A “Democratic Socialist” entering the Harris County DA’s race?

December 1, 2023

Four years ago a “Democratic Socialist” entered the race for Harris County DA. She lost in the primary.

With the current District Attorney, Kim Ogg, on the ropes and being challenged by at least one candidate in the Democratic Primary I’m wondering if a socialist will enter the race. One did in Travis County and actually won back in 2020. I just don’t think Harris County is that far left. Democratic Socialists are not Democrats. They are socialists running in our primary especially in deep, deep, blue areas and they have seen some success putting in six members of The Squad in Congress. (Five very unsuccessful members. With 24 years in combined office they have passed 4 bills.)

In the past the socialists would run everywhere and would lose everywhere. Back in 2016 I wrote about Justice Democrats, an organization with Democratic Socialist ties:

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. It’s not like they were endorsing in tough competitive states like Texas, although those that did, lost. All of them. One raised over a $1 Million and lost 70-30 in the primary

In 2018 they focused on specific deep blue districts running young “progressives” and was more successful. I wonder if they are considering to try it again in Harris County. They might be waiting to see how the Mayor’s race ends up.

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Harris County Democrats continue to whine about DA Kim Ogg

December 1, 2023

Even the Houston Chronicle is getting tired of the controversy. They are just re-using photos.

You won’t get me to defend Harris County DA Kim Ogg but the Harris County Democratic Party needs to vote on their resolution condemning Kim Ogg, stop whining, shut the hell up, and start working on raising money and preparing for the 2024 elections. You made your point. You don’t like DA Ogg for many good reasons. Most of us don’t but this stupid publicity stunt needs to end. Vote and move the fuck on.

In the end it will amount to a hill of refried beans. It will have the same affect as writing a letter to DA Ogg condemning her policies and getting some publicity out of it. It’s a complete waste of time and energy all while the Party is working to raise money, recruit candidates, and prepare for a major election in 2024. Instead of pitching in on these efforts they are whining about a fucking resolution.

So put the damn thing on the floor. Vote. Move the fuck on. Quit whining and sign up to volunteer for the campaign of her primary challenger.

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League City fires City Attorney

November 29, 2023

The fallout from the League City book ban continues.

League City Attorney Nghiem Dan is out and the Deputy Michelle Villarreal is in. The vote was 4-3 in a clearly divided city council. From the video it looks like Captain Snowflake, Justin Hicks, seconded the motion and voted in favor. How surprising.

Mayor Nick Long had a rambling rant prior to the vote acknowledging the book ban was the cause of the issue being brought forward. As two council members said this is going to cost the city. I wonder if there is a cause for a lawsuit and if so who would file it.

There is an open seat on council with 5 individuals signing up. Maybe this vote should have been tabled until this seat was filled. Probably the council members voting yes knew this motion would not pass with a new member on board. As one council member said this vote should have been put off until the council seat was filled.

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When Trump is gone from this world….

November 28, 2023

Judgement day for trump will eventually come.

His family will not let him go quietly. They will request a state funeral that will last for 5 days. His coffin will be draped with the United States flag and put on a horse drawn carriage. A riderless horse with a single boot placed backwards in a stirrup will follow the carriage.

Trumps body will be place in the rotunda of the United States Capitol if Congress approves it. Luckily trump will not be buried in Arlington. His family will decide where he will be buried. Flags across the nation will be at half mast. MAGAs from across the country will come to see trump’s casket carrying their confederate flags, wearing the red hood, possibly considering storming the capitol again.

And then trump will meet his day of judgement. On this day this rotten, filthy, lying, cheating, racist, immoral, adulterer will be refused entry into hell by satan.

At least satan has limits.

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Local Elected Officials vote in support of vouchers for rich kids

November 20, 2023

They are voting against the wishes of the community.

State Representatives Dennis Paul of Clear Lake, Terry Wilson of Galveston, and Little Baby Briscoe Cain of Deer Park joined a handful of State Representatives and voted against an amendment to strip vouchers out of an education bill. Paul and Wilson also voted to not impeach Texas Attorney General Paxton. At least Baby Briscoe had enough common sense to be sensible. Only 23 House Representative voted to give Paxton a pass.

The amendment to remove vouchers from the bill was supported by 63 Democrats and 21 Republicans. Vouchers would give parents $10,000 of your tax dollars to send rich kids to a private school. It’s not a popular idea especially in the rural areas where schools are significantly underfunded. In Clear Lake the district is against vouchers. The Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce is against vouchers as is the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership.

For me I can’t see how this is even constitutional. If someone is paying $2000 in school taxes, why should we give them $8000 more from our taxes just so their kids can attend a private school? Why should they get more than they put in? If vouchers were going to pass they should get no more than they put in. You put in $2000? You get $2000 and nothing more.

Private schools are not cost efficient and most parents can not afford the tuition or the transportation even with the voucher. Vouchers have nothing to do with school “choice”. It is nothing more than give away to rich kids.

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Why is NASA continuing to do business with SpaceX/Musk?

November 20, 2023

T-Minus WTF?

What the fuck NASA? Major companies across the country are pausing or cancelling ads on Twitter (now X) after Elon Musk endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory. These companies include Apple, Paramount, Comcast, IBM, Warner Bros., the European Commission and the movie studio Lionsgate. The tweet even got a response from the Whitehouse:  “We condemn this abhorrent promotion of antisemitic and racist hate in the strongest terms, which runs against our core values as Americans.”

And yet….billions of tax dollars are continuing to be spent on SpaceX services. NASA should take a stand and consider their own “pause” of tax dollars to Space X until they rid themselves of this disease. This cannot be tolerated. Twitter has turned into a hate filled cluster fuck. It’s a breeding ground for keyboard warrior racists with the opportunity provided by Twitter to spread their hate.

NASA shouldn’t be tolerating this. At all.

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Mexican MAGAts take over Univision

November 18, 2023

Republicans aren’t stupid but they think we are. (and some are)

John Leguizamo, Latino actor has called for a boycott of Univision after they have turned Mexican MAGAt. According to Leguizamo the station is becoming a Fox News for Mexicans cozying up to Trump and cancelling ads placed by President Biden.

I’ve written about Mexican MAGAts before in WTF is wrong with you? Latinos for Trump. I’ve wondered why any Latino, or Veteran, or Texan, or any human being would support trump at this point:

He is a big, giant, dick, a rotten excuse of a human being. He bashes immigrants to the point they are targeted by white wing extremists of the Republican Party. He makes fun of the language. He uses Latino voters as props, as ignorant pawns. He is a fucked up human being. He is disrespectful of everyone, the media, elected officials, foreign officials, and anyone he has a grievance with. He is a fucking liar, not just a liar, a fucking liar. He has fed the Latino community a mouthful of lies and some of you are too stupid to realize he is a fucking liar. He stole top secret military documents. He was impeached, twice. He has been indicted for felonies, twice, with more coming. He is a racist and is supported by racist organizations.

https://bayareahouston.net/2023/07/14/wtf-is-wrong-with-you-latinos-for-trump/

So Univision, jumping in on the freak show to make money, has started, with its softball interview of Trump, feeding Latinos carne guisada with a free glass of koolaid . The interviewer cozied up to trump feeding him softball questions and giving him everything he wanted except a blow job. It was disgusting and many have called them out for it.

At least one reporter has left Univision and more than 70 groups — including major Latino rights organizations UnidosUS Action, America’s Voice and MALDEF — sent a letter Friday night to Davis and two other Televisa Univision executives who attended the meeting with Trump that described the interview as “a betrayal of trust.”

“We demand Univision conduct a thorough internal review, take corrective measures, and reaffirm its commitment to unbiased reporting and to keeping the Latino community informed and up-to-date with facts and truth,” the letter reads. “Unfiltered, unaddressed and unrestricted disinformation does a disservice to all communities in the U.S. and will destroy Univision’s reputation as a credible network that informs an important electorate.”

Good on Leguizamo for speaking out. Trump and the republican parties so called “values” are not the values of Latinos. We are not a bunch of rotten assholes.

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Signs of Qanon in Clear Lake. #SaveTheChildren

November 17, 2023

They are recruiting.

You might have seen signs on the side of the road with the hashtag #SaveTheChildren. Unfortunately the Qanon movement, an insane conspiracy theory organization, has hijacked the phrase. According to CNN:

You might see people sharing the hashtag #SavetheChildren on social media. But much of this online activity has nothing to do with the respected and real Save the Children charity. Its name has been hijacked by followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory.

QAnon has hijacked the name of a real organization trying to save children

This Qanon group was preceded by Pizzagate, a conspiracy theory about a Pizza place in DC was a front for a pedophile organization connected to the Democratic Party. An individual, based upon this misinformation, entered the restaurant and fired 3 shots from an assault rifle. He spent 4 years in jail for his stunt.

Save The Children is actually an organization that help children in need especially in the war torn areas of the world. They have issued a statement concerning the Qanon movement:

Our name in hashtag form has been experiencing unusually high volumes and causing confusion among our supporters and the general public. In the United States, Save the Children is the sole owner of the registered trademark “Save the Children.” While people may choose to use our organization’s name as a hashtag to make their point on different issues, we are not affiliated or associated with any of these campaigns.

Steer clear of any organization abusing the hashtag. Stay away from Qanon. They are truly a sick group of people.

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CliffsNotes: George Santos Ethics Committee Report

November 16, 2023

I took another for the team and read the 55 page report. You can read the entire thing here. It’s detailed. It’s boring. Here are the findings:

  • The committee gave Santos ample opportunity to address the issues, provide documentation, and testify to the committee. He refused all while claiming he was fully cooperating with the committee.
  • His staff wrote a 141 page Vulnerability report and encouraged him to drop out of the race. His staff members quit.
  • His staff encouraged him to seek medical attention for his constant lying.
  • His staff member responsible for the FEC filings admitted to conspiring with Representative Santos to submit false reports to the FEC.
  • Santos listed multiple personal loans, over $80,000, and $500,000 to his campaign that were never actually made.
  • Representative Santos was also improperly repaid for loans that were not made ($31,000)
  • These fictions loans falsely raised his Cash on Hand and could not pay outstanding debts. One staffer was not paid for 8 months.
  • Ms. Marks pled guilty and testified under oath to conspiring with Representative Santos to falsely report loans
  • He made $6,000 worth of purchases at Ferragamo stores, withdraw $800 in cash from an ATM at a casino, withdraw $1,000 in cash from an ATM near Representative Santos’ apartment, and to pay Representative Santos’ rent.
  • filed a list of false donors with the FEC on the year-end 2021 report knowing it was not true, and the donors, who are the real people, didn’t give [her] permission to use their names.
  • This was done to obtain money for his campaign by artificially inflating his funds to meet thresholds set by a national political committee
  • He spent thousands of dollars on personal expenses such as $2,281.52 spent at resorts in Atlantic City, $1,400 at Virtual Skin Spa, $225 at CityMD, and $3,332.81 Airbnb expenditure, $5000 for personal credit cards
  • He used his campaign money, over $4000, for Botox treatments
  • The ISC determined that the systemic errors and omissions in Representative Santos’ campaign reporting were more than mere carelessness by his treasurer; rather, they were part of an overall scheme to avoid transparency about his campaign’s finances
  • $50,000 of contributors money was used to, among other things: pay down personal credit card bills and other debt; make a $4,127.80 purchase at Hermes; and for smaller purchases at OnlyFans; Sephora; and for meals and for parking.
  • He convinced donors to contribute large amounts to an advertising company claiming the donations would go towards his campaign. He used the donations for personal use.
  • Santos claimed that he hired a professional tax preparer to file his Financial Disclosure statements. The tax preparer said she didn’t file the reports and was not hired by Santos.
  • He lied on his FD claiming he made $400,000/year when he made only $55,000
  • Santos reported four assets: (i) an apartment valued between $500,001 and $1,000,000; (ii) a checking account with between $100,001 and $250,000; (iii) a savings account with between $1,000,001 and $5,000,000; and (iv) 100% ownership of Devolder Organization, valued between $1,000,001 and $5,000,000. Each of these disclosures was false.

I’m tired. He is a liar like trump but just more stupid.

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Democratic Drama Continues with Resolution Against Kim Ogg

November 16, 2023

This is getting old. And petty.

I’ve been critical of Judge Hidalgo for looking petty in her continued confrontation with District Attorney Kim Ogg. Ogg also has a lot of blame to share. Hidalgo recently added fuel to the fire by endorsing Ogg’s opponent. She didn’t need to do that. Not now especially after yet another Houston Chronicle article about the Texas Ranger’s investigation into her office. It looks petty. It is petty. She is better than this. She should be better than this.

But now a small, vocal, group of precinct chairs of the Harris County Democratic Party have to have their turn to piss on the campfire calling for a vote on a resolution condemning Kim Ogg. Hey, I get it. Ogg has lost support from the far left, and the left, and the middle. Even I, a former supporter of Ogg, have soured on her performance, mainly because of her continued public dramatic display of animosity towards Judge Hidalgo, Commissioners Court, and judicial candidates. These issues and discussions should have been behind closed doors not on the front page of the Houston Chronicle.

Unfortunately the small group of precinct chairs have to be on the front page of the Houston Chronicle and the Chronicle is eating it up as well as the republican MAGAts looking to regain the DAs office. From the Chronicle:

A committee of local Democrats had an unusually rousing evening on Wednesday when over 50 people attended a meeting with two dueling resolutions on the agenda – one from a group of over 100 precinct chairs calling on the party to formally condemn District Attorney Kim Ogg, and another from 23 of her supporters urging party unity instead.

By the way….there are over 750 precinct chairs in Harris County. The Party needs to do one of two things, pacify the small group of precinct chairs, pass the resolution, and then shut the hell up. Or just shut the hell up. We all have more important things to do. I doubt Ogg will ever get the nomination for DA in the 2024 primary. She has been unnecessarily caustic. Let the voters decide in March and quit with the drama. You have made your point, in public, on the front page of the Chronicle, and dramatically.

Just let it lie.

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Texas, Bored of Education, opposes depiction of climate change

November 16, 2023

LOL. Scott Bowen again.

The Texas State Board of Education including Julie Pickren, from Pearland, has a problem with the depiction of climate change and evolution in science books. Pickren’s claim to fame was being at the Jan 6 insurrection. As I said in a previous post:

Pickren is being funded mainly by two Republican Oligarchs, State Representative Money Mayes Middleton and failed congressional candidate Kathaleen Wall. According to Pickren’s latest campaign finance report she raised $36,000 with $20,000 coming from Wall and $5000 from Money Mayes. Pickren also has some far right extremist PACs supporting her run for school board.

Pictured above is Captain Snowflake, Justin Hicks, League City Mayor Nick Long, CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen, and Congressman Randy Weber. She is only endorsed by the best people. According to the Houston Chronicle:

The Republican-led State Board of Education preliminarily rejected several new science textbooks on Tuesday over their presentation of climate change and evolution, a sign the books may be watered down before a final vote later this week.

Publishers were allowed until Wednesday to make changes that address criticism from board members, such as altering the depiction of the oil and gas industry. 

Pickren and her buddies are there to protect the oil and gas industry’s profit margins, even after posting record breaking profits. They also want creationist theories (ie the Bible) to be taught as an alternative to evolution and let the students decide which is more scientifically correct. Maybe they should consider teaching family values by Bryan Slaton.

Pickren since raised $115,000 for her race. $85,000 came from just 6 individuals including $40,000 from Richard Weekley, $20,000 from Kathaleen Wall, and $5000 from local Senator Money Mayes Middleton. Here are her top donors:

Weekley ,Richard25,000.00
Kathaleen ,Wall15,000.00
Schumacher ,Amanda10,000.00
Weekley ,Richard10,000.00
Bryan ,JP5,000.00
McMahon ,Linda5,000.00
Middleton ,Mayes5,000.00
Richard ,Weekley5,000.00
Wall ,Kathaleen5,000.00

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Houston’s KLOL rock star to challenge Brian Babin in Texas CD 36

November 15, 2023

She has a plan. She doesn’t want your money. She wants you to just vote.

Dayna Steele ran for congress back in 2018 in Congressional District 36. CD 36 is a blood red district. Literally. After 19 children were slaughtered in Uvalde Congressman Babin did what every other republican did. Nothing. He is one of the absolute worse congressman to ever hold the office even surpassing Steve Stockman who was convicted of 23 felony counts of money laundering and served 3 of 10 years in jail. On queue Trump pardoned him. Babin is worse. He does nothing. He has accomplished nothing. He, like trump, spews lies. And he asked for a pardon from Trump.

For those who were around in the 80’s you will remember Dayna from KLOL 101 the rock station of Houston. She rocked. I remember driving to work listening to Tejano Music on 101 FM. I called the station and was told KLOL was now a Tejano station. Ay Dios Mio!

Dayna has a plan. Watch her video below on Facebook. She explains it. Dayna is fun, exciting, very interesting and accomplished! He husband is a former NASA pilot. She ran back in 2018. As I said, it is a deep, deep, red district so gerrymandered that Babin doesn’t have to work to get elected. But, as I said, she has a plan. She is doing it her way this time.

More to come. It’s time to join her team, the Steele Workers.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=search&v=1080338612969464&external_log_id=2545baea-708f-4318-8dfd-6a3ffaa36b44&q=dayna%20steele

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Judge Lina Hidalgo endorses in DAs race. Why?

November 14, 2023

Why now?

Newsflash! Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo does not like Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg! I don’t know who is advising the Judge but she might want to consider a shake up in staff. This endorsement of Kim Ogg’s primary opponent, at this time, looks petty. It is appreciated, but it looks petty and in this day and age of politics looks, unfortunately, rules.

Why now? We are over 3 months away from the primary. Ogg and Hidalgo are coming off yet another round of fighting after the Texas Rangers continued their investigation of the failed COVID contract and with the Harris County Democratic Party moving to admonish Ogg. (Adding to the unnecessary drama) Endorsing Ogg’s opponent is ill timed. It doesn’t help anyone at this time. There is only one person who has entered the primary against Ogg at this time. What if another enters the race? Maybe one that Hidalgo would rather endorse?

If you have been paying attention, or reading the Houston Chronicle, there is a major disconnect between Hidalgo and Ogg. Both have attacked each other at Commissioners meetings, in public, and in print. The Chronicle is loving the infighting, so are the republican MAGAts. Throwing support to Ogg’s opponent at this time is really uncalled for. Why poke the bear? Why throw gas on the fire? Why now?

Ogg isn’t without blame. She has created a very bad look for the office. Many of her issues with Hidalgo, whether valid or not, could have been handled more discreetly, more professionally. Her role in the primary against well qualified attorneys was disturbing. Her reported use of her office against her opponents is also disturbing. It all looks petty.

And we all know looks rule.

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CliffsNotes: 2022 Election Fraud Judgement

November 13, 2023

Bottom line? You lost. Get over it.

I took one for the team again and read the Final Judgement Denying Election Contest. This was concerning the lawsuit filed by 21 losers candidates for Harris County judicial positions in 2022. You can read the entire judgement here if interested. My notes are below.

  • Lawsuits were filed in 21 races
  • This was a “test” case between Tamika Craft and Erin Lunceford and resulted in dismissing the others
  • Lunceford lost by 2743 votes
  • The Judge concluded “For the reasons stated below, the court has found many mistakes and violations of the Election Code by the Harris County Elections Administration Office (“EAO”) and other election officials. But the court holds that not enough votes were put in doubt to justify voiding the election for the 189th District Court and ordering new one.”
  • After investigating mail in ballots, Statements of Residence, shortage of ballots, etc, the Judge determined 2779 were affected but did not result in overturning any election.
  • The Harris County Elections Administration Office (EAO) did not provide enough ballots for some voting locations. The Judge was highly critical of this error and said the estimation process was in violation of the law.
  • HE DID NOT ADDRESS the republican judges at the voting locations waiting till the last hour (literally) to ask for more ballots. The entire issue would have been averted if the EAO had estimated better and the judges had done their damn job.
  • Because of the lack of ballots the Judge found that 2600 voters left the polling location due to a shortage of ballots. The judge estimates that between 250-850 voters who left the polling location had failed to vote.
  • One election worked claims that a voter spit on her when the voter learned of the shortage. (I’m calling bullshit)
  • 966 Statement of Residence were illegal votes and should not have been counted
  • 36 Mail in ballots lacked a required signature and 9 were mailed in too late. (How did the Board who screen these ballots with a republican and democrat team miss this?)
  • 380 out of 532 challenged Reasonable Impediment Declaration (RID), meaning they had no valid photo ID, should not have been counted. (Again WTF? The election judges should have caught these)
  • 7 Ballot By Mail (BBM) should not have been counted due to signature problems
  • Evidence that 2000 votes by voters whose registration was cancelled was submitted but 1995 of these were cancelled AFTER the election. 5 votes should not have been counted.

In conclusion. You lost. Get over it.

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Mattress Mac’s frivolous election fraud lawsuits dismissed!

November 10, 2023

Womp. Womp.

The multiple frivolous lawsuits filed by Harris County Republicans and MAGAt Mattress Mac claiming election fraud that led to Democratic wins have been dismissed. Here is what the Houston Chronicle said this morning:

However, after an eight-day trial in which Lunceford’s legal team did not provide testimony from any disenfranchised voters, Judge David Peeples, a visiting judge from Bexar County, ruled the results of the race were legitimate. 

In a 36-page ruling, Peeples said he found Harris County had made “many mistakes and violations of the Election Code.” “But the court holds that not enough votes were put in doubt to justify voiding the election for the 189th District Court and ordering a new one,” Peeples concluded.

The lawsuits included Alexandra Mealer against Lina Hidalgo who dropped her suit a few weeks ago as did republican judicial candidates Dan Spjut, and Sartaj Bal. Only 1 of the multiple lawsuits are still pending that being the race between Republican Tami Pierce and Democrat DaSean Jones. That race was very close. DaSean is a self proclaimed “democratic socialist”. It might be better for him to lose and be back on the ballot in 2024.

But….the suits are over. The election deniers will appeal. They will continue being election deniers. They will still file frivolous lawsuits. Hopefully the plaintiffs will demand lawyer fees. All the judges who were sued had to pay their own legal fees. Lawyers were banned from providing free legal aid to the defendants. The Harris County Attorney was not allowed to represent them. So they had to raise money or pay for their fees from their own pockets. It was a brilliant and frivolous lawsuit by the Republican Party and they should be sanctioned.

You lost. Get over it.

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More on “When right wing bloggers attack”

November 9, 2023

This is interesting…..and very disturbing.

From Harris County District Court

As reported by the Houston Chronicle, republican political blogger, Aubrey Taylor, was indicted for Injury to Elderly by a Harris County Grand Jury. After the indictment Taylor filed a civil suit against the victim, Gerald Womack claiming Womack actually attacked him. You can read the civil suit here. It is quite an interesting set of possible alternative facts. But there is more to this….

Jared Woodfill
In the civil suit he is represented by Jared Woodfill. According to the Houston Chronicle, in 2018 the FBI raided Woodfill’s office. I haven’t found any updates on that issue. Woodfill is also representing Steven Hotze charged with multiple felonies concerning a voter fraud conspiracy. He is representing multiple republican candidates claiming voter fraud in the 2020 elections. Both of them are closely associated with the Harris County Republican Party. Woodfill was the chair of the party from 2002-2014. Jared is also involved in an indictment of former State Judge Paul Pressler for sexual assault of a minor, his former bible study student. (You can read all the horrible details from The Texas Tribune here) and here is just a tidbit:

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.

Texas Tribune

Oliver Brown
According to the Chronicle Oliver Brown is defending Taylor in the assault case. Brown, according to Laws in Texas, was indicted by a grand jury after being accused of trying to strangle his girlfriend. That case was eventually dismissed. LIT has more.

Aubrey Roshon Taylor
I don’t get it. He went to Womack’s place of work and an assault happened. Taylor claims in his civil suit that he was the victim even though charges were only filed against him not Womack. If I had been assaulted by a 66 year old I wouldn’t have left the scene. I would have dialed 911, waited for the police to show up, and cooperated. His civil suit just doesn’t make sense. He is asking for $100,000 in his suit.

According to the Harris County District Court this isn’t the first run in with the law for Taylor. (Link here) The last indictment was in 2005. He had a couple of other indictments in 1990 resulting in probation and jail time. I’m glad that up until this latest indictment Mr. Taylor has served his sentence and has become successful. Good for him.

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Houston City Races. The Good. The Bad. The Ugly.

November 8, 2023
(This isn’t Willie Davis)

“When You Have To Shoot, Shoot. Don’t Talk.” Tuco

The Ugly. Who in the f*ck is Willie Davis? Davis is a right wing Pastor who tends to run for something, anything, and loses. He received 33% of the vote for At Large 2 and will head into a runoff with Nick Hellyar. Davis is endorsed by Aubrey Taylor the right wing blogger who was indicted for assaulting Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s campaign staff. Hellyar was endorsed by the Houston Chronicle. Hellyar knows what he is going. Davis does not. Go fuckin figure.

Leticia Plummer will go to a runoff with Roy Morales, another “run for anything” candidate who has lost many times over. That wasn’t expected.

Tony Buzbee goes to a runoff with the incumbent. For fuck sakes voters in District G. WTF? Are you that stupid to want Buzbee in office?

The race for Controller will go to a runoff. The lefties of the party want a progressive, young, candidate even if he is the least qualified for the job. The republicans want a MAGAt even though there is a great republican candidate on the ballot with excellent experience for the job. Hollins and Sanchez will go to a runoff in December.

The Bad. Clear Lake and Kingwood selected a MAGAt republican to represent them on Council. Fred Flickinger is a MAGAt republican. A full blown MAGAt. Let’s give him a chance like we gave Trump a chance in 2016. LOL. Look to the voters in Clear Lake and Kingwood to vote for Trump in 2024 even if he is in jail.

Conchita Reyes did not make the runoff. She was by far the best candidate for At Large 1. Miles, the Democrat/Republican will face Julian Ramirez in the runoff.

The Good. Lots of good in this election. Whitmire and Lee, as expected, will enter a runoff for Mayor. Both are capable of doing the job. One will win in December. As I have said in the past:

Unfortunately, like it or not, deserving or not, the Congresswoman is a lightning rod for the right much like Ted Cruz is for the left. But unlike Ted Cruz I doubt she would get boo-ed at a parade. 

She might not get boo-ed that won’t help her win in December. Whitmire has a positive message and broad support in a non partisan race. Lee has the lefties who will stick with her but that probably won’t overcome the lightning rod affect.

Richard Cantu will be in a runoff with Twila Carter. He is the best for that position. Sallie Alcorn stomped her opponents.

All CCISD propositions won. Thanks to the voters in the district!

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MAGAt Republicans running for City Council

November 6, 2023

It’s pretty clear who the MAGAts are running for Houston City Council. There aren’t many. There are some true conservatives running such as City Councilman Dave Martin, Twila Carter, Martina Lemond Dixon and others. And then there are the MAGAt republicans. Two of them.

Tony Buzbee. What can you say about a guy who spent $13 Million in a losing effort for Mayor? Now he is spending $500,000 to run for a city council race. He is endorsed by former City Council Member Greg Travis who many called for him to resign because of racist comments he made. In his race for Mayor he attempted to court both sides of the aisle and failing miserably. He was boo-ed out of a Democratic Party meeting. He even lost an endorsement from Steven Hotze. And he had a fundraiser for Donald Trump. That is a MAGAt Republican. The Houston Chronicle has endorsed his opponent.

Fred Flickinger. Running for Houston City Council District E covering Kingwood and Clear Lake. Like Buzbee Flickinger is financing his campaign with over $100,000 of his own money. He is endorsed by the MAGAts of the party including CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen and State Representative Little Baby Briscoe Cain. The Houston Chronicle has endorsed his opponent.

There are two real conservatives running against the MAGAts. Vote for the conservatives.

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When right wing bloggers attack. Literally

November 4, 2023
Democrats, steer clear of Taylor!

What is with all the violence in the Republican Party?

A right wing blogger, Aubrey Taylor, who publishes an online publication called Houston Business Connections, (It’s a blog) was indicted yesterday for assaulting the chair of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee campaign. He has ties to Steven Hotze an extreme far right influencer of the Harris County Republican Party who also has been charged with a felony, although much more serious. From The Texas Tribune:

Conservative activist Steven Hotze on Wednesday was indicted on two felony charges related to his alleged involvement in an air conditioning repairman being held at gunpoint in 2020 during a bizarre search for fraudulent mail ballots that did not exist, according to his attorney, Gary Polland.

A former Houston Policeman held an AC repairman at gun point because he thought the truck had thousands of illegal mail in ballots. He was also indicted. The AC repairman has filed a civil suit. This is some strange shit involving the US Marshalls, Texas Lt Governor Dan Patricks brother, and a recorded phone call. Do yourself a favor and read The Washington Post article.

Back to Aubrey Taylor. Taylor is accused of harassing and assaulting a 66 year old volunteer with the Lee campaign at the campaign office. Taylor is a relatively young buck. He has been charged with a felony assault of an elderly person. Taylor has retained Jared Woodfill as his attorney for a civil suit claiming he knocked the shit out of the old man in self defense. Jared is also representing Hotze. Jared was once the Chair of the Harris County Republican Party. Jared himself has had a run in with the law resulting in a raid by the FBI.

How fucked up is this? I mean seriously. As a blogger I’ve been known to be a bit extreme. I might have cussed the living shit out of State Representative Dennis Paul in the greenbelt behind my house after the Uvalde shooting but I would never resort to knocking the shit out of him. I mean, come on! Who does that?

This ought to be interesting. In the meantime Democrats should steer clear of this dude.

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Who is hosting Trump’s fundraiser in Houston?

November 1, 2023

Trendsetter Engineering 10430 Rodgers Rd, Houston, TX 77070.

Mario Lugo is the CEO of Trendsetter Engineering in Houston. Trendsetter is an offshore engineering company with about 80 employees. He will be hosting the twice impeached, 4 time indicted, presidential candidate for a fundraiser on Thursday. You have to wonder if all the employees will be required to listen to Trump whining for 2 hours about losing the election. Maybe they will have a day off.

Who else can we expect to be at the fundraiser? Tony Buzbee, Fred Flickinger, MAGAt Mattress Mac? I wonder if any elected officials will show. Tickets can be found on line on trump’s campaign site. You can find that link your fuckin self.

It says a lot about someone hosting such a rotten human being.

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