Medicare for All. It ain’t happening and for good reason.

January 16, 2024

Democratic Socialist, Bernie Sanders, has been trying to pass some form of Medicare for All for over 40 years and he has failed.

Most people have no idea what Medicare for All is. Is it allowing everyone who doesn’t have health insurance or those who can’t afford it to sign up for Medicare? If so, what parts? A? B? C or D? Or all of it? Or is it only for those who can’t afford insurance. If so how can they afford Medicare, because it isn’t free. Ask any retiree.

Medicare for All isn’t what you think it is. It is a complete overhaul of our healthcare system and it is going no where. It eliminates the insurance industry (which actually isn’t a bad idea) and the millions of unnecessary jobs that would be transitioned into the government. They call it a “single payer system” or “Universal Health Care”, other simple minded titles that simple minded people can understand. The last time it was filed it died in committee after the cost was estimated at $30 TRILLION. That’s TRILLION with a T. That alone would scare the living shit out of most Americans and it does.

The problem with Medicare for All is that no one can sell the idea to the America public and no one who advocates for it has performed the hard work to sell it. Ask Bernie and his Bernie Buds. They talk a big game but have yet to do the hard work to make it happen. Ask how hard it was to pass the Affordable Care Act. It requires a tremendous amount of negotiation and compromise, something the supporters of Medicare for All can’t and won’t do. So in the end they get nothing.

Everyone wants health care especially when they are sick, but those who have it are afraid of having something different. Those who don’t have it are not willing to lead the fight. At this point after 40 damn years it’s a loser idea. No one is going to just flip a switch and make it happen overnight.

Or over 40 years. So quit with the Medicare for All crap and come up with something that most Americans can understand and something that can actually pass Congress.

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Raising Campaign Cash: 2024 Democratic Primary

January 16, 2024

Campaign reports are due by the end of the day. I will update as the reports are posted. To see the results from July 2023 and Jan 2024 look here. Campaign reports for Federal candidates are due Jan 31.

Jan-23
CandidateRaisedSpentCOHLoans
District Attorney
Kim Ogg2822749763445577548489
Sean Teare2788172375225507920
County Attorney
Christian Menefee47415755243978000
Umeka UA Lewis
County Sheriff
Ed Gonzalez154778725061438820
Joe Inocencio
Vergil /ratliff351544480307
Dana M. Wolfe2003168
Tax Assessor
Danielle Keys Bess151750151750
Desiree Broadnax58401700411401000
Claude Cummings0000
Jerry Davis22817511405000
Annettee Ramirez1808111266232830
JP Place 1
Jo Ann Delgado0000
Oscar Salazar Jr0000
Constable Pct 2
Jerry Garcia112676230001461220
David Garza
HCDE
Cantu0000
Wallenstein0990312425000
Railroad Commissioner
Bill Burch12141351881626625580
Katherine Culbert3560926302400
US Senate
Colin Allred
Aaron Arguijo
Meri Gomez
Mark Gonzalez
Roland Gutierrez
A Robert Hassan
Steven Keogh
Heli Rodriguez Prilliman
Carl Oscar Sherman
Thierry Tchenko

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It’s over. Republicans are stuck with Trump

January 16, 2024

They are like a dog wiping their ass on the ground and just making more of a mess.

The Republican Party had an opportunity, twice, to rid their party of this piece of shit, Donald Trump, but they didn’t. So now Trump is stuck and he will be their nominee for President. The dude who was impeached twice, indicted by 4 grand juries on 91 felony counts, who is literally out on bail, who committed adultery, who stole nuclear secrets and hid them from the FBI, who incited a riot that resulted in the death of 5 police officers, who lies every single day in his miserable life is the guy republicans admire.

The cartoon above by Mr. Fish, may be a bit gross, but it is fitting for the current situation. The republican party is stuck with him.

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Nazis endorse Trump for reelection

January 15, 2024

This is what the Republican Party, the once great conservative party of Lincoln, has become.

Trump has brought out the filth of humanity and they love him. These guys will be at the Republican Party convention. They will be mingling with so called “conservatives”, the type of conservatives who will look the other way while they wave their Make America White Again flags. This is who they are.

Every American have their own faults but the overwhelming vast majority do not support this message or those who are quiet about those who spread it. Unfortunately the Republican Party is quiet, afraid of the trump supporters and of trump himself. The once great party of “conservative values” are now the party that welcomes name calling, dog whistling, Nazis, lying, cheating, stealing, adultery, racism, and more.

This is the Republican Party. This is not what conservatives believe in.

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Why are you running? Democratic Socialist Pervez Agwan.

January 12, 2024

He is a Bernie Sanders, Democratic Socialist.

Years ago the Justice Democrats, a socialist organization formed in 2017 and funded by Bernie Sanders, ran 80 candidates across the country. Out of 80 candidates endorsed by JD, only 7 won. 2 were incumbents in deep blue districts. 1 was unopposed.  4 were all in very blue districts wiping out their general election opponents. The “Run everywhere” concept didn’t work so they changed their strategy in order to take control of the Democratic Party (Which is actually the written goal of the Democratic Socialists)

Now they have a more targeted approach running in deep blue areas against established Democrats in the Democratic primary and capitalizing on the power of the base. Pervez Agwan, a newbie into politics, is one of those candidates challenging Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher. Fletcher ran in 2018 and beat long time incumbent John Culberson. She has been a great elected official, served her district well, has chosen to make progress instead of making noise.

That is the difference between the two. Much like the members of “The Squad” Agwan is fast talking, rattling off pie in the sky Bernie Sanders ideas such as Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, giving power to the people, yada, yada, yada. It was old in 2016. It’s old now. In 2018 Fletcher beat a well financed Bernie Sanders, far lefty by 40 points in a runoff in the primary but Agwan sees an opportunity due to the redistricting process making the district a solid Democratic seat.

As I said, that is their plan. Challenge great Democrats in deep blue areas. Unlike so called “Progressives” in The Squad, Fletcher actually makes progress. She knows that governing requires reaching across the aisle, working with others to make progress. It’s not fast enough for Agwan or The Squad. They tend to wave their arms in the air calling for Medicare for All tomorrow yet not willing to do the hard work to actually make it happen.

Just like Bernie Sanders. He has been waving his fuckin arms for 4 decades and hasn’t progressed.

More on this race later.

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2024. The Year of the Conservative

January 10, 2024

Americans are counting on you.

2024 must be the year when conservatives restores the Party of Lincoln to the traditional conservative values they once stood for. In November the election will not be about politics or differences in opinion on issues such as the economy or national security policies. It is an election about right vs wrong. Conservatives know the difference. The vast majority of Americans know the difference. Americans teach children the difference. Our teachers expect kids to know the difference and employers demand their employees to know the difference.

Ever since 2015 the leadership of the Republican Party has perverted the conservative label starting with calling immigrants rapists, and thieves. Over the last eight years they have tolerated racist comments, calling elected officials names, talking about grabbing women by the p*ssy, adultery, lying, cheating, stealing, and more. That wasn’t enough for conservatives to abandon their nominee.

For years the conservatives of the republican party stood their ground and drew a line in the moral sand, then drew another, then another, then another. So now they tolerate racism, adultery, misogyny, meeting with known white supremacists, admitting to taking highly classified documents, hiding them from the FBI, and lying about it. They tolerate lying every single day. They tolerate attacks on the gay community, teachers, police, and even the military. They tolerate being impeached, twice. They tolerate being indicted on 91 felony counts. They tolerate inciting violence and making Hitler like statements and they tolerate whining every time they lose.

Conservatives can’t draw another line in the sand without being laughed at. Conservatives have lost their party. Trump will be their nominee for President even if he is convicted on any one or more of the 91 felony charges filed against him. That battle has been lost but the war can still be won starting in November. Conservatives know the difference between right and wrong and voting to put that rotten, filthy, racist human being back into the White House is wrong.

No one is expecting true conservatives to vote for Biden or join the Democratic Party, but they are hoping that they will rise to the occasion and vote to keep Trump out of office and help our country return to American values, values such as honor, integrity, and winning or losing with dignity. America is counting on you.

Happy New Year.

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“Anti Government” group enters League City elections

January 9, 2024

UPDATE: Candidate Chris Dodson has also refused to attend.

They’re not doing very well.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has added the True Texas Project to their list of extremist organizations categorized as a general anti-government organization. The local group has attempted to enter the League City elections by holding a forum for the candidates. Unfortunately only one, the book burner an Nick Long’s boy, Courtney Chadwell, has accepted the invitation. Here is the line up:

I don’t think Ange or Dodson knows who the TTP is or who Joshua is. Joshua is leading the book banning charge in League City roaming the kids section of the library searching for books that say pee-pee or wee-wee. His group has had speakers advocating for Texas to secede from the United States (a really stupid and illegal idea). His group was banned from using the facilities by Buzz Aldrin’s Presbyterian church in Webster for its extreme views which the church did not condone. From the Chronicle:

The group’s lineup of featured speakers indicates its alignment with radical white supremacist and anti-LGBTQ policies. Kelly Neidert, founder and leader of the anti-LGBTQ organization Protect Texas Kids, said she’s slated to be a featured speaker at TTP’s upcoming events

They also have interfaced with Chris Russo, leader of a local anti-immigrant PAC, outed by The Texas Tribune as meeting with a known white supremacist, Nick Fuentes. They supported Bryan Slaton an anti LGBTQ State Representative who was removed from the Texas House for providing alcohol to a minor and they having sex with her.

I’ll make sure Ange and Dodson knows who they are meeting with. Courtney knows who they are. We should know who he is.

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Raising Campaign Cash: League City Special Election Jan 2023

January 8, 2024

The choices are pretty clear.

Campaign finance reports are in for the special election for League City Council. One thing is for sure. We know who the book banner wants on city council.

Courtney Chadwell. Raised $2432.10 from one donor, Mayor Nick Long from an in-kind contribution. Besides that donation Chadwell has used his own wealth to run. He has $0 Cash on hand and has spent over $5500. From a prior report: Spent $4595 on a personal credit card. Ange Mertens has spent over $7000 and over $4500 is from personal loans.

Ange Mertens. Raised $250. She has $543 Cash on hand. From a prior report: Raised $3300. $2800 from one donor out of Texas City and $500 from an unknown donor. Spent $7034. Has a $3000 personal loan and a $1515 loan.

Chris Dodson. Did not raise any funds. He has $339 Cash on hand. From a prior report: Raised $100 spent $250.

Katherine Swanson. Raised $1021 from a number of individuals. From a previous report: Raised $1272. Spent $464. Includes a personal contribution of $1000.

Rachel McAdam. Raised $180. She has $239 Cash on hand. From a previous report: Raised $1691. Spent $327.

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Clear Lake elected officials who continue to tolerate racism, white supremacy, Trump

January 8, 2024

It makes you want to ask “What the fuck is wrong with you?”

We all know who trump is. If an elected official still supports trump then they tolerate lying, fucking a porn star, paying her off, and lying about it, cheating, stealing highly classified documents, hiding them and lying to the FBI, meeting with Nick Fuentes a known white supremacist, making racist comments, inciting a riot at the United States Capitol and watching it for over 3 hours on TV, attempting to overturn an election, condoning violence, failure to transfer power peacefully, whining like a little bitch about everything, mimicking Hitler, palling around with dictators, being an incredible fucking hypocrite, and the list goes on and on.

So here are the elected officials in the Clear Lake area that continue to support this filthy human being for President of the great country on earth:

  • Congressman Randy Weber. Weber has his nose so far up trump ass he can’t smell the corruption.
  • Congressman Brian Babin. Firmy stuck in Trump’s ass.
  • Senator “Money” Mayes Middleton. Mayes is a new kind of “christian conservative”. LOL. Go figure.
  • State Representative Terri Wilson. She has no problem with his comments about grabbing women by the p*ssy.
  • State Representative Dennis Paul. Dennis is a “Catholic conservative”. He needs to have a talk with his priest.
  • State Representative Little Baby Briscoe Cain. He worked on helping to overturn the election. He and trump failed. 61 times.
  • League City Mayor Nick Long. Leader of the famous book ban and The Purge.
  • League City Councilman Justin Hicks. A veteran who obviously has no problem with stealing classified documents, claiming our military is weak, or calling Veterans “losers”.
  • City Councilman Fred Flickinger. Newly elected city councilman for Clear Lake. Pure MAGAt.
  • CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen. Another MAGAt.

So who am I missing? I’m going to update this list as necessary. If any of the above does not support this filthy human being for President, please contact me so I can update the list.

Until then, GFY.

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Happy insurrection day for those who celebrate

January 6, 2024

There is something truly wrong with you if you celebrate this day, or defend those who are in jail, those who participated, those who instigated it, or those who were in power to stop it yet did nothing for 3 hours except watch it on TV.

Patriots my ass.

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