Ethan Hale
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@HaleforHouston
former @TXGreens candidate Socialist ANTIFA member
Nail biter in the Dem runoff to replace outgoing Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Leticia Plummer - 50.18% Annise Parker - 49.82%
Decision Desk HQ projects Christian Menefee wins the TX US House 18 Democratic Runoff #DecisionMade: 8:22 PM EDT
So looks like Galindo will lose. Meanwhile, the current leader of GOP runoff for Railroad Commissioner, Bo French, last year did a social media poll asking whether "Jews" or "Muslims" were the bigger threat to America. (He later expressed "regret.") He's up 53-47 with 44% in.
Houston
An interesting undercurrent here is that @NYCMayor, a democratic socialist, sees no way out of the decades-long NYCHA crisis without partnering w/ (and thereby enriching) the real estate industry. He realizes demanding more NYCHA $$ from Trump will likely go nowhere.
Mamdani's housing plan is live! There's sweeping YIMBY stuff: -Aggressive TOD upzoning -Major permitting reform -Rescuing & rebuilding NYCHA -Building Code reform They're also looking at finer details, like fixing the FDNY inspections that so often delay final occupancy
The sinister plot behind the far-right's shift on Israel | Norman Finkelstein interview normanfinkelstein.com/the-sinister-p…
🚨 Desmond Holly shot up a Colorado high school, killing 2 students. We now know he was part of a Neo-Nazi network.
