Uvalde Report: What’s the root cause of the Uvalde massacre?

January 21, 2024

You know it. I know it. Everyone knows it.

The Department of Justice released its report on the Uvalde massacre that took the lives of 19 children and 2 teachers. It’s 610 pages long and covers every issue concerning the shooting except for one. It’s hard to read because it covers the facts of the shooting in detail such as the timeline of events. We all know what happened and what time it happened. We all know that hundreds of well armed law enforcement agents did nothing as kids were being shot for nearly 2 hours. We know that Greg Abbott has made them the scapegoats for the entire incident.

But what did they miss? They missed addressing the root cause of the massacre, that being easy access to military style firearms by mentally sick individuals and mentally sick elected officials who have done nothing to stop gun violence. Greg Abbott and every NRA ass kissing elected official are the root cause of the massacre. They gave this sick individual easy access to military firearms, ammunition and body armor. They put that goddamn gun in his hands and he killed 21 people.

Greg Abbott and the entire fucked up Republican Party are responsible for this massacre and will continue to be responsible as long as their lips are stuck to the NRA’s ass. They are fucked up, mentally sick, sons of bitches, who have the power to prevent gun violence, yet they sit back and do nothing.

Sick fucks. All of them.

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Raising Campaign Cash: Texas Majority (Democratic Socialist) PAC

January 18, 2024

The republicans have extreme right wing billionaire donors who fund special PACs like Defend Texas Liberty who met with known white supremacists. The extreme left has their own billionaire (one) but they don’t meet with white supremacists. There is a HUGE difference between the two.

The Texas Majority PAC, formed in 2023, raised $1,400,508 in their latest report from July-Dec 2023. Of that $1,400,000, or 99.96%, came from one donor, George Soros. Over the last year they have raised $2,152,548 of which $2,150,000, or 99.98% came from George Soros. Texas Majority PAC is just a fancy name for George Soros.

In their last report TM spent about $650,000 on consultants, travel, salaries, and polling. This period they have spent $928,079. They have not donated to any specific candidates but they have donated to county parties including a $25,000 to the El Paso County Democrats. They are hosting the 2024 Democratic State Convention. $703,340 has been spent on the following including $333,840 on salaries for 13 employees.

Salaries$333,840
Consulting$193,633
Payroll Taxes$117,000
Legal Services$99,000
Overhead$70,000
Travel$47,500
Donations$36,000
$896,973

Before all you white wing MAGAts start yelling about George Soros meddling in Texas elections there are more billionaires meddling on the white wing in Texas and they are not good people.

More later.

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The (Court) Case against Democratic Socialist Pervez Agwan

January 18, 2024

This can’t be good.

I’ve said my peace about Democratic Socialists in general and about candidate for Congress Pervez Agwan. “Much like the members of “The Squad” Agwan is fast talking, rattling off pie in the sky Bernie Sanders ideas such as Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, giving power to the people, yada, yada, yada. It was old in 2016. It’s old now.”

Pervez is running against Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher who has served her district and the party very well. Pervez is running to the left of the left and has a nasty lawsuit filed against his campaign for sexual harassment. And it is pretty nasty. You can read the entire original petition here. This is a civil case with the plaintiff asking for $250,000 plus exemplary damages and lawyer fees from the campaign. From the original petition:

  • Plaintiff claims he made sexual advances at the campaign HQ. (assault and battery)
  • He prohibited her from leaving. (False imprisonment)
  • He caused (Intentional infliction of emotional distress)
  • The plaintiff left her position because of the harassment

But it gets worse. According to the Houston Landing the campaign hired Over Santiago Garcias Lopez. He has since been charged with improper relationship with an underaged student. He is on $100,000 bail is no longer with the campaign.

The campaign has seen a loss of endorsements and a mass resignation of mostly female staff members in October of last year. The Houston Landing’s article is pretty bad. It claims the campaign has provided conflicting information concerning the allegations. It is worth a read.

Of course the campaign has denied the allegations and is blaming a pro-Israeli PAC. We will see.

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Medicare for All. It ain’t happening and for good reason.

January 16, 2024

Democratic Socialist, Bernie Sanders, has been trying to pass some form of Medicare for All for over 40 years and he has failed.

Most people have no idea what Medicare for All is. Is it allowing everyone who doesn’t have health insurance or those who can’t afford it to sign up for Medicare? If so, what parts? A? B? C or D? Or all of it? Or is it only for those who can’t afford insurance. If so how can they afford Medicare, because it isn’t free. Ask any retiree.

Medicare for All isn’t what you think it is. It is a complete overhaul of our healthcare system and it is going no where. It eliminates the insurance industry (which actually isn’t a bad idea) and the millions of unnecessary jobs that would be transitioned into the government. They call it a “single payer system” or “Universal Health Care”, other simple minded titles that simple minded people can understand. The last time it was filed it died in committee after the cost was estimated at $30 TRILLION. That’s TRILLION with a T. That alone would scare the living shit out of most Americans and it does.

The problem with Medicare for All is that no one can sell the idea to the America public and no one who advocates for it has performed the hard work to sell it. Ask Bernie and his Bernie Buds. They talk a big game but have yet to do the hard work to make it happen. Ask how hard it was to pass the Affordable Care Act. It requires a tremendous amount of negotiation and compromise, something the supporters of Medicare for All can’t and won’t do. So in the end they get nothing.

Everyone wants health care especially when they are sick, but those who have it are afraid of having something different. Those who don’t have it are not willing to lead the fight. At this point after 40 damn years it’s a loser idea. No one is going to just flip a switch and make it happen overnight.

Or over 40 years. So quit with the Medicare for All crap and come up with something that most Americans can understand and something that can actually pass Congress.

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Raising Campaign Cash: 2024 Democratic Primary

January 16, 2024

Campaign reports are due by the end of the day. I will update as the reports are posted. To see the results from July 2023 and Jan 2024 look here. Campaign reports for Federal candidates are due Jan 31.

Jan-23
CandidateRaisedSpentCOHLoans
District Attorney
Kim Ogg2822749763445577548489
Sean Teare2788172375225507920
County Attorney
Christian Menefee47415755243978000
Umeka UA Lewis
County Sheriff
Ed Gonzalez154778725061438820
Joe Inocencio
Vergil /ratliff351544480307
Dana M. Wolfe2003168
Tax Assessor
Danielle Keys Bess151750151750
Desiree Broadnax58401700411401000
Claude Cummings0000
Jerry Davis22817511405000
Annettee Ramirez1808111266232830
JP Place 1
Jo Ann Delgado0000
Oscar Salazar Jr0000
Constable Pct 2
Jerry Garcia112676230001461220
David Garza
HCDE
Cantu0000
Wallenstein0990312425000
Railroad Commissioner
Bill Burch12141351881626625580
Katherine Culbert3560926302400
US Senate
Colin Allred
Aaron Arguijo
Meri Gomez
Mark Gonzalez
Roland Gutierrez
A Robert Hassan
Steven Keogh
Heli Rodriguez Prilliman
Carl Oscar Sherman
Thierry Tchenko

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It’s over. Republicans are stuck with Trump

January 16, 2024

They are like a dog wiping their ass on the ground and just making more of a mess.

The Republican Party had an opportunity, twice, to rid their party of this piece of shit, Donald Trump, but they didn’t. So now Trump is stuck and he will be their nominee for President. The dude who was impeached twice, indicted by 4 grand juries on 91 felony counts, who is literally out on bail, who committed adultery, who stole nuclear secrets and hid them from the FBI, who incited a riot that resulted in the death of 5 police officers, who lies every single day in his miserable life is the guy republicans admire.

The cartoon above by Mr. Fish, may be a bit gross, but it is fitting for the current situation. The republican party is stuck with him.

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Nazis endorse Trump for reelection

January 15, 2024

This is what the Republican Party, the once great conservative party of Lincoln, has become.

Trump has brought out the filth of humanity and they love him. These guys will be at the Republican Party convention. They will be mingling with so called “conservatives”, the type of conservatives who will look the other way while they wave their Make America White Again flags. This is who they are.

Every American have their own faults but the overwhelming vast majority do not support this message or those who are quiet about those who spread it. Unfortunately the Republican Party is quiet, afraid of the trump supporters and of trump himself. The once great party of “conservative values” are now the party that welcomes name calling, dog whistling, Nazis, lying, cheating, stealing, adultery, racism, and more.

This is the Republican Party. This is not what conservatives believe in.

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Why are you running? Democratic Socialist Pervez Agwan.

January 12, 2024

He is a Bernie Sanders, Democratic Socialist.

Years ago the Justice Democrats, a socialist organization formed in 2017 and funded by Bernie Sanders, ran 80 candidates across the country. Out of 80 candidates endorsed by JD, only 7 won. 2 were incumbents in deep blue districts. 1 was unopposed.  4 were all in very blue districts wiping out their general election opponents. The “Run everywhere” concept didn’t work so they changed their strategy in order to take control of the Democratic Party (Which is actually the written goal of the Democratic Socialists)

Now they have a more targeted approach running in deep blue areas against established Democrats in the Democratic primary and capitalizing on the power of the base. Pervez Agwan, a newbie into politics, is one of those candidates challenging Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher. Fletcher ran in 2018 and beat long time incumbent John Culberson. She has been a great elected official, served her district well, has chosen to make progress instead of making noise.

That is the difference between the two. Much like the members of “The Squad” Agwan is fast talking, rattling off pie in the sky Bernie Sanders ideas such as Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, giving power to the people, yada, yada, yada. It was old in 2016. It’s old now. In 2018 Fletcher beat a well financed Bernie Sanders, far lefty by 40 points in a runoff in the primary but Agwan sees an opportunity due to the redistricting process making the district a solid Democratic seat.

As I said, that is their plan. Challenge great Democrats in deep blue areas. Unlike so called “Progressives” in The Squad, Fletcher actually makes progress. She knows that governing requires reaching across the aisle, working with others to make progress. It’s not fast enough for Agwan or The Squad. They tend to wave their arms in the air calling for Medicare for All tomorrow yet not willing to do the hard work to actually make it happen.

Just like Bernie Sanders. He has been waving his fuckin arms for 4 decades and hasn’t progressed.

More on this race later.

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2024. The Year of the Conservative

January 10, 2024

Americans are counting on you.

2024 must be the year when conservatives restores the Party of Lincoln to the traditional conservative values they once stood for. In November the election will not be about politics or differences in opinion on issues such as the economy or national security policies. It is an election about right vs wrong. Conservatives know the difference. The vast majority of Americans know the difference. Americans teach children the difference. Our teachers expect kids to know the difference and employers demand their employees to know the difference.

Ever since 2015 the leadership of the Republican Party has perverted the conservative label starting with calling immigrants rapists, and thieves. Over the last eight years they have tolerated racist comments, calling elected officials names, talking about grabbing women by the p*ssy, adultery, lying, cheating, stealing, and more. That wasn’t enough for conservatives to abandon their nominee.

For years the conservatives of the republican party stood their ground and drew a line in the moral sand, then drew another, then another, then another. So now they tolerate racism, adultery, misogyny, meeting with known white supremacists, admitting to taking highly classified documents, hiding them from the FBI, and lying about it. They tolerate lying every single day. They tolerate attacks on the gay community, teachers, police, and even the military. They tolerate being impeached, twice. They tolerate being indicted on 91 felony counts. They tolerate inciting violence and making Hitler like statements and they tolerate whining every time they lose.

Conservatives can’t draw another line in the sand without being laughed at. Conservatives have lost their party. Trump will be their nominee for President even if he is convicted on any one or more of the 91 felony charges filed against him. That battle has been lost but the war can still be won starting in November. Conservatives know the difference between right and wrong and voting to put that rotten, filthy, racist human being back into the White House is wrong.

No one is expecting true conservatives to vote for Biden or join the Democratic Party, but they are hoping that they will rise to the occasion and vote to keep Trump out of office and help our country return to American values, values such as honor, integrity, and winning or losing with dignity. America is counting on you.

Happy New Year.

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“Anti Government” group enters League City elections

January 9, 2024

UPDATE: Candidate Chris Dodson has also refused to attend.

They’re not doing very well.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has added the True Texas Project to their list of extremist organizations categorized as a general anti-government organization. The local group has attempted to enter the League City elections by holding a forum for the candidates. Unfortunately only one, the book burner an Nick Long’s boy, Courtney Chadwell, has accepted the invitation. Here is the line up:

I don’t think Ange or Dodson knows who the TTP is or who Joshua is. Joshua is leading the book banning charge in League City roaming the kids section of the library searching for books that say pee-pee or wee-wee. His group has had speakers advocating for Texas to secede from the United States (a really stupid and illegal idea). His group was banned from using the facilities by Buzz Aldrin’s Presbyterian church in Webster for its extreme views which the church did not condone. From the Chronicle:

The group’s lineup of featured speakers indicates its alignment with radical white supremacist and anti-LGBTQ policies. Kelly Neidert, founder and leader of the anti-LGBTQ organization Protect Texas Kids, said she’s slated to be a featured speaker at TTP’s upcoming events

They also have interfaced with Chris Russo, leader of a local anti-immigrant PAC, outed by The Texas Tribune as meeting with a known white supremacist, Nick Fuentes. They supported Bryan Slaton an anti LGBTQ State Representative who was removed from the Texas House for providing alcohol to a minor and they having sex with her.

I’ll make sure Ange and Dodson knows who they are meeting with. Courtney knows who they are. We should know who he is.

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Raising Campaign Cash: League City Special Election Jan 2023

January 8, 2024

The choices are pretty clear.

Campaign finance reports are in for the special election for League City Council. One thing is for sure. We know who the book banner wants on city council.

Courtney Chadwell. Raised $2432.10 from one donor, Mayor Nick Long from an in-kind contribution. Besides that donation Chadwell has used his own wealth to run. He has $0 Cash on hand and has spent over $5500. From a prior report: Spent $4595 on a personal credit card. Ange Mertens has spent over $7000 and over $4500 is from personal loans.

Ange Mertens. Raised $250. She has $543 Cash on hand. From a prior report: Raised $3300. $2800 from one donor out of Texas City and $500 from an unknown donor. Spent $7034. Has a $3000 personal loan and a $1515 loan.

Chris Dodson. Did not raise any funds. He has $339 Cash on hand. From a prior report: Raised $100 spent $250.

Katherine Swanson. Raised $1021 from a number of individuals. From a previous report: Raised $1272. Spent $464. Includes a personal contribution of $1000.

Rachel McAdam. Raised $180. She has $239 Cash on hand. From a previous report: Raised $1691. Spent $327.

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Clear Lake elected officials who continue to tolerate racism, white supremacy, Trump

January 8, 2024

It makes you want to ask “What the fuck is wrong with you?”

We all know who trump is. If an elected official still supports trump then they tolerate lying, fucking a porn star, paying her off, and lying about it, cheating, stealing highly classified documents, hiding them and lying to the FBI, meeting with Nick Fuentes a known white supremacist, making racist comments, inciting a riot at the United States Capitol and watching it for over 3 hours on TV, attempting to overturn an election, condoning violence, failure to transfer power peacefully, whining like a little bitch about everything, mimicking Hitler, palling around with dictators, being an incredible fucking hypocrite, and the list goes on and on.

So here are the elected officials in the Clear Lake area that continue to support this filthy human being for President of the great country on earth:

  • Congressman Randy Weber. Weber has his nose so far up trump ass he can’t smell the corruption.
  • Congressman Brian Babin. Firmy stuck in Trump’s ass.
  • Senator “Money” Mayes Middleton. Mayes is a new kind of “christian conservative”. LOL. Go figure.
  • State Representative Terri Wilson. She has no problem with his comments about grabbing women by the p*ssy.
  • State Representative Dennis Paul. Dennis is a “Catholic conservative”. He needs to have a talk with his priest.
  • State Representative Little Baby Briscoe Cain. He worked on helping to overturn the election. He and trump failed. 61 times.
  • League City Mayor Nick Long. Leader of the famous book ban and The Purge.
  • League City Councilman Justin Hicks. A veteran who obviously has no problem with stealing classified documents, claiming our military is weak, or calling Veterans “losers”.
  • City Councilman Fred Flickinger. Newly elected city councilman for Clear Lake. Pure MAGAt.
  • CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen. Another MAGAt.

So who am I missing? I’m going to update this list as necessary. If any of the above does not support this filthy human being for President, please contact me so I can update the list.

Until then, GFY.

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Happy insurrection day for those who celebrate

January 6, 2024

There is something truly wrong with you if you celebrate this day, or defend those who are in jail, those who participated, those who instigated it, or those who were in power to stop it yet did nothing for 3 hours except watch it on TV.

Patriots my ass.

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Raising Campaign Cash: League City Special Election

January 5, 2024

League City will have a special election to fill a vacant seat on City Council on Jan 13. Here is a summary of the candidates campaign finance reports from their Dec 2024 reports. You can view all council members and candidates reports here.

Ange Mertens. Raised $3300. $2800 from one donor out of Texas City and $500 from an unknown donor. Spent $7034. Has a $3000 personal loan and a $1515 loan.

Chris Dodson. Raised $100. Spent $240.

Courtney Chadwell. Raised $0. Spent $4595 on a personal credit card.

Katherine Swanson. Raised $1272. Spent $464. Includes a personal contribution of $1000.

Rachel McAdam. Raised $1691. Spent $327.

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Will the League City SausageFest continue?

January 4, 2024

A little diversity is alway good.

League City is having a special election to fill a vacated seat on Council. This election is on January 13 and early voting has already begun. Over the last few years the council has been a male only country club. Not that this is always bad. There are some very good council members and then there is Captain Chaos, Justin Hicks, and his side kick, Mayor Nick Long. Male. White. Extremists. It’s not a good look. They seem to enjoy chaos.

I have never believed in voting for a person because they are male, female, white, Hispanic, etc, etc. Each person must be able to do the job. Each should be qualified. Pick the best to do the job, one that would lead without chaos. According to the League City website there are 5 candidates running:

The Galveston County Daily News has a good write up on the candidates. I thought the comments about bringing civility back to council is right on. To that Courtney Chadwell is supported by Nick Long and Captain Chaos. He is spending his own money to win this race and would continue the sausageFest on council and would probably contribute to the chaos. That can’t be good for the city.

Good luck League City! The election is Jan 13.

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TX Republican candidate left with egg on her face

January 3, 2024

There is no bottom.

Mayra Flores is a Mexican MAGAt. She won a special election in south Texas and served for about 6 months. On New Years Eve she made a series of mistakes leaving her with egg on her face.

On NYE Mayra tweeted a picture celebrating life on the ranch. It went down hill from there. Here it is:

From Lone Star Left:

In fact, this yummy meal wasn’t from Flores’s family ranch; it wasn’t even from America. As Twitter user Ben Anderson discovered, the picture Mayra Flores used on New Year’s Eve, claiming it was a family meal on her family ranch, was a STOLEN picture from the Guyanese Facebook Page,

Once she was caught, she deleted her Twitter account, then created a new one, then began banning users from her account once they found her and made fun of her. Besides that, Mexican Americans don’t eat stew on NYE. We eat Carne Guisada. It’s a Mexican version of stew. It’s delicious, nutritious, filling. It’s bad enough that a small percentage of Mexican Americans are MAGAts but this culinary fuck up is bad.

Mayra is a Mexican MAGAt. She like Trump is a fuckin liar, a cheat, a disgrace to all Mexican Americans and to the human race. She lies to her God, her Country, and with her Family.

What a fucking disgrace.

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The fake Political Action Committee that meddled in Houston Elections

January 2, 2024

Elizabeth Sanders of the Houston Chronicle wrote a very interesting article concerning a mystery PAC meddling in Houston City elections. It is well worth a read.

In short, a PAC identified as the Houston Hispanic Action Committee sent mailers out to District G voters advocating for an unknown, first time, candidate for City Council who raised only $125. The candidate received 11% of the vote and sent the race into a runoff. City Council Member Mary Nan Huffman failed to receive the 50% margin by only a few hundred votes. The PAC also advocated against Huffman incorrectly saying she endorsed Trump for reelection.

So. Who is the Houston Hispanic Action Committee (HHPAC)? No one knows but someone spent a good amount of money to help Buzbee get to a runoff. HHPAC is not registered with the Texas Ethics Commission. They did not appoint a treasurer. These are very serious violations and could result in large fines especially if it was done deliberately to influence an election. Sending out mailers was deliberate. An ethics complaint should be filed.

Unfortunately there is no contact information available for HHPAC. They had a website up until today. The domain name https://houstonhispanicaction.com was created in Sept of 2023 just in time for the election. The administrator of the domain is hidden. They had a Facebook page until today. That page is no longer active. In order to file a complaint with the Texas Ethics Commission you need contact information for the Houston Hispanic Action Committee and there is none.

According to the article the PAC used a specific printer, Long Plan Printing or LP Printing. They have declined to provide who paid for the printing but there is a way to find out. According to the Texas Ethics Commission LP Printing has received over $163,000 over the last ten years mainly from Republican candidates and organizations. Spring Republicans spent over $93,000 for services during this time period.

Sending these mailers under a fake PAC name is a serious violation of the laws governing campaigns and it should be investigated by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office or the Harris County Attorney’s office. They have the authority to issue subpoenas and find out who designed the mailers and who paid for the mailers to be sent. If this is allowed to go unpunished it could affect elections on all levels in the future.

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The year in review. 2023

January 1, 2024

What a year. The only way for 2024 to be a good year is if the real conservatives of the Republican Party takes back their party. Here is what happened in 2023:

  • OMG. CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen was found to have a relationship with known white supremacists.
  • Trustee Scott Bowen was cleared on a grievance filed because he testified agains public education at a hearing in Austin.
  • Scott Bowen’s buddy, Pete Lauzon, funded by Defend Texas Liberty, loses his election for CCISD Trustee.
  • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was allowed to continue his reign of corruption in Texas.
  • Local State Representatives vote against impeaching Ken Paxton even after overwhelming evidence. (Paul, Wilson, Middleton)
  • Republican Bryan Slater was removed from office after giving his underaged staffer alcohol and having sex with her all night long.
  • Republican Congressman George Santos was removed from office.
  • Tony Buzbee lost. Again.
  • Harris County Board of Education filled a vacant slot with Dick. (Eric Dick)
  • Harris County Board of Education Trustee Dick was fined another $10,000 by the Texas Ethics Commission
  • A former Chair of the Harris County Republican Party and a Republican Judge and pastor settled a sex abuse lawsuit concerning young men.
  • League City continues The Purge after firing their attorney, the librarian, and continuing their selective book ban,
  • OMG The Chair of the PAC funded by a couple of billionaires, Defend Texas Liberty, was caught meeting with a known white supremacist. This is the PAC that tried to tip the CCISD elections.
  • Mattress MAGAt Mac is behind the multiple lawsuits against Democratic Judges that won in 2022.
  • The lawsuits against multiple Democratic Judges have been dropped, including the one against Judge Hidalgo.
  • Texas Republicans continue to send useless thoughts and prayers after mass shootings.
  • Local State Representative Dennis Paul continues to ignore gun violence even after one of his own is killed due to senseless gun violence,
  • City Councilman Michael Kubosh was caught using his donor’s money for personal use. He was running for City Controller. (was)

What a year. Here’s hoping that the true conservatives of America will keep that rotten son of a bitch out of the White House and start to rebuild their party.

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Texas AG’s office collecting unpaid Ethics fines (or are they?)

December 31, 2023

Don’t hold your breath.

The Texas Ethics Commission has referred a number of ethic violation fines for collection including my buddy Eric Dick who was fined $30,000 for his mailer in the 2019 City Council races. They also referred Eric’s partner, Philip Bryant, who was fined $6000 for his role in the mailer scheme. You can view the entire list from 1/1/2016 to 1/23/2023 here.

From the period listed 623 fines amounting to $2,201,228, were referred to the Texas Attorney General’s Office for collection. 81 have been “Paid in Full” for a small total of $258,251 just over 10%. 422 fines amounting to $1,214,950 are in a “Claims filed” status dating back to 2016.

The fines includes $36,900 for a delinquent filer, Christopher Graham, a candidate for State Representative and the $30,000 fine against Eric Dick. There are some very significant fines that are being collected. (See the list below of fines over $20,000) It is disturbing that 422 fines are in “Claims Filed” status and have lingered. It is almost as if the Texas AG’s Office is not pursuing these fines.

In a State of lawlessness, it shouldn’t surprise anyone.

 04/20/18  FINE 36,900.00 GRAHAM, CHRISTOPHER LAUREN 
 12/28/22  FINE 30,000.00 DICK,ERIC 
 11/25/20  FINE 24,100.00 ANTALAN, MICHAEL D 
 01/10/20  FINE 23,700.00 ARMSTRONG III, JAMES A 
 07/07/20  FINE 23,500.00 LASHLEY, CAREY F 
 07/18/16  FINE 23,500.00 SMITH, DEMETRIA 
 06/17/16  FINE 22,000.00 MAYSE, MARILYNN S 
 07/07/20  FINE 22,000.00 BOOHER, WILLIAM J 
 01/05/21  FINE 21,500.00 ROWE, JASON D 
 05/30/18  FINE 21,500.00 VELASQUEZ JR., GILBERTO 
 06/05/18  FINE 21,500.00 AYLOR, CANDACE A 
 07/23/21  FINE 21,500.00 THIBODEAUX, ANGEANETTE 
 07/30/18  FINE 21,500.00 BOUNDS, SPENCER R 
 11/20/17  FINE 21,500.00 SANTOS, FRANK R 
 12/05/16  FINE 21,500.00 WENTWORTH, PATRICK D 
 06/08/18  FINE 21,000.00 ALONZO, ARNOLDO A 
 11/30/20  FINE 21,000.00 REYNOLDS, RONALD E 
 06/17/20  FINE 20,500.00 MAYSE, MARILYNN S 
 07/18/16  FINE 20,500.00 CONDIE, ANDREW J 
 10/30/17  FINE 20,500.00 KENNEDY, MICHAEL L 
 01/18/17  FINE 20,100.00 FLOYD III, JOHN T 

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Republican candidate for the Texas House settles sex abuse lawsuit

December 29, 2023

Seriously, you just can’t make this stuff up.

Jared Woodfill, according to his campaign website, is a “former Chair of the Harris County Republican Party, President of Conservative Republicans of Texas, Proud Member of the Second Baptist Church, and devoted husband, father, christian”. Today a sex abuse lawsuit against the Southern Baptist Convention has been settled. According to The Texas Tribune:

The Southern Baptist Convention and others have reached a confidential settlement in a high-profile lawsuit that accused a former leader of sexual assault, ending a six-year legal drama that expanded victims’ rights in Texas, helped prompt a broader reckoning over child sexual abuse in evangelical churches and showed that a prominent conservative activist and Texas House candidate repeatedly downplayed abuse allegations.

Jared Woodfill is that House Candidate that repeatedly downplayed the abuse allegations and former Republican Judge Paul Dressler is the leader in the church. The details of the settlement have not been disclosed but the allegations are pretty damning. Here is the part about Woodfill knowing about the allegations from the Tribune:

In recent sworn testimony, Woodfill said he’d known since 2004 of an allegation that Pressler had sexually abused a child. Woodfill learned of those claims, he said, during mediation of an assault lawsuit filed against Pressler that he helped quietly settle for nearly a half-million dollars at the time. Despite his knowledge of the accusation, Woodfill continued to work with Pressler for nearly a decade — leaning on Pressler’s name and reputation to bolster their firm, Woodfill & Pressler LLP.
Rather than pay him a salary, Woodfill testified, the firm provided Pressler a string of employees to serve as personal assistants, most of them young men who typically worked out of his River Oaks mansion. Two have accused Pressler of sexual assault or misconduct.

SWEET HOLY MOSES! The Texas Tribune’s article is pretty damning in itself. Here is a snippet:

In 2017, Duane Rollins filed the lawsuit accusing Paul Pressler, a longtime Southern Baptist figure and former Texas judge, of decades of rape beginning when Rollins was a 14-year-old member of Pressler’s church youth group in Houston.

….Rollins filed the suit in Harris County against Pressler along with other defendants who he accused of enabling or concealing Pressler’s behavior — including the Southern Baptist Convention and Jared Woodfill, the former chair of the Harris County GOP and Pressler’s longtime law partner. ….The suit also showed that Woodfill, a prominent anti-LGBTQ+ activist, was aware of allegations that Pressler was a sexual predator but continued to provide him with young, male personal assistants who worked out of Pressler’s River Oaks home. 

This truly is some fucked up sh*t but then again Woodfill represents the Republican Party pretty well. Of course Woodfill claims he has not settled the suit although his attorneys say otherwise. Maybe he is doing what republicans do best.

Lie. Go read the article.

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