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The John Whitmire Campaign is getting hit on the air, on digital, in mail, and at forums. I wonder. _____ I have to hand it to the GOP. They have the dumbest folks in congressional positions. Commentary is talking about the GOP folks who want Donald Trump to be the next U.S. House Speaker.  Let’s…

Dead man walking. That was former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after he was elected Speaker after 15 ballots back in January. Just about every talking head on broadcast and cable news programs said back then he had given away all his power to the far-right wing nut jobs. It caught up to him yesterday.…

Robert Miller is a major H-Town political player. He also is a Locke Lord partner and supports State Sen. John Whitmire for Mayor. He tweeted this yesterday: The City of Houston Mayor’s race has evolved from two frontrunners, Jackson Lee and Whitmire, to everybody gang up on Whitmire. I guess their polls are showing what…

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo returns to work this morning. Hope you are doing well, Judge! We missed you. _____ See this from Politico today: California Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint EMILY’s List President Laphonza Butler to fill the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, elevating the head of a fundraising juggernaut that works…

Breaking news. California U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein left us. I heard the news this morning on Today. She was 90.  She represented California well. Now is not the time to carp about her service the last couple of years.  She has been in the national spotlight for nearly 45 years after San Francisco Mayor George…

H-Town Mayor Sylvester Turner gave his final State of the City speech yesterday and here is part of what he said from the Chron: “Let me just be clear: I am not anxious to leave. And if I could run again, I would. But a word of advice for those who seek to follow me:…

Commentary has said it before. Democrats finally take control of the Harris County Courthouse, and we can’t get our sh_t together. The Chron recently had a story about Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg and her investigation of so-called enemies. Now they have a timeline of events at the county. See below. JANUARY 2017 Ogg…

Local Fox 26 had an hour-long mayoral forum on live TV last night. State Sen. John Whitmire is taking more incoming from his opponents. That is all I have to say. _____ January 6 Committee star witness Cassidy Hutchinson has a book coming out today titled Enough. She was interviewed by Rachel Maddow last night. …

Emily Foxhall from the Trib tweeted this from TribFest on Friday: (Evan) Smith tries to get (Mayor Sylvester) Turner to say who he supports next for mayor. Turner says only that he’ll share his view on it at some point. Turner says he won’t run for office in 2024. “Are you done forever or just…

From the Chron today: Alexandra del Moral Mealer, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s former Republican opponent, dropped her lawsuit challenging the results of the election she lost last November by over 18,000 votes, according to court documents filed Thursday. Mealer filed an election contest lawsuit on Jan. 6, one of 22 similar cases brought by GOP candidates in Harris…