This is what you are supporting. Extremists. They are NOT Democrats. They are the lightning rod for the party. Watch the FoxNews interview co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America:
The Democratic Party needs to put a line in the sand. Instead of inviting the head of DSA, Bernie Sanders, to be the keynote speaker they need to be telling him and DSA to stay the fuck out of our party. We DO NOT support these extreme views. These people are sick.
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Posted by johncoby
Some wealthy candidates can afford to campaign without raising money.
State Senator Mayes Middleton, a multimillionaire, has repeatedly used his personal wealth to finance his campaigns for State Representative, State Senator, and now Attorney General. According to campaign finance reports, he has invested nearly $20 million of his own money in his Attorney General campaign. State Senator Don Huffines, a billionaire, is also self-financing his campaign for Texas Comptroller.
By comparison, at the local level, only 5 of Houston’s 15 City Council members currently have outstanding personal loans to their campaigns. You can see the list below. The Houston Chronicle posted an article concerning paying back personal loans using their donors money:
Previously, the mayor, controller and at-large council members could repay themselves no more than $75,000 and district council members no more than $50,000. The new policy, approved unanimously without discussion during Wednesday’s council meeting, removes the caps.
I find it curious that officials who typically don’t rely on personal loans to finance their campaigns voted to remove the repayment cap of $75,000. If a candidate needs to loan themselves more than $75,000 to win a City Council race, it may be a sign they need to better gauge voter support or improve their fundraising efforts.
There are, of course, exceptions. Running for an open seat created by a vacancy, for example, may require a larger, short-term personal investment due to the compressed campaign timeline.
The policy was introduced by Councilman Edward Pollard, who happens to lead the pack in campaign loans with a staggering $1,040,000—nearly half of his $2,197,573 cash on hand. Pollard easily tops the list of Council Members with the deepest pockets, while few of his colleagues even reach six figures in their accounts. (Notably, Council Member Huffman hasn’t filed a finance report since July 2025.)
We need strict limits on campaign loans, especially personal loans from candidates. Running for City Council should be about pounding the pavement, engaging your district, and earning donations—not writing yourself a massive check. Without these limits, city elections will mirror state politics, pricing out everyday residents and reserving public office strictly for the wealthy.
| Council Member | Outstanding Loan |
| Edward Pollard | $1,040,000 |
| Fred Flickinger | $103,000 |
| Alejandra Salinas | $95,000 |
| Twila Carter | $39,000 |
| Julian Ramirez | $30,000 |
| Amy Peck | $0 |
| Tarsha Jackson | $0 |
| Joe Panzarella | $0 |
| Carolyn Evans-Shabazz | $0 |
| Tiffany D. Thomas | $0 |
| Mary Nan Huffman | $0 |
| Mario Castillo | $0 |
| Joaquin Martinez | $0 |
| Martha Castex-Tatum | $0 |
| Willie Davis | $0 |
| Sallie Alcorn | $0 |
| Mayor Whitmire | $0 |
| Controller Hollins | $0 |
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Posted by johncoby
The Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce should read the class room.
The Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce is hosting a ‘Bags and Bullets Bingo’ event, co-sponsored by Carnes Funeral Home—a partnership that feels disturbingly out of touch. Given the tragic mass shooting at Santa Fe High School, it raises serious concerns about whether firearms, including those similar to the ones used in the tragedy, are being raffled or auctioned off. For a civic organization to host a gun-centered fundraiser in a community that lost innocent children just for going to school is deeply insensitive. In 2025 a middle school booster club was raffling off a gun:
Locally the Leadership Development Corps booster club at Clear Lake Intermediate is having a raffle for a gun and a gun club gift certificate. The gun isn’t an AR15 like the kind that was used for killing 19 children in Uvalde or a sawed off shotgun that was used in the Santa Fe shooting.
The raffle was cancelled. The designer bags are classy. The guns are sick. If interested you can contact the Santa Fe Chamber at (409) 925-8558 office@santafetxchamber.com
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Posted by johncoby
The police report filed by Lowry is ridiculous, preposterous, outrageous!
In a previous post I listed an incomplete list of police reports filed with the La Marque Police Department by Councilman Joseph Lowry. More will be posted soon but Lowry is now filing with the Texas City Police. Lowry was whining about one of his stalking victims, Harvey Freebird. Harvey was getting an oil change and just so happen to visit the same oil change station that Lowry and his beautiful bride was at.
Needless to say Lowry jumped into his conspiracy theory that Harvey was now stalking him and called the police. He filed report #TCPD26-003722. The police jumped into action, dispatching police with sirens blaring and lights flashing. They quickly surrounded the oil change business like ICE jumping on a Mexican grade school student. (Ok that is a bit of an exaggeration) Actually the police came, they listened, they wrote a report, and they found the complaint UNFOUNDED. In other words Lowry was nothing but a whiny little bitch again.
Needless to say I bet Lowry is madder than a wet hen and will be calling the Texas City Police criminals, corrupt, and compromised. Compound this with the fact that his city provided cell phone has been disconnected, his Facebook page has been deleted, and he has been outed as using a fake Facebook account of Jon Jon McMuffin’s. It’s been a bad week for hime. You can read the entire report here.
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Posted by johncoby
So much for “Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor.“
The Houston Chronicle wrote an article concerning a proposed Mosque in La Porte. The community has purchased the land and are fundraising to pay off the loan. No plans are in place to build as of yet but the CHINOs (Christians in Name Only) are out in force led by the Republican nominee for Harris County Commissioner and Pastor, Richard Vega.
Vega is an extreme, right wing, christian nationalist. He has ran for office before and lost. He has an interesting past as was noted by his primary opponent. He is mostly funded by Christian Nationalist Senator Money Mayes Middleton. He has posted videos all giddy about putting the 10 Commandments in public schools yet continues to lie about his opponent supporting terrorist organizations. He has a relationship with Trump and was recently invited to the White House for reasons unknown. He is a Community Pastor at Community Transformation Church.
Vega is running on the issues important to voters in the district and are priorities of the Republican Party, stopping Sharia Law (that doesn’t exist), attacking Drag Queen events, and of course attacking the Muslim community. That is what he is doing today in his attack of the proposed Mosque in La Porte. The Muslim community has had event centers in Clear Lake for at least a decade. They live in peace because they are decent people and so are we. The only group spewing hate towards others is Vega and his followers. Vega likes to shoot his mouth off but refused to provide a comment for the Houston Chronicles article. According to the Chronicle:
Pastor Richard Vega, who’s running for Precinct 2 Harris County Commissioner, referenced plans for a La Porte mosque in a campaign ad video earlier this month. “LA PORTE IS DEMANDING ANSWERS!” he began his video caption, which mentioned plans for what he called a “massive Islamic center.” Vega did not respond to multiple phone requests and an emailed request for comment.
Vega needs to take the advice of Trump and stick to preaching whatever he is preaching. Hopefully he will not learn about the Buddhist Temple west of Friendswood. Praise the lord.
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Posted by johncoby
Tuesday August 25, 2026
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Posted by johncoby
This is just insane. This is coming from a sitting, elected, Council Member.
La Marque City Councilman, Joseph Lowry, is well known for running to the La Marque police department and filing a police report for everything from name calling to pigs eating people (seriously). Below is a list of complaints filed from 1/1/2023 – 3/20/2025. You can view the entire list of complaints with all the investigation details here. It is a searchable PDF file and you can easily find each case by searching for the case number.
This list will be updated once La Marque releases the data for the time period 3/20/25 – 6/30/26. BTW he filed another report with the Texas City police just yesterday claiming harassment at an oil change business. Some of the most notable complaints include:
This list does not include the now famous complaint about someone destroying his garden gnomes. I am sure the police department has issued a BOLO for the alleged perpetrators.
| Date | Offense | Status | Case # | Officer | Notes |
| 1/26/23 | Intimidation | inactive | 23-00128 | Aaron Skaggs | Pigs eating people |
| 6/15/23 | All Other Offensives | inactive | 23-01132 | Cpl. J.Guzman | Custody Case |
| 6/26/23 | Larceny | inactive | 23-01208 | K Stanford | Theft of a powerwasher |
| 10/15/23 | Intimidation | inactive | 23-02047 | H Walton | Verbal name calling |
| 11/2/23 | Intimidation | inactive | 23-02176 | G Madgett | Screws in tires |
| 2/8/24 | Family offensives | inactive | 24-00114 | A Rojas | Custody Case |
| 1/18/24 | Family offensives | inactive | 24-00114 | J Peterson | Custody Case |
| 3/21/24 | All Other Offensives | inactive | 24-00610 | A Castillo | Public info release |
| 3/28/24 | Family offensives | inactive | 24-00674 | H Ellis | Custody Case |
| 4/8/24 | All Other Offensives | inactive | 24-00763 | G Madgett | Knome damaged |
| 4/30/24 | Identity theft | inactive | 24-00941 | H Ellis | SSN posted |
| 7/14/24 | All Other Offensives | Suspended | 24-01582 | F Gandy | Various complaints |
| 9/1/24 | Intimidation | inactive | 24-01968 | F Gandy | Various complaints |
| 10/7/24 | Intimidation | Active | 24-02262 | N Galindo | Gross pictures |
| 10/10/24 | All Other Offensives | inactive | 24-02297 | K Heath | Child refuses to go w Lowry |
| 10/20/24 | Intimidation | Active | 24-02391 | D Thomasson | Name calling |
| 11/19/24 | Intimidation | inactive | 24-02641 | G Madgett | * Threats by 3rd party |
| 1/13/25 | All Other Offensives | Active | 25-00071 | D Cantu | Disclosure of information |
| 1/23/25 | Intimidation | Active | 25-00147 | A Garcia | Text sent to his mom |
| 2/17/25 | Intimidation | inactive | 25-00331 | J Peterson | Received silent calls |
| 2/23/25 | All Other Offensives | inactive | 25-00370 | A Castillo | Approached at a restaurant |
| 3/20/25 | All Other Offensives | Active | 25-00611 | D Cantu | Harrassing phone call |
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Posted by johncoby
This is some sick, unsafe, shit.
Back in April Trump called for a 24% cut in the NASA budget. This would have cut a number of programs including Gateway, a station around the Moon. Employees have spent 5 years working on this project and although it is not cancelled, it is not Gateway. Instead the project is being reformed into two separate projects, converting the living module to a lunar habitat and sending the power unit on a trip to Mars. Along with these “cancellations” comes cuts to NASA employees.
This cut in funding and the failed DOGE cuts resulted in the loss of many NASA jobs but just months later those jobs are now being filled by contractors. Contractor jobs are being converted to Civil Service jobs but the conversion comes with a catch. On the application applicants must pledge loyalty to Trump’s executive orders. Here is the specific question:
NASA is a different kind of workforce. We stress safety because there is little room for error. We cannot be forced or coerced to making decisions that may cause a safety issue. If we see something we say something without fear of retaliation. If Trump gave an executive order to land on the moon before he is out of office and NASA employees believe the schedule would require cutting corners and would be unsafe they are required to speak up and possibly get fired for doing so. Don’t think this won’t happen.
BTW landing on the Moon safely is not going to happen before Trump is impeached.
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Posted by johncoby
There is an easy way to stop this crap.
Turning Point USA seems to have a club at Clear Springs High School, at least according to a Facebook post. TP is the organization led by Charlie Kirk who was gunned down by a right wing MAGAt. Governor Abbott vowed in 2025 to establish TP in every high school in Texas and to take action against any school that attempts to stop the club from forming. According to his press release:
“There has been no moment in time during the course of this century when there was such an urgency and a need for an organization like TPUSA and Club America,” said Governor Abbott. “TP is a great organization to push white wing Christian Nationalism.”
Ok that last sentence he didn’t say, but it would be right if he did. Maybe Abbott ought to also start KKK Klubs or Proud Boy clubs. The students in Clear Springs ought to take this into their own hands, join the club, then vote to disband it.
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Posted by johncoby
Neither have great fundraising numbers.
The Houston Chronicle has a good article on the two candidates running for Harris County Judge if you like the 30,000 ft level. Here are some more details. You can review campaign finance reports for Harris County candidates at https://ethics.harrisvotes.com/CampaignFinanceReports/COR.aspx. The amounts are not very impressive. In 2022 Alex Mealer spent about $10 Million in his losing effort against Lina Hidalgo. Abbott has pledged $20 Million to win seats in Harris County.
Orlando Sanchez
Sanchez raised $107,165, spent $141,418, and has a Cash on Hand balance of $32,527. He has an outstanding loan of $234,513. In this period he added a personal loan of $15,000 to this total but I cannot find any report going back 8 years where this $234,513 loan was reported. I can only assume it came from his own pocket and spent it along the way. In 2018 he ran for County Treasurer, spent most of this loan, and lost. He carries this balance to be able to be reimbursed at a later date. That usually happens after a candidate wins. They continue to fundraise, paying off their loan first. Of the $107,165 $75,000 came from the 9 individuals below.
| Donor | Amount |
| Joseph Swinbank | $25,000 |
| Simon Kukes | $10,000 |
| Carey McNair | $10,000 |
| Kriss Cloninger | $5,000 |
| Lisa Cloninger | $5,000 |
| CM Carver | $5,000 |
| Kevin Matocha | $5,000 |
| Terry Shaikh | $5,000 |
| Richard Weekley | $5,000 |
| $75,000 |
Letitia Plummer
Plummer raised $145,881, spent $70,492, and has a Cash on Hand balance of $70,161. She has a personal loan of $45,000. Out of the $145,881 raised $75,000 came from 8 individuals/PACs below.
| Commissioner Rodney Ellis | $25,000 |
| Judge Lina Hidalgo | $10,000 |
| Dr. John Calhoun | $10,000 |
| Loeb Margery | $10,000 |
| Across the Track PAC | $5,000 |
| Husch Blackwell LLP | $5,000 |
| Linebarger Goggan Blare & Sampson | $5,000 |
| Sabouni Mourhaf | $5,000 |
| $75,000 |
Bay Area Houston 