Water is life in Texas. While regular Texans worry about droughts, rising bills, and shrinking reservoirs, the Tech Barons keep demanding more and more resources. Our water should belong to the people of Texas.

In five short years, the GOP went from "back the blue" to "if you beat cops, you are entitled to taxpayer compensation."

I had lunch with a friend just now. I mentioned that I've been reading this book. She told me that her daughter had been reading it and couldn't finish it because it was too chillingly close to what is going on in the US today.

Solar to overtake coal on Texas grid for the first time ever this year - Canary Media Inc. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

Never in the history of the United States has a sitting President brought a personal lawsuit against the government he heads and then ordered his own Administration to pay a monetary settlement to himself to settle his own personal lawsuit effectively draining the U. S. Treasury

So incredibly corrupt. A slush fund for his friends who attacked the Capitol, ogles, etc. - and himself. www.kwqc.com/2026/05/18/t...

The Texas Quote of the Day: "Armadillos inspire a degree of admiration. We Texans admire their tenacity, resourcefulness, peacefulness and humble origin. Armadillos epitomize the underdog that overcomes insurmountable obstacles." ---- Dr. Bill Klemm

Trump, President of the United States, is sueing the United States for $10 BILLION DOLLARS of ta xpayer money. He will write himself a check and sign it. ,It will be the biggest heist of the U. S. Treasury in history.

“Morning Walk” Near Winters, TX. #BlueSkyArtShow #Morning #ECK

Springtime in Southeast Texas never disappoints. Just look at these Texas Lilac trees—Vitex agnus‑castus—bursting into full bloom. Reaching 10 to 15 feet tall, they’re covered in hundreds of fragrant purple blossoms that attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. It’s nothing short of heavenly.

We are at war. The Senate has refused seven times to say so. Iran has expanded its claim over the Strait of Hormuz to 500 kilometers. Gas is over four dollars. Americans are in harm's way and the President is planning a birthday parade and 250 pardons. This is not leadership. This is abdication.

A Gallup poll found that seven out of 10 Americans said they would oppose a data center being built near them. Opposition is so intense, the poll found, that more Americans would rather live near a nuclear power plant than a data center. | Washington Post archive.ph/8yQin

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“In the Caddo Canopy” Great Egret/Caddo Lake/TX #BirdOfTheDay #WadersOutOfWater

Trump is normalzing acts that would have been considered scandals in his first term. www.cnn.com/2026/05/11/p...

2 weeks away from energy rationing due to this illegal war on Iran. #energyemergency www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2...

Trump promised his ballroom wouldn’t cost you a penny. Now, Senate Republicans are asking taxpayers to foot a $1 BILLION bill for it.

“”Scene in a Cypress Forest” Caddo Lake/TX/LA-World’s Largest Cypress Forest #ForestFriday #Scape #ECK

A gallon of gas is now 50% more expensive than when Trump started his Iran War. In the war's first month, the 100 biggest oil and gas companies brought in an extra $30 million per HOUR in windfall profits. Trump's Big Oil donors come out on top while the world suffers.

A new poll found that most Americans say they believe President Trump is mentally and physically unfit to serve as commander in chief. The Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found that 59 percent of U.S. respondents said that Trump does not have the mental sharpness it takes to lead the country.

In Senate hearings today there were 3 judicial nominees who refused to say if Donald Trump could run for a third term. They should NEVER be confirmed. The answer is ABSOLUTELY NOT. The constitution is EXTREMELY CLEAR.

It's hard to celebrate "Law Day" when the Justice Department of the current Administration is criminally prosecuting perceived political enemies for taking and displaying photographs of sea shells.

Cartoon by Dennis Goris

A whooping cough outbreak in an elementary school down the road. Meanwhile I finally got around to reading Candle In the Dark and only a few pages in, you get to its eerily prescient passage. Sigh.

Every time I see plans for Trump's ballroom-bunker, I think of Bruno Ganz in Hitler's Final Days. This essay by Jan-Werner Müller about the architecture of tyrannical government and Trump is brilliant and is essential reading for May Day. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

(WSJ) - The U.S. national debt now exceeds 100% of gross domestic product, crossing a once-unthinkable threshold, on the way toward breaking the record set in the wake of World War II. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-...

An earlier inflation reading reported the largest single-month surge in energy prices in decades.

Gasoline prices hit a new national high this morning.

Happy 93rd birthday to the “Red Headed Stranger,” a true Texas icon — Willie Nelson! Born April 29, 1933, in Abbott, Texas, Willie has been a pioneer of the “outlaw country” movement for decades, challenging the polished Nashville sound with his signature phrasing and his trusty guitar, Trigger.

Mad Man Trump rides off again, Killing America! The only mainstream journalists speaking truth to power are cartoonists. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #Trump #EpsteinFiles #POTUS

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When a King and direct descendent of King George III has to remind the American government about the utmost importance of checks and balances, you know we're in deep trouble.

"Being hated by idiots is the price you pay for not being one of them." - Jean Cocteau

Sluggish job growth and rising financial insecurity may have pushed Houston-area residents to name the economy as the biggest problem facing the region, according to results released Monday from the 45th annual Kinder Houston Area Survey. 

Tell me again that shit wasn’t staged.

Could a high-speed train actually be coming to Houston? bit.ly/4tCk5y0

At their peak, Texas was the largest user of water-pumping windmills in the United States. While many are decommissioned, they are still used on rural ranches today. Aermotor windmills, iconic to Texas landscapes, have been manufactured in San Angelo since 1986.

Since 2020, overall inflation is ~26%. But basic groceries? Coffee +109% Beef +70% Eggs +64%

"the rule of law, checks and balances and the peaceful transition of power..." www.scientificamerican.com/article/ex-n...

Uh... this sounds like a pretty big national security breach, no? Taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from a succession of rich men who have not undergone security-clearance checks would seem to be a major issue for someone who works in a NatSec role.

So now Pete Hegseth has fired the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Staff of the Army, both in the middle of a war, both with no public or known explanation? Seems fine.

Happy San Jacinto Day to all who celebrate! Enjoy your state holiday, Texans.

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK "Hey, Teenagers: Pay close attention to the books people try to ban. Then, make a beeline to read those books, if you can. Find out for yourself why those people want that book banned. Find out for yourself if they can be trusted to know what’s best for you.” ~ Jeff Zentner

If the Ellison deals go through, Trump aligned billionaires will control TikTok, X, Facebook, CBS, CNN, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post. That is not a free press. That is a captured press. Source: mitchthelawyer.substack.com/p/a-historia...