Multiple members of the President’s Cabinet were involved.
Multiple units of the Washington DC fire department were called for an incident involving the President and his Cabinet. According to the report: “The Fire Department Station 42 was called late Tuesday night to assist the Cabinet Members. Our first responders, who are trained in the use CPR, were able to revive many of the individuals but some required hospitalization.
According to the first responders the incident began during the President’s Cabinet meeting lasting over 3 hours. “When we arrived we immediately called for extra support. The scene was horrible with many gasping for air and pleading for help.”
“Our brave first responders took decisive action, provided CPR and mouth to mouth resusitation and tried to pry each and every one of them off of Donald Trump’s ass, but they were stuck. I’ve never seen so many people on their knees sucking someone’s ass so hard that they got stuck. We continue to struggle with the situation. The fact that Trump continued to walk around with so many of the Cabinet Members stuck to his ass didn’t help.”
You can watch the entire ass kissing session below. It might make you vomit and laugh at the same time.
Thursday August 28, 11:30am. Be there. It will be wild.
There is a gag order hearing this Thursday concerning the civil suit against La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry by a number of individuals including CM Kimberley Yancy, former CM James Ross, CJ Beard, and Walter Burt. When this suit was filed a request for a Temporary Restraining Order against Lowry to prevent him from posting damaging allegations pertaining to the plaintiffs. This was eventually denied, but tomorrow there is a hearing concerning a proposed gag order. This is an in person hearing so I can only assume Lowry’s fat ass will be there.
You can read the proposed gag order here and the motion for the gag order here. The motion is full of examples of why there should be a gag order against Lowry.
Judge Hidalgo used donations to her political campaign to fund the trip. “The rules are very flexible on how the office holders can use their funds, just so long as they’re publicly disclosed,” said Jonathan Neerman, a campaign finance advisor who previously served as the Chairman of the Dallas County Republican.
Yep even a Republican says the title of the investigation is bullshit. Candidates and elected officials can use their campaign cash for official business. Many do it then submit receipts to the State, County, or City for reimbursement. And at least one, former State Representative Joe Driver, a Republican, has been caught cheating.
Driver spent his donors money on lavish hotels for official business. He then applied for reimbursement from the State but instead of returning the $50,000 to his campaign account, he kept it. He eventually plead guilty, received 3 years probation, but kept his $62,000/year pension and his state sponsored healthcare for himself and his wife.
Now that is an investigative story! Go read or watch the entire ABC13 story. There is nothing illegal or unusual about what Judge Hidalgo did.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand this is excessive.
Harris County Constables are asking for a pay raise from $178,000/year to $293,000, a 65% increase. It is almost double their salary from 2004. This is excessive for a number of reasons.
There are 8 Constables each responsible for only 1/8 of the County
The Sheriff who is responsible for the entire County earns $223,000
The Constable is an administrator job. Even though they carry a gun, law enforcement is not in their job description. They don’t patrol. They don’t confront bad guys. They sit at a desk.
The County is trying to balance their budget which has a $200 Million shortfall
No one except for CEOs of insurance companies, gets a 65% increase in pay. Not you. Not me.
Every Constable including our own Phil Sandlin requested the raise. If you don’t know who Phil Sandlin is you are in good company. For $178,000 a year citizens in the community should at least know who you are and what you look like. County Commissioners agreed to the increase by a vote of 3-2. I’m not in favor of this. I think it is excessive and not deserving especially when we are running a deficit. The Houston Chronicle has details.
“The eight constables should take what the sheriff makes and divide it by eight,” said Murray Newman, a criminal defense attorney who’s voiced concerns surrounding the constables previously. “That’s what they deserve to be making. They are supplemental law enforcement, not the marquee players.”
Galveston County had dropped their lawsuit against La Marque City Council Member Joseph Lowry. Sort of.
According to documents posted on the County’s website the suit against Joseph Lowry for over $43,000 in back taxes has been “non-suited” without prejudice meaning it has been dropped but could be refiled. (I secretly obtained a law degree from Facebook U to enhance my Undercover Investigative Reporter degree, also from FU) According to Channel 13 Eyewitness News:
Six Brother Concrete Pumping, owned by Joseph Lowry, was sued in early April by Galveston County, Galveston County Drainage District #2, Texas City Independent School District, and College of the Mainland. They say they’re owed $43,868.48 in back taxes from 2022 and 2023.
The suit #24-TX-0303 filed in the 10th Judicial District of Galveston County has now been listed as “Inactive” but I think it might have been dropped in order to add more delinquent taxes to the amount owe. According to the Galveston County Tax Office he is delinquent on his 2024 taxes for $10,033.65 which includes over $1308 in penalties. So maybe the suit will be refiled to include this delinquency for a grand total of 53,902.13. Or maybe he really doesn’t owe any taxes as he claims.
There are at least 20 (not 10) good reasons to recall La Marque City Council Member Joseph Lowry. You can read them here.
Unfortunately due to a clerical error that recall will not happen. In their first attempt at a recall petitioners fell short by just 7 signatures to put the recall on the ballot. Immediately afterward they refiled and provided over 200 signatures to the city clerk. Yesterday the county dismissed the petition because the forms used for signatures did not contained required information.
The forms used for signatures was provided by the City of La Marque. The Galveston County Daily News has a detailed article, if you have access to it. The petitioners have now asked the City to investigate how this was allowed to happen without any consequences to the City Clerk. According to the complaint:
I’d like to file an official complaint against the city clerk. I have filed for recall for Joseph Lowry and collected signatures twice. The first one came up a few short, okay, I’ll do it again because it matters to me. I turned in 218 signatures for recall on Friday. The petition forms provided by the city clerk did not meet state requirements to be a valid petition. They are missing columns. None contained the VUID or date signed column. 4/12 did not contain the required Date of Birth column. None of the first round of petitions contained the date of birth column either.
Collecting signatures for a recall is a lot of work. It requires a lot of walking in the hot sun and time from your family especially if you are not using a paid service like they did in Texas City. It is tough work. For a city clerk to make a mistake like providing the wrong forms is unprofessional and could be illegal especially since the Texas Attorney General has a stick up his butt about election integrity.
The petitioners have a point:
This is incompetence, a disregard for professionalism, an unacceptable attitude, and one more example of employees lacking accountability.
Crystal Mountain Ski Resort. Great view of Mount Ranier.
Visiting other states makes me wonder what the hell I am doing here.
We visited a number of national parks in the area, Cascades, Olympic, Mount Ranier, and Crater Lake. We also visited the cities of Seattle and Portland. Pictures are below. Here are some interesting notes.
VRBO Ghost. OMG. We had 3 couples, 4 bedrooms VRBO house. Every single one of us experienced a double KNOCK KNOCK on our bedroom door and nobody was there. On the last day I was in the kitchen and my door slammed hard enough for people to come out of their rooms wondering who the hell slammed the door! That was very strange!!! When the knock happened to me I said “Come in!” then immediately realized what was happening. There was no one there. Yeow!
Seattle Underground Tour We went on this tour 30 years ago and it is still great! Interesting history of Seattle. If you are in the area take 90 minutes to learn about Seattle and why there is an underground. It is a very interesting tour and very affordable.
Seattle Needle Of course we made the trip up the Needle. It was a clear day and we had some beautiful views! We were told the chowder at Ivar’s was the absolute best in the world. They were right! A bit expensive but the chowder was really good!
Whale Watching We booked a whale watching tour and saw a couple of Orcas. The boat ride was just beautiful. Sunny day. Cool. Just perfect. We took a ferry to Bainbridge. That was interesting because there were two military ships being paraded through the area by tugboats spouting water. The sailors were all lined up on the ships.
Portland My main reason to go to Portland was to visit my good friends son who manages a comedy show venue. My friend and I have known each other for over 50 years. We surprised the hell out of him and watched a real good comedy show. The venue hosts some top entertainers including James Austin Johnson who plays trump on SNL. If in Portland go see a show and ask for James! Portland Helium Comedy Club.
Status of the Parks The only thing I can say I noticed was the maintenance of the bathrooms. Many were not working. Many were not clean to the point people walked into the woods instead of using the facilities. Other than that I didn’t see any impact to the cuts in funding.
Joseph Lowry got his big ass whooped on live stream.
Yesterday the City of La Marque Council was debating on whether to put a bond up for a vote by the citizen concerning the building of the new police department building. It was a very long meeting lasting over 4 hours. In the end a vote was taken but it wasn’t concerning putting anything on the ballot. They did vote on the tax rate for 2025-2026. But there were a couple of moments you might be interested in. I took one for the team and found these nuggets of ass whooping.
04:57:38. Lowry pats himself on the back for his successful effort to roll back taxes which eventually delayed the construction of the police department. He claims there were bribes being taken for permits. He talks about a “forensic audit” that has not been performed. You can hear a UGH from someone on the Council.
04:49:42 Mayor Bell lays into Lowry concerning his baseless allegations of corruption. No one is talking about corruption, not the police, not the DA, not the Sheriff, not the citizens. The only one is you Mr. Lowry. [not the exact words] Bell tells Lowry that a forensic audit requires focus, a starting point, which Lowry has failed to provide. LOL.
05:05:30 Lowry continues with his baseless allegations of corruption. Bell tells Lowry to stop the lies of corruption. Lowry makes a stupid threat of “be careful” as if he is going to do something, and he did later. Bell continues to ask Lowry to bring a positive attitude instead of his baseless claims in order to move the issue forward. Later Lowry posted some kind of audio that he claims proves his allegations of corruption.
06:06:57 Bell continues his beat down of Lowry for his baseless allegation. It’s been a year and a half since he has been on the board and all he has done is make allegations with no proof.
Congressman Brian Babin will finally make a public appearance on August 27 at Rice University to discuss the massive cuts to NASA, science, and research. Ever since being elected to Congress, ten years ago, Babin has never addressed his constituents in person. Instead he has “teleconferences” where he defends everything trump is doing and then takes pre-screened questions from his supporters. Questions like “Trump is like Jesus.” which isn’t even a question but whatever. Like his telecoms he will probably not take questions.
So, if you would like to attend, it is free. August 27 3:00 PM. Rice University. Be there. It will be wild. Personally I hope they boo the living shit out of rotten ass. Click here for tickets.
Bob Mitchell, the former President of the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership has filed to run against former CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen for State Representative. Bob is a conservative candidate running on the right issues. (Check out his website at https://www.bobmitchell4tx.com) He has experience. He has the political skills. He has political connections and is already supported by local conservative leaders, including Pearland Mayor Kevin Cole, Friendswood Mayor Mike Foreman, Seabrook Mayor Jim Sweeney, former Seabrook Mayor Thom Kolupski, Taylor Lake Village Mayor Jon Keeney, former Morgans Point Mayor Michel Bechtel, and former Houston Mayor Pro-Tem Dave Martin. That is an impressive list.
As a Democrat I would probably support a qualified Democrat if one chooses to be on the ballot but this district is so gerrymandered that a Democrat could knock on 25,000 doors, make over 20,000 phone calls, and raise over $400,000 and still lose by 15+ points. (I should know, I worked on that campaign) It would be a very tough race to win but the republican primary is different.
This primary will pit a conservative against a MAGAt. Mitchell vs Bowen. It could be one district where the Conservatives have a chance to take back their once great party or the MAGAts continue with their version of conservatives who brush off racism, out of control spending, screwing public education, and siding with insurance companies over the businesses and citizens in the Bay Area. Conservatives threw Bowen off the CCISD School Board. Maybe they will keep him out of the House.
Can Conservatives take back their party in House District 129? I hope so.
After a major loss in his school board race Scott Bowen immediately filed for State Representative. The district, House District 129, covers from Friendswood to Seabrook. During his terms on the CCISD Board Bowen was the center of controversy, bringing in his extreme right wing agenda. You can read about all of his controversies, and there are a lot, at Scott Bowen: A Threat to CCISD Education. He won reelection for a second term with less than 50% of the vote which two other candidates splitting the vote. When he ran for his third term he faced a real conservative and got his ass kicked.
HD129 is a highly gerrymandered district and whoever wins the Republican primary will probably win the general election. So will a Conservative jump in to challenge the MAGAt in the primary? As with CCISD, the constituents of HD129 deserve better and the true conservatives of the Republican Party knows Bowen is a conservative in name only. Not only does Bowen wear suits 2 sizes too small, he is awkward, has close relationships to extreme organizations, has been a lap dog to his MAGAt party, and has proven to have no useful political skills.
Look, as a Democrat I would love to see the conservatives take back their party from the chaos we currently have. Our Country needs it. Our State needs it. We can and will always disagree on some issues but we have common issues that affects everyone. Our home insurance is out of control, random irresponsible cuts to our Space program will affect our community, our electrical grid is still unstable, home prices are out of reach for many, and our businesses need legal workers. These are the issues facing us, not kissing trump’s ass, not vouchers, not made up issues like CRT and DEI.
The recall effort of the Mayor of Texas City has failed to garner the necessary signatures of registered voters but the controversy has just started. According to a press release from Texas City:
The Texas City Police Department is investigating multiple citizen complaints regarding potentially fraudulent activities related to the recent recall petition. TCPD has received sworn affidavits alleging forgery, including at least one confirmed instance where the name, address, and signature of a deceased person appeared among the submitted entries.
Uh-oh. After signatures of registered voters for a recall are collected they are provided to a verification team in Galveston County. Like the recall effort of La Marque City Council Member Joseph Lowry some of the entries are disqualified for not meeting the requirements for signing. A common mistake is the voter does not live in the district, or they are not a registered voter. These invalid entries are simply removed and not counted. These are considered simple mistakes and goes against the recall effort.
But whoever was on the verification team for the recall of the TC Mayor saw something bad enough to report the issues to the Police Department for further investigation. This recall effort was led by the Texas City Municipal Police Association and Mainland Tool & Supply company. Knowingly submitting false information on a recall petition is a serious issue and could result in a felony charge. Falsifying entries with dead people or with names of people who do not exist could end someone in jail.
Let’s see where this investigation goes. Meanwhile the recall effort has failed and the Mayor could face a challenger in the next election.
It’s happening today at lunch. Get your tickets now! It should be an explosive event!
The Tri-County Women’s Republic Club will be hosting Jeremy Brown at Pearland’s Golf Crest Country Club, a Jan 6 rioter who was serving a 7 year sentence on a related charge until Trump pardoned him. Brown served in the Army Special Forces and was charged with entering a restricted area and disrupting of a government activity, charges that usually warrants probation. He was in jail for 1243 days before being released. Why, you might ask.
Brown was serving a 7 year sentence for the possession of illegal weapons including grenades. Trump’s pardon of his role in the Jan 6 riots also applied to this sentence. So he is free to speak at the Country Club and honored for his violent role. And the Country Club doesn’t have a problem with it.
I contacted the entire staff at the Club asking if the Club was an appropriate venue for someone like Brown. I did not receive a response. I even wrote one of those things called a “letter”, a real piece of paper in a stamped envelope to the Board President and received no response. So I can only assume they condone this event.
This is where republicans are at. The claim to praise their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ while also praising those who break the law, engage in riots, and are convicted of possessing illegal weapons. As they say “Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition”.
Back in December I filed a grievance against Eric Dick for his refusal to pay a $40,000 fine accessed by the Texas Ethics Commission. I believed the Board took the complaint very seriously but I was surprised that they agreed to accept a donation to HCDE of $40,000 in lieu of a censure of Dick. That was then.
Nine months later there is no evidence that Dick has actually donated any money as agreed and he has not paid his Ethics fine accessed back in 2022. An open records request for any evidence that he donated the $40,000 came up empty. It’s not like he doesn’t have any money. According to the Texas Ethics Committee he has donated over $47,000 to political candidates including $20,000 to the Community Justice PAC since 2024.
Worst of all no organization will hold him accountable. The Ethics Commission does not have enforcement authority, the Texas Attorney General has refused to collect the debt, The Harris County District Attorney’s Office is not taking action, and the Harris County Attorney has refused to hold him accountable.
The only action has been by the Texas AG. They sent him a strongly worded letter demanding payment within 10 days or they will proceed with collections. That was over a year ago.
Keller ISD is a perfect example of why we need campaign finance reform.
Background A couple of years ago Patriot Mobile donated $50,000 each to three far right candidates for the Keller ISD Board. They ran as a “coalition of conservatives”, won and brought their far right politics and controversies with them.
The Movie Shortly after being elected two board members invited a Dutch evangelist film crew into a high school without the permission of the parents, principal, or school board. Trustee Sandi Walker resigned and many called for the resignation of Trustee Micah Young. The Dutch eventually aired a Praise Jesus movie featuring the high school students. Parents were not happy and I would bet there is a lawsuit working it’s way through the courts.
Former Trustee Micah Young
The Split Last year the Board considered a plan to split the district in two due to financial burdens. The split was met with fierce opposition calling it racially motivated. Keller ISD has about 34,000 students. For comparision, CCISD has about 45,000 students. Eventually the split failed but that didn’t end the controversy.
The Investigation Board members are now being investigated for violation of State law concerning the Open Meetings Act, which is serious stuff. Trustee Micah Young, one of the $50,000 candidates, posted a long “I am the victim” post on his Facebook acct. He posted a text from Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Cody Copeland who was asking Micah for comments for a story about board members meeting in violation of the Open Meetings Act. He has since deleted his entire account or has blocked me. Or maybe his lawyer told him to delete it because he and other members of the Board are in some deep shit. Seriously deep shit. Parents are now petitioning for the removal of three Board members.
The Lawsuit According to Cody Copeland of the Fort Worth Star a lawsuit has been filed to remove members of the board violated the Open Meetings Act:
Keller school board trustees who tried to split the district earlier this year began discussing the proposal as early as May 2024, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in a Tarrant County district court. They previously held that the earliest they discussed the split before it became public was Dec. 19.
Not only would they be removed from the Board they could also be held criminally responsible for their actions. Micah Young did not run for reelection. $50,000 down the drain.
Campaign Finance Reform Keller ISD could be the poster child for campaign finance reform. Thank God for the voters of CCISD who improved our School Board at the last election!
Senator Mayes Middleton, who has doubled down on his racist comments towards State Representative Gene Wu, has been confirmed as the speaker for the Texas Faith Fest sponsored by Texas Values. Texas Values promotes their core “family values”:
Biblical, Judeo-Christian values does not include making racist comments, or porking a porn star, cheating on your spouse, stealing classified documents, killing police, starting riots, yada yada yada. You get the idea. So it shouldn’t surprise you that Mayes is their speaker along with the other top “christians”Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton’s wife, and others. Personally I think this group is nothing more than a lobbying group using Christianity as a front.
The so called “Conservative Christian” is standing by his racist tweet:
So far the Houston Public Media and Click2Houston have asked for a comment from Senator Mayes Middleton concerning his racist tweet directed at Representative Gene Wu. He and his staff are silent. Calls to his office in League City are now directed to a recording. Callers to his office in Austin are told “I haven’t talked with him about this issue….yada yada yada”. From the Houston Public Media:
“Senator Middleton represents a very diverse population in the Bay Area,” the group said. “The state does not need an individual running for the highest legal office in the state who spouts off racist comments. Middleton claims to be a conservative and devout Christian but making racist comments are neither a conservative value nor a Christian value.”
Mayes represents [sic] the Bay Area of Harris County, Galveston County and part of Brazoria. He has been in office for 6 years and has never met with his constituents. His Austin office (512) 463-0111 rarely answers or return calls. His local office (281)332-1000 is answered by a recording. His district has been hammered with out of control home insurance rates and yet he has ignored the issue. He has been invited to speak with homeowners on multiple times and has refused. He spends his time meeting with only the business community.
In 2019 he spent $2 Million of his own money to win a House seat. He spent another $1.6 Million of his own money to win his Senate seat and he intends to spend $20 Million of his own money to win the Texas Attorney General’s seat. See a pattern here? Middleton is nothing but a white, rich, privileged, and now, racist republican.
Middleton claims to be a conservative Christian. He has sponsored bills concerning vouchers, prayer in schools, allowing preachers to be school counselors, posting “In god we Trust” signs the Ten Commandments in all public schools. As the article says, racism is NOT a conservative nor a Christian value.
Senator Middleton should be ashamed of himself and should apologize to Representative Wu, his church, and his constituents or he should step down, take a knee, and ask for forgiveness from his Lord and Savior.
It’s the Bay Area’s own State Senator Mayes Middleton.
Dear Senator Mayes Middleton,
What the f*** is wrong with you? Seriously. Do you think it is funny to make a comment like that? Texas Representative Gene Wu was born in China. His parents immigrated to the United States shortly afterward. He is a United States citizen, an outstanding Legislator, a well respected attorney, and an over all wonderful individual. Making a racist comment towards him or towards anyone is not acceptable for anyone, much less a State Senator.
You claim to be a “conservative” but making racist comments is NOT a conservative value. You claim to be a devout “Christian” but making racist comments goes against the teachings of Christ. You should be ashamed of yourself for stooping so low.
You owe Representative Wu and apology as well as to your church and to your constituents. Or maybe you should consider stepping down, taking a knee, and asking forgiveness from your Savior.
Multiple members of the Texas Republican Party were involved.
The Austin fire department and the “jaws of life” were called for an accident involving a bus carrying a number of Republican law makers. No family members were involved. According to the report: “The Austin Fire Department Station 42 was called late Thursday night to assist the law makers. Our first responders, who are trained in the use of the jaws of life, were unable to free many of the individuals but will not stop trying until the job is completed and everyone is rescued.”
According to the first responders the accident happened after a fundraiser for the Texas Republican Party with members of the Texas House, all Republicans. “When we arrived at the accident we immediately called for the jaws of life. The scene was horrible with many trapped in the bus gasping for air and pleading for help.”
“Our brave first responders took decisive action with the jaws of life and tried to pry each and every one of them off of Donald Trump’s ass, but they was stuck. I’ve never seen so many people on their knees sucking someone’s ass so hard that they got stuck. We continue to struggle with the situation. The fact that Trump continued to walk around with so many of the Texas Republican delegation stuck to his ass didn’t help.”
Texas is well known for their saying “We do things bigger in Texas”, including having some of the biggest ass kissers in the country.
Welcome to fucking Friday and to the great ass kissing state of Texas.
Just an FYI. I have reached out to Traci and have not received a response.
According to the Texas Ethics Commission Traci Gibson has filed an appointment of treasurer for her run for Harris County Democratic Party chair. At a time when unity is needed anyone running for Chair has be questioned. I would like to know why she is running but she has refused to respond.
The current Chair has been in office for just a short time and there is absolutely no reason to challenge him especially by someone with little or no experience for the job. Mike Doyle, the current Chair, has served the party very well. According to an email circulating with the precinct chairs she is a new precinct chair with no voting record in the 2020, 2022, or 2024 Democratic primary and yet she now wants to lead the party. She hasn’t been in the field. She hasn’t been involved with county politics. With these qualifications she is not qualified to run.
I’m waiting for a response from her as well as finding out who is financially supporting and encouraging her to run.
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