Thanks to Greg Abbott for his incredible leadership at our time of need. Good luck to all of our teachers, parents, and students. Let’s hope your thoughts and prayers can overcome science and protect you, your family, and friends from spreading COVID.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAustin Texas. After learning of Ted Cruz sending his children to a private $30,000/year school which requires masks for all students, teachers, and the administration, the following Texas organization has issued the following statement:
The State of Texas has a proud history of being a bunch of hypocrites including Christians claiming to endorse the “sanctity of marriage” yet have been married and remarried multiple times and politicians claiming to be Christians yet endorsing separating children from their parents. But no one, let us stress, no one is more of a Texas sized hypocrite than Ted Cruz. No one is more of a sniveling coward like Ted Cruz. His hypocrisy makes true hypocrites silly.
Because of this, the members of Society of Hypocrites of Texas (SHIT) have decided to file suit against Ted Cruz for defamation of character. The hypocrites of our state such as every Republican and most Christians are ashamed of his hypocrisy. It make our members look bad.
Let us be very clear. We are not going to take this shit from Ted Cruz.
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Well, if there was any doubt who Greg Abbott serves….
In 2021 alone Greg Abbott raised nearly $21 Million from 16967 donations. 95% of this amount came from just 269 donors who donated $5000 or more for a total of $19,846,290. Only $1,026150 came from 16,698 donors with donations of less than $3500 amounting to just 5% or his total. 75% of all donations, $15,731,764 came from just 65 donors of $100,000 or more.
| # of Donors | Total Donated | Percentage | Donation Minimum |
| 16967 | $20,872,440 | 100% | More than $1 |
| 16698 | $1,026,150 | 5% | Less than $3,500 |
| 269 | $19,846,290 | 95% | More than $5,000 |
| 65 | $15,731,764 | 75% | More than $100,000 |
$4 Million came from just 4 donors.
| Pitcock ,James | 1,000,000.00 | 06-24-2021 | Williams Bros. Construction |
| Porter ,Michael & Mary | 1,000,000.00 | 06-25-2021 | Retired |
| Troutt ,Kenny | 1,000,000.00 | 06-30-2021 | Mount Vernon Investments |
| Warren ,Kelcy | 1,000,000.00 | 06-23-2021 | Energy Transfer |
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The Honorable Dennis Paul
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768
Representative Paul,
As you know I live a block from you in the Bay Knoll subdivision. I am sorry to hear about the passing of your friend and State Republican Executive Committee Member, Scott Apley, from COVID. He leaves behind a wife, who is also COVID positive, and an infant child. Unfortunately you and your party are responsible for his death and you should ask for forgiveness next Sunday at St. Bernadettes.
Your party has failed Mr Apley by allowing misinformation to be spread by your members. You party has failed over 53,000 families in the state by not taking this pandemic seriously. You allowed members of your party, “conservative” leaders in the community, and elected officials, such as Mr. Apley to mock science, downplay the severity of the virus, spread rumors, and fight every move by every elected official to stop this deadly virus in its track. You, personally failed Mr. Apley.
As a former member of the State Democratic Executive Committee I know you had the opportunity to pull aside Mr. Apley, or simply call him to demand that he stop spreading false information. If my leadership had pulled me aside to address my behavior I would have listened. I would have complied. Mr. Apley would have listened to you. Members of your party would have listened to you and Greg Abbott, but both of you did not have the courage to buck Donald Trump and simply followed his deathly lead. You had the opportunity to lead. You had the opportunity to stop this virus from spreading in your own party but you failed as an elected official, as a Texan, and as a human being. As a result, a wife has lost her husband, and an infant will grow up without a father.
The death of your friend is on your hands. Instead of offering worthless thoughts and prayers you should offer an apology to Mr. Apley’s family and to the 50,000+ families who have lost their lives because of your cowardness. I am truly ashamed of you.
May God forgive you.
John R. Cobarruvias
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With the delta variant making a huge comeback in Texas businesses need to decide if they can survive another shutdown. Most will not. Some such as the homebuilding industry and Amazon will thrive just like they did during the first shutdown but many small restaurants will not. This is what Texas businesses need to do to prevent another shutdown and a run on the medical community.
Churches, restaurants, work and others have the absolute right to protect their customers and their employees. They can require either a vaccination, testing, or working from home. Don’t look to Governor Abbott to help survive this health crisis. Everyone is on their own.
Airlines. If you want to fly, show your proof of vaccination. Otherwise drive. You have a choice. Once we have crushed the virus, come back and fly!
Sporting events. Every sporting event should require a proof of vaccination to receive a bracelet. Those without a bracelet will be required to mask up for the entire game. They will also be escorted out if they do not. If a fan doesn’t want to help solve this problem and keep other fans safe they can stay home and watch the game on TV.
Schools. All teacher should be vaccinated or they can teach from home until the pandemic is over. All students must be vaccinated or they can stay at home and learn remotely from the comfort of their own home.
Restaurants. If you are vaccinated then dine in and enjoy a safe environment. If not, order take out and continue to support your local businesses.
Work. Come to work if you are vaccinated or continue to work from home.
Churches. If you want to worship at the church show your vaccination card. Otherwise watch the service at home. (and send your donation via PayPal)
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Eric Dick, who chairs the Harris County Department of Education, is whining about “deceptive media content”. This is laughable. Truly laughable.
Dick has a preliminary hearing scheduled at the end of this month in front of the Texas Ethic Commission for his deceptive media content. As you might remember Dick paid for a mailer to the African American community during the 2019 City Council runoff. This mailer did not have the required “Political ad paid for by…” statement. It also looked like prominent Black elected officials such as former President Barack Obama, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, and others were endorsing his run for Houston City Council.
Not only did they not endorse Dick or any candidates on the mailer, some of the candidates specifically asked NOT be be included in the mailer. It was deceiving, dishonest, and illegal. So for Dick to be whining about a number of articles from the Southeast Texas Record, a publication focusing on the legal community, is just rich. According to Dick:
But what about the second form of deceptive media content: erroneous and biased reporting? This solution could come from ordinary people like you and me. News agencies like Southeast Texas Record and David Yates that publish false, dishonest, and biased stories can be called out. Furthermore, we may assess our involvement in spreading misleading information on social media and take serious steps to prevent it.
That really is rich coming from Dick who will be facing the Ethics Commission next month.
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Mexican Americans do not like ass kissers, a “Lambiache”. There is nothing worse than a kiss ass like Ted Cruz, or Ken Paxton, or George P Bush all trying to lick Trump’s ass in order to gain favor or in Bush’s case, an endorsement. It didn’t work.
Yesterday Trump endorsed the indicted Ken Paxton for Texas Attorney General. Paxton’s ass kissing was what legends are made of. He led the suit to overturn the election which was quickly thrown out. He led the fight to curb mail in ballots and drop off ballots during COVID crisis. For this he gained favor. According to Trump:
Ken Paxton did a much better job sucking up to me and kissing my big fat ass. Bush was bush league.
Bush, on the other hand, was dealt a fart in the face even after making cute little coozies and posting a selfie sucking up to Trump on the phone. It’s embarrassing and it was all for naught.
So in the race for ass kisser, Paxton advances to the finals with Greg Abbott.
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It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out who is behind the republican butt kissers for Texas Attorney General.
Bush raised $2,264,137 from 1114 donations. 73%, $1,650,000, came from 78 donations of $10,000 or more. 99% came from 299 donations of $1000 or more leaving only 1% of all his donations coming from donations of $500 or less. $300,000 came from 3 different donors, Trevor Rees-Jones, Arnulfo Eduardo Trevino Garza, and HH Tripp Wommack III.
Paxton raised $1,819,468 from 503 donations. 86%, $1,572,000, came from 46 donations of $10,000 or more. 99% came from 125 donations of $1000 or more leaving only 1%, $23,536 of all his donations coming from donations of $1000 or more. $500,000 can from 2 donors, $250,000 from Douglas Scharbauer, and $250,000 from the Republican Attorney General Association. Darwin Reason and Kenny Troult each donated $100,000.
Eva Guzman raised $1,051,723 from 234 donations. 85%, $892,500, came from 24 donors of $10,000 or more. 98%, $1,027,700, came from 75 donors of $1000 or more. Texans for Lawsuit Reform donated $200,000.
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Houston City Councilman Greg Travis has a lot of time on his hands since he quit all of his committee assignments, leaving the work to others on Council. Texans have a name for this. Deadwood. Excess baggage. Expendible. Lazy bastard.
With time on his hands Travis uses his official twitter account for extreme far right partisan politics. Some called for his removal after posting racist comments. Others called for his removal from his committee assignments but he voluntarily removed himself before shooting his mouth off. His latest tweet calls for installing cameras in classrooms to spy on teachers.
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Bay Area Houston 