If conservatives in Texas Senate District 8 didn’t like Bill and Hillary Clinton, they are going to absolutely hate Ken and Angela Paxton.

From https://politicspaysforpaxton.com

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Louie Gohmert got out played. Congressman Brian Babin, who recently claimed the men and women of the FBI was locked into a conspiracy to remove the president, has nominated Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize. Here is the letter:

“President Trump has accomplished what no other President has ever accomplished in the history of the United States. He has forced a dictator to his knees by calling him names such as “Little Rocket Man” while squinting his eyes mocking his looks. Trump truly represents the morals, strength, and racism of the republican party.”

Give me a bit to explain the “bitches” reference.

We have a pretty close group of neighbors. Most are just a tad younger than us. In fact they are young enough to be our kids and they drink like them too! One day we were gathering at our regular place on the driveway and I walked up and said “What’s up bitches?”. Everyone got a laugh out of it so that sort of stuck. My neighbor gave me this great kitchen towel that seems appropriate. Thanks Amber!

But, back to the intent of this post. I retired from NASA last Friday after 29.5 years. I was going to wait till December but a friend of mine who is retiring in May said “What are you waiting for? Life is too short.” He is right. I left. Thank you NASA for the 29.5 years!

So now I intend to blog more and I have no boundaries or limitations, as if I had any to begin with. I intend to continue to be full of wit and I might even speak out about NASA and the trip to Mars that isn’t going to happen any time soon, and how SpaceX history of massive failures should be a wakeup call for many, especially the astronauts. I look forward to looking over campaign finance reports and restarting my “Spending Campaign Cash” series and voicing opinions on people who wake up and decide to run for an office they know nothing about. I might even start shaming the Hispanic Community because they do not vote their strength because nothing else has seemed to work. I also will continue blogging about consumer issues. I might even go to Austin next year to discuss issues with elected officials. I look forward to it all.

So, I am back. Bitches.

And yet….nearly 30% of Hispanics still support this racist president.

From the DailyBeast.com

Trump was at another one of his feel good rallies, re-energizing before facing the constant storm (Stormy) of scandals facing him, his family, his lawyers, and his administration. It has become a daily event. Yesterday it was the leak by his own attorneys of the 49 questions Special Counsel Mueller would like to ask trump. That over shadowed the multiple reports of his Chief of Staff, John Kelly, calling him an idiot. (Duh!)

But one bit of his speech stands out when asking:

“Any Hispanics in the room?” Trump asked to relative silence. “Naw, not so many? That’s OK.”

He was met with boos. He should have asked “Why are there any Hispanics in the room?” Imagine being a Hispanic in the crowd and having to face the boos and the racism from his base. It would be deserving. In fact a good ass kicking would be deserving. Trump is a politically ignorant, racist, lying, a-hole, of a human being. It is just that simple. How 30% of Hispanics (or anyone that that matter) can still support this man is beyond me.

Hopefully the Hispanics will show up in November and tell trump and his racist base that this behavior will no longer be tolerated. Hopefully.

There are questions about whether Travis actually drew a line in the sand asking for volunteers to stay and defend the Alamo. According to stories, everyone crossed the line except for one.

As many in Texas know, Ted Cruz is for Ted Cruz. If Ted Cruz was at the Alamo and that line had been drawn he would have been the first to push to the end of the line and out the gate. Cruz has a history of running away from a fight. He is like the guy in high school that instigates a fight then is the first to run away from it. He truly is a Texas sized weasel.

When Trump said incredible nasty things about his father and wife, Cruz took to the cameras, made a big scene, called Trump a sniveling coward and a serial liar. You can watch that here. That was then but this is now. Cruz has recently written praises for trump’s capability to disrupt and upend the “status quo” in a Time Magazine article. No matter what Trump does, Cruz will support him…..until it doesn’t help him with his re-election. Trump can count on Ted to jump across that line and run when it benefits him.

Cruz talks about being “Tough as Texas”. He is anything but tough. He is a weasel. He is a coward. No one likes him. He is in it just for himself. If he can’t defend his own family, how can you expect him to defend yours?

FYI. Sanders won just 33% of the vote in the 2016 Texas primary.

Two Bernie Sanders’ candidates are in the runoff for Congress in Texas CD23 and CD7. Only one has raised money.

Rick Trevino is running for Congress in CD23. The seat is held by Will Hurd who has $1.8 Million in his campaign account. Rick has raised $24,000 with $4,000 Cash on Hand (COH) for a race that will require, at the very least, $2 million to be competitive. You have to thank Rick for running because it is a very difficult endeavor. If it was easy, everyone would be running. It isn’t. A candidate, especially one running for Congress, will spend countless hours on the phone asking for money. After raising money a candidate must hire staff to handle their field operations, media appearances, logistics, literature, and volunteer coordination including paying a hefty price for pizza. If a candidate cannot raise enough  money,  in relation to the office they are running for, they can’t buy pizza or anything else required to get your message out to the voters. Trevino faces Gina Ortiz Jones in the May 22 runoff. Jones has raised over $1 Million with $321,000 COH.

Laura Moser. On the other hand, Moser is another Bernie Sanders candidate but unlike many she has the ability to raise money. She has raised over $1 Million for the primary and has about $92,000 COH. Unlike many candidates endorsed by Bernie Sanders, Laura at least understands that until we change the laws regarding campaign finance a candidate must raise money, sometimes a lot of it, to run a successful campaign. Moser faces Lizzie Fletcher in the May 22 runoff. Fletcher has raised $1.3 Million with $391,000 COH.

Money itself does not mean strength in a candidate but little or no money is an indication of a candidate’s lack of understanding of the political reality running a campaign. As I have said in the past:

Sanders did a disservice to young people who wanted to become politically active after the 2016 election. Encouraging someone to run for office is easy. All you need is a few bucks and the time to put your name on the ballot. Unfortunately it is much harder to actually run for office, especially if you do not know what to do, you have no experience in doing it, and you have no ability or urge to raise the money to do it.

#NoPlaceButTexas. It’s a trump nickname “Little baby Briscoe”.

From the Texas Tribune

State Representative Briscoe Cain from Deer Park had a temper tantrum vowing legislation in retaliation to the walkouts of April 20th to honor students killed at Columbine High School. From the Star-Telegram:

One Texas lawmaker, Briscoe Cain, R-Deer Park, responded to the walkouts with a plans to draft law that will punish schools by making them return state funding if students participated in the gun control events. “…We will be seeking solutions to ensure they do not receive tax dollars for those students not in attendance,” Cain said in a press release.