Tarrant County Commissioners are considering severely cutting the number of Election Day voting locations nearly in half for the fall election. See maps here www.star-telegram.com/news/politic...
Bud Kennedy
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Notice very different church events in Fort Worth the next two Saturdays and who’s sponsoring/speaking. #txlege
Large group of sponsors for this event on Christian reconstructionism, the movement toward theocracy now called by the shorthand name “Christian nationalism.”
Taking a possible @jamestalarico-@KenPaxtonTX debate, plus Corpus water & Hinojosa’s mayor run 9am WFAA “Inside Texas Politics” w/@JasonWhitely plus @AshleyG_KVUE Goudeau & @natalieontv Haddad
A bitter. AgComm Sid @MillerForTexas says @GregAbbott_TX is just stalling on data centers so he can get elected: Sun 9a on WFAA “Inside Texas Politics” w/Jason Wheeler in for @jasonwhitely, or anytime on WFAA+ & WFAA.com
Wait a minute. GOP #HD94 nominee Cheryl Bean used a public school superintendent to speak for her political campaign page? That is exactly the electioneering that Texas has laws against and Paxton punishes at schools #txed #txleg www.star-telegram.com/news/politic...
Could Cheryl Bean’s meme fallout reshape a key Tarrant County House race?
Democrats were already eyeing the House District 94 seat.
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With Natalie Haddad and Ashley Goudeau talking conventions w/ GOP chair D’rinda Randall & Dem chair Kendall Scudderplus data centers 9am WFAA w/Teresa Woodard on “Inside Texas Politics”
Via @joelburns: June 24th is the 50th Anniversary of the release of Logan’s Run, the 1976 sci-fi classic with closing scenes filmed in the memorable Fort Worth Water Garden.
LtGov @DanPatrick likens THC to heroin, says to freeze taxes over 55 and how he’s Paul Revere, today w/@VikkiGoodwinTX on WFAA “inside Texas Politics” 9a Ch 8 or anytime WFAA+
Democrat @GinaHinojosaTX on the gov’s race plus Paul @TeamBettencourt on data centers 9am Sun WFAA Ch 8 “Inside Texas Politics” w/@JasonWhitely or anytime on WFAA+ #txlege
‘Fake’ Christian? Or Faithful? "...the ferocity of anti-Talarico invective reveals a deep and very public clash between two distinct ways of being Christian." My friend David Brockman's excellent article on Talerico. www.texasobserver.org/senate-james... - via @TexasObserver
'Fake' Christian? Or Faithful?
Though MAGA believers call James Talarico “blasphemous,” he’s squarely within his Mainline Presbyterian tradition. And that's a timely reminder of the diversity of Christianity in Texas and beyond.
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Problems in Dallas, problems in Corpus Christi and setting the stage for the Texas GOP state convention: Sunday 9am on WFAA "Inside Texas Politics" w/Jason Whitely plus Natalie Haddad and Ashley Goudeau
I Jessica Huseman of VoteBeat and Fort Worth’s Abby Livingston of PuckNews are guest panelists on WFAA “Inside Texas Politics” w/Jason Whitely, plus interviews with Colin Allred & Julie Johnson. 9am WFAA or anytime WFAA+
To @Lubys: We love you. You’re great. You don’t have to start serving BBQ. But if you do, don’t send out ads with photos like this for the $15.99 Memorial Day special.
In his latest column, @budkennedy.bsky.social takes a look at the trajectory of GOP views of Ken Paxton. www.star-telegram.com/opinion/bud-...
Until 1930, Fort Worth said Memorial Day was only for "Yankees." www.star-telegram.com/opinion/bud-...
Once, Memorial Day was only for ‘Yankees.’ Until 1930, Fort Worth didn’t recognize it | Opinion
Civil War bitterness lingered until well after World War I.
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Election Day starts Monday! Mayes Middleton and Chip Roy at 9am on WFAA Inside Texas Politics w/Jason Whitely or anytime at WFAA.com and WFAA+
Why some Republicans are less interested in voting this year, and what it means for GOP candidates — ragnarresearch.com/gop-voters-n...
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Mercy Culture's "Night of Action" featuring both Ken Paxton, Mayes Middleton and Bo French was thinly attended. Thank goodness, since the Fort Worth Report news site says host Alex Stein made jokes about "women's body parts," race and marijuana, and got yanked fortworthreport.org/2026/05/11/r...
Republican officials urge unity, voter mobilization in Tarrant ahead of primary runoffs
Speaking at a Mercy Culture Church event, GOP candidates framed upcoming elections as a spiritual battle.
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A Bangor, Maine couple says they wound up "fleeing" Austin to escape "catastrophic" weather events www.bangordailynews.com/2026/05/12/b... via @bangordailynews
This couple moved to Bangor to flee climate change in Texas
Maine has attracted more new residents from other states in the last decade who reported climate was a factor in their choice to move.
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For Mother's Day: My mom and dad and I photobombed our way into my future in-laws' photo album--in 1964, 40 years before met www.star-telegram.com/opinion/bud-...
A Stock Show story: We were in my in-laws’ photo album in 1963 — 40 years before we met
Paths crossed by chance when a photographer was roaming the Stock Show midway.
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Early voting is 2 weeks away in the Republican and Democratic party runoffs, including Cornyn-Paxton. Plan now to vote May 18-22. (Noting: You can only vote in the party you chose in March. If you didn't vote in the primary, you can choose either party.) www.tarrantcountytx.gov/content/dam/...
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The sign is lighted at the new mini-Original kiosk on Camp Bowie in the old parking lot. Owner Robert Self has not talked about the new drive-thru but has applied for a liquor license. (Via Cathy Neece Brown)
Closed captioning is giving me the latest updates from the Strait of 4 Moose.
If results hold, Tarrant GOP vice chair Cody Cheshire's endorsed candidates will finish 0-6 today in Arlington elex. They also lost all 3 Patriot Mobile seats in GCISD. They went 0-12 last year in Fort Worth, Arlington & Mansfield, so @TarrantGOP is 0-18 in those cities overall.