MAGA and the Hell Thing
I have said it before. MAGA has no moral authority and moral high ground. over anyone or anything. Not when they only exist to worship Donald Trump. Nope. Nada. Zilch. This is what MAGA Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said about State Rep. James Talarico at the MAGA state convention in H-Town last Friday: “It’s James…
Read MoreBrutal and Honest Takedown
I would have to say that the editorial cartoon in today’s opinion page of the Chron hard copy is a brutal and honest takedown of Cancun Cruz. Cancun is properly depicted as Donald Trump’s punkarse. See the featured photo. Trump says: “Your wife is ugly.” Cancun replies: “Yes sir. Absolutely sir. But can we talk…
Read MoreAn Abbott Flip Flop
MAGA Gov. Greg Abbott is feeling the heat. He’s reading the polls. He knows that his papi Donald Trump’s numbers are tanking. You know, gas prices, “I love inflation,” and the Trump war for starters. Now Abbott is seeing rural folks attacking one of his babies, err data centers. Now we are getting an Abbott…
Read MoreMaine Event
From Politico early this morning: Graham Platner was far from establishment Democrats’ first choice to take on GOP Sen. Susan Collins. But they’re lining up behind him now — even if some are doing so begrudgingly. With votes still being counted in Maine on early Wednesday morning, Platner looked to be winning just shy of…
Read MoreDusty’s Book
This is the headline of a story on the front page of today’s Chron hard copy: Republicans attack Austin ties of Texas Democratic candidates Here is how the story begins: Texas Democrats agree they must broaden their appeal beyond their liberal base if they want to compete in the 2026 midterms. But four of the party’s…
Read MoreWorld Cup Week
Cheating, crooked Ken Paxton’s impeachment lawyer endorsed State Rep. James Talarico. Here is what Scott Braddock tweeted: Democrat endorses Democrat isn’t big news in Texas. Dan Cogdell didn’t defend Paxton in his impeachment trial because he liked him. They hired Cogdell because he is one of the best criminal defense lawyers in Houston, and therefore…
Read MoreThe Heights
This is an interesting story in the Chron today. See this: The White House-inspired redistricting plan in Texas may be inadvertently helping James Talarico’s chances of winning a U.S. Senate seat in ways that the Democrat himself would have been hard-pressed to pull off by himself. For decades, statewide Democratic candidates have struggled to figure…
Read MoreNever Mind
At least the fellow admits that he sucked up big time, err never mind, See this from the Chron: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn went so far as to push legislation renaming a highway for President Donald Trump as he sought the president’s endorsement in his hotly contested runoff with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Now he says…
Read MoreCBS
From AP: CBS News fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, a day after he reportedly said Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “slender qualifications” for the job. The move deepened the turmoil at the nation’s most influential TV news program, days after a leadership overhaul. Pelley, 68, criticized…
Read MoreTexas Values
This is from the lead story on the front page of the hard copy of the Chron today: In the days after the primary runoff, Gov. Greg Abbott was urgently working to mend fences among the state’s fractured GOP and sounding the alarm to supporters that they need to take this cycle seriously. He called on…
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