La Porte Mosque
A MAGA hate talking point made the front page of the Chron hard copy today. Brought to you by MAGA Gov. Greg Abbott. See this from the Chron: The only mosque for miles around in Deer Park sits in a small strip mall, nestled between a smoke shop and a Vietnamese restaurant, its entrance marked…
Read MoreJuly Christmas
This just came out. See this from the Chron: James Talarico is the most well-funded Texas Democratic Senate candidate in years. Some in the Republican Party are worried about the challenge Attorney General Ken Paxton is mounting in return. “A joke,” one GOP strategist said of Paxton’s fundraising this week. Another, when asked if they…
Read MoreTriple Play
This is from the Chron on cheating, crooked Ken Paxton: In a rare press conference on Tuesday, Attorney General Ken Paxton dodged questions about recent reporting that he may have violated election laws and about luxury condos he bought in Utah. The Republican U.S. Senate candidate appeared in Fort Worth to tout endorsements from 22 sheriffs and…
Read MoreCompliance
After former H-Town City Council Member Letitia Plummer became the nominee of the Harris County Democratic Party for Harris County Judge, someone asked me about her potential vulnerabilities. I replied that she doesn’t file her campaign expenditures and contributions reports on time. It is called compliance issues. Campaign compliance is the dos and don’ts of…
Read MoreGetting Political
The November election is about three and a half months from now. It is getting political. Here is from a Chron story on State Rep. James Talarico visiting H-Town yesterday: State Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. senator from Texas, was about to answer the final question of a town hall in southwest Houston…
Read MoreOpening Day 2027
This came out a couple of days ago on the ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo: In a newly released federal search warrant affidavit, federal investigators claim that Araujo had three bags believed to contain crystal meth in his vehicle at the time. Three small plastic bags containing a ‘white crystal-like substance in the middle…
Read MoreAT&T Scam Attempt
The electoral process segment of our democracy is rotting because of Donald Trump. Trump’s lies have about a third of the electorate believing the 2020 election was rigged and Joe Biden didn’t win. Tonight Trump will go on TV to lie again about the 2020 election. Shame on those news outlets that will let Trump…
Read MoreOut of Control
This is from a Chron editorial today: After federal immigration agents fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo while he drove his van to work last week, Mayor John Whitmire said it fell on our federal partners, notably Texas’ two U.S. senators, to ensure a full and transparent investigation. He should have called Maine instead. After Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a…
Read MoreICE is a Loser
The ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is a national news story. The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and others have reporters in H-Town covering the killing. Meanwhile, MAGA elected officials are scurrying and avoiding talking to the media, both local and national. They know ICE is a loser with their tactics viewed unfavorably…
Read MoreChron Trivializes H-Town Latinos
The Chron hard copy has now six consecutive front page stories on the ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. See the featured photo. Too bad the Chron E-Board put the Op-Ed by the right-wing knucklehead Kenny Webster on the front page of Sunday’s Chron Outlook section hard copy. The Op-Ed trivializes the Latino leadership and…
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