Evan Mintz, the Chron’s Editor for Opinion and Community Engagement, is all MAGA this morning. They have a cartoon at the bottom of the editorial page of the Chron hard copy of the New York City Mayor-Elect with the Democratic Party name with a hammer and sickle embedded in the image. I expect better from…

Oops. Commentary goofed yesterday and referred to Cong. Al Green as Cong. Al Edwards. Sorry. I apologize. What was I thinking? _____ Commentary will get to cast one more vote in CD 18. That will be in the runoff whenever I get my mail ballot. I will be in the redrawn CD 7 for the…

It was a great night for Democrats across the USA. Just look at that Texas State Senate Special Election up in Tarrant County. Here is a sorry arse headline of the Politico webpage this morning: Republicans try to turn national Democratic candidates into Mamdani copycats. Here is a sub headline that I prefer: Democrats didn’t…

Today is the big day – Election Day. We will finally narrow the field down to two in the CD 18 Special Election. Same goes for the H-Town At-Large 4 City Council race. It will also be a full evening of checking out Election Day returns from California, New Jersey, New York City, San Antonio,…

Thanks to the MAGA federal government shutdown, the lines at H-Town’s IAC was three hours long this morning. See the featured photo from KPRC Channel 2 News. That is what you call the MAGA line. That is what folks voted for last year. _____ Tomorrow is election day. Folks know who I voted for in…

Today is the last day to vote early. Please vote. _____ From the Trick Department. See this from the Trib: The state program intended to give additional exposure to businesses owned by women, minorities and disabled veterans seeking state contracts was frozen by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts’ office this week, the latest instance…

Commentary voted for State Constitutional Amendments Props 4 and 14, the props mentioned in the following story. See this from the front page of today’s Chron hard copy: Two proposed constitutional amendments, one with the full weight of Gov. Greg Abbott behind it and the other a centerpiece of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s agenda, are facing…

The Chron E-Board at times is giving the editorial column to guest writers. Yesterday, it was Kenny Webster and here is the E-Board’s description of Webster: Kenny Webster can be heard weekdays on KPRC 950 in Houston and dozens of other radio stations around the country.  He’s also the executive producer of the Walton and…

That is not a bad idea. Commentary is talking about a cartoon on the editorial page of today’s Chron hard copy. It is a kid wearing a cardboard file box with “Epstein Files” written on it trick or treating. I have a stack of empty cardboard file boxes here. Nice. _____ This is in the…

I was at dinner with local political players recently and the redrawn 29th Congressional District upcoming Democratic Party primary race came up. It looks like there will be a major battle. The kind you don’t want to see in the Democratic Party. Some folks smell blood in the water if you know what I mean.…