MAGA congressional delegation from Texas is pretty much silent. The MAGA Texas State Senate leader on redistricting said he didn’t think the current 2021…
Read MoreOn Redistricting
A mess. An unforgettable mess. Commentary is talking about the first official Texas congressional redistricting map that was unveiled yesterday. Let’s see, the featured photo includes Commentary’s neighborhood that is in the proposed 7th Congressional District. All the Heights is now in CD 7. Acres Homes is proposed in CD 29. Most of H-Town’s East…
Read MoreCD 18 Poll
Folks know that Commentary lives in the 18th Congressional District (CD 18). CD 18 has been without a member of Congress for nearly five months now. We will have to wait another three months before we start casting votes for the next member of Congress from CD 18. The Hobby School just put out a…
Read MoreHidalgo Time
I was searching for a take this morning, then voila, courtesy of Evan Mintz and his Chron E-Board team, they served me up a doozy. See the take they just put out: During the 2022 election cycle, Tony Award-winning hip-hopera savant Lin-Manuel Miranda traveled down to Houston to support Lina Hidalgo’s campaign for reelection. So we can…
Read MoreBilly Wagner
KPRC Channel 2 News had a story this morning on City of Kerrville emergency management employees texting conversations the day before, the day of, and the day after the deadly floods a few weeks ago. On the day after, two employees, including the Kerrville city manager, referred to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in their…
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