One of “The Squad” members lost his seat in Congress last night in the New York Democratic Primary. Jamaal Bowman was elected to Congress to represent New York District 16 in 2020. He wore out his welcome in just 4 short years and lost his re-election bid by over 16 points. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) had this to say about his 16 point loss “Holy sh*t we are down to only 5 Squad members!” Actually she didn’t say that but she whined during the entire primary.
Bowman wasn’t known for his ability to pass legislation. Like the rest of The Squad he has filed a number of bills but to his credit he had 1 bill signed into law which counted for 25% of the entire Squad. He is more remembered for being arrested on the capitol steps, pulling the fire alarm during a crucial vote on the floor, and running his mouth about extreme positions.
Instead of taking care of his district he joined the other Squad members in their rush to be on TV and co-sponsoring bills that have gone no where including Single Payer, Medicare for All, and the Green New Deal. All were DOA. Instead of working across the aisle to find common ground and move to a more perfect health care system he joined The Squad in complaining and not doing the hard work to pass hard legislation. And passing Single Payer is hard. Ask Senator Bernie Sanders. He has been yelling about this for over 40 years.
You can compare the record of The Squad vs The Insurrectionist Caucus here. Both are extreme. Both can’t pass significant legislation.
The Chronicle finally put the blame on our elected officials for the Uvalde shooting. Sort of. Because of their lack of action on common sense gun regulations the parents of Uvalde have filed a number of lawsuits against organizations that gave easy access to guns and ammo to the 18 year old who killed 19 children. They are not alone. Some Santa Fe parents have also sued. And they are winning.
Our elected officials have protected the gun industry from lawsuits much like they are protected from suits after they gave that weapon to the 18 year old. It’s time to put the blame for these shootings that have killed children, police, members of the military, Mexican Americans on them. They are responsible for these senseless killings by giving easy access to mentally ill individuals to military style firearms.
They are responsible for forcing tax payers to pay for the leveling of Ross Elementary and for building a new school. They are responsible for the suits against the police who did nothing as the shooter was killing the kids. They are responsible for those who survived the shootings but will be scarred for life requiring continued medical care. They are responsible but will not be held accountable.
Gun violence was on the ballot in 2022 and not one single elected official, responsible for the Uvalde shooting, was held accountable. Not one. So who will be responsible for the next shooting?
CCISD Trustee was the guest speaker of True Texas Project.
TTP was thrown out of another venue due to their support of white nationalist figures and rhetoric. Back in 2022 Buzz Aldrin’s church in Webster banned the far right group from having their meetings in the facility after learning about the group. According to The Texas Tribune another group, the Dallas Botanical Gardens, has cancelled TTP’s event stating they “rejects all forms of hate speech, discrimination, or bigotry.”
And they have a point. A big one. Even some of the most white wing of the party, including Don Huffines, has joined 12 other speakers and have cancelled their appearance at the event. From the Tribune:
Billed as the 15th anniversary celebration for True Texas Project, the conference agenda claims that there is a “war on white America,” and urges attendees to embrace once-fringe ideologies such as Christian nationalism or the Great Replacement Theory, which claims that there is an intentional, often Jewish-driven, effort to destroy white people through immigration, interracial marriage or the LGBTQ+ community.
Other speakers include “figures with ties to antisemites and extremists, including Paul Gottfried, a far-right author who mentored neo-Nazi Richard Spencer”. TTP is supported by the two republican billionaires out of the Dallas area, Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks. They also created Defend Texas Liberty PAC. The leadership was caught meeting with known white supremacist Nick Fuentes. The backlash was so bad the PAC folded but they created another under a new name.
This is who CCISD Scott Bowen associates with. Do yourself a favor and read the two articles from the Tribune. The first outs the group and their agenda for the birthday bash. The second is about the speakers cancelling their appearance. Here are a few comments from the speakers:
“I know that the True Texas Project gets things done and I need each and every one of you to continue to fight for the conservative principles we all stand for,” –Ted Cruz
“Every good and [decent] and honorable person associated with this event should back out,” Travis County GOP Chair Matt Mackowiak
It’s a “dumb and inaccurate way to promote the Republican agenda” and that he “was never given a lineup of speakers or topics.” Senator Don Huffines
“I categorically reject white replacement theory and never write or speak about it. I’m not interested in any of that stuff.” Todd Bensman, a fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies
“What kind of stupid son of a bitch would associate with these racist assholes?” Me.
Republican candidate for the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office, Jimmy Fullen was under investigation by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. They have recommended revoking his peace officer license. You can read the entire recommendation here. (It’s bad) This would make him ineligible to be Sheriff, if elected, but don’t worry. This is Texas where law and order seldom is heard. KPRC has reported on Fullen here.
Fullen is endorsed by most every republican in the county including Senator Money Mayes Middleton who let Ken Paxton off in his impeachment trial. I watched the entire impeachment trial. Every single minute of it. How anyone could have ignored his criminal behavior is beyond me. Nevertheless the Republican Party is circling the wagons and will protect him like a porn star using a condom.
The TCOLE has recommended revoking his license. In their recommendation they note:
Specifically, Respondent [Fullen] omitted, failed to disclose, or provided false or untruthful information related to job experience, having been disciplined at work, having been fired or asked to resign from a place of employment, having been accused of discrimination, having been the subject of a written complaint at work, having failed to make or been late on a court-ordered payment, having been part of a civil lawsuit, and failing to disclose two arrests.
OUCH. You can read the entire letter to Fullen here. He has 20 days to respond. He has two choices, agree to the order or schedule a formal, public hearing. There is a website detailing his conduct at The Real True Jimmy Fullen. If half of this is true, and it is all based upon public information, he is a perfect Republican candidate for Sheriff.
Law and Order in Texas. It’s like Beavis and Butthead.
League City Council has become a treasure trove of news stories and recently they are not good ones. Banning books, firing librarians, bankruptcies, firing city attorneys are just a few. Here is another. Someone in League City government has redlined the Code of Ethics suggesting changes to how the city will “hold its elected officials and the appointed officials and employees to the highest standards of ethical conduct.”
You would think that a city of “conservative” citizens would demand a rigid, law and order, approach to ethical conduct from their elected leaders. (LOL) If that is the case they will be shocked to see the proposed changes to their Code of Ethics. You can read the entire 6 pages here. Here are just a few of the changes:
Guts the Rules of Ethical Conduct section
Removes ethics standards specifically for League City
Removes disclosures of gifts to elected officials
Removes “Conducting themselves with integrity”
Removes conflict of interest concerning city business
Removes section titled “Rules of ethical conduct”.
Removes limitation on gifts to city officials
Removes the entire complaint process against city officials.
Removes the ethics review panel
There is so much more, or less, to read. Take a minute and read it.
While the MAGAts of the Republican Party are working to give everyone easy access to guns, destroying our faith in our judicial system, and limiting the rights of women, the delegates of the Texas Democratic Convention was arguing about having a protest vote in our primaries. It was ugly, petty, and pathetic.
There were 4 resolutions/rule changes pulled from consent and were to be debated on the floor of the convention including paying the TDP chair, supporting rank choice voting, and a rule concerning precinct chairs. There was wide support for these. Then there was the rule to add an “Uncommitted” to our presidential primary ballot much like some other states like New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. That stemmed from the Palestinian wing of the party.
Prior to debate the Chair declared that we did not have quorum and all hell broke loose. Hinojosa, speaking to the delegates like they were 2nd graders (some deserved that), continued to say “I will continue when you are finished.”. Eventually they were finished and the process to overturn the chair’s decision was explained, over and over again as per Roberts Rules of Order, which the convention is conducted under. So someone finally motioned to challenge the Chair, it was seconded, and we had to have a roll call vote with each Congressional District reporting yay or nay per county. We have 254 counties in Texas with 38 CDs. Three hours later, we had the vote to overturn the Chair. YEAH!
But….the vote also showed we did not meet the rules of quorum so the 3 hour process was moot and the Convention was adjourned as per the rules. During the 3 hour bitch session many delegates had to leave due to airline and bus schedules thereby breaking quorum.
This is what we argued about. A protest vote. Even if this passed what would it do besides providing negative national attention to our nominee? Go ahead and google protest vote news. I’ll wait. Much like 2016 the whiny little bitches of the Democratic Party have to have a way to publicly whine about everything or anything. If you don’t like immigration policies, protest vote. How about consumer issues? Or woman’s rights? Gay rights? Veteran issues? Gun violence? Pick your damn bottle of whine and protest vote. Give the media a great sound bite which they will exploit. Help to weaken our candidates chances of winning like you did in 2016.
How in the fuck did that work out for you, for us? The three resolutions/rule changes were good for the party and I wish we had the opportunity to vote on these. The protest vote was an embarrassment.
Leave it to League City’s Mayor Pro Tem Justin Hicks, a christian, conservative, veteran to lead the way.
Well that didn’t take long. As a Veteran I have never supported anyone who would publicly fly a US flag upside down. I would support anyone who wears a flag, or drapes a flag over their shoulders, or wears it like a swimsuit, or even burns it. That is their Constitutional right and Veterans have taken an oath to protect their rights. I do not like it but it is their right.
Flying the flag upside down is also the right of Americans, even Veterans, but it represents much more than a flag bikini. League City Mayor Pro Tem Justin Hicks has taken the opportunity to display his ignorance of the law and has posted the republican talking points along with the upside down flag. He ran to trump’s defense as fast as Ted Cruz claiming the fix was in. It’s an ignorant, unhinged, rant by an elected official and Veteran of the United States Armed Forces.
Flying a flag upside down is Hicks right as an American and a Veteran. He should fly his upside down flag on his house to show his support for trump and his disdain for the rule of law in our country. He should proudly show his support for the porn phucker and his disdain for our court system, judges, and jurors.
Maybe Hicks should ask Judge Jeffery Norman in Galveston what he thinks about respecting the rule of law.
It’s been two years since 19 children were slaughtered at Ross Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. A scan of the news, including the Houston Chronicle, shows a couple of articles posted yesterday concerning the parents settling a suit against the State, but nothing else. The shooting has become like every other mass shooting in Texas, forgotten. Austin, Santa Fe, Sutherland, Killeen, Cleveland, Odessa, and others, all forgotten.
Since the shootings not one single elected official has been held accountable for the lax guns laws they supported that led to an 18 year old easily buying a military style weapon and killing 19 children and 2 teachers. Not one. Even the voters in Uvalde gave Greg Abbott a pass voting to re-elected him in 2022. Our schools are still not safe, and will never be safe as long as we have lax gun laws.
There will be another shooting, maybe at a school, or a parade, or a church, or a concert, or a mall. It is going to happen and like Uvalde our elected officials will do nothing and we will all forget unless it’s our family members who are killed or who will need care for the rest of their lives.
So keep Uvalde in your thoughts and prayers. It is the least you can do. Literally.
Abbott likes to coddle guns even those so powerful they would flip him backwards in his wheelchair. Guns are a game to Abbott no matter the cost and it is going to cost. Someone.
21 families were shattered in Uvalde two years ago. They will suffer for the rest of their lives. Those who were wounded will require mental and physical care for their rest of their lives. The community will have to pay for a new school after Ross Elementary is torn down. Law enforcement individuals have resigned or been fired for their role in the shooting. Now Uvalde will pay $2M to settle claims over the shooting. According to the Houston Chronicle:
“For two long years, we have languished in pain and without any accountability from the law enforcement agencies and officers who allowed our families to be destroyed that day,” said Veronica Luevanos, whose daughter Jailah and nephew Jayce were killed. “This settlement reflects a first good faith effort by the City of Uvalde to begin rebuilding trust in the systems that failed to protect us.”
But it gets worse. The families are taking legal action against the law enforcement officers who botched the response to the shooting. From The Texas Tribune:
“The legal action against 92 DPS officers comes days before the two-year anniversary of the shooting in which an 18-year-old used an AR-15 to kill 19 students and two teachers in two adjoining fourth-grade classrooms.”
The parents should focus on the root cause of the shooting and sue the living fuck out of Greg Abbott for putting that gun in the hands of a sick 18 year old fuck. He and every NRA ass kissing elected official are also responsible for the shooting in Uvalde and every shooting in the State. They play with their guns. They protect their guns. They think it’s cute. These people are sick fucks.
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