Billionaire meddling in Harris County DA race

March 1, 2024

Finally! Both sides are doing it. Sort of.

Harris County DA Kim Ogg has criticized her primary challenger for taking support from the republican boogey man, George Soros. Before all you republican bed wetters start whining like a bunch of little bitches, just remember your own two billionaires, Timothy Dunn and Farris Wilks, have pumped nearly $4 Million into primary races in just the last two months. So, yes, both sides are doing it. Sort of.

The Texas Justice and Public Safety PAC since 2018 has raised over $8 Million. $7.8 Million was donated by George Soros. The PAC has spent $9,717,012 with $1.6 Million spent in support of DA candidate Sean Teare. That is a HUGE amount to be spending in a DA race, but before all you Democratic bed wetters start whining just remember Soros spent $500,000 to get Ogg elected in 2016. Soros has since soured on Ogg and is looking for the next far left “progressive”. I think we will be disappointed once Teare is elected.

Teare isn’t the only DAs race Soros is supporting. He gave to candidates in Travis, Bexar, Dallas, Tarrant, and Fort Bend. I wonder if he will continue contributing during the general election.

CandidateAmountCounty
Joe Gonzales$2,500,000Bexar
Sean Teare$1,600,000Harris
John Creuzot$962,000Dallas
Albert Roberts$788,139Tarrant
Brian Middleton$623,000Fort Bend
Jose Garza$525,821Travis

Keller ISD School Board meeting recap

February 29, 2024

It wasn’t nice. WFAA has a recap.

The cameras never showed the crowd but it sounded like it was big. And loud. You can view the public address section here starting at about 1:13:20 into the meeting. It runs for about 2 hours. Over 800 people were watching online.

The President of the Board made a statement at 1:02:00 about the Dutch film crew incident followed by Trustee Micah Young. Young claimed he was invited to participate by the Trustee who arranged the filming. He checked in at the front desk and not once questioned if the crew had a security clearance to be there, had permission from parents to film kids, or had permission to be there from the board. He knows the answers to these questions. The Board was never made aware of the film crew. He is on the board. He should have known this was wrong. He should have declined the invitation. He claims he didn’t know students were going to be filmed BUT HE KNEW THE FILM CREW WAS THERE. I bet he did know it was wrong but participated anyway.

An investigation is ongoing. I am sure there will be grievances filed then lawsuits. Lots of parents gave excellent 2 minute speeches as well as students and teachers. Some discussed the Dutch crew incident, the Motel 6 being built close to a school, and a play, The Laramie Project — a play about the aftermath of the 1998 murder of a gay student in Wyoming, that was cancelled by the Board. Some talked about all three. Many ended with “Hate is not a KISD value”. Only 2 people spoke in support of the board. There were multiple police present.

This isn’t over. I expect Young to resign in hopes that will satisfy the angry parents and stop any legal action against him.


Raising Campaign Cash: Jimmy Fullen Feb 26 report

February 29, 2024

Lots of donations…..from just a few people.

In his report, dated February 26, Fullen raised $181,570, spent $159,757, has $78,469 Cash On Hand, and has loans totaling $71,559.

His $100,000 personal loan has been removed with no evidence of it actually being loaned to his campaign or paid.

Of the $181,570 $159,059 came from 9 donors. You can view his entire report here. Below are his top donors:

Donations
DonorAmountLocation
Sullivan Bothers$10,000Galveston
Jerry Caoon$5,000Houston
Bret Griffin$5,000Houston
Kevin Teichman$5,000Friendswood
Russell Ybarra$8,000Houston
Mayes Middleton$5,000Galveston
Tilman Fertita$25,000Houston
Mark Henry$24,500Galveston
$87,500
Loans
Mark Henry$24,059
Jimmy Fullen$47,500
$71,559

Wild Keller ISD Board meeting expected tonight!

February 29, 2024

The first board meeting for Keller Independent School Board after the filming incident at a high school is schedule for 5:00 PM Feb 29 (tonight). It is expected to be wild.

Parents are not happy with the board, specifically Trustee Micah Young, who escorted a foreign, right wing, extreme, evangelical film crew through the school, filming students without consent from their parents. School board Trustee Sandi Walker organized the event and resigned immediately once outed. Trustee Young’s Facebook post apologizing for the incident has been flooded by hundreds of parents calling for him to resign.

NOTE TO SPEAKERS: Those wishing to address the Board during the Audience with Individuals portion of the agenda can do so by filling out the online sign-up form. Individuals may not sign up in person at the time of the meeting. To provide staff with sufficient time to organize a report of speakers for the presiding officer, the deadline to submit your request to speak is noon on the day of the meeting. Please click here to access the online sign-up form.    

You can watch the meeting here.


Update on the white supremacist PAC spending

February 27, 2024

They are still around.

I recently wrote about the two Texas billionaires, Timothy Dunn and Farris Wilks, who funded Defend Texas Liberty. DFT leadership was caught having a long meeting with Nick Fuentes, a known white supremacist. The backlash was brutal with calls for elected officials and candidates, including CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen, to return their contributions. The leader of DTL was fired and he changed his company’s name. DTL’s donations have dried up.

Dunn and Farris worked quickly to defund DTL and start up a new PAC called Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC. It was formed in late 2023 and has raised, sort of, a couple of million. So far they have raised $3,928,000 with $3,740,000 coming from Wilks and Dunn and $188,000 coming from a few wannabes.

They have spent $3,300,162 trying to influence the republican primary. Here are the candidates they are supporting and the amounts they are contributing. This list includes Katrina Pierson the Trump kiss ass and Shelley Luther who lost in 2020 and 2022. She was the hairdresser, who violated the COVID restrictions, turned politician. David Covey is challenging Speaker of the House Dade Phelan. Brent Money has already lost a special election.

CandidateAmountChallenging
Andy Hopper$230,000 Lynn Stucky
David Covey$225,000 Dade Phelan
Kyle Biedermann$150,000 Dwain Handley
Mitch Little$145,000 Kronda Thimesch
David Lowe$125,000 Stephanie Klick
Katrina Pierson$115,000 Dennis London
Shelley Luther$110,000 Reggie Smith
Brent Money$85,000 Open Seat (Lost)
Marc LaHood$85,000 Shekhar sinha
Matt Morgan$50,000 Jacey Jetton
John T Perez$50,000 Mano Deayala
Wes Virdell$50,000 Open Seat
Wernick$25,000 Morgan Meyer
Helen Kerwin$15,000
Cheryl Bean$10,000 Open Seat
Joe McDaniel$10,000 
Tom Glass$10,000 
Hillary Hickland$5,000 
Janis Holt$5,000 
Stormy Bradley$5,000 
Liz Case$2,500 

It’s Fucking Friday: Who invited Keith Ellison to our convention?

February 23, 2024
Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Don’t get me wrong, I like the guy…..but….

The Harris County Democratic Convention Committee decided to invite, and pay for his travel and appearance, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to speak at our County convention in March. So why is this controversial? Well, glad you fuckin asked.

Ellison is the only elected official to endorse Pervez Agwan, the Socialist candidate running against the Democrat Congresswoman, Lizzie Fletcher, in the Democratic Primary. Ellison joins a couple of unknown extreme far left organizations and the author of Lone Star Left in endorsing Agwan even after the Houston Landing reported on a sexual harassment suit against him. (It’s along, disturbing article)

This week Agwan’s supporters disrupted the Meyerland Democrats club meeting where Congresswoman Fletcher was to speak. Art Pronin, the long time President of the very prestigious club, wrote an op-ed in the Houston Chronicle detailing the incident. It is worth a read. If you aren’t going to take the time to read it at least read this:

I was told — and yes, I’m Jewish — that I am “owned by AIPAC” (American Israel Public Affairs). One of our members was asked if she were a Jew. Law enforcement hauled out protestors one by one as they disrupted. Each time I resumed the meeting, another wave would pop up, running around with their phones, filming what they were doing to us. 

Once all were escorted out, they began pounding at the entrance doors. 

For 30 minutes, they pounded and screamed. I thought the glass panels would break. 

This is the group Ellison is going to come and pacify. At a time when cool heads need to prevail concerning the powder keg in Israel, and when the party has to be united to defeat the white supremacist Donald Trump, HCDP invites a divisive extreme far lefty from outside the State, the County, the City to further divide us. We have plenty of elected officials right here in Houston that could bring unity to the party including Hidalgo, Menefee, Hollins and others. Yes, we all agree:

  • Hamas is a terrorist organization
  • Israel has a right to defend itself against Hamas but NOT the Palestinians
  • A two State solution is the only solution to end the continued violence
  • Netanyahu eventually has to go for peace to actually be achieve

We can all agree on those points, but causing a disruption at the Club/County/State/Federal Convention is NOT the way to move forward. Fucking progressives think that all you need to do is yell and scream and let everyone else do the heavy lifting. You are suppose to make fuckin progress! In response to this obvious stupidity the Committee Chair, Sarah Syed, admitted to the Chair of the Party:

The CD Chairs met last night again and we had a conversation with a 100% vote to continue with Keith Ellison as the keynote speaker for the convention with the intention that we would have increased security and an emergency plan.

The Committee did this purposely. It reminds me of 2016. How in the fuck did that turn out for you? For us?

 


Who funded Keller ISD Candidates, Young, Walker, Shaw?

February 23, 2024

Patriot Mobile PAC.

Parents are pretty mad about KISD Trustee Walker and Young invited a foreign, evangelical, film crew into a public high school and filming their children without their consent. So who helped put these candidates into office and how much did they donate? Patriot Mobile. A lot.

Patriot Mobile PAC was created in January 2022 and funded mainly by Patriot Mobile LLC, a cell phone company. Since then they have raised $1,341,515. Of this total, 98%, came from two donors. $1,200,000 came from Patriot Mobile LLC and $120,000 came from Bryan Bradford, an investor in Austin, Texas. Patriot Mobile’s share is 90%.

Since January 2022 Patriot Mobile PAC spent $985,385. Of that $392,000 was spent on candidates in school district races and MUDs. Each KISD candidate Walker, Young and Shaw received $45,321 for their campaigns. As I said, this is A LOT for a school race that usually costs a couple of thousand dollars. All three were elected.

If you look at their personal campaign finance reports they each raised just a few thousand dollars but let Patriot Mobile PAC spend $45,321 on each of their campaigns hidden in campaign finance reports on the Texas Ethics Commission website. They never denounced their participation. They never denounced an LLC meddling in local school boards. They gladly accepted it. They took their money and have done their bidding.

And now two years later one has resigned (Walker) and one should (Young)

Amount Donated# Candidates#Kisd CandidatesAmount each
$12,00083$1,500
$44,000103$4,400
$156,000103$15,600
$10,00083$1,250
$20,000103$2,000
$102,00073$14,571
$48,00083$6,000
$392,000$45,321

Keller ISD parents to voice their concerns at upcoming board meeting

February 22, 2024

This is the first board meeting to be held after the film crew controversy at a Keller ISD high school west of Fort Worth.

Parents of Keller ISD have an opportunity to demand accountability at the upcoming school board meeting to be held Feb 29, 2024 at 5 PM. Details can be found here. The meeting will also be online. Hopefully parents will give the board an earful after two of their members were involved with a foreign Christian right film crew who was escorted into a high school. The film crew was part of a group that published a documentary titled “God, Jesus, Trump.”.

One of the members quickly resigned while the other, Micah Young, is hanging on claiming he “I briefly assisted my colleague in an interview about Texas public schools.” That is truly a bunch of horse shit. That “colleague” has resigned. The film crew claims they will air the segment with the kids faces obscured.

That’s not enough. Heads need to roll. Young should be removed. Parents should file a grievance against Young, file a suit against the film crew and the former board member. This is truly unacceptable. Who in their far right mind thinks this was acceptable at a school?


Hundreds call for Keller ISD Trustee to resign

February 21, 2024

Parents in Keller ISD are not happy.

Hundreds of parents are calling for the resignation of KISD Trustee Micah Young. Young was elected in 2022 and has been caught in a controversy at a KISD High School. According to CBS: KELLER – Parents and students feel their safety and security have been violated after an unauthorized evangelical film crew from the Netherlands entered and filmed at Central High School on Feb 9. without authorization from the school district.

A Trustee who escorted the film crew through the school has already resigned and hundred of parents have called for Young to resign also. He was present when the crew was filming. Young has posted a response to his Facebook page stating:

He has 386 comments and all seem to be calling for him to resign. Even the President of the Board has called for his resignation. Young should resign and if he doesn’t someone needs to file a grievance against him. Parents should also file against the film crew. Here is just a sample of the responses.


School Board Trustee resigns. (and for good reasons)

February 20, 2024

Relax. It’s not CCISD.

But it is a warning to all school districts. Keller Independent School District Trustee Sandi Walker resigned after serving just under two years. KISD is located just west of Fort Worth. What happened at an elementary school in KISD could happen elsewhere if the parents in the situation do not take strong, decisive action. BTW CCISD School Board and parents are more concerned about educating our kids than getting involved in this kind of crap.

So what happened? Sandi Walker invited a foreign film crew into an elementary school to film kids without the parents permission. From NBC:

After researching, Laney Hawes discovered the crew was with EO, a Dutch evangelical television network that has produced prior documentaries on US politics, one titled God Jesus, Trump!

Teachers who are keeping their job told NBCDFW they concerned about the safety protocols that these board members may have breached. 

“We’re waiting for the second trustee who was involved to resign,” Hawes said. “And we really are trying to get to the bottom of whether or not the other trustees are involved.”

Not only was this a HUGE breach in security, and illegal filming of children without parents permission, it was for religious purposes. Parents have rightfully called for the resignation of all who were involved. Walker is the first to resign. More should be coming. The parents need to demand to know who gave the crew badges, who at the school had prior knowledge of the event, and who on the Board was responsible. They all should resign. Every single one of them.

And the film crew should be sued.