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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…

Commentary said this yesterday about Gov. Greg Abbott calling up the Texas National Guard ahead of this weekend’s planned protests in Texas: Let’s just call this what it is. Provocation. Gov. Abbott is hoping for the protests to get out of hand so he can look like a tough guy. This guy will never be…

Well it’s been building up inside of meFor oh I don’t know how longI don’t know whyBut I keep thinkingSomethings bound to go wrong But she looks in my eyesAnd makes me realizeAnd she says don’t worry babyDon’t worry babyDon’t worry babyEverything will turn out alright Don’t worry babyDon’t worry babyDon’t worry baby These lyrics…

Commentary doesn’t say much about ICE and their work these days. I will let the featured photo do the talking from today’s Chron. That’s what America voted for last November. It does not surprise me, and it should not surprise you. _____ ABC News is letting go one of their top journalists for telling the…

More on that tie runoff in Pasadena. From ABC Channel 13 News: PASADENA, Texas (KTRK) — Two hundred and seventy-two votes to 272 votes: those are the totals in the race for a city council seat in Pasadena after this weekend’s runoff election. The results are not official yet, but after the initial count, there is…

From the Chron on a Pasadena City Council runoff race this past Saturday: As of Sunday morning, candidates for Councilmember District B, Bianca Valerio and Bruce Leamon, were tied with 272 votes apiece.  Leamon is a former Pasadena city council member. In looking at the results in this race, there were 7 undervotes cast in…

D-Day happened 81 years ago today. _____ If you live in the City of Pasadena or the San Jacinto College service area, Election Day for the runoff election is tomorrow. _____ State Rep. Jolanda Jones is in the race for the Congressional District 18 special election. She will be a formidable candidate. Stay tuned. _____…