Coalter Baker

@theSurlyBiker Aside from your use of the word “reality,” which by definition is where you would also be stuck. If you’re trying to win friends and influence people to change our reality, you may want to change the approach. A touch of realism may help with your idealism.

Yes Bill, we ARE car dependent because we’ve built it that way. People can get where they want via transit in better designed & developed areas all over the world. You can rent a car after a train ride just like you do after a flight for vacation. You’re stuck in a bad reality.

@levin86 @BillKingHouston @big_pedestrian The reality that a vast majority of people who live in the U.S. choose to drive cars? How does democracy work again?

@BillKingHouston @big_pedestrian I’m sorry you don’t like reality

Driving is one of the most subsidized activities in America. Every aspect of our transportation system—land use, built environment, energy policy, policies and laws—are designed to disguise the enormous risks, harms and costs of driving and pass them onto everyone but the driver.

Great visit with @Sen_Capito this week! Thank you @Port_Houston for hosting this important conversation as we continue to seek federal support and funding for the largest coastal protection effort in U.S. history 💪 @CoalterBaker

@KennethRWebster “…passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason.” The Federalist papers also had warnings.

Charlie tried to warn yall - Cornyn is a snake

This appropriation marks Congress’s largest federal investment in the Coastal Texas Project since the project’s authorization in 2022, a milestone effort led by @TXRandy14. Funding is finalized once the bill is signed by @POTUS. Read More: gcpdtexas.com/newsroom/

Our Executive Director, @CoalterBaker, shared exciting updates on the #CoastalTexasProject today during a panel discussion at the Texas Gulf Coast Infrastructure Coalition - TGCIC Coastal Forum in Galveston. We were joined by leaders from the @TXGLO, @USACEGALVESTON and Jefferson County Drainage District No. 7. The discussion focused on: ✅ Approval of two major engineering design contracts for The Gate and Beaches and Dunes features—key components of the Coastal Texas Project 💰Landmark Federal funding for Coastal Texas Project 🛠️ Regional Infrastructure improvements and ongoing port expansions 🤝 Collaborative work with local stakeholders and project partners Thank you to TGCIC for hosting this important conversation and to everyone who attended to learn how we’re working together to protect and restore the Texas coast.

Grateful for the opportunity to spend time with Netherlands Ambassador to the U.S., @bmtazelaar this evening at a reception to welcome her to Texas and ring in the New Year! The Netherlands continues to set the global standard for flood protection and coastal-resilient infrastructure—expertise that’s especially relevant as we advance the Coastal Texas Project. @CoalterBaker

@BrittgBaker Beautifully written, per usual. I’ll unnecessarily add that not every religion, or even sect, adheres to this radical view. I hope this belief of these callow few isn’t grounded in dogma.

@evan7257 My wife explains this more eloquently.

@evan7257 As someone who now has a beautiful baby girl due to IVF, I couldn’t agree more.

Young Republicans want Texas to ban IVF. We can't let them. | Editorial houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editor…

@YRsOfTexas @TexasGOP Reducing freedom ain’t it. Yikes. At least spell the Governor’s name correctly.

At our recent convention, we passed a resolution opposing the practice of in vitro fertilization (IVF). We join the @TexasGOP in affirming that life begins at fertilization, and we oppose IVF on the grounds that the discarding of unused embryos is a form of abortion.

@evan7257 Oof. This would constitute a reduction in freedom. Sad.

Wow

@evan7257 This is such lazy politics. BakerRipley is not a radical leftist organization. For more than a century, we have provided all kinds of services for vulnerable communities, like many churches and religious organizations.

In what world is Baker Ripley a radical leftist organization?

@KarenFullerton2 @NormOrnstein Again, the government targeted (participated in a sting on an individual before that person committed a “crime”) a public official who was involved in a presidential campaign of the opposing party in power. DoJ has very publicly used prosecutorial discretion since Obama.

@CoalterBaker @NormOrnstein I sincerely hope an AG covering up a crime by anyone close to an Administration would be a big deal to you and every American. The people deserve to know who is corrupt and willing to commit crimes, and a cover-up is itself a huge problem.

Hard to imagine a bigger scandal than the head of immigration enforcement taking a bag of cash in an FBI sting, & having it covered up by the Attorney General. Should be the biggest story of the week. Huge headlines, dominating even on Fox. A real test of journalistic integrity.

@SnakeCharmers @Perrid13 @NormOrnstein msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna…

@SnakeCharmers @Perrid13 @NormOrnstein From an MSNBC article: “On Sept. 20, 2024, with hidden cameras recording the scene at a meeting spot in Texas, Homan accepted $50,000 in bills, according to an internal summary of the case and sources.” When was the election again?

@Perrid13 @NormOrnstein @Steven_Strauss In 2016, two FBI agents were suspected - with text message evidence - of political motive during a presidential election.

@CoalterBaker @NormOrnstein @Steven_Strauss It wasn’t targeting Homan

@Perrid13 @NormOrnstein “Hard to imagine a bigger scandal…” words matters.

@CoalterBaker @NormOrnstein If someone caught Hunter Biden on tape saying he would get his father to steer contracts to a company for a bag of money it would be a huge crime and scandal. Hell, all they had on Hunter were winks and nods and it was a non stop story.

@Steven_Strauss @NormOrnstein Clearly, this is a deflection from the specific argument. But you’re right, no other president has ever “politicized” the DoJ. Stand corrected on Homan, but he was obviously involved in the campaign.

@CoalterBaker @NormOrnstein Clearly, you are correct, the Trump administration sets new standards for its efforts to depoliticize the DoJ and keeping politics out of enforcement. BTW Homan was not a campaign official, he was at the Heritage Foundation -- also:

@NormOrnstein @Steven_Strauss Guys, think about this. The justice department of the opposite party targets a campaign official of the administration’s opponent less than two months before an election. The optics here do not help your case. I’d also love to know who these “legal experts are.”

As a template, imagine Tony Blinken had been caught in an FBI sting, and Merrick Garland covered it up. Imagine the coverage by NYT, WaPo, WSJ, all the networks and especially Fox. Now compare with the upcoming coverage.