As a Democrat, I woke up this morning feeling better about our prospects. Thank you, Wisconsin. _____ This online story is making the rounds this morning: Tesla sales plunged 13% in the first three months of this year, as the company reported the largest drop in deliveries in its history by far, amid backlash against…

Welcome to April. It is April first or April Fool’s Day. _____ The featured photo is the front page of today’s Chron. Very sad image. This was happening at HISD and helped create the climate that led to the TEA takeover. _____ Commentary doesn’t ride on Houston Metro buses. I ride the Red Line when…

Selena was murdered 30 years ago today. We will always miss her. _____ I saw this in the Chron this past weekend: A group of Houstonians says it plans to begin the work of gathering 64,000 signatures in hopes of eventually ousting Mayor John Whitmire in a recall vote.  Recall for Houston formed nearly a year…

Yesterday’s experience at Daikin Park has to be a four-star thing. First and foremost, we won the game as closer Josh Hader struck out Juan Soto to end the game. Nice. The game was just 2 hours and 45 minutes long. Cam Smith got a base hit on the first pitch he saw as a…

On the KPRC Channel 2 News this morning, one of the lead stories was about a busted water main near Yale and Washington that is causing major street flooding and forced the closure of Yale Street in both directions. One business, the nearby Schlotzsky’s, was reportedly taking in water. I know the area well. H-Town…

Commentary thinks Cong. Jasmine Crockett calling Gov. Greg Abbott, “Gov. Hot Wheels” was insensitive and stupid. She needs to walk it back and apologize. I get why MAGA leaders in Congress are calling her out. I also get why the same MAGA leaders in Congress don’t call out Donald Trump when he calls folks names.…

Remember in 2016 when GOP congressional leaders exhaustively investigated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server. Their investigations turned up zilch. It was still a dumb move by Sec. Clinton. The editor-in-chief for The Atlantic was texted war plans by the current defense secretary. MAGA leaders in congress…

I am one of those who doesn’t have a problem with AOC stepping forward to help lead the fight for Democrats on the national level. She is articulate, smart, sharp and a Latina. I would rather have her taking a lead than one of the Democratic retreads. Go for it, AOC. _____ Here we go…

Dylan McGuinness of the Chron has a good article today on the sweetheart deal the Texans got on using NRG. First here is the headline of the article: Texans have paid only $4M in rent since 2002. Rockets, Astros paid over $200M. Here is how the article starts: As county leaders and officials with Bob McNair’s…

Some of you have seen his TV ad that says something like “you better get Dick.” Well, it looks like the law got Dick. See this from the Chron: A Houston-area insurance lawyer and Harris County Department of Education trustee was arrested in early March after allegedly assaulting his spouse, records show. Police arrested Eric Dick around 6 a.m.…