Senator Middleton Refuses to Respond to his Racist Tweet

August 6, 2025

The so called “Conservative Christian” is standing by his racist tweet:

So far the Houston Public Media and Click2Houston have asked for a comment from Senator Mayes Middleton concerning his racist tweet directed at Representative Gene Wu. He and his staff are silent. Calls to his office in League City are now directed to a recording. Callers to his office in Austin are told “I haven’t talked with him about this issue….yada yada yada”. From the Houston Public Media:

“Senator Middleton represents a very diverse population in the Bay Area,” the group said. “The state does not need an individual running for the highest legal office in the state who spouts off racist comments. Middleton claims to be a conservative and devout Christian but making racist comments are neither a conservative value nor a Christian value.”

Mayes represents [sic] the Bay Area of Harris County, Galveston County and part of Brazoria. He has been in office for 6 years and has never met with his constituents. His Austin office (512) 463-0111 rarely answers or return calls. His local office (281)332-1000 is answered by a recording. His district has been hammered with out of control home insurance rates and yet he has ignored the issue. He has been invited to speak with homeowners on multiple times and has refused. He spends his time meeting with only the business community.

In 2019 he spent $2 Million of his own money to win a House seat. He spent another $1.6 Million of his own money to win his Senate seat and he intends to spend $20 Million of his own money to win the Texas Attorney General’s seat. See a pattern here? Middleton is nothing but a white, rich, privileged, and now, racist republican.

Middleton claims to be a conservative Christian. He has sponsored bills concerning vouchers, prayer in schools, allowing preachers to be school counselors, posting “In god we Trust” signs the Ten Commandments in all public schools. As the article says, racism is NOT a conservative nor a Christian value.

Senator Middleton should be ashamed of himself and should apologize to Representative Wu, his church, and his constituents or he should step down, take a knee, and ask for forgiveness from his Lord and Savior.

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Candidate for Attorney General Posts Racist Tweet

August 4, 2025

It’s the Bay Area’s own State Senator Mayes Middleton.

Dear Senator Mayes Middleton,

What the f*** is wrong with you? Seriously. Do you think it is funny to make a comment like that? Texas Representative Gene Wu was born in China. His parents immigrated to the United States shortly afterward. He is a United States citizen, an outstanding Legislator, a well respected attorney, and an over all wonderful individual. Making a racist comment towards him or towards anyone is not acceptable for anyone, much less a State Senator.

You claim to be a “conservative” but making racist comments is NOT a conservative value. You claim to be a devout “Christian” but making racist comments goes against the teachings of Christ. You should be ashamed of yourself for stooping so low.

You owe Representative Wu and apology as well as to your church and to your constituents. Or maybe you should consider stepping down, taking a knee, and asking forgiveness from your Savior.

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BREAKING: Jaws of Life Called to the Texas State Capitol

August 1, 2025

Multiple members of the Texas Republican Party were involved.

The Austin fire department and the “jaws of life” were called for an accident involving a bus carrying a number of Republican law makers. No family members were involved. According to the report: “The Austin Fire Department Station 42 was called late Thursday night to assist the law makers. Our first responders, who are trained in the use of the jaws of life, were unable to free many of the individuals but will not stop trying until the job is completed and everyone is rescued.”

According to the first responders the accident happened after a fundraiser for the Texas Republican Party with members of the Texas House, all Republicans. “When we arrived at the accident we immediately called for the jaws of life. The scene was horrible with many trapped in the bus gasping for air and pleading for help.”

“Our brave first responders took decisive action with the jaws of life and tried to pry each and every one of them off of Donald Trump’s ass, but they was stuck. I’ve never seen so many people on their knees sucking someone’s ass so hard that they got stuck. We continue to struggle with the situation. The fact that Trump continued to walk around with so many of the Texas Republican delegation stuck to his ass didn’t help.”

Texas is well known for their saying “We do things bigger in Texas”, including having some of the biggest ass kissers in the country. 

Welcome to fucking Friday and to the great ass kissing state of Texas.

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Who is Traci Gibson and why is she running for HCDP Chair?

July 30, 2025

Just an FYI. I have reached out to Traci and have not received a response.

According to the Texas Ethics Commission Traci Gibson has filed an appointment of treasurer for her run for Harris County Democratic Party chair. At a time when unity is needed anyone running for Chair has be questioned. I would like to know why she is running but she has refused to respond.

The current Chair has been in office for just a short time and there is absolutely no reason to challenge him especially by someone with little or no experience for the job. Mike Doyle, the current Chair, has served the party very well. According to an email circulating with the precinct chairs she is a new precinct chair with no voting record in the 2020, 2022, or 2024 Democratic primary and yet she now wants to lead the party. She hasn’t been in the field. She hasn’t been involved with county politics. With these qualifications she is not qualified to run.

I’m waiting for a response from her as well as finding out who is financially supporting and encouraging her to run.

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La Marque Council Member Slapped with a Domestic Violence Protective Order

July 28, 2025

You can read the entire DVPO here. Womenslaw.org has detailed information about DVPOs here. It’s a long, detailed, article.

This is some serious stuff for Council Member Joseph Lowry. The hearing for this order was in Pierce County Washington and was concerning his ex-wife. This is not a criminal charge it is only a protective order and has requirements on Lowry. The DVPO requires the following:

  • Lowry is considered a credible threat to the petitioner (ex-wife)
  • Must not make contact, or harass physically or electronically with the petitioner
  • Stay at least 1000 feet from the petitioner (more than 3 football fields)
  • Do not distribute any intimate images of the petitioner
  • Must get a mental health evaluation
  • Do not obtain, purchase, or possess weapons or concealed weapons permit

As I said this is some pretty serious stuff. The DVPO includes a summary of the testimony provided by his ex and her daughter. It is graphic. Read at your own risk. The documents filed with the court can be found at the Pierce County Courthouse Case #25-1-01188-2. They have detailed witness testimony.

The DVPO states Lowry and his attorney attended the hearing virtually so he is aware of the DVPO and does not have to be served again. According to what I have read this DVPO can be enforced across the entire country including the part about possessing weapons. How this is accomplished is not clear but it seems he will have to surrender his weapons including the 50 caliber his wife wrote about.

More later.

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La Marque Controversy Deepens for City Councilman

July 27, 2025

Lauren Flack of the Galveston Daily News is having a field day covering La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry. Today she reported on his Facebook page being removed and he didn’t disappoint, blaming everyone else besides himself with wild conspiracy theories. From the GDN:

Lowry believes the account was likely accessed by political opponents of his, he said. “I think they got access to it and they shut it down,” Lowry said. “Their thing is they want to silence me. They don’t want me to have a voice. “They got access. They shut it down. I mean, there’s nothing; there was no notices.”

That is looney tunes. Deleting a page in Facebook is hard even if you are the owner of the damn thing. Believe me I have tried! I eventually gave up and left mine up. No one got “access” to his site. Facebook removed it because people probably reported him for harassment on a daily basis. Or maybe Facebook was served with a threat of a suit. Lowry says the police are aware of it and an investigation is coming:

“Law enforcement is aware of it,” Lowry said. “I believe they’re working on it. They’re looking into it.”

The Police Chief begged to differ stating “Lowry is full of shit.”. Ok that’s now exactly what he said but he did say:

Police Chief Randall Aragon as of Friday afternoon said he wasn’t aware of any official report filed with the department on the matter.

Next article will be on his domestic violence protection order and when he is going to turn in his guns.

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Not a great week for La Marque City Council Member Joseph Lowry

July 26, 2025

It’s like a nightmare isn’t it? It just gets worse and worse. –The Color of Money

And it is getting worse for Council Member Lowry. Lowry isn’t the most lovable guy in La Marque. He enjoys posting tough guy pics of him and his guns. He used his Facebook platform, Lowry News Network, to harass people and make constant allegations about fraud and corruption. Facebook has since removed all of his pages including his personal page. He is being sued for harassment and defamation by members of City Council and a competitor. Those cases are pending. On Thursday he was a no show for a peace bond hearing. That is being rescheduled. Back in 2019 he had a $10,000 peace bond place on him by a Galveston County Judge. On Monday there is a special La Marque meeting which may shed light on his COVID application for $50,000. And yesterday it got worse. Much worse.

A Washington State Judge has issued a 5 year Protection Order in favor of his ex wife. (Read it here) But there is more. He ordered Lowry to get a mental health evaluation. This domestic violence protection order prohibits Lowry from purchasing or possessing firearms and the worst part of all this for Lowry is that the order is valid in all States. So if I am reading all of this right, Lowry has to get rid of his guns, has no voice on his Facebook platform, and is being recalled. That is bad. And sad.

I hope this mental evaluation of Lowry will help him to focus on his company and employees and move on. He should take a step back and resign from City Council and let this nightmare end.

It is sad but They came. They took it.

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UPDATE: Peace Bond Hearing for La Marque City Council Member

July 24, 2025

Update: Lowry was a no show at the hearing. It will be rescheduled.

Today is another peace bond hearing for La Marque City Council Member Joseph Lowry.

Back in 2018 Hi-Tech Concrete Pumping Services applied for a Peace Bond against Joseph Lowry, Case No 25-NTM03-1457 | The State of Texas vs. Joseph Lowry. The records are buried in the Court system under the type “Non-Traffic Misdemeanor” instead of simply a “Peace Bond”. You can read the original complaint here. I had to look up the definition of a peace bond. From Texas Law Help:

According to the document filed with the court, which is in public record, Hi-Tech stated “Lowry threatens to shoot at Hi-Tech trucks and plots to cause severe damage to Hi-Tech Property”. These threats were disclosed by two witnesses, a former employee who worked out at the gym owned by Lowry and the General Manager of Hi-Tech. The judge issued a $10,000 peace bond which Lowry paid. After a year this money was returned to Lowry.

That was back in 2018. Today Lowry is in court again for another Peace Bond Hearing. The bond is being requested by Hayley Winkelmann. Hayley started the Recall Lowry petition which came up short by 6 signatures but she has refiled. Hayley is obviously concerned about her safety. Lowry seems to enjoy targeting her on his now deleted Lowry News Network. Details of why she is asking for a peace bond are not available at this time.

You can read the witness statements here and here. They are disturbing.

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Texas sucks for retirees.

July 23, 2025

Thank god for Louisiana!

Bankrate issued their annual report on the America’s Best States to Retire in 2025 and as expected Texas brings up the bottom, ranked #49 just above Louisiana. Besides the lack of health care services, the weather, and the environment Texas has some of the highest rates of home insurance in the nation. Our electricity grid is fragile. Our streets are flooded with guns. And our elected officials don’t really give a shit about the citizens, instead they cater to the business community only.

You can see our ranking below and check out Texas by the Numbers (it ain’t pretty). Texas isn’t on the bottom of the list in every category. We are #1 in school shootings, lack of rural health care services, and #1 in total rapes but we have jobs. Lots and lots of jobs especially for retirees that they could apply for to pay their electricity bills. This is Greg Abbott’s Texas miracle! It’s a miracle any old fat would want to sit their sweaty fat retired ass here in Texas.

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La Marque update: City Councilman Goes Dark.

July 23, 2025
City Councilman Joseph Lowry

This is pretty strange.

The city of La Marque has added yet another controversy. Over the last few weeks the City Manager has resigned and has been charged with two misdemeanors and a felony. The Chief of Police is under scrutiny for the information he provided on his application for his job. And City Council Member Joseph Lowry, the drama queen of La Marque, is under scrutiny for a number of issues. Today yet another wrinkle involving Lowry has unfolded.

Last Monday during the La Marque City Council Meeting Harvey Freebird stated that the Facebook news network for La Marque has gone dark. Lowry News Network, run by Council Member Joseph Lowry, has been removed from Facebook. Lowry was famous (in his own mind) for his weekly “Facebook live, Facebook live” broadcasts. Facebook Live is about as popular as herpes at a hot tub party. No one watches Facebook Live, most have no idea what it is, or wants to know what it is, but for some it is their life. And now it’s dead. According to Lowry himself Facebook deleted his account. I’ve never heard of Facebook removing an account or accounts.

Lowry’s other personal Facebook pages and user IDs are also gone. His recently created account, JoJo Lowry, is gone. What happened that required his pages to be removed is not known but Lowry has been neutered. He has lost his voice. Maybe his attorney told him to remove everything since he is being sued by multiple people in Galveston County case # 24-CV-2218. Or maybe the City has recommended that he removes his pages due to legal issues against the city. Or maybe Facebook was subpoenaed by the various lawyers suing Lowry.

Or maybe Facebook has just had enough of his shit. Regardless. Facebook Live is Dead.

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